As firefighters continue to battle raging fires across Los Angeles County, a cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department 2025 budget and its commitment to recruiting a more diverse force have come under attack. Here's what to know: https://cnn.it/40aatgl
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CANADA 🇨🇦 has sent water bombers, helicopters, 250 firefighters, military (coming) and support to help OUR neighbours. Trump you ARE like a little kid without supervision on social media. Grow up...ur an adult!!!
We have reached yet another low point in society. A disaster of epic proportions ravages people in California, and the news media focuses on the negatives instead of the heroic efforts of those doing their very best.
When you live in a bone-dry area - at the end of a mountain gorge with wooded slopes on all sides - and have plenty of money: Why build a house made of boards without fire prevention installations. Why not build brick houses with sprinklers inside and out. Everyone has water in the pool.
CNN is using the passive voice here to avoid pointing out that the attacks are lies and slander. But, repeating rightwing hate is profitable. The irony is that the Right loves hiring the morally and mentally impaired.
There was no cut. $17m more was spent the previous year on new equipment, with surplus shipped out. This isn't something you need to purchase every year. Once negotiations were over, funding for things like personnel increased $50m, and were already higher than before.
Also, white males are still a majority in these fire depts, and no one was turning qualified people down for unqualified minorities. And they're doing the best they can. Personnel and equipment is not the issue here. Wind and power were, but the real underlying issue is Climate Change.
Why do you not worry about putting the fires out first before laying blame on everyone. Stop falling for all the bullshit . Let’s put the fires out and then see what went wrong. Climate change is a big deal who are you going to fault for that?
And why has it come under attack?
$17M from an $800M+ budget. Non-essential services. Had NOTHING do with the response to these fires.
People aren't so dumb as to think it was only LAFD on these fires, are they?
Screw this shit. SO over the blame game. Pure weakness. Especially as fires burn.
People are so dumb, absolutely dumb this is how RWNJ solicited shite like this is published by corrupted & scumbased media like @cnn.com publish this deceit & total propagandised bullshit.
I remember the article you wrote after the hurricanes how ill-prepared Florida was and North Carolina was totally unprepared and how their budgets would reflect that. Oh wait, you never wrote that article. You only like to s*** talk California.
Now is the time to focus on stopping the fires, period. The discussion on the fire department budget, hiring practices and other issues needs to wait until after the fires are extinguished. United we stand, divided we fall.
“The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community,”
Could CNN maybe employ some real journalists that seek out and write the truth instead of repeating the internet bullshit that Republicans are spouting? Especially the crap from the orange guy.
All these super rich with their money in tax havens don't correlate the lack of water, fire fighters, forest maintenance to their lack of paying their fair share in tax; very interesting
Why hasn't the President Elect and the vice President commented on the Fires in LA. They made such a big deal during the campaign about misinformation during the hurricanes in the south. Where are they now???❓
The right wing is waging a war against the rest of us that never stops, never rests. A human disaster is seen as a golden opportunity to strike out at both heroes and victims.
Stop reporting this sort of stuff. All it does is allow maga a voice and gives them a platform on a none issue. What’s the real source of increased fires and natural disasters nationwide, @cnn.com? Certainly not DEI initiatives.
We're seriously supposed to care what failed actor James Woods and your token Trumper Scott Jennings have to say about this? What exactly is their expertise?
Why is this even part of ANY conversation about #CaliforniaFires!?
Wouldn't it be a far better use of your time and energy HELPING instead of amplifying bullshit talking points from proven liars!?
#DoBetter
Since you won't post anything helpful I will!
CNN💙TY🕊️☕️
Dear Big Tech & Billionaires who generously gave to inauguration, have you considered donating to disaster relief? We really want to hear from all of you now. CA residents📍📈need Amazon, Walmart, Meta Apple, Tesla, to donate homes, clothing, phones,dollars etc. to CA displaced residents.TY🆘
Nonsense! As the top scientists say, it’s climate change caused by centuries of burning fossil fuels. Meanwhile people like Trump and Dutton say they want to drill, drill drill for more crap to put in the atmosphere with no regard to our kids future!
Please use the new website set up by the CA government with the correct information.
The above is out dated propaganda that you continue to circulate.
As a legitimate news org I assume you would want the correct info, & wish to do no harm to those who are suffering.
Oh, CNN has been bending the knee since Chris Licht's 2023 "Trump town hall" packed with hand picked MAGA supporters. It was overtly a freebie long-form campaign ad.
For extra fun, (CNN owner) TWD CEO David Zaslav pals around with Musk.
Screw you. Seriously. This is disgusting. Report on the fires. Relief. How to help. What’s next. Once it’s contained, sure, report on facts. This is just gross
-fox propaganda says something stupid.
-right wingers parrot it at legitimate news.
-legitimate news reports on the nonsense.
-non right wingers find other news sources.
-with only right wingers watching news, "legitimate" news caters to nonsense.
legitimate news isn't legitimate anymore.
Only under attack based on headlines framed this way. YOU are a major part of the problem. You deserve to have your viewership drop. May you go bankrupt and be bought by The Onion. At least you would get some credibility back.
Why didn’t the electric company cut power during a 100 mph wind storm? History of Paradise fires 🔥 should have had regulations put in place to keep this from happening again.
Frankly, this is not the time for this. Folks are in the midst of a terrible, life changing tragedy. The focus should be on relief & assistance efforts. The tone should be compassion. The words & actions should be kind. There will come a time for a post mortem BUT NOT NOW. For decency's sake.
"Come under attack" = the Propaganda Bureau of the Trump Musk cabal are using a devastating disaster to promote lies and incite hate. Again. And CNN is helping, apparently.
This is such bs..what is wrong with diversity? As long as people that are hired, can do the job..there is no problem.. what happened to this country being the melting pot, this country is so full of hate, it's disgusting 🫣
Gavin refused to build new reservoirs cut $100 million for fire. LA council (D) defunded LA Fire by $17 million last year. LA mayor "Ghana" Bass (D) tried to hide as the fires destroyed her community. Dept. of Water and Power CEO Janisse Quiñones left the reservoirs empty. All three need to resign.
"Crowley reiterated city officials failed her department by slashing its budget." The budget was "slashed" by 2%. The school budget budget was slashed 12.4%.
THE BUDGET INCREASED BY $50M SINCE 2019 YOU FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.
Please let John Malone know that he ruined CNN’s reputation in his quest to make it more like FOX. We love hearing about your plummeting ratings. Get fucked!
Fuck off @cnn. You gave Trump a free platform and a free pass for four years. Now you want us to think you’re gritty journalists, while still just repeating and amplifying Trump’s bullshit party line.
Not a fucking word about climate change or global warming no, let’s pick a fight within the firefighters and stir shit within our society. That’s what we’re fucking good at here at CNN fuck the root of the problem climate change!
It's crucial that we support our firefighters not just in times of crisis, but in their ongoing mission for diversity and resources. Defunding now could mean more devastation later. Let's hope city leaders prioritize both safety and equity!
There is nothing to know. Its lies. Just lies. To create outrage. And you fuckers just support it with this ridiculous headline instead of calling it the bullshit it is.
2/2 I can liken this to all the money in the 40y of my nursing that now goes into medical cost. None of it has created better care. Care was by FAR better when the costs were low because all we need is a doctor giving a nurse an order & the equipment, personnel & well educated providers giving care!
1/2 I get this! It's chasing a squirrel! To talk about putting more money into firefighting and not putting the monies and energies into what's going on with global warming keeps a lot of the rubes, angry and voting and in a circle of: where is all my money going? Oh into no real solutions.
A focus on making sure that not only White men should be firefighters, has nothing to do with what's happening in Los Angeles now. This is all about climate change and the Republican Party's failure to address this at a national level.
Right-wing nuts will blame DEI for everything they hate.
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This is why no one likes you.
#CNNSucks #FascistMedia
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/09/karen-bass-cut-fire-funding/
$17M from an $800M+ budget. Non-essential services. Had NOTHING do with the response to these fires.
People aren't so dumb as to think it was only LAFD on these fires, are they?
Screw this shit. SO over the blame game. Pure weakness. Especially as fires burn.
Media like @cnn.com write this utter bullshit.
Shame on you for your part in this heinous timeline.
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Pacific Palisades, Hollywood Hills, California wildfires
WAKE UP AMERICA 🇺🇸
This is called::
COMPARTMENTALIZATION TERRORIST TASKS
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has to go !!! #gavinnewsom
You need to FIRE everyone with letter K - belongs to terrorists
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“The ongoing reports of the loss of water pressure to some local fire hydrants during the fires and the reported unavailability of water supplies from the Santa Ynez Reservoir are deeply troubling to me and to the community,”
This needs to be resolved.
Srsly CNN. Why don’t you just become Fox 2.0 and call it a day.
Why don't they just do the same over Los Angeles to put out the fires?
we have to start thinking about the root cause.
climate change is real.
How many times do you have to be told
How many ways can they say it so that you will REPORT THE TRUTH?
Their budget wasn’t cut.
Wouldn't it be a far better use of your time and energy HELPING instead of amplifying bullshit talking points from proven liars!?
#DoBetter
Since you won't post anything helpful I will!
Dear Big Tech & Billionaires who generously gave to inauguration, have you considered donating to disaster relief? We really want to hear from all of you now. CA residents📍📈need Amazon, Walmart, Meta Apple, Tesla, to donate homes, clothing, phones,dollars etc. to CA displaced residents.TY🆘
Fight the disinformation being spread during this tragedy.
The above is out dated propaganda that you continue to circulate.
As a legitimate news org I assume you would want the correct info, & wish to do no harm to those who are suffering.
Or are you bending the knee?
For extra fun, (CNN owner) TWD CEO David Zaslav pals around with Musk.
https://www.dailynews.com/2025/01/09/factcheck-was-the-lafd-budget-cut-no-it-actually-increased-heres-how/
-right wingers parrot it at legitimate news.
-legitimate news reports on the nonsense.
-non right wingers find other news sources.
-with only right wingers watching news, "legitimate" news caters to nonsense.
legitimate news isn't legitimate anymore.
https://youtu.be/Y1N2BwcAT-s
THE BUDGET INCREASED BY $50M SINCE 2019 YOU FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.
Please let John Malone know that he ruined CNN’s reputation in his quest to make it more like FOX. We love hearing about your plummeting ratings. Get fucked!
Right-wing nuts will blame DEI for everything they hate.
https://gavinnewsom.com/california-fire-facts/