Trump hesitated to give disaster aid to California, until advisors showed him voter data
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump hesitated to give disaster aid to California, until advisors showed him voter data

Salon  

Former President Donald Trump attempted to stop aid from reaching Californians impacted by natural disasters due to the state's Democratic leanings, a new report claims. According to E&E News, Trump had to be convinced to send federal disaster aid to California in 2018, when the state was plagued with deadly wildfires that killed more than 100. Former Trump resiliency policy director Mark Harvey told the outlet that Trump was worried about sending aid to the deep-blue state until he pulled voter data showing that Trump had more support in Orange County, California than Iowa. Disaster theater to make him look good.” Related Trump rejects California request for federal disaster aid to recover from catastrophic wildfires Another former Trump official, Olivia Troye, said she fielded calls from panicked local officials to whom Trump had denied aid.

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Trump 'Has It In For California,' State Will Not Help Deportation Plans, Senator Says
3 weeks ago

Trump 'Has It In For California,' State Will Not Help Deportation Plans, Senator Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING California Sen. Alex Padilla said Sunday the state had “no obligation” to help President-elect Donald Trump enact his mass deportation plans, saying local officials will instead work to support migrants and undocumented immigrants. “Donald Trump has made it no secret that he has it in for California, whether it’s the withholding of disaster funds … simply because …

Early outlook suggests $2-billion California deficit, warns of federal changes under Trump
1 month ago

Early outlook suggests $2-billion California deficit, warns of federal changes under Trump

LA Times  

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office reported Wednesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers could face a relatively small $2-billion budget deficit next year, but warned that the outlook looks worse in the future and does not account for changes under the incoming Trump administration. The Newsom administration agreed with the main tenets of the preliminary fiscal report and said the …

'Laser beams do not start fires in CA': Dem rips Marjorie Taylor Greene at FEMA hearing
1 month ago

'Laser beams do not start fires in CA': Dem rips Marjorie Taylor Greene at FEMA hearing

Raw Story  

Rep. Jared Moskowitz slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's conspiracy theory that Jewish space lasers ignited forest fires in California. During a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday, Moskowitz said he agreed with the decision to dismiss an employee of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, after she suggested that homes displaying support for President-elect Donald Trump should be avoided while …

Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration
1 month ago

Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks last month at a rally in Coachella, during which he threatened to withhold federal firefighting aid to California unless Gov. With Trump’s team expected to kill President Biden’s electric vehicle tax credit, among other reversals, California can cement its reputation for consistently committing to its climate policies. That worked in California’s favor in 2019, when Ford, Honda …

‘Drill, baby, drill!’ and climate change denial: California braces for a Trump environment
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Drill, baby, drill!’ and climate change denial: California braces for a Trump environment

LA Times  

As a candidate, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly professed his love of clean air and water, but he also dismissed climate change as a hoax, railed against zero emission electric vehicles and expressed contempt for the environmental regulations that seek to protect California rivers and estuaries. “We are in a very, very precarious moment.” The goals outlined in Project 2025 point …

5 ways Trump’s presidency could come right for California’s way of life
1 month, 2 weeks ago

5 ways Trump’s presidency could come right for California’s way of life

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at an election night watch party in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: A new Trump presidency could affect life in California, from wildfires to Hollywood. Here are 36 ways to ease your anxiety in L.A. And here’s today’s e-newspaper California braces for a new Trump …

Trump blasts Newsom’s plan to shield California from the next White House
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump blasts Newsom’s plan to shield California from the next White House

LA Times  

Then-President Trump participates in a briefing on wildfires with California Gov. “Governor Gavin Newscum is trying to KILL our Nation’s beautiful California,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Friday, with his oft-used nickname for the state’s Democratic governor. Trump wrote that Newsom “is using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way of stopping all of the GREAT things that …

California Governor Calls Special Session To Protect Liberal Policies From Trump Presidency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

California Governor Calls Special Session To Protect Liberal Policies From Trump Presidency

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for lawmakers to convene a special session later this year to safeguard the state’s progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency. 🔗 https://t.co/Nl9gouYLm9 pic.twitter.com/vOc5bek55v — California Governor November 7, 2024 California’s …

Could Trump really cut off wildfire aid for California? Absolutely
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Could Trump really cut off wildfire aid for California? Absolutely

LA Times  

Then-President Trump and Paradise Mayor Jody Jones view damage from the Camp fire in Paradise in November 2018. Trump has threatened to cut off federal disaster aid for California wildfires if he’s reelected in November. “He has promised revenge on those who did not support him, or who challenged him, California being one of several states.” Trump has said he’ll …

'Outrageous abuse of power': Governor slams Trump for withholding aid after criticism
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Outrageous abuse of power': Governor slams Trump for withholding aid after criticism

Raw Story  

A new report describes how former President Donald Trump routinely denied federal disaster aid money to states whose governors either criticized him or declared President Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The irony of Trump withholding aid to Washington state is that even though it's considered safe Democratic territory in presidential elections, the wildfires primarily affected the eastern …

Trump threatened California’s emergency aid. Newsom has a backup plan.
2 months ago

Trump threatened California’s emergency aid. Newsom has a backup plan.

Politico  

“You could have multiple disasters stacking up just like they did with these two storms, and you’re going to have serious cash flow issues, even a state as large as California, even with budget reserves that are significant,” the Democratic governor told POLITICO in an exclusive interview. “You have massive fires that cost billions and billions of dollars,” he added, …

'America is better than this': Ex-Pence aide hits out as 'armed militias' threaten FEMA
2 months, 1 week ago

'America is better than this': Ex-Pence aide hits out as 'armed militias' threaten FEMA

Raw Story  

Olivia Troye, a former national security adviser to Mike Pence, spoke out about threats against the Federal Emergency Management Agency by armed militias. In a social media post on Monday, Troye pointed to reports that FEMA agents were forced to relocate due to threats while providing hurricane relief in North Carolina. "FEMA's life-saving disaster recovery efforts in North Carolina were …

Trump threatens to withhold aid for fighting California wildfires at rally in Golden State
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump threatens to withhold aid for fighting California wildfires at rally in Golden State

Raw Story  

Donald Trump at his California rally on Saturday threatened to withhold funds for helping to fight wildfires in the state. Trump over the weekend spoke in the city of Coachella, where he was laying out his vision of problems in the Golden State. At one point during his speech, he said a woman who was protesting and heckling him would …

Disaster relief efforts came 'to a halt' solely because of Trump's inaction: ex-official
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Disaster relief efforts came 'to a halt' solely because of Trump's inaction: ex-official

Raw Story  

Olivia Troye, a former homeland security adviser in the Trump White House, shed new light this week on former President Donald Trump's highly politicized approach to disaster relief. "I have a lot of memories of working in the Trump White House where there are numerous situations where the government apparatus that does the whole disaster relief declaration process would come …

'Republicans are frauds': Reporter shreds Trump over hurricane relief 'lies'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Republicans are frauds': Reporter shreds Trump over hurricane relief 'lies'

Raw Story  

A North Carolina-based reporter blasted former President Donald Trump on Thursday and said he has "lied" about Hurricane Helene relief efforts even as many are dead, dying or missing, and before communities even began to pick up the pieces. Despite the extensive work of both FEMA and the National Guard to help the six affected states from Florida to Virginia, …

'Disqualifying': Outrage mounts as ex-Trump official reveals alarming wildfire response
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Disqualifying': Outrage mounts as ex-Trump official reveals alarming wildfire response

Raw Story  

Many political observers were shocked Thursday by news that former President Donald Trump balked at helping California wildfire victims until he learned Republican voters were among them. But when Rep. Byron Donalds tried Thursday to slam that response as "slow" and "overly-bureaucratic," one X user replied with E&E News reporter Scott Waldman's exact words: "Two former Trump White House officials …

'No empathy': Ex-Trump officials give alarming details of his disaster relief efforts
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'No empathy': Ex-Trump officials give alarming details of his disaster relief efforts

Raw Story  

Two former Trump administration officials have gone on record to deliver alarming new details about his approach to providing disaster relief to American citizens. In an interview with E&E News, Mark Harvey, Trump’s one-time senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, revealed that the former president heavily resisted signing off on disaster aid to wildfire-afflicted California …

Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

Politico  

But Harvey said Trump changed his mind after Harvey pulled voting results to show him that heavily damaged Orange County, California, had more Trump supporters than the entire state of Iowa. The exchange — not previously reported — drew a dumbfounded response on social media Thursday from President Joe Biden, who summed up Trump’s attitude as: “You can’t only help …

Trump slams U.S. response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politics
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump slams U.S. response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politics

LA Times  

Former President Trump walks outside the Chez What furniture store as he visits Valdosta, Ga., a town affected by Hurricane Helene, on Monday. Former President Trump criticized the Biden administration’s response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, even as his supporters have called for cuts to federal agencies that warn of weather disasters and deliver relief to hard-hit …

California firefighters’ union: Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid
3 months, 1 week ago

California firefighters’ union: Trump should ‘be ashamed’ over threat to withhold firefighting aid

LA Times  

Former President Trump speaks at a news conference at his Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday. The president of the California Professional Firefighters union said this weekend that former President Trump “should be ashamed” of his threat to withhold federal firefighting aid to the state if he were elected. The former president’s threat came amid a …

Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom ‘signs those papers’
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom ‘signs those papers’

LA Times  

Former President Trump painted a dystopian image of California as crime-ridden, water-starved and flooded with immigrants in the country illegally, which he cast as a warning about what will happen to the nation if Kamala Harris is elected president. “I’m here today in California with a very simple message for the American people: We cannot allow comrade Kamala Harris and …

California official seeks to boot Trump from ballot after landmark Colorado ruling
1 year ago

California official seeks to boot Trump from ballot after landmark Colorado ruling

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The dam has officially broken following the Colorado Supreme Court’s …

Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It’s finally on the way
1 year, 8 months ago

Flooded California farm town pleaded for weeks for federal aid. It’s finally on the way

LA Times  

A California State Guard member checks the depth of the floodwater in Pajaro last month. The major disaster declaration signed late Monday by President Biden for Monterey and surrounding counties will bring long-awaited aid and other resources from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to flooded and storm-battered communities across California. Gavin Newsom secured a more limited presidential emergency declaration for …

Column: Trump unleashes another unhinged rant about California water and wildfires
4 years, 2 months ago

Column: Trump unleashes another unhinged rant about California water and wildfires

LA Times  

Trump dials in to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday: We listened to spare you the pain. As my colleague Sammy Roth reported, among California’s 40 million residents, “Just under half a million homes and businesses lost power for as little as 15 minutes and as long as 2½ hours on Aug. 14, with another 321,000 utility customers going dark …

Weather aids fight against US wildfires, but death toll climbs
4 years, 3 months ago

Weather aids fight against US wildfires, but death toll climbs

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands of people on the US West Coast have evacuated their homes as massive blazes continue to rage. Improved weather conditions on Saturday offered some hope to weary firefighters battling massive wildfires on the United States’ West Coast, authorities said, but the death toll linked to the fires has been steadily rising and tens of thousands of people …

Trump sought to withhold California fire aid because of politics, former official says
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump sought to withhold California fire aid because of politics, former official says

LA Times  

Brandon Baker, center and Prescott McKenzie, right, take cover from flying embers during a brush fire in Ventura in December 2017. “He told us to stop giving money to people whose houses had burned down from a wildfire because he was so rageful that people in the state of California didn’t support him and that politically it wasn’t a base …

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