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Blaming California Removing Dams for Fires Is Excuse from ‘Climate Deniers’

On Monday's broadcast of MSNBC's “Read Out,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland responded to claims that California was to blame for recent fire devastation by removing dams under pressure from indigenous groups. I expect climate change deniers to do that, and climate change deniers consistently ask why we shouldn't be paying attention to this crisis that […]

We’ll Need to Raise Debt Ceiling for California Fire Relief

On Monday's broadcast of NewsNation's “The Hill,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) said the debt limit would need to be raised to provide California with disaster relief. Mr. Lowndes said while discussing potential conditions on the aid: [are] There are two other items to consider. The first is that we have to increase our debt […]

‘Billionaire Right’ Is Trying to Take California with Lies, and Deceit and by Fire

On MSNBC's “The Readout” on Monday, host Joy Reid said the “billionaire right” is trying to take over California “using lies, deceit and fire.” “Aside from the fire itself, the worst part was the lie. But if there's one thing billionaires are right about, it's that they're consistent. They're America's largest They want California, the […]

Trump weighs going to California to survey wildfire damage: report

President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly considering traveling to Southern California to survey the damage from last week's deadly wildfires. The visit could take place as early as next week after he is sworn into office on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper said the preliminary plan would be finalized after advisers determined whether […]

Sen. Rounds: Tying debt limit to California aid 'not meant as a penalty'

Sen. Mike Rounds (R.S.D.) said Monday that tying the debt ceiling to aid for the deadly wildfires California has recently faced is “not meant to be a penalty.” In a previous conversation on “The Hill” with NewsNation's Blake Berman, Berman asked Lowndes about the possibility that fire aid “has something to do with increasing the […]