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LA Officials Explain Why Fire Hydrants Ran Out of Water
Earlier today when I wrote about the wildfires I mentioned that there were reports the hydrants were simply running dry, leaving firefighters no way to battle the flames. Here's Rick Caruso, former candidate for LA mayor, describing the problem.
FIle this next clip under "too good to check" but apparently this morning one local LA anchor tried to discount what Caruso was saying only to have a reporter contradict him a minute later.
That knee-jerk urge to contradict whatever criticism Democrats are getting is one surefire way the media consistently sets its own credibility on fire.
By this afternoon, authorities in LA were finally owning up to the problem and admitting that, yes, Pacific Palisades did run out of water.
Step Aside Starter Log, Nothing Burns Hotter Than DEI
It's not all bad news for the 64% of Los Angeles County who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. As they flee the brutal wildfires in terror, watching everything they own turn to toast, they can take comfort in knowing that their Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) -- which is powerless to stop the inferno -- overfloweth with sweet diversity, as planned.
Check out the Los Angeles Fire Department's website:
Thank God. I'm sure Californians would hate to be pulled out of a burning house by a fire department rife with filthy "toxic masculinity" and sorely lacking men in panties.
Marxism hates many things, including beauty, private property, success, self-sufficient people, and that "racist" meritocracy.
If nothing else, LA can burn with pride knowing the feckless fire chief checks a box:
The Press and Democrats Mocked Trump Over Wildfires, Now the Receipts Loom Large
As RedState reported, parts of Los Angeles are now facing an apocalyptic series of wildfires, none of which have been contained as of this writing. To make matters worse, firefighters started running out of water early Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat, is currently on a taxpayer-funded trip to Ghana to attend the inauguration of its new president. Why does the mayor of a major American city need to use her residents' money to fly to Africa for a photo-op? That's a really great question and one that she should be made to answer.
Notably, President-Elect Donald Trump repeatedly called for changes in how flammable brush and the water supply in California are managed. In return, he was mercilessly mocked by the press and Democrat politicians.
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JUST THREE MONTHS AGO: Trump Talked About California’s Water Problem and Wildfires on the Joe Rogan Podcast (VIDEO)
Add this story to the ‘Trump was right again’ pile.
Just three months ago, when Trump appeared on the Joe Rogan Podcast, he talked to Joe about the ongoing issue of water dispersal in California and about how the state could stop wildfires by clearing dead trees from forests.
He suggested that the state actually has more than enough water to deal with these and other issues such as farming, but progressive environmental policies are standing in the way.
Stone-faced LA Mayor Karen Bass refuses to answer questions about absence as wildfires rage across her city
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass became stone-faced when confronted by a reporter as she returned to America to find her city burning Wednesday.
“Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning, and do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars, Madam Mayor?” Sky News reporter David Blevins asked as Bass waited to deplane.
“Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today?” he added.
Bass — standing a few feet away on the plane’s ramp as she awaited clearance to leave — stared blankly as Blevins questioned her, refusing to provide an answer or even acknowledge his presence.
As she walked up the ramp into the airport, she continued to ignore the reporter as he followed and asked for comment.
“No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this was unfolding back home?” he said.
“Madam Mayor, let me ask you just again, have you anything to say to the citizens today as you return?”
Los Angeles mayor slashed fire budget last year, prioritized homeless population
Los Angeles' budget is in the spotlight as multiple wildfires rage around the city amid revelations that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the fire department's budget last year while prioritizing spending on the city's homeless population.
For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, Los Angeles budgeted $837 million for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), which was roughly 65% the size of the homeless budget of $1.3 billion.
An analysis by L.A.'s city comptroller last year found that roughly half the budget for homelessness went unspent.
From the 2023-2024 to the 2024-2025 budgets, the LAFD’s budget was reduced by over $17 million from $837,191,237 to $819,637,423.
Watch Biden's Grossly Inappropriate Response to the LA County Wildfires
Joe Biden is mentally cooked and almost out the door, but he had to do what presidents do during these natural disasters. The wildfires engulfing Los Angeles County is the second inferno Biden has dealt with. He led Maui burn to the ground and took his sweet time visiting the island, whose residents endured the worst wildfire seen in almost a century. The president was briefed on the raging wildfires that have so far killed at least two people, destroyed over 1,000 buildings, forced 70,000 from their homes, and charred close to 30,000 acres. None of the fires have been contained (via CBS News):
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Hoo Boy: Karen Bass' Old Post About Ted Cruz Cooks Her, As Democrats Desperately Reach for a Deflection
We'll get to the comparison momentarily, but for context, this isn't just a talking point left in 2021. Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) brought it up during a panel that included Scott Jennings, claiming that what Cruz did was a direct counter to Bass' actions.
Plaskett recently stirred controversy by giving a deranged rant about colonization while demanding she be allowed to illegally vote during the roll-call to elect a House Speaker.
[jfc Crockett is a cunning stunt ]
Let's talk about this. Whatever one thinks about the optics of Cruz escorting his daughters down to Cancun during a major ice storm, he was not a state or local official. He had no actual role in the response other than to offer his thoughts and prayers. While it was ill-advised to go with his family, even if it turned out to just be for 24 hours, he was not abandoning his duties.
By contrast, Karen Bass is the Mayor of Los Angeles. She is the most direct authority on the ground regarding the response, and instead of being there when things escalated, she was setting taxpayer money on fire in Africa for no defensible reason while her city went up in flames. She did abandon her duties, and then had no good answers when she finally made it back across the border.
Plaskett, who is a dishonest, grifting hack (she was once a "Republican"), can pretend those are equivalent situations, but they aren't. They aren't even close to the same thing, even if both carry negative connotations. I'd like to see the full clip of the above exchange because I would hope Jennings knee-capped her silly talking points.
Back to Bass, it's worth remembering that she was on the shortlist to be President Joe Biden's vice president.
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Everyone throwing shade, but when their house burns down they're gonna need those expanded homeless services. Mayor's playing 4d chess.
As California Burns Down, Pride Website Unleashes Unbelievable Headline About LA's Lesbian Fire Chief
Shockingly, the disaster that is the California wildfires has turned political. I know, you didn't see it coming, did you? Stunning. How could something so tragic turn so political so quickly?
Just kidding. Of course you saw it coming! Such is life in 2025. And it's coming from both sides, of course. Left, right, center, green party (don't know if that one is true) – it's an absolute battle right now over who's at fault, why it happened, and how we stop it from happening again.
Unfortunately, all of that should probably be saved until after the fires are contained. Would probably be a good idea to get these bad boys under control before we start pointing the finger or, you know, praising anyone involved (beyond our great firefighters, of course).
Speaking of that last one, let's check in with the folks over at Pride.com (!!!) to see the angle they're taking as houses literally burn to the ground out in LA:
What a headline!
My God. I checked, it's a real headline. A real story. Someone actually wrote that, and thought to themselves, ‘nailed it.’Let's dive in:
The stereotype of lesbians always being prepared for an emergency — everyone knows a queer woman who doesn’t leave the house without a Leatherman multitool and carabiners — holds true for Los Angeles’ first openly LGBTQ+ Fire Chief Kristin Crowley who is overseeing the firefighters trying to stop the Palisades fire.
Is that the stereotype of lesbians? I had no clue. You learn something new every day!
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As the Palisades fire ravages the wealthy area, three other fires are also devastating Los Angeles County and have led to the death of two people, and fire hydrants in the area have run dry, the LA Times reports.
This has led to Crowley facing growing backlash on social media, where conservatives are taking cheap digs at her appearance and are claiming she’s a "DEI hire" and isn’t qualified for the position.