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Staggering sum Gavin Newsom is pleading with Congress to approve to help rebuild Los Angeles after...

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-24 01:44|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11155 views ] Top

#1 Ric Grenell Floats DOGE for California; Elon Musk Endorses

Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-24 02:06|| 2025-02-24 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 If the money is approved while Newsome is in power, it will all be stolen.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-02-24 04:44|| 2025-02-24 04:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Can the DOGE geniuses follow the money trail as it happens? Because then it would be very useful to give some to California, just like giving to Gaza.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-24 04:46|| 2025-02-24 04:46|| Front Page Top

#4 ... just like giving to Gaza. /sarc

Maybe they could dump the 'bullet train' bank.

Gavin Newsom has asked Congress for nearly $40 billion to help Los Angeles

Curious, Hollywood burns as the AI movie trend starts and film companies move to Nevada.

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-02-24 04:56|| 2025-02-24 04:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Curious,Hollywood burns as the AI movie trend starts and film companies move to Nevada.

...and Texas and New Mexico. "Hasta la vista, baby".

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-02-24 08:21|| 2025-02-24 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 If the money is approved while Newsome is in power, it will all be stolen.

You got that right. If he hadn't stolen so much money already, he would have had more than enough to make sure those fires never got so badly out of control in the first place.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-02-24 12:23|| 2025-02-24 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I saw an estimate some time ago that it would cost about $10b initially and then $2B/yr to reduce the chances of catastrophic fires by 90%.

Aside from the money there would be a lot of other problems doing this because critter habitat would be removed, nice looking trees cut down, unsightly barriers and reservoirs built and so forth.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-02-24 14:51|| 2025-02-24 14:51|| Front Page Top

#8 You chose to spend money on other things. So Fuck Off. No more Uncle Sugar for you

Posted by DarthVader 2025-02-24 17:15|| 2025-02-24 17:15|| Front Page Top

#9 They keep telling me how wealthy Cal is and how much money they generate.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-02-24 17:21|| 2025-02-24 17:21|| Front Page Top

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