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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
(48,758 posts)Doesn’t belong here.
Kilgore
(1,818 posts)Better recognize its out there than not.
Iggo
(48,758 posts)And I completely agree it’s a marching order. That’s why it doesn’t belong here.
What's coming down the road before it smacks you in the face.
pnwmom
(109,802 posts)B.See
(5,039 posts)EVERYTHING these fascists say is a fkng MARCHING ORDER.
Never take it for anything less.
niyad
(123,072 posts)Hugin
(35,982 posts)It would cause endless confusion and chaos over jurisdictions and wouldn’t snuff a single ember.
These basement dwelling quarterbacks need to STFU and stop trying to politicize a deadly crisis. But, they can’t help themselves. It’s all they know.
HereForTheParty
(794 posts)
Hugin
(35,982 posts)It’s bigly important.
Emile
(33,813 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 President’s 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
(1,804 posts)conspiracy theory : did these maga azzes set these fires? at least one arsonist has been arrested?
Voltaire2
(15,366 posts)Perhaps, and this is just a suggestion, don't do that.
PSPS
(14,420 posts)ItsjustMe
(11,971 posts)
Kid Berwyn
(19,768 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
(1,818 posts)I do my best not to live in a silo and take in news/commentary from a wide spectrum
LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)JI7
(91,666 posts)haele
(14,087 posts)Their eye is on the pie. The big, slimy, corrupt orange pie.