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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe cry to federalize California has begun
My apologies for posting a Fox clip, but it's making the rounds. The call to use the Stafford act is near the end.
Iggo
(48,639 posts)Doesnt belong here.
Kilgore
(1,776 posts)Better recognize its out there than not.
Iggo
(48,639 posts)And I completely agree its a marching order. Thats why it doesnt belong here.
Kilgore
(1,776 posts)What's coming down the road before it smacks you in the face.
pnwmom
(109,650 posts)B.See
(4,003 posts)EVERYTHING these fascists say is a fkng MARCHING ORDER.
Never take it for anything less.
niyad
(121,031 posts)Hugin
(34,929 posts)It would cause endless confusion and chaos over jurisdictions and wouldnt snuff a single ember.
These basement dwelling quarterbacks need to STFU and stop trying to politicize a deadly crisis. But, they cant help themselves. Its all they know.
HereForTheParty
(383 posts)Hugin
(34,929 posts)Its bigly important.
Emile
(31,291 posts)Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires and straight-line winds beginning on January 7, 2025, and continuing.
The Presidents action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in Los Angeles County.
Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
Federal funding also is available to State, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work in Los Angeles County.
Read more at https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2025/01/08/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-california-major-disaster-declaration/
rampartd
(1,119 posts)conspiracy theory : did these maga azzes set these fires? at least one arsonist has been arrested?
Voltaire2
(14,995 posts)Perhaps, and this is just a suggestion, don't do that.
PSPS
(14,218 posts)ItsjustMe
(11,912 posts)Kid Berwyn
(18,587 posts)And Trump and MAGA work for them.
Thank you for the heads-up, Kilgore. As I avoid FOX Noise Nutworks, I wouldn't have known what they are feeding the great unwashed masses who don't read DU.
Kilgore
(1,776 posts)I do my best not to live in a silo and take in news/commentary from a wide spectrum
LeftInTX
(31,161 posts)JI7
(91,014 posts)haele
(13,711 posts)Their eye is on the pie. The big, slimy, corrupt orange pie.