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Nick Reed 01.09.25 - California Wildfires
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Good Thursday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers this hour:
- As fires rage across LA, city officials are complaining there are not enough firefighters to manage the situation.
- While their lack of manpower is completely understandable given the incredible ferocity of the fires, it is worth noting that many firefighters were fired for their refusal to take the COVID vaccine.
- LA Mayor Karen Bass cut the city’s Fire Department budget by $17.6 million ahead of this week’s devastating fires – as she prioritized funds for its massive homeless population that largely went unspent, according to a report.
- LA County Fire Department’s decision to donate surplus firefighting equipment to Ukraine in 2022 is now being met with heavy criticism.
- A 2018 clip resurfaced from President-elect Donald Trump's first term in office in which he told California Governor Gavin Newsom that it was important to clean up the forest floor.
- And Trump brought this issue up again in 2024 with Joe Rogan.
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