Claims:
https://x.com/skylikeajedi/status/1877168548637712464 (dei firefighters)
https://x.com/UniquelyDone247/status/1756789608614940781 (trees didn't burn)
https://x.com/Milennial_con/status/1877057645384769923 (17 million budget cut)
https://x.com/ZavalaA/status/1877058654001566079 (water restoration declaration)
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BB1r9Kcq.img?w=1920&h=1080&q=60&m=2&f=jpg (fish)
Debunks:
DEI Firefighters:https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5252757/california-wildfires-dei-diversity-influencers-firefighters
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lafd/25056861492 (8 year old picture from flickr, found via google image search, exact matches)
Trees didn't burn: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/los-angeles-wildfire-trees-1.7428870
Budget cuts: https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-los-angeles-cut-fire-department-funding-2011568 increased by a total of 50 m, budget for 2023-2024 was over 800m
budget actually almost doubled under Newsom https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/did-california-cut-100-million-083924312.html?guccounter=1 from 2.525 billion in 2018-19 budget to 4.249 billion in 2024-25 budget
Helicopter help was limited due to high winds: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/fire-fighting-planes-grounded-due-to-wind-gusts/3603767/
Fire hydrants ran dry: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity
-water pressure goes down as more hydrants are used (4x normal demand)
A majority of leadership at calfire is still men https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity, 11 men, 10 women
Full employee lists, lots of men https://cdnverify.osfm.fire.ca.gov/media/4nxn30qw/fdidmstr1.pdf
Power was also shut off by power companies instead of those companies having better procedures https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-claim-about-empty-hydrants-undermined-la-water-utilitys-lack-common-wildfire-safety-protocolt
Water restoration declaration doesn't exist https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/09/politics/fact-check-trump-california-wildfires-fema/index.html
Fish protection https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/394283/los-angeles-wildfires-trump-newsom-delta-smelt
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservatives-play-blame-game-california-wildfires-pointing-fingers-de-rcna186983
Republicans for fire: https://meidasnews.com/news/republicans-who-voted-against-wildfire-prevention-tweeted-about-the-la-fires
Other creators:
https://youtu.be/IRVp1uqXRE0?si=ev6G07xJSuEPGf41
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