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• Woke one-party government has left NYC just as unprepared for disaster as LA
• In the final days of his term, Biden has issued a series of policy decisions that will make it harder for Trump to take office
• "Does he just fear small crowds?": Trump moves inauguration indoors due to "arctic blast" forecast
• Trump says he'll be sworn in inside Capitol Rotunda because of 'Arctic blast'
• California squeezes private money out of wildfire rebuilding effort
• As fires burn, private firms and personal effort step in where California officials fail
• This week’s Slate News Quiz challenges you to test your knowledge of the week’s news events
• How California policy exacerbates costs and consequences of wildfires - Washington Examiner
• This could be the toughest winter in NHS history. Here’s a simple way we can all help | Polly Toynbee
• California’s Raging Wildfires, Iran’s Forbidden Oil Cargoes, and Falling Birth Rates in Japan
• Hochul must abandon her insane climate change tax grabs
• Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution | Nicki Hutley
• SpaceX successfully caught its Super Heavy booster for a second time after launch of its Starship megarocket
• Lee Zeldin, Trump’s nominee for EPA administrator, faced tough questions at his confirmation hearing
• The week in whoppers: Biden offers a parting doozy, Rep. Maxine Waters slams the rich for LA fires and more
• Bill Burr on Jimmy Kimmel Live!: ‘I think everyone did a great job — unlike the internet’
• Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.
• "Good government is not about rousing speeches. It has nothing to do with press conferences. Instead, when done right, good government is beautifully boring
• Montana’s “Climate Justice” Lawsuits Endanger Real Justice
• Biden offers $770 pittance check to victims of historic Los Angeles wildfires
• There Has Never Been a Better Time for Environmental Journalism
• Action Could Have Prevented the Deadly Blaze in Los Angeles - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• L.A. Deputy Mayor Brian Williams was not on the job in the weeks leading up to the wildfires because he was raided by the FBI
• Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair | Greg Jericho
• Protesters disrupted the confirmation hearing for Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee for energy secretary
• Gavin Newsom prohibits offering to buy people's property
• What do the Los Angeles fires tell us about the coming water wars? | Judith Levine
• In defense of private firefighters
• The myth of the teenager
• California legislators created a $21 billion 'wildfire fund' to minimize risk to utility companies
• Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’ | Adrienne Buller
• I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real
• The Trump administration will transform aviation and aerospace
• The Never-To-Be Forgotten 'Newsom Fires'
• L.A. firefighters say they're focused on saving lives, not climate change
• Former California state Rep. Mike Gatto blames years of policy failures for devastating wildfires
• Gavin Newsom just admitted permitting reform works - Washington Examiner
• Newsom’s Governorship Going Up In Smoke
• Karen Bass Regrets Taking African Trip Amid Fire Dangers
• If Republicans Deny Disaster Aid on Political Grounds …
• How the Los Angeles fires highlight the challenge of disaster relief
• How Los Angeles can draw on lessons from other cities recovering from disasters
• U.S. climate scientist Michael Mann must pay National Review more than $500,000 in legal fees after 13 years of suing the outlet for defamation
• Why was California so woefully unprepared for the fires that ravaged the state? Why didn’t the state aggressively clear out underbrush? Why wasn’t there a Marshall Plan-scale effort to build reservoirs?
• Crockford: Fires have existed for millennia as a result of naturally occurring climate cycles
• The LA fires are the horrifying consequence of Democratic misrule
• In 2024, global temperatures crossed the 1.5 degree mark that the world agreed to not cross just 10 years ago in Paris
• More Santa Ana winds are forecast to hit Los Angeles County and Ventura County, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a red flag warning
• Judicial Watch Sues California Coastal Commission for Records on Controversial Decision against Elon Musk’s SpaceX - Judicial Watch
• What is happening in Los Angeles is our future | Francine Prose
• What's wrong with a private firefighter?
• Prescribed burns offer a proactive approach to reducing wildfire risks, but they remain woefully underused in Los Angeles County
• What to do about the California wildfires and how to prevent such a tragedy from happening in the future
• Global warming alarmists rush to blame L.A. fires on climate change. Here's why
• The risks of ‘space junk’ are clear: what goes up, might well come back down on top of you | Patrick Schröder
• In 2008 Thomas Friedman said the U.S. could become China for a day
• It’s GOOD that BlackRock and JPMorgan are pulling away from ‘net zero’
• As the world burns, young Australians are feeling disbelief – and looking for answers | Anjali Sharma
• California Governor Gavin Newsom passed the buck when asked if the 'buck stops with him' in relation to the state's poor response to the L.A. wildfires
• FEMA administrator Deanna Criswell says California firefighters were 'very prepared' for the fires
• Easing Zoning Restrictions Can Facilitate Rebuilding After the LA Fires
• Sen. John Barrasso says there will be 'strings attached' to any U.S. aid for California's wildfires
• Death Toll From LA Fires Rises To 14, County Sheriff Says
• Vice President-elect JD Vance says the federal government has to do a better job when it comes to disaster relief
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was caught off guard when Sky News reporter David Blevins confronted her over the deadly California wildfires
• Donald Kochan: The Supreme Court should grant certiorari in climate-change cases
• Trump slams California's water management policies, says it's a mistake to prioritize environmental concerns over human needs
• Wait, there's no such thing as a Snail Darter?
• In California, gradually, then suddenly
• A DEI Green New Deal Hydrogen Bomb
• The destructive Palisades Fire reaches Mandeville Canyon, a densely populated area north of Santa Monica
• Los Angeles County DA warns looters and scammers that they will be punished to the full extent of the law
• Multiple unauthorized drones flew above the Palisades fire in Santa Monica, forcing firefighting aircraft to leave the area for safety
• The Observer view: With Hollywood ablaze, ditching carbon targets would be an act of recklessness | Observer editorial
• "Is it on purpose?": Gibson peddles wildfire conspiracies on Fox News after home burns
• Fromy: Bhm-Bawerk’s concept of ‘marginal utility’ is a perfect illustration of human action
• Joe Bastardi is a pioneer in extreme weather and long-range forecasting
• What should you do to protect your family from a house fire?
• Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr. lost all 10 of his Olympic medals in the Palisades fire
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Biden to silence 'hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation'
• LA wildfires expose progressive failure, for peace, Hamas must end and other commentary
• In LA fire horror, California elites face the consequences of blue misrule
• Los Angeles zoning laws pushed people and homes toward fire-prone areas
• 2024 was the hottest year on record
• April Bingham, director of Richmond’s Department of Public Utilities, has overseen the dilapidation of the city’s water infrastructure
• Fires incinerated the facade of California governing competence
• Wildfire smog is deadly—but LA's Covid mask organizers have it covered
• Democrats exploit Los Angeles wildfire tragedy to advance climate change hysteria - Washington Examiner
• More than 200 people evacuated from Delta flight after engine burst into flames
• The Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction | Editorial
• To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus
• A Beginner’s Guide to Seeing More With Satellite Imagery
• This morning's Reason Roundup: L.A. fires, New York governor's housing bill
• California fires reveal MAGA is in its "total incoherence" era
• This week’s Slate News Quiz challenges you to test your knowledge of the week’s news
• LA Gave More Money to Cops While Cutting Fire Budgets. Now It’s Burning.
• California state representative Bill Essayli explains how mismanagement of state’s fire policies made it vulnerable to wildfires
• Wildfires in Los Angeles and California are nothing short of calamitous
• FERC Not Required to "Second Guess" State Energy Choices Under NEPA
• 'Police Academy' star Steve Guttenberg describes the terrifying scenes of the Palisades Fire in Southern California