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Posted - January 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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@SkyNews - Sky News

'Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent whilst their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department's budget? @skydavidblevins questions the mayor of LA, Karen Bass, as she faces backlash regarding the California wildfires. https://trib.al/unMkvcv

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Do you owe citizens an apology for your absence while their homes burned? Do you regret cutting the fire department's budget by a million dollars? Elon Musk has criticized your competence. Have you nothing to say to the citizens affected by this disaster? Fire chiefs admit they lack personnel to combat the fires, facing challenges like water shortages and fire hydrant failures. Firefighting aircraft have been grounded due to heavy smoke. Currently, 80,000 people have been evacuated, with thousands more on standby. Tragically, two lives have been lost in the Eton fire. The city's iconic landscape is obscured by smoke, and officials are hoping for a change in wind direction to help control the blaze.
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Speaker 0: Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by 1,000,000 of dollars, madam mayor? Have you nothing to say today? Back up. Yeah. Appreciate it. Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? Elon Musk says that you're utterly incompetent. Are you considering your position? Madam mayor, have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are dealing with this disaster? No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this was unfolding back home? Madam mayor, let me ask you just again. Have you anything to say to the citizens today as you return? They're gonna they're gonna cut it. Ma'am, hold on one second. Madam mayor, just a few words for the citizens today as you return to deal with the catastrophe. Deal with the stone. Speaker 1: David, as you say, she wasn't very keen, to answer any of your questions there, and and fire chiefs are also admitting that they just don't have enough personnel to to take out the fires. Speaker 0: Yeah. They're fighting all sorts of challenges. They're talking about a water shortage. There are reports of fire hydrant failures. They've been unable to use firefighting aircraft for much of the day due to the smoke that is billowing ominously from the hills where the wild fires are raging. And I suppose despite that political storm, this is, of course, at its heart, a human story because we've now 80,000 people evacuated. Tens of 1,000 of others are on standby to be evacuated. 2 lives have been lost in the Eton fire, which is what's causing the consequence behind us. The city's iconic landscape almost shrouded completely, by the smoke, and they're really just taking it one step at a time, hoping at some stage the wind's going to change direction or to die down and that they're going to be able to get this fire under control.
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robbystarbuck
Posted - January 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck

This is the most damning video of a politician being questioned during a disaster that I’ve ever seen. This @SkyNews reporter just absolutely shredded the incompetent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. It’s truly a work of art. 👏👏👏 https://t.co/goqy5tXlbm

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Do you owe citizens an apology for your absence while their homes burned? Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by a million dollars? Have you nothing to say to the citizens facing this disaster? Elon Musk has criticized your competence. Fire chiefs admit they lack sufficient personnel to combat the fires, facing challenges like water shortages and fire hydrant failures. Firefighting aircraft have been grounded due to heavy smoke. With 80,000 people evacuated and many more on standby, two lives have been lost in the Eton fire. The city's iconic landscape is obscured by smoke, and residents are hoping for a change in the wind to help control the fire.
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Speaker 0: Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by 1,000,000 of dollars, madam mayor? Have you nothing to say today? Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? Elon Musk says that you're utterly incompetent. Are you considering your position? Madam mayor, have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are dealing with this disaster? No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this was unfolding back home? Madam mayor, let me ask you just again. Have you anything to say to the citizens today as you return No. No. No. No. No. No. They're they're gonna they're gonna come. Ma'am, Hold on one second. Madam mayor, just a few words for the citizens today as you return to deal with the catastrophe. Speaker 1: David, as you say, she wasn't very keen, to answer any of your questions there, and and fire chiefs are also admitting that they just don't have enough personnel to to take out the fires. Speaker 0: Yeah. They're fighting all sorts of challenges. They're talking about a water shortage. There are reports of fire hydrant failures. They've been unable to use firefighting aircraft for much of the day due to the smoke that is billowing ominously from the hills where the wildfires are raging. And I suppose despite that political storm, this is, of course, at its heart, a human story because with now 80,000 people evacuated, tens of 1,000 of others are on standby to be evacuated. 2 lives have been lost in the Eton fire, which is what's causing the consequence behind us. The city's iconic landscape almost shrouded completely, by the smoke, and they're really just taking it one step at a time, hoping at some stage the wind's going to change direction or to die down and that they're going to be able to get this fire under control.
greg_price11
Posted - January 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Saved - January 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM

@greg_price11 - Greg Price

Mayor Karen Bass literally just read the words "URL" off her script during the press conference instead of the emergency website for the victims of the fire. I think we have a new winner for most incompetent politician in America. https://t.co/KIQfIVCWZB

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Build stronger than ever. If you need help, emergency information, resources, and shelter are available at the provided URL. Together, Los Angeles will overcome this challenge, thanks to the heroism of our firefighters and the vigilance of our community.
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Speaker 0: Build stronger than ever. Right now, if you need help, emergency information, resources, and shelter is available. All of this can be found at u r URL. Los Angeles together is how we will get through this. Through the heroism of our firefighters, the vigilant
MatthewKeysLive
Posted - January 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Saved - January 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM

@MatthewKeysLive - Matthew Keys

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass cut the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget by $18 million; a memo obtained by @NBCLA written by the LA Fire Chief warned Mayor Bass that those cuts would impact responses to large-scale emergencies. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/la-widlfires-budget-cuts-palisades-fire/3598438/

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The LA City Fire Department is facing significant operational challenges due to a $17.6 million budget cut, including a $7 million reduction in overtime. This has impacted their ability to prepare for and respond to large-scale emergencies, particularly wildfires. The fire chief's memo highlighted that the cuts have jeopardized pilot training and aerial firefighting capabilities. Meanwhile, the mayor faced criticism for her absence during a major fire in the Palisades, where water resources were depleted. Reporters questioned her about the budget cuts and her decision to be out of town during the crisis. As of now, there has been no official statement from the mayor regarding these issues, and she has not addressed the media directly.
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Speaker 0: Some new insight into the readiness of the LA City Fire Department. As you mentioned, the fire department was among about a dozen city agencies that were the subject of budget cuts during this last fiscal year. The city does its budget, that begins July 1st, and the year ends the following June. So we're about halfway through this city's fiscal year. And in this year, the city had to make a lot of cuts because of all kinds of over expenditures and not enough revenue. And one of the departments that got cut was the LA City fire department. I believe it was about $17,600,000. We're trying to find out today what that actually meant in terms of the department's ability to manage a large major like this, and we've gotten a hold of a memo that was written by the LA City fire chief weeks ago. This is dated December 4, 2024, and it provides an assessment of how the city fire department is dealing with all of those budget cuts. I wanna read you a couple of lines out of this. It said in its opening line, the fire department is facing an unprecedented operational challenge due to the elimination of critical civilian position, civilian positions and a $7,000,000 reduction in overtime. The civilian positions is how the department, absorbed most of that budget cut by not filling, open jobs and, and cutting some of those positions, but there was still $7,000,000 left over. And the fire department uses that money or did use that money each year to pay for a variety of disaster preparedness functions, including, preparing its air operations and its pilots to be able to do water drops. The fire chief wrote on December 4th weeks ago, the reduction in v hours, meaning those overtime hours, has severely limited the department's capacity to prepare for, train for, and respond to large scale emergencies, including wildfires. And in the report or in the the chief's memo, she specifically addresses the air operations division. This is the, the unit of the LA City fire department where the pilots load up with water and try to stop the progress of these fires. The overtime money is spent in support of FAA mandated annual pilot training and seasonal helicopter coordinator, training. And the chief wrote, without this funding, pilot compliance and readiness are jeopardized, and aerial firefighting capabilities are diminished. Now it's unclear how these budget cuts affected what has gone on over the last 30 hours or so. As you mentioned, mayor Bass, the fire chief, and a number of other officials are here. We're gonna put those questions to them. Separately, we heard earlier today about the firefight in the Palisades running out of water. The DWP confirming that 3,000,000 gallon water tanks were depleted by 3 o'clock o'clock this morning as we were covering, live on the air. That's when dozens of homes and buildings were burning in the Palisades. Mayor Bass expected to address some of those issues this afternoon, but she's been out of town for the bulk of what's happened in the last day. She arrived, from overseas earlier today and was confronted in an airport by a reporter asking why she was out of town during what may be some of the darkest moments this city has seen in a generation. Speaker 1: Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by 1,000,000 of dollars, madam mayor? Have you nothing to say today? Speaker 0: Back up. Yeah. I appreciate it. Speaker 1: Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? Elon Musk says that you're utterly incompetent. Are you considering your position? Madam mayor, have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are dealing with this disaster? No apology for them? Do you think you should have been visiting Ghana while this was unfolding back home? Speaker 0: So, again, the LA City fire chief in this memo to the city said these budget cuts to the fire department that came about 6 months ago created an unprecedented challenge for the department. Again, still unclear how it may have affected what the fire department has been able or not been able to do in the last hour. We're gonna go inside here and hear from the mayor, hear from the fire chief, and see if we can get some answers. Back to you in the studio. Speaker 1: Eric, is there any indication at this point what the mayor will say here? Has there been any press release from her staff? Speaker 0: Not so far. We saw some video clips where, a number of reporters were able to get near the mayor as she arrived in LA, visited with the governor. We believe she toured some of the disaster sites out in the Palisades, but they were specifically not allowed to ask her any questions, and we have not gotten a preview other than a brief statement from the mayor's office that said officials will provide an update on all that's going on in the city right now. Not allowed to ask an elected official questions about what's happening in her city. That seems a bit odd to me. It's an unusual situation, but, there are times where we are given access for what they'll call a photo spray, like a photo op where we can shoot some video and still photographers can take some photos, but the officials who are there are not prepared or ready or don't want to answer questions. So unusual given the circumstances of the last day. No question. Not unusual the rest of the time.
LA Fire Chief warned last month that budget cuts would affect response to large-scale emergencies The LA Fire Chief had a warning about budget cuts in the weeks before the devastating Palisades Fire. nbclosangeles.com
ImMeme0
Posted - January 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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JUST IN: The Mayor of LA explains her decision to leave the city for Africa.😉 https://t.co/UZxDDPuuzQ

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A girl came downstairs with her baby, barefoot in the cold. She mentioned that something felt off. I quickly realized the building was on fire. I grabbed my three kids, and we rushed out. There was no way we were staying in a fire today.
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Speaker 0: Girl come downstairs. She come out her apartment with her baby with no shoes on. I said, oh, girl. It's cold outside. She said, something ain't right. I said, oh, I'm in. She said, oh, man. The building is on fire. I said, no. What? What? I got my 3 kids, and we bounced out. Uh-uh. We ain't gonna be in no fire. Not today.
ChuckCallesto
Posted - January 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Saved - January 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I came across a shocking report revealing that LA Mayor Karen Bass ordered an additional $49 million in cuts to the Fire Department just a week before wildfires broke out. This comes after already slashing $17.6 million from the budget. The memo suggests that these cuts could have resulted in the closure of 16 fire stations, significantly impacting the department's emergency response capabilities. There's growing concern about whether Mayor Bass should be removed from office due to these decisions.

@ChuckCallesto - Chuck Callesto

SHOCK REPORT: ⚠️ Leaked Memo Shows LA Mayor Karen Bass ORDERED FIRE DEPARTMENT to Cut an Additional $49 Million Just ONE WEEK Before Wildfires Erupted.. SHOULD KAREN BASS BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE? A leaked memo has revealed that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered her Fire Department to implement an additional $49 million in budget cuts last week. This reduction comes on top of the $17.6 million already slashed in her latest budget. Sources say the extra cuts, requested just days before wildfires ravaged large parts of Los Angeles, WOULD HAVE LED TO THE CLOSURE of 16 fire stations and severely hampered the department's ability to respond to emergencies.

nicksortor
Posted - January 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Major radio stations in Los Angeles are demanding the removal of Mayor Karen Bass. The recent fires have highlighted a crisis in the city, with strained water supplies and misallocated funds. Many feel she has been absent during this time, even choosing to travel abroad.

@nicksortor - Nick Sortor

🚨 JUST IN: Major radio stations here in Los Angeles are publicly calling for Mayor Karen Bass to be REMOVED These fires have really woken Californians! “Our city has been left in crisis. Water supplies strained, billions of taxpayer dollars misallocated, countless lives lost… yet Mayor Bass has been ABSENT, choosing to travel abroad.” RECALL KAREN BASS!

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There is a call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her mismanagement and inadequate response to the 2020 fires. The city is in crisis, with strained water supplies, misallocated taxpayer funds, and significant loss of life and property. Families have been displaced, and basic resources like water and emergency services have been insufficient. Despite the efforts of first responders, leadership has been lacking during this critical time. The demand is for Mayor Bass to resign for her failure to lead effectively. A petition is being signed to support this recall effort.
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Speaker 0: Call for the immediate recall of mayor Karen Bass due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2020 fires. In the wake of these catastrophic fires, our city has been left in crisis. Water supplies have been severely strained. 1,000,000,000 of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost. Families have been displaced, homes destroyed, livelihoods shattered, yet their bass has been absent from the front lines, choosing to travel abroad while her constituents suffer. Despite the tireless efforts of our first responders, the city has been woefully unprepared to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents. Basic resources such as water and emergency services have been inadequate, and leadership has been nowhere to be found when it was needed most. We demand the immediate resignation of mayor Karen Bass due to her failure to lead during this unprecedented crisis. It goes on. I'm signing a position right now during the commercial break. And let's put a link on our website for it because I think everybody it's not only for residents of
shellenberger
Posted - January 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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California, despite being the wealthiest state with high taxes, has cut funding for firefighting, directly impacting Los Angeles' ability to prevent catastrophic fires. Mayor Karen Bass claims budget cuts haven't affected fire response, but the LA Fire Chief contradicts this, stating the cuts have hindered operations. Response times have increased significantly, and staffing shortages lead to tragic outcomes. While California invests heavily in homelessness and climate initiatives, this spending has not effectively addressed the rising homelessness or fire risks, raising questions about budget priorities.

@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger

California is the richest state with the highest taxes and yet it cut funding for firefighting, which led directly to L.A.'s catastrophic fires. Why? Because Newsom & Bass diverted billions from preventing and fighting catastrophic fires to migrants, homeless, and climate. https://t.co/FVckx9qaDU

@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claimed her $17.5 million cut to the LA Fire Department budget did not impact the department’s ability to prevent or fight fires. But the LA Fire Chief told CNN that “the $17 million budget cut… did absolutely negatively impact” the Department’s ability to respond to the fires. And a video released yesterday by NewsNation, which was shot by a former employee of Kamala Harris, shows that it took the LA Fire Department 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades fire. “It could have been confined,” said attorney Michael Valentine. “It wouldn’t have touched any of the homes.” It is impossible to stop fires from starting in Los Angeles. The challenge is to put them out before they become catastrophic. And the video provides evidence that firefighters could have responded earlier. “ By 10:50, the plume had spread considerably, twice as large,” reported Rich McHugh. “Eight minutes later, the size of the fire seems to have doubled yet again. Still nobody fighting the fire.  At 11:13 a.m., nearly 45 minutes after Michael's wife called in the fire, you see a chopper come through at 11:23. A helicopter comes in, begins to dump water on it. But at this point, the fire is massive and moving quickly down this ridgeline.” And now, a second firefighter has come forward to say that “There wasn’t sufficient funding for predeployment and I’m sure that played a role. The fire prevention department has taken huge cuts too and it limited their resources.” Specifically, this person said, “There were not enough mechanics, engines, or fire stations.” LA has been cutting the budget of the LA Fire Department for years, leading to rising response times.”You’re supposed to be in route in 30 seconds and there in three to five minutes, but now it’s 10 minutes and on the extreme end 30 minutes,” said the firefighter. “The other day they had a cardiac arrest call that took 30 minutes and there was a pediatric call two weeks ago and the station that was available was very far away and it took them a long time to get to the kid.” The whistleblower said staffing and equipment shortages create two tragedies. The first are unnecessary deaths and the second is the impact on the firefighters. “They just can’t make it to places fast enough and it’s a hazard to the public,” said the whistleblower. “A family member is dying and it’s 30 minutes to show up and then they’re yelling at the firefighters who are trying to do their job but there’s not enough of them. Some of that stuff really affects them.” The LA Fire Department budget is $820 million and significantly more is needed. The number of calls LA firefighters make in a year has tripled over the last 30 years while staffing has declined by one-third, according to another whistleblower. The LA Firefighters are currently owed significant backpay and have filed a lawsuit against the city. Said the whistleblower, “Nobody understands why this is going on. Why is there no money? Why can’t we pay people? We’re 80 fire stations short. Why aren’t we building them? Why aren’t we paying firefighters their contracted wages?” All of this is particularly mysterious because California is by far the richest state in the United States and has the highest taxes. The center of Big Tech, the most profitable industry in the world, and with an annual GDP of $3.8 trillion, California is the fifth-largest economy in the world. California has the highest income tax at 13.3 percent, the highest sales tax at 7.25 percent, and one of the highest corporatetaxes at 8.84%. Where is all the money going? While California’s firefighting budget rose since 2018, it was, obviously, not enough. And California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Office reported that Governor Gavin Newsom slashed funding by $101 Million in the 2024 budget and cut millions for prescribed burns, forest fire monitoring, and $12 million for home hardening. And the state funding that Newsom cut could have been used to harden homes to fire and reduce vegetation around homes in LA. Bass proposed cutting the Fire Department’s funding by an additional $48.8 million next year. The priorities of the leaders of California and Los Angeles over the last decade have been homelessness, climate change, and providing services to undocumented migrants, Since 2019, California has invested $27 billion in homelessness, or about 4.5 billion per year. That amount does not include spending on firefighting, police, or emergency medical services for the homeless. Nor does it include the $40 billion the state spent on affordable housing. California spends over $30 billion per year to provide benefits and services to migrants who came to the US illegally, according to a recent cost analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The California Budget and Policy Center estimates that they contribute up to $9 billion annually in state and local taxes. And California will spend over $48 billion on climate programs over the next seven years, or about seven billion annually. As such, California spends about $41.5 billion per year on the homeless, illegal immigrants, and climate change. If just 2% of that money, or $1 billion, had been spent on LA’s Fire Department, it could have more than doubled its budget. What’s more, there is evidence that all of that spending on homelessness made the problem worse. Since 2019, homelessness increased by 40%. And the homeless cause over half of all fires in Los Angeles. The spending has distorted other priorities... Please subscribe now to support Public's award-winning journalism, read the rest of the article, and watch the rest of the video! https://t.co/K3A3MfqCxz

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass claims her $17.5 million budget cut to the LA Fire Department hasn't affected fire response. However, the LA fire chief states the cuts have severely impacted their ability to maintain equipment, with over 100 fire apparatus out of service and a need for more firefighters and stations. A recent video shows it took 45 minutes for firefighters to respond to a fire in Pacific Palisades, raising concerns about rising response times. Despite California's wealth and high taxes, funding for firefighting has been reduced, with Governor Newsom cutting $101 million from the budget. The focus on homelessness and climate change has diverted funds, leading to increased homelessness and fires. Critics argue that reallocating just a fraction of the spending on these issues could significantly enhance fire department resources.
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Speaker 0: Hey, everyone. It's Mike Schellenberger for public. Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass claims that her $17,500,000 cut to the LA Fire department budget did not impact the department's ability to prevent or fight fires. However, the LA fire chief told CNN Speaker 1: Let me be clear. The $17,000,000 budget cut and elimination of our civilian positions like our mechanics did and has has and will continue to severely impact our ability to repair our apparatus. We have over a 100 fire apparatus out of service. We do not have enough firefighters. We need 62 more fire stations. Speaker 0: And a new video released yesterday by NewsNation, which was shot by a former employee of Kamala Harris, shows that it took the LA fire department 45 minutes to respond to the Pacific Palisades fire. Speaker 1: They claimed they didn't see any response until 45 minutes after they called 911. Speaker 2: I wouldn't have believed it either until I saw the video. You know? Michael Valentine, he's a former US attorney for 8 years under Kamala Harris. Speaker 3: I did not see any firefighters up there. Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? Speaker 3: That's the question. I I don't know. I wish I knew the answer to that. I have no idea. I have no idea why that is. It could have been confined. It wouldn't have touched any of the homes. You're talking to somebody that's been up in this community for 40 years, and I've seen fires, and there's always been a good response. I don't know what happened this time. Speaker 0: Now it's impossible to stop fires from starting in Los Angeles. There's just too many causes and the city's too big. The challenge is to put them out before they become catastrophic, and the video provides strong evidence that firefighters could have responded earlier. Speaker 2: He documented it all on video, giving NewsNation an exclusive look of where it started and how quickly it grew. By 10:50, the plume had spread considerably, twice as large. 8 minutes later, the size of the fire seems to have doubled yet again. There's still nobody fighting the fire. At 11:13 AM, nearly 45 minutes after Michael's wife called in the fire, you see a chopper come through. At 11:23, a helicopter comes in, begins to dump water on it. But at this point, the fire is massive and moving quickly down this ridgeline. Speaker 0: And now a second firefighter has come forward to tell me that there wasn't sufficient funding for predeployment, and I'm sure that played a role. The fire prevention department has taken huge cuts and it limits their resources. This person added that there were not enough mechanics, engines, or fire stations. In truth, LA has been under funding the budget of the LA Fire Department for years, leading to rising response times. You're supposed to be en route in 30 seconds and there in 3 to 5 minutes, but now it's 10 minutes. And on the extreme end, 30 minutes, said the firefighter. The other day, they had a cardiac arrest call that took 30 minutes, and then there was a pediatric call 2 weeks ago, and the station that was available was very far away and it took them a long time to get to the kid. The whistleblower said that the budget, staffing, and equipment shortages create 2 tragedies. The first are unnecessary deaths and the second is the impact on the firefighters. They just can't make it to places fast enough and it's a hazard to the public, this person said. A family member is dying and it's 30 minutes to show up, and then they're yelling at the firefighters who are trying to do their job, but there's just not enough of them. Some of that stuff really affects them. The LA Fire Department's budget is $820,000,000 and significantly more is needed. The number of calls LA firefighters make in a year has tripled over the last 30 years, while staffing has declined by 1 third according to another whistleblower. The LA firefighters are currently owed significant back pay and have filed a lawsuit against the city. According to the new whistleblower, nobody understands why this is going on. Why is there no money? Why can't we pay people? We're 80 fire stations short. Why aren't we building them? Why aren't we paying firefighters their contracted wages? Now all of this is particularly mysterious because California is by far the richest state in the United States and it has the highest taxes, the center of big tech, the most profitable industry in the world. And with an annual GDP of $3,800,000,000,000 California is the 5th largest economy in the world. California has the highest income tax at 13.3%, the highest sales tax at 7.25%, and one of the highest corporate taxes at 8.8%. So where is all the money going? While California's firefighting budget rose since 2018, it was obviously not enough. And California's nonpartisan legislative analyst office reported that Governor Newsom actually slashed funding by $101,000,000 in the 2024 budget and cut 1,000,000 for prescribed burns, forest fire monitoring, and 12,000,000 for home hardening. That funding that Newsom cut could have been used to harden homes in Los Angeles to fire and reduce the vegetation around those homes. BAS proposed cutting the fire department's budget by an additional 48,800,000 next year. The priorities of the leaders of California and Los Angeles over the last decade have been elsewhere on homelessness, climate change, and providing services to undocumented migrants. Since 2019, California has invested $27,000,000,000 in homelessness, about $4,500,000,000 per year. That amount does not include spending on firefighting, police, or emergency medical services for the homeless, nor does it include the $40,000,000,000 the state spent on affordable housing. California spends over $30,000,000,000 per year to provide benefits and services to migrants who came to the United States illegally according to a recent cost analysis by the Federation For American Immigration Reform. The California Budget and Policy Center estimates that they contribute up to $9,000,000,000 annually in state and local taxes. California will spend over $48,000,000,000 on climate programs over the next 7 years, about $7,000,000,000 annually. As such, California spends about $41,500,000,000 per year on homelessness, illegal migrants, and climate change. If just 2% of that money or $1,000,000,000 had been spent on the LA fire department, it could have more than doubled its budget. What's more, there is evidence that all of that spending on homelessness made the problem worse. Since 2019, homelessness increased by 40%, and the homeless caused over half of all fires in Los Angeles. The spending has also distorted other priorities. LA spends if you're not already a subscriber to Public, please subscribe now to support our award winning investigative journalism, our defense of free speech, and to watch the rest of this video and read the rest of the article.
WallStreetApes
Posted - January 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I shared that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass allocated funds from the LA Fire Department to support a transgender cafe. Just a day before the Pacific Palisades fires, she attempted to cut the Fire Department's budget by $49 million, raising concerns about her spending priorities.

@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass used LA Fire Department money to fund a transgender cafe She also tried to cut the Fire Department budget by $49 million ONE DAY before the Pacific Palisades fires broke out “The budget resolution for 2024 to 2025 fiscal year shows some foolish spending. So there was a midnight stroll transgender cafe, which Karen Bass suggested a $100,000 slush fund, and that amount was fully approved by city council”

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Karen Bass allocated funds from the Los Angeles Fire Department budget to support initiatives like a queer cafe and the Ebony Theater. Just before the Palisades fire, she proposed cutting nearly $49 million from the fire department, following over $17 million in cuts the previous year. This decision raises concerns about prioritizing spending in a state prone to disasters. The 2024-2025 budget includes a $100,000 fund for a transgender cafe, which was approved by the city council. Meanwhile, there are reports of numerous fire trucks that are unprepared for emergencies.
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Speaker 0: Karen Bass used fire department money to fund a queer occult interest in Ebony Theater and a Transcafe. So she had tried to slash almost $49,000,000 from the Los Angeles Fire Department budget one day before the Palisades fire started. This came after more than $17,000,000 in cuts the previous year. Okay? She didn't wanna she didn't wanna waste money, because we're in a state that's under a constant threat of disaster. So what did we fund instead? What did we use that money for instead? Well, the budget resolution for 2024 to 2025 fiscal year, shows some some foolish spending. So there was a midnight stroll transgender cafe, which Carabass suggested a $100,000 slush fund, and that amount was fully approved by city council. I saw a video today of just like a 100 fire trucks sitting there that need to prepare. We could use thank God for this cafe.
MarioNawfal
Posted - January 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Saved - January 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I’m facing significant backlash as accusations of "legalized corruption" mount against me amid wildfires devastating the city. Allegations include endorsing a former councilor linked to hush money, awarding a high salary to a friend, and having council members involved in serious crimes. Critics claim I've turned the Department of Water and Power into a slush fund, with its CEO earning an exorbitant salary while essential services fail. As photos of me in Ghana circulate, many question my ability to lead a city engulfed in scandals and crisis.

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸LA MAYOR KAREN BASS ACCUSED OF "LEGALIZED CORRUPTION" She is facing intense backlash over a string of explosive scandals as wildfires ravage the city. Bass’ ties to corruption run deep. From pay-to-play donations to controversial allies, her leadership is being called into question. The allegations include endorsing a former councilor investigated over hush money payments for Congress, awarding a fat cat salary to a pal, and having council members accused of embezzlement, perjury, racketeering, tax evasion and bribes She’s been accused of turning LA’s Department of Water and Power into a slush fund, awarding its CEO a staggering $750K salary - nearly double the previous pay - while broken hydrants failed during the fires. As photos emerge of her sipping cocktails in Ghana while LA burned, many wonder if she’s lost control of a city drowning in scandals and flames. Source: NY Post

In2ThinAir
Posted - January 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Saved - January 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I find it striking that after LA Mayor Karen Bass returned from Ghana, Los Angeles faced severe wildfires, and now Ghana is also dealing with devastating fires. It raises questions about the timing and whether there’s more to this situation than what’s apparent.

@In2ThinAir - In2ThinAir

🚨#BREAKING! AFRICA WILDFIRES begin AFTER California Mayor Karen Bass LEAVES! WOW! 🤯 Suspiciously, LA Mayor Karen Bass returned from a trip to Ghana just as Los Angeles was engulfed in flames, and now, coincidentally, Ghana is experiencing its own series of devastating fires. Could there be more to this story than meets the eye?

DrewHLive
Posted - January 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Saved - January 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM

@DrewHLive - Drew Hernandez

Woke LA Mayor Karen Bass wants the residents of the Pacific Palisades, CA to wait until she says it’s okay for them to not only rebuild their homes but clean the destruction left of their land This press conference is insane Trump humiliated her https://t.co/VW6Ddu2erC

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You have emergency powers, and you need to use them as I am. I have exercised mine. Individuals can clear their properties, but they need to know they can return soon. A week is a long time for people waiting to access their homes. They feel unsafe standing outside their burned properties, which are already gone. They want to enter, but permits are delayed, and it could take 18 months. We need to ensure disaster relief funds are used effectively and protect against future fires. We should include measures to prevent fires, like providing water for firefighting. It's about common sense.
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Speaker 0: You have emergency powers just like I do, and I'm exercising my emergency powers. You have to exercise them also. Speaker 1: I did exercise them also. Speaker 0: Because I look Speaker 1: I mean, you have a very powerful Speaker 0: emergency power, and you can do everything within 24 hours. Speaker 1: Yes. And if individuals want to clear out their property, they can. We yes. But you know that you will be able to go back soon. Right. Speaker 0: Mister president. Speaker 1: We think within a Speaker 0: week, that's every That's a long time Speaker 2: a week. Speaker 0: I'll be honest. To me, everyone's standing in front of their house. They wanna go to work, and they're not allowed to do it. Speaker 1: And the most important Speaker 0: thing is people to Speaker 1: be safe. Speaker 0: They're safe. They're safe. You know what? They're not safe. They're not safe now. They're gonna be much safer. A week a week is actually a long time, the way I look at it. I I watched 100 of people standing in front of their lots, and they're not allowed to go in. It's all burned. It's gone. It's done. Nothing's gonna happen to it. It's not gonna burn anymore. There's nothing to burn. There's almost nothing to burn. And they wanna go in there. The people are all over the place. They're standing, and they say, Warren, you're going in. We're trying to get a permit, and the permit's gonna take them everybody said 18 months. You said 18 months. You said 18 months. That was last night. And that was last night. I'm Speaker 2: at. Speaker 1: 18 months before we walk. We can't even see our homes right now. We are blocked from entering our streets. We can't even this is our first time we saw our house. It was yesterday. Speaker 2: Mister president, we're gonna be together next week. And during the interim, many of us are involved in and Tom McClintock, who you know has been an expert on this for years. Speaker 0: That's right. Speaker 2: We are going to be putting conditions on the money that do two things, require that it be done timely and affordable, and then secondly, that we protect those who will come afterwards. As we speak, there are 6,000 acres burning in my district on the Mexican border. There will be more fires until we include in any disaster relief items which will prevent it or at least mitigate it from happening again. So you're going to see us proposing both of those. Speaker 0: Like like water. Yeah. Little things like water. For us. You know, the party of common sense. See, we're the Brad, we're the party of common sense. You're not in all fairness. Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Speaker 0: We like water to put out fires. It's really quite efficient. Alright.
CollinRugg
Posted - February 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Saved - February 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I’m looking into why I was permitted to travel to Ghana just days before the LA fires. It’s unusual to investigate someone else for my own actions. I felt there wasn’t enough preparation for the situation, and no one advised against my trip. I’m unsure why that didn’t happen.

@CollinRugg - Collin Rugg

NEW: LA Mayor Karen Bass says she’s investigating why she was allowed to go on a trip to Ghana days before the LA fires. Investigating someone else for something you did is wild. Bass: That level of preparation really didn't happen. So it didn't reach that level to me. No one said you shouldn't have gone on a trip. Reporter: Why didn't it happen? Bass: I don’t know. That’s what we are investigating.

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The White House asked me to represent the president on a short trip to Ghana, and I agreed. Looking back, I realize our preparation for the fires wasn't up to par. We usually do a much better job of preparing. If we had, I wouldn't have gone to San Diego, let alone out of the country. Although there were warnings, the fire chief said predicting this level of disaster wasn't possible. It didn't reach a level where someone would tell me not to go. Two investigations are underway to examine pre-deployment and staffing decisions. The Fire Safety Research Institute, which investigated the Maui fires, is also involved. I felt awful not being here for my city and family, and not being present was a mistake.
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Speaker 0: To go to Ghana, which I know you've said was a mistake now. But I I just am curious on the thought process behind it. Right. Because we know that there was warnings about the weather before you went and you still went. What was the thought process behind going to Ghana? Speaker 1: So let me just tell you a couple of things. First of all, when the White House called and asked me if I would represent the president, I said, yes. It was gonna be a very, very short trip over a weekend and two business days. We need to look at everything about the preparation and all of that for the fires because I think when we evaluate that, we will find that although there were warnings that I frankly wasn't aware of, although there were warnings, I think our preparation wasn't what it typically is, meaning that before there's a major weather event, example, last week, when we knew we Speaker 0: were gonna get into the Speaker 1: rains Right. Speaker 0: You saw Speaker 1: us come together and us talk about, you know, get your sandbags, bring the k rails out. That type of preparation didn't happen. If that had, I will tell you, Alex, I wouldn't have even gone to San Diego, let alone leave the country. Speaker 0: But what do you mean there were warnings you weren't aware of? Because I know we were talking about it on the news. A lot of people were talking about the problems, warning that this was gonna be a huge issue. Speaker 1: So when I talked about it with with the fire chief, what she said is is that we have warnings of Santa Ana winds a lot. But predicting this, and you saw, we from the city, from the county, that level of preparation really didn't happen. So it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn't have gone on a trip. Speaker 0: Why didn't that happen? Speaker 1: But to me, I don't know. I mean, I think that that's one of the things we need to look at. So two investigations are taking place. One internal to the city, and that's the fire commission because that's mandated by the city charter. So the commission will hire an outside entity to examine everything, the pre deployment, you know, why were staffs why were firefighters sent home, you know, all of that that should have taken place that didn't. And then also the governor has contracted with the Fire Safety Research Institute, which is a national institute that investigated what happened in the fires in Maui. So everything that happened, including that, needs to be examined. But I will tell you that I felt absolutely terrible not being here for my city and not being here for my family who was impacted by the fires as well. And so when I say it was a mistake, absolutely, the idea that I was not present was very painful.
JamesOKeefeIII
Posted - February 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Saved - February 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

While Los Angeles burned, LA Mayor Karen Bass was out of the country. Now, she’s claiming she’s investigating why no one stopped her from leaving. We have an LA Mayor's Office employee ON TAPE admitting why Bass fled Los Angeles. The truth is coming. Stay tuned.

@CollinRugg - Collin Rugg

NEW: LA Mayor Karen Bass says she’s investigating why she was allowed to go on a trip to Ghana days before the LA fires. Investigating someone else for something you did is wild. Bass: That level of preparation really didn't happen. So it didn't reach that level to me. No one said you shouldn't have gone on a trip. Reporter: Why didn't it happen? Bass: I don’t know. That’s what we are investigating.

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The White House asked me to represent the president on a short trip to Ghana, and I agreed. Looking back, I recognize it was a mistake to go. Despite warnings about the weather, the level of preparation we usually have for major weather events didn't happen. I wasn't fully aware of the severity. The fire chief indicated that while Santa Ana winds are common, the prediction of this event didn't trigger the usual city and county response. Now, two investigations are underway: one internal by the city's fire commission and another by the Fire Safety Research Institute, which investigated the Maui fires. Everything will be examined, including pre-deployment and staffing decisions. I felt terrible being away from my city and my family during the fires. My absence was very painful.
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Speaker 0: To go to Ghana, which I know you've said was a mistake now. But I I just am curious on the thought process behind it. Right. Because we know that there was warnings about the weather before you went and you still went. What was the thought process behind going to Ghana? Speaker 1: So let me just tell you a couple of things. First of all, when the White House called and asked me if I would represent the president, I said, yes. It was gonna be a very, very short trip over a weekend and two business days. We need to look at everything about the preparation and all of that for the fires because I think when we evaluate that, we will find that although there were warnings that I frankly wasn't aware of, although there were warnings, I think our preparation wasn't what it typically is, meaning that before there's a major weather event, example, last week, when we knew we Speaker 0: were gonna get into the Speaker 1: rains Right. Speaker 0: You saw Speaker 1: us come together and us talk about, you know, get your sandbags, bring the k rails out. That type of preparation didn't happen. If that had, I will tell you, Alex, I wouldn't have even gone to San Diego, let alone leave the country. Speaker 0: But what do you mean there were warnings you weren't aware of? Because I know we were talking about it on the news. A lot of people were talking about the problems, warning that this was gonna be a huge issue. Speaker 1: So when I talked about it with with the fire chief, what she said is is that we have warnings of Santa Ana winds a lot. But predicting this, and you saw, we from the city, from the county, that level of preparation really didn't happen. So it didn't reach that level to me to say something terrible could happen and maybe you shouldn't have gone on a trip. Speaker 0: Why didn't that happen? Speaker 1: But to me, I don't know. I mean, I think that that's one of the things we need to look at. So two investigations are taking place. One internal to the city, and that's the fire commission because that's mandated by the city charter. So the commission will hire an outside entity to examine everything, the pre deployment, you know, why were staffs why were firefighters sent home, you know, all of that that should have taken place that didn't. And then also the governor has contracted with the Fire Safety Research Institute, which is a national institute that investigated what happened in the fires in Maui. So everything that happened, including that, needs to be examined. But I will tell you that I felt absolutely terrible not being here for my city and not being here for my family who was impacted by the fires as well. And so when I say it was a mistake, absolutely, the idea that I was not present was very painful.
WallStreetApes
Posted - February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Saved - February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM

@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

WOW 🚨 James O'Keefe just got evidence California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass KNEW THE FIRES WERE COMING The real reason Karen Bass was busy in Ghana, Africa is she was obtaining a contract TO INTEGRATE MORE AFRICANS INTO CALIFORNIA https://t.co/OJH0TcF4va

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As an official in Mayor Karen Bass's office, I knew the wildfires were a possibility but admitted there was nothing we could do. I mentioned the mayor was in Ghana working to establish a consulate for Los Angeles, aiming to integrate African countries for potential healthcare benefits. I also said that many of the homes that burned were out of code, and it was like a "ticking time bomb." As a project manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, I admitted that the water reservoir for Pacific Palisades was empty for about a year due to a tear in the floating covers. I don't think it would have made a big impact during the fires, and also admitted to ignoring mandatory water emergency command center training initially.
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Speaker 0: A lot of the houses done, so, like, they were out of, like, three yards from the building. Really? Like, nobody gave up. This is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a take your time off. Speaker 1: Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they didn't. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But red flag warnings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So, of course, they did. Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: What was the initial response when when Speaker 2: this all happened? Like, the mayor wasn't Speaker 0: in town. First of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she's out there, like, doing what Speaker 4: we do. What is she doing? Speaker 0: So right now, Ghana's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get possible health care, and that's, like, big, like, strategic goal on the other side. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, so we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, and he admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we went out of, like, took it out of service because there was a tear, like, on the floating covers. Speaker 6: How long was the reservoir empty? Speaker 4: It's like Speaker 5: a year. Let's say we had, like, a, like, Speaker 7: a little bit of notice. Speaker 5: You can't slam through the reservoir. Speaker 2: It's just, I guess, like, people ask questions like, oh, like, could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? You know? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. Speaker 8: So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center. There's something else ignoring, like, earlier this year. They're like, oh, here. Here's your training. Speaker 1: Last month, Los Angeles, California saw devastating wildfires that led to over 12,000 homes being destroyed. Firefighters attempted to save those homes, but the firefighters ran out of water in the fire hydrants. With the tragic events, residents have been asking questions, demanding answers from their government. OMG decided to take matters into our own hands and obtain answers from local officials using hidden cameras. Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Alexander Boss specializes in international relations for Bass's office. He spoke about his role to one of our undercover journalists. Speaker 0: I'm in the mayor's office of international. Okay. So we're, like, the social social welfare. So I'm not in, like, the homeless section, which I'm not interested. No. So we deal with, like, all the consulates in the area. We deal with any foreign delegations that come into Los Angeles that wanna do, like, any sort of bilateral agreements or just kind of, like, make business easier between the residents here that are from there you know, or, actually, like, potential opportunities. Know? We meet with our deputy well, right now, we don't have one. But, usually, when we do have one, we meet with our once or twice a week, like, the whole team. Then we have a round table, and we talk about what we're working on. And it's cool, and it's fun. Speaker 1: Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they did. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But around five mornings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So at first, they did. Speaker 1: Currently, Alexander Boss from the Los Angeles mayor's office works with the victims of the LA wildfires. Boss goes on to blame the spreading of the fires on the residents for their, quote, homes being out of code. Bozz also saying, quote, nobody gave a fuck. Speaker 2: How was that? Today with the fires and helping people? Speaker 0: It was it was okay. It's just crazy, like, these because these people, like, they've literally, like, they've lost everything. Like, people are, like, literally breaking down into tears. It's all we're, like, just we're trying to sign them in, like, get them, like, the service that they need. Yeah. Yeah. It's really bad. Speaker 2: Victims from policies or everybody. I don't know. Policies, everybody. But Speaker 0: the other thing too No. I see that. Like, with this fire, like, a lot of these a lot of the houses there, so, like, they were out of like, their yards were out Speaker 5: of code. No. Speaker 2: Out of what? Speaker 0: Out of code. Like, nobody gave them I don't know. Like, this is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a taking time bomb. But, like, the house is, they there's supposed to be, like, a certain amount of feet apart too. Yeah. Speaker 5: It's hard. Yeah. It Speaker 0: just wasn't built the way it should have been. Speaker 1: After experiencing four years of a volatile economy, America is facing record inflation and a massive threat to the US dollar. Experts are warning the stock market could crash, and we could be facing a recession. In these uncertain times, I recommend gold to my audience, and I trust Fisher Capital as my official gold partner. Not only have my friends at Fisher delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in gold to their clients, they've also proven to be vigilant and right on the front line supporting causes that make our country stronger and better. Fisher Capital is the largest corporate partner for Turning Point USA, close friends of OMG. We appear at their events every December and continues to make sure the new administration is successful. Based on my experience and client testimonials, the team at Fisher Capital consists of some of the most caring and compassionate individuals in finance today. And when you click the link, you will qualify for an exclusive offer only available to my listeners, where you can get up to $20,000 of free silver with your qualifying purchase. When you speak with Fisher, make sure to mention that James O'Keefe sent you. Our portfolios are too important to trust to stocks and bonds alone. Protect yourself with gold today and get it from Fisher Capital. Go to Fisher0mg.com. That's Fisher0mg.com. Fisher 0 m g Com. The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: So what was the initial response when that when this Speaker 2: all happened? Like, like, what because the mayor wasn't in town. So Speaker 0: here's the thing. Speaker 2: There's just been so much conflict and it's amazing. Speaker 5: Right. So here's the thing. So we're we're trying to Speaker 0: first of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she was out there, like, doing work Speaker 5: with you. Speaker 4: And What does she do? Speaker 0: So right now, Donna's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get funds for what's out there, and it's not like they're charity cases. Like, we're not doing using city funds to do this. And, also, like, this is, like, mutually beneficial. So, like, it benefits both our economy and their Yeah. So that's what we're that's, like, a big, like, strategic goal of the office. Speaker 2: Do you think, like, do you think that, like, prioritizing, like, minorities and stuff is priority of the mayor's office? Like Speaker 0: I mean, in general, yes. Speaker 1: The official inside the mayor's office said that president Trump's order to release water from the Central Valley in California was, quote, dumb and not real. Speaker 0: Trump turned the water back on through the military, like I mean, that was on the news. But Yeah. So think that was funny. Didn't think it was funny. I thought it was dumb. Speaker 2: It was dumb? Yeah. That he's giving us water? Speaker 1: No. No. Speaker 2: Do you think that's real? Speaker 0: Yeah. It's not real. All I know is there's a lot of misinformation coming out from TikTok. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, a project matter for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Angel spoke to our undercover journalist about his role for that department. Speaker 5: But normally, I I just I'm I'm a project manager for on the water side. So this it's funny enough that the same people that are my bosses are still the same people the people I work with are the same people that I'm working with in this emergency room. Yeah. There's like a bunch of legal holes, but I'm basically like running around just making sure that people got what they need. So I'm setting them like I see like four, five, five locations. I'm setting up like more up like four more to distribute water. Speaker 2: Distribute water? Speaker 5: Drinking water. Yeah. Yeah. That's fine. It's gonna be all day. Speaker 2: Do they do people Speaker 9: work from home Speaker 2: at the Speaker 5: time or just Oh, no. Like a couple days out of the week. No. Actually, three days out of the week. Speaker 1: Now the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project manager admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 2: It's like everybody is just kind of like, what happened? Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we're not as like, we took it out of service because there is a tear, like, on the floating covers, like, I don't know. It's, a billion dollars or so because of that floating cover to repair or something like that. But then we like, that the coverage rated for, twenty five years. Speaker 6: How long is the reservoir empty? Speaker 5: It's like a year. Also, even though like like let's say we had Speaker 7: like a like a little bit of notice, Speaker 5: you can't slam fill the reservoir. You can't just like, oh, we got a we got water. Speaker 2: It's just I guess like people ask questions like, like could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 2: Oh, is there not enough water? Like, what's the Speaker 5: Oh, there's enough water. Speaker 2: There is enough water? I Speaker 5: have more than enough water. Speaker 2: They they have been what? Repairs or Speaker 5: Kind of. But because it's like it's continual thing but what? It's like the winds hit pretty hard this year. Yeah. We weren't expecting this. Speaker 2: Obviously, you think it could have helped if there was water and fire hydrants. Hydrants. Speaker 5: They were also breaking our equipment. Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I think everyone's just like, k. We need more water. We them. Speaker 5: Yeah. But yeah. I mean, Speaker 0: we live Speaker 5: in a desert. It's it's all in the rain here. Speaker 1: Our team spoke to two National Guard members who admitted governor Newsom did not fill the reservoirs and confirmed the hydrants were empty when the fires were raging. Speaker 5: I saw that, the fire hydrants. Speaker 10: There's no water coming Speaker 0: out of Speaker 5: it, bro. Why? Well, I mean, the governor decided not to do reservoir shit. They didn't have water in the hydrants. No. They didn't. No. Why? We've been here since the tenth. It's been it's pretty bad. It is bad. It it's the situation is is it's over. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. The training teaches him what to do in emergency situations. Luna goes on to say he did the training after the LA wildfires occurred, and he admitted that he doesn't do his job. Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center, and it's like it's incident incident command system structure, which it's it's like it's something like there's something else ignoring like earlier this year. They're like, oh, here here's your training. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Speaker 9: Did you Speaker 5: do it? No. No boss. Alright. Cool. Speaker 8: Yeah. So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: Yeah. So then I got a reminder even though like I'm a supervisor and told that like, alright. Like you gotta do this. So like I I gave it like the college trials like oh, this is super dry because a robot voice is reading this to me. So like yeah. Like I tried doing it. Was like, I'm gonna just print it print it out. I'm gonna try doing the test at the end so I just do it. I was like, no, it didn't work. Right? But then after getting thrown into it and seeing like what it is within real time, it's like, oh, now all this makes sense. So I went back and did all Speaker 2: of them. Oh my god. Yeah. Were you guys required to do that type of stuff? Speaker 1: Yeah. Recent months, many of our fellow Americans experienced unprecedented natural disasters and damaged infrastructure, making access to health care essentials impossible at the very moment it was needed. When disaster strikes, being prepared is your best defense. And now I'm excited to share with you the brand new field emergency kit from our friends at The Wellness Company. The ultimate survival kit for any situation where medical help is not an option. Inside this rugged waterproof case, you'll find essential medications that cover over 60 conditions that you can encounter along with a detailed 85 page doctor written guidebook. This ultimate kit includes Amoxicillin, an essential for treating bacterial infections and antivirals and antiparasitics like Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, Medications that are critical in situations where you are exposed to respiratory virus or parasites. And for those facing potentially life threatening allergic reactions, the field kit includes epinephrine, the generic EpiPen, along with vital first aid supplies such as tourniquet and wound and burn treatments. Natural disasters are happening at record rates, so I urge everyone to get the ultimate field emergency kit from our friends and supporters at The Wellness Company by going to TWC.health/OMG TWC Health / OMG that's twc.health/0mg. And now you can save 50% just by using code o m g at checkout. Finally, we sent our team, our correspondents on the Ground Angeles to ask residents what they thought about the LA Officials. Speaker 10: So we're here in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. And as you see, we're in front of the disaster that happened a couple weeks ago due to the fires that were raging here. We spoke to some of the residents from Los Angeles. Here's part of our conversation. Speaker 11: I worked at a preschool in the Palisades, and I was actually there. Speaker 10: What was a preschool? Speaker 11: Pali Press. Yeah. And I was there the day that the fires happened, and so we had to evacuate all the children. Speaker 10: What do you guys think of the mayor? Speaker 11: I don't think her actions were what they could have been during the time of the fire. Speaker 5: Mainly, I've seen a lot of different fires starting up from, like, different random people, like Arsonists? Yeah. I I do feel like Gavin Newsom was a big part of not being able to get it extinguished. Speaker 12: We did a kick ass job. Speaker 10: You like Karen Bass? Speaker 12: Kick ass. Yes. Speaker 10: Did. Why did she do a kick ass job? Speaker 12: She's trying to get what she can and she's working with all the BS that the other people above are giving her crap for. Speaker 10: There's only three houses on my street that survived and mine was one of them. Who would you blame? Probably the mayor because the reservoirs weren't filled out. Speaker 13: We also got the chance to speak to Steve Slipsevik, the CEO and founder of Strategic Response Partners. SRP is a network of experienced disaster management professionals who serve property owners in nearly all aspects of disaster preparation, response, and recovery. SRP has been on the ground in LA helping local homeowners. Steve told us that firefighters were sent into the battle with no bullets. Speaker 9: And those firefighters that do an excellent job, it's not their fault. They're ready to go. And when they show up at a battlefield with no bullets, responsibility goes right to the top. People say, well, even if we had a lot of trucks, we couldn't stop it. That's interesting. We do private fire. Every structure that we stood up, we saved. Speaker 13: We showed Steve the hidden camera footage from the LA mayor's official, and here's what he had to say. Speaker 9: The mayor's put in a position to protect the residents, to provide opportunities, economic opportunities in those neighborhoods. Right? That's what the mayor's position is. Speaker 5: Right. Speaker 9: So it's a failure on government, hands down. You expect that the resident who maybe moved in here from Germany or somewhere else knows what a red flag warning is? Because I don't care what you say at the end of the day, results don't lie. And based on results, no water in the reservoirs, no water at the hydrants. That's right. Right? Apparatus, engines in the boneyard with no parts. Speaker 10: We caught up with Alexander Bowes, international relations staffer from LA Mayor Karen Bass, and here's how it went. Alex? Hi. Hey. You work for mayor Karen Bass. Is that correct? Oh. I'd like to talk to you about some of the comments you made. I don't. This is you on hidden camera right here. You spoke about how the houses were out of code for the Pacific Palisades residence. Is that right? Is that you? Do you work for Karen Bass? I know you're not mute. You talk to her all the time. This is you on on camera. Alex. Alright. I'm gonna call the police. Call the police. I'm a journalist. It's the first amendment. We're asking questions about the comments you said on hidden camera. Bring them. Speaker 0: If you could please, like Speaker 10: Is this you with mayor Karen Bass? Why was she in Ghana when houses were being deleted by the fires? No comment. Do you have you met the mayor? No. Yes. You did. Are you lying? Speaker 0: I'm not lying. Okay. You know what? No comment. Speaker 10: So why was she in Ghana? You said she was partying with Bad Bunny. Who was she partying with? Alex. Where are you going? Alex, you said the president getting water for Los Angeles was dumb. Why is it dumb to give water to people? Those are your words. Sir, do you think it's dumb for people to have water? Where are you going? Do you know where you parked? You said that the office knew that the fires were coming because of red flag indications. You said there was nothing that they could do. Do you think the mayor is responsible for the fires? Alex, what do you think the residents will think of your comments? Sir, Alexander Boz, international relations mayor's office threatening to call the cops on a journalist for asking questions. Let's get a shot of him, please. So we're calling Angel Luna, a project manager from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for his comments to an undercover journalist. You spoke to our undercover journalist just a few weeks ago about how the Santa Ynez water reservoir was not full. I'd like to get your comment on the record about that. Speaker 14: You would actually have to, speak to our legal representation, but Speaker 10: Well, you I have you on hidden camera speaking about how you're blaming the LA Firefighters for breaking the equipment, and that's why they don't have water in the fire hydrants. What's your comment? Speaker 14: Once again, I would still need to run this through legal. Speaker 10: And why didn't you do your emergency water command training when you spoke to our undercover journalists? Then you did it after the fire. Why did you do that? Speaker 14: Once again, I would need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to hear from you. I'm talking to you. Speaker 14: Well, once again, I will need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: What do you think the LA residents will see and think of when they see that you're saying that I didn't do my training, you're blaming the firefighters, there was no water in the fire hydrants. What's going on there, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, I'll still need to speak to my legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to talk to I know. Let's talk let's have a conversation about this, Angel. I think it's pretty damning to say these things, and you don't have water in the reservoir. People's houses were burning down. Y'all didn't have water. So what's going on, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, thanks for approaching me on this, but I will still need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: And when can I hear back from you on that? You said you're gonna speak to them. When are you gonna come back to me on that? Speaker 14: I will not be coming back to you. You could speak to legal patient. Thank you. Speaker 10: Okay. Alright. Well, last question I have for you, and he hung up. Angel Luna, LADWP project manager. Speaker 1: We'll be doing a lot of follow-up reporting on the fires in Los Angeles, on the statements made by these officials. If you're on the inside of any government agency in California or anywhere in Los Angeles, you know who to call. Our signal number is (914) 491-9395. Our email address tips@okeefmediagroup.com. Our reporters are standing by. We are hot on the story here in California and elsewhere deep within the desert. Stay tuned next week for a follow-up. We'll get back to you. Be brave. And as always, our price is our life. Stay tuned.
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Posted - February 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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@MJTruthUltra - MJTruthUltra

This is so bad…. Newsome & Bass knew LA fires were coming What’s worse… While fires raged, Bass was in Ghana chasing a contract to create an African Consulate in CA, in order to bring more African immigrants here. OMG @JamesOKeefeIII https://t.co/TNwAVAkAeq

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I'm Alexander Boss from LA Mayor Karen Bass's office. We knew wildfires were a possibility, but there was nothing we could do. The mayor was in Ghana working to establish a consulate for Los Angeles. Regarding the fires, many homes were out of code. Angel Luna from the Department of Water and Power admitted the Pacific Palisades reservoir was empty for a year due to a tear in the floating covers, but he doesn't think it would have made a difference. I also ignored mandatory water emergency command center training until after the fires. National Guard members confirmed the governor didn't fill reservoirs, and hydrants were empty during the fires. I was approached about these comments and threatened to call the cops on the journalist. Luna said he would need to speak to legal representation.
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Speaker 0: A lot of the houses done, so, like, they were out of, like, three yards from the building. Really? Like, nobody gave up. This is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a take your time off. Speaker 1: Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they didn't. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But red flag warnings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So, of course, they did. Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: What was the initial response when when Speaker 2: this all happened? Like, the mayor wasn't Speaker 0: in town. First of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she's out there, like, doing what Speaker 4: we do. What is she doing? Speaker 0: So right now, Ghana's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get possible health care, and that's, like, big, like, strategic goal on the other side. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, so we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, and he admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we went out of, like, took it out of service because there was a tear, like, on the floating covers. Speaker 6: How long was the reservoir empty? Speaker 4: It's like Speaker 5: a year. Let's say we had, like, a, like, Speaker 7: a little bit of notice. Speaker 5: You can't slam through the reservoir. Speaker 2: It's just, I guess, like, people ask questions like, oh, like, could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? You know? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. Speaker 8: So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center. There's something else ignoring, like, earlier this year. They're like, oh, here. Here's your training. Speaker 1: Last month, Los Angeles, California saw devastating wildfires that led to over 12,000 homes being destroyed. Firefighters attempted to save those homes, but the firefighters ran out of water in the fire hydrants. With the tragic events, residents have been asking questions, demanding answers from their government. OMG decided to take matters into our own hands and obtain answers from local officials using hidden cameras. Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Alexander Boss specializes in international relations for Bass's office. He spoke about his role to one of our undercover journalists. Speaker 0: I'm in the mayor's office of international. Okay. So we're, like, the social social welfare. So I'm not in, like, the homeless section, which I'm not interested. No. So we deal with, like, all the consulates in the area. We deal with any foreign delegations that come into Los Angeles that wanna do, like, any sort of bilateral agreements or just kind of, like, make business easier between the residents here that are from there you know, or, actually, like, potential opportunities. Know? We meet with our deputy well, right now, we don't have one. But, usually, when we do have one, we meet with our once or twice a week, like, the whole team. Then we have a round table, and we talk about what we're working on. And it's cool, and it's fun. Speaker 1: Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they did. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But around five mornings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So at first, they did. Speaker 1: Currently, Alexander Boss from the Los Angeles mayor's office works with the victims of the LA wildfires. Boss goes on to blame the spreading of the fires on the residents for their, quote, homes being out of code. Bozz also saying, quote, nobody gave a fuck. Speaker 2: How was that? Today with the fires and helping people? Speaker 0: It was it was okay. It's just crazy, like, these because these people, like, they've literally, like, they've lost everything. Like, people are, like, literally breaking down into tears. It's all we're, like, just we're trying to sign them in, like, get them, like, the service that they need. Yeah. Yeah. It's really bad. Speaker 2: Victims from policies or everybody. I don't know. Policies, everybody. But Speaker 0: the other thing too No. I see that. Like, with this fire, like, a lot of these a lot of the houses there, so, like, they were out of like, their yards were out Speaker 5: of code. No. Speaker 2: Out of what? Speaker 0: Out of code. Like, nobody gave them I don't know. Like, this is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a taking time bomb. But, like, the house is, they there's supposed to be, like, a certain amount of feet apart too. Yeah. Speaker 5: It's hard. Yeah. It Speaker 0: just wasn't built the way it should have been. Speaker 1: After experiencing four years of a volatile economy, America is facing record inflation and a massive threat to the US dollar. Experts are warning the stock market could crash, and we could be facing a recession. In these uncertain times, I recommend gold to my audience, and I trust Fisher Capital as my official gold partner. Not only have my friends at Fisher delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in gold to their clients, they've also proven to be vigilant and right on the front line supporting causes that make our country stronger and better. Fisher Capital is the largest corporate partner for Turning Point USA, close friends of OMG. We appear at their events every December and continues to make sure the new administration is successful. Based on my experience and client testimonials, the team at Fisher Capital consists of some of the most caring and compassionate individuals in finance today. And when you click the link, you will qualify for an exclusive offer only available to my listeners, where you can get up to $20,000 of free silver with your qualifying purchase. When you speak with Fisher, make sure to mention that James O'Keefe sent you. Our portfolios are too important to trust to stocks and bonds alone. Protect yourself with gold today and get it from Fisher Capital. Go to Fisher0mg.com. That's Fisher0mg.com. Fisher 0 m g Com. The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: So what was the initial response when that when this Speaker 2: all happened? Like, like, what because the mayor wasn't in town. So Speaker 0: here's the thing. Speaker 2: There's just been so much conflict and it's amazing. Speaker 5: Right. So here's the thing. So we're we're trying to Speaker 0: first of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she was out there, like, doing work Speaker 5: with you. Speaker 4: And What does she do? Speaker 0: So right now, Donna's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get funds for what's out there, and it's not like they're charity cases. Like, we're not doing using city funds to do this. And, also, like, this is, like, mutually beneficial. So, like, it benefits both our economy and their Yeah. So that's what we're that's, like, a big, like, strategic goal of the office. Speaker 2: Do you think, like, do you think that, like, prioritizing, like, minorities and stuff is priority of the mayor's office? Like Speaker 0: I mean, in general, yes. Speaker 1: The official inside the mayor's office said that president Trump's order to release water from the Central Valley in California was, quote, dumb and not real. Speaker 0: Trump turned the water back on through the military, like I mean, that was on the news. But Yeah. So think that was funny. Didn't think it was funny. I thought it was dumb. Speaker 2: It was dumb? Yeah. That he's giving us water? Speaker 1: No. No. Speaker 2: Do you think that's real? Speaker 0: Yeah. It's not real. All I know is there's a lot of misinformation coming out from TikTok. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, a project matter for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Angel spoke to our undercover journalist about his role for that department. Speaker 5: But normally, I I just I'm I'm a project manager for on the water side. So this it's funny enough that the same people that are my bosses are still the same people the people I work with are the same people that I'm working with in this emergency room. Yeah. There's like a bunch of legal holes, but I'm basically like running around just making sure that people got what they need. So I'm setting them like I see like four, five, five locations. I'm setting up like more up like four more to distribute water. Speaker 2: Distribute water? Speaker 5: Drinking water. Yeah. Yeah. That's fine. It's gonna be all day. Speaker 2: Do they do people Speaker 9: work from home Speaker 2: at the Speaker 5: time or just Oh, no. Like a couple days out of the week. No. Actually, three days out of the week. Speaker 1: Now the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project manager admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 2: It's like everybody is just kind of like, what happened? Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we're not as like, we took it out of service because there is a tear, like, on the floating covers, like, I don't know. It's, a billion dollars or so because of that floating cover to repair or something like that. But then we like, that the coverage rated for, twenty five years. Speaker 6: How long is the reservoir empty? Speaker 5: It's like a year. Also, even though like like let's say we had Speaker 7: like a like a little bit of notice, Speaker 5: you can't slam fill the reservoir. You can't just like, oh, we got a we got water. Speaker 2: It's just I guess like people ask questions like, like could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 2: Oh, is there not enough water? Like, what's the Speaker 5: Oh, there's enough water. Speaker 2: There is enough water? I Speaker 5: have more than enough water. Speaker 2: They they have been what? Repairs or Speaker 5: Kind of. But because it's like it's continual thing but what? It's like the winds hit pretty hard this year. Yeah. We weren't expecting this. Speaker 2: Obviously, you think it could have helped if there was water and fire hydrants. Hydrants. Speaker 5: They were also breaking our equipment. Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I think everyone's just like, k. We need more water. We them. Speaker 5: Yeah. But yeah. I mean, Speaker 0: we live Speaker 5: in a desert. It's it's all in the rain here. Speaker 1: Our team spoke to two National Guard members who admitted governor Newsom did not fill the reservoirs and confirmed the hydrants were empty when the fires were raging. Speaker 5: I saw that, the fire hydrants. Speaker 10: There's no water coming Speaker 0: out of Speaker 5: it, bro. Why? Well, I mean, the governor decided not to do reservoir shit. They didn't have water in the hydrants. No. They didn't. No. Why? We've been here since the tenth. It's been it's pretty bad. It is bad. It it's the situation is is it's over. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. The training teaches him what to do in emergency situations. Luna goes on to say he did the training after the LA wildfires occurred, and he admitted that he doesn't do his job. Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center, and it's like it's incident incident command system structure, which it's it's like it's something like there's something else ignoring like earlier this year. They're like, oh, here here's your training. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Speaker 9: Did you Speaker 5: do it? No. No boss. Alright. Cool. Speaker 8: Yeah. So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: Yeah. So then I got a reminder even though like I'm a supervisor and told that like, alright. Like you gotta do this. So like I I gave it like the college trials like oh, this is super dry because a robot voice is reading this to me. So like yeah. Like I tried doing it. Was like, I'm gonna just print it print it out. I'm gonna try doing the test at the end so I just do it. I was like, no, it didn't work. Right? But then after getting thrown into it and seeing like what it is within real time, it's like, oh, now all this makes sense. So I went back and did all Speaker 2: of them. Oh my god. Yeah. Were you guys required to do that type of stuff? Speaker 1: Yeah. Recent months, many of our fellow Americans experienced unprecedented natural disasters and damaged infrastructure, making access to health care essentials impossible at the very moment it was needed. When disaster strikes, being prepared is your best defense. And now I'm excited to share with you the brand new field emergency kit from our friends at The Wellness Company. The ultimate survival kit for any situation where medical help is not an option. Inside this rugged waterproof case, you'll find essential medications that cover over 60 conditions that you can encounter along with a detailed 85 page doctor written guidebook. This ultimate kit includes Amoxicillin, an essential for treating bacterial infections and antivirals and antiparasitics like Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, Medications that are critical in situations where you are exposed to respiratory virus or parasites. And for those facing potentially life threatening allergic reactions, the field kit includes epinephrine, the generic EpiPen, along with vital first aid supplies such as tourniquet and wound and burn treatments. Natural disasters are happening at record rates, so I urge everyone to get the ultimate field emergency kit from our friends and supporters at The Wellness Company by going to TWC.health/OMG TWC Health / OMG that's twc.health/0mg. And now you can save 50% just by using code o m g at checkout. Finally, we sent our team, our correspondents on the Ground Angeles to ask residents what they thought about the LA Officials. Speaker 10: So we're here in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. And as you see, we're in front of the disaster that happened a couple weeks ago due to the fires that were raging here. We spoke to some of the residents from Los Angeles. Here's part of our conversation. Speaker 11: I worked at a preschool in the Palisades, and I was actually there. Speaker 10: What was a preschool? Speaker 11: Pali Press. Yeah. And I was there the day that the fires happened, and so we had to evacuate all the children. Speaker 10: What do you guys think of the mayor? Speaker 11: I don't think her actions were what they could have been during the time of the fire. Speaker 5: Mainly, I've seen a lot of different fires starting up from, like, different random people, like Arsonists? Yeah. I I do feel like Gavin Newsom was a big part of not being able to get it extinguished. Speaker 12: We did a kick ass job. Speaker 10: You like Karen Bass? Speaker 12: Kick ass. Yes. Speaker 10: Did. Why did she do a kick ass job? Speaker 12: She's trying to get what she can and she's working with all the BS that the other people above are giving her crap for. Speaker 10: There's only three houses on my street that survived and mine was one of them. Who would you blame? Probably the mayor because the reservoirs weren't filled out. Speaker 13: We also got the chance to speak to Steve Slipsevik, the CEO and founder of Strategic Response Partners. SRP is a network of experienced disaster management professionals who serve property owners in nearly all aspects of disaster preparation, response, and recovery. SRP has been on the ground in LA helping local homeowners. Steve told us that firefighters were sent into the battle with no bullets. Speaker 9: And those firefighters that do an excellent job, it's not their fault. They're ready to go. And when they show up at a battlefield with no bullets, responsibility goes right to the top. People say, well, even if we had a lot of trucks, we couldn't stop it. That's interesting. We do private fire. Every structure that we stood up, we saved. Speaker 13: We showed Steve the hidden camera footage from the LA mayor's official, and here's what he had to say. Speaker 9: The mayor's put in a position to protect the residents, to provide opportunities, economic opportunities in those neighborhoods. Right? That's what the mayor's position is. Speaker 5: Right. Speaker 9: So it's a failure on government, hands down. You expect that the resident who maybe moved in here from Germany or somewhere else knows what a red flag warning is? Because I don't care what you say at the end of the day, results don't lie. And based on results, no water in the reservoirs, no water at the hydrants. That's right. Right? Apparatus, engines in the boneyard with no parts. Speaker 10: We caught up with Alexander Bowes, international relations staffer from LA Mayor Karen Bass, and here's how it went. Alex? Hi. Hey. You work for mayor Karen Bass. Is that correct? Oh. I'd like to talk to you about some of the comments you made. I don't. This is you on hidden camera right here. You spoke about how the houses were out of code for the Pacific Palisades residence. Is that right? Is that you? Do you work for Karen Bass? I know you're not mute. You talk to her all the time. This is you on on camera. Alex. Alright. I'm gonna call the police. Call the police. I'm a journalist. It's the first amendment. We're asking questions about the comments you said on hidden camera. Bring them. Speaker 0: If you could please, like Speaker 10: Is this you with mayor Karen Bass? Why was she in Ghana when houses were being deleted by the fires? No comment. Do you have you met the mayor? No. Yes. You did. Are you lying? Speaker 0: I'm not lying. Okay. You know what? No comment. Speaker 10: So why was she in Ghana? You said she was partying with Bad Bunny. Who was she partying with? Alex. Where are you going? Alex, you said the president getting water for Los Angeles was dumb. Why is it dumb to give water to people? Those are your words. Sir, do you think it's dumb for people to have water? Where are you going? Do you know where you parked? You said that the office knew that the fires were coming because of red flag indications. You said there was nothing that they could do. Do you think the mayor is responsible for the fires? Alex, what do you think the residents will think of your comments? Sir, Alexander Boz, international relations mayor's office threatening to call the cops on a journalist for asking questions. Let's get a shot of him, please. So we're calling Angel Luna, a project manager from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for his comments to an undercover journalist. You spoke to our undercover journalist just a few weeks ago about how the Santa Ynez water reservoir was not full. I'd like to get your comment on the record about that. Speaker 14: You would actually have to, speak to our legal representation, but Speaker 10: Well, you I have you on hidden camera speaking about how you're blaming the LA Firefighters for breaking the equipment, and that's why they don't have water in the fire hydrants. What's your comment? Speaker 14: Once again, I would still need to run this through legal. Speaker 10: And why didn't you do your emergency water command training when you spoke to our undercover journalists? Then you did it after the fire. Why did you do that? Speaker 14: Once again, I would need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to hear from you. I'm talking to you. Speaker 14: Well, once again, I will need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: What do you think the LA residents will see and think of when they see that you're saying that I didn't do my training, you're blaming the firefighters, there was no water in the fire hydrants. What's going on there, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, I'll still need to speak to my legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to talk to I know. Let's talk let's have a conversation about this, Angel. I think it's pretty damning to say these things, and you don't have water in the reservoir. People's houses were burning down. Y'all didn't have water. So what's going on, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, thanks for approaching me on this, but I will still need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: And when can I hear back from you on that? You said you're gonna speak to them. When are you gonna come back to me on that? Speaker 14: I will not be coming back to you. You could speak to legal patient. Thank you. Speaker 10: Okay. Alright. Well, last question I have for you, and he hung up. Angel Luna, LADWP project manager. Speaker 1: We'll be doing a lot of follow-up reporting on the fires in Los Angeles, on the statements made by these officials. If you're on the inside of any government agency in California or anywhere in Los Angeles, you know who to call. Our signal number is (914) 491-9395. Our email address tips@okeefmediagroup.com. Our reporters are standing by. We are hot on the story here in California and elsewhere deep within the desert. Stay tuned next week for a follow-up. We'll get back to you. Be brave. And as always, our price is our life. Stay tuned.
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Posted - February 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

HOLY SHLIT Mayor Karen Bass knew the fires were coming. She said on an interview this week that she didn’t know about the fire warnings. She lied. Resign!!! @MayorOfLA

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

SHOCKING HIDDEN CAMERA CONFESSION: LA Mayor Official Admits Office Knew Wildfires Were Coming, Claims There Was “Nothing They Could Do,” Blames Residents Who “Lost Everything”; LADWP Project Manager Confesses the Pacific Palisades Reservoir Was Empty for "A Year" “Their yards were out of code. Like, nobody gave a f*ck.” “How long was the reservoir empty?” “Like a year.”

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I'm Alexander Boss from Mayor Karen Bass's office. We knew wildfires were possible but felt helpless. The mayor was in Ghana working to establish a consulate for Los Angeles and integrate African countries for healthcare opportunities. Angel Luna from the Department of Water and Power admitted the Pacific Palisades reservoir was empty for a year due to a tear in the floating covers, but he didn't think it would've helped much. I even ignored water emergency command center training initially. Some houses were out of code, contributing to the fire's spread. Despite Trump turning the water back on, I considered it a "dumb" move. There's a lot of misinformation coming out of TikTok. The reservoirs and hydrants had no water.
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Speaker 0: A lot of the houses done, so, like, they were out of, like, three yards from the building. Really? Like, nobody gave up. This is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a take your time off. Speaker 1: Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they didn't. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But red flag warnings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So, of course, they did. Speaker 1: The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: What was the initial response when when Speaker 2: this all happened? Like, the mayor wasn't Speaker 0: in town. First of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she's out there, like, doing what Speaker 4: we do. What is she doing? Speaker 0: So right now, Ghana's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get possible health care, and that's, like, big, like, strategic goal on the other side. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, so we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, and he admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we went out of, like, took it out of service because there was a tear, like, on the floating covers. Speaker 6: How long was the reservoir empty? Speaker 4: It's like Speaker 5: a year. Let's say we had, like, a, like, Speaker 7: a little bit of notice. Speaker 5: You can't slam through the reservoir. Speaker 2: It's just, I guess, like, people ask questions like, oh, like, could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? You know? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. Speaker 8: So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center. There's something else ignoring, like, earlier this year. They're like, oh, here. Here's your training. Speaker 1: Last month, Los Angeles, California saw devastating wildfires that led to over 12,000 homes being destroyed. Firefighters attempted to save those homes, but the firefighters ran out of water in the fire hydrants. With the tragic events, residents have been asking questions, demanding answers from their government. OMG decided to take matters into our own hands and obtain answers from local officials using hidden cameras. Meet Alexander Boss, an official inside the office of Los Angeles Mayor, Karen Bass. Alexander Boss specializes in international relations for Bass's office. He spoke about his role to one of our undercover journalists. Speaker 0: I'm in the mayor's office of international. Okay. So we're, like, the social social welfare. So I'm not in, like, the homeless section, which I'm not interested. No. So we deal with, like, all the consulates in the area. We deal with any foreign delegations that come into Los Angeles that wanna do, like, any sort of bilateral agreements or just kind of, like, make business easier between the residents here that are from there you know, or, actually, like, potential opportunities. Know? We meet with our deputy well, right now, we don't have one. But, usually, when we do have one, we meet with our once or twice a week, like, the whole team. Then we have a round table, and we talk about what we're working on. And it's cool, and it's fun. Speaker 1: Boss discloses into our hidden camera that mayor Karen Bass's office knew these wildfires would happen and admits there was nothing the mayor's office could do to stop the fires. Speaker 2: They really had no idea this fire was, like, a possibility. Speaker 0: Of course, they did. But the thing is there's nothing they can do. But around five mornings, like, it's been a big indication of fires. Yeah. So at first, they did. Speaker 1: Currently, Alexander Boss from the Los Angeles mayor's office works with the victims of the LA wildfires. Boss goes on to blame the spreading of the fires on the residents for their, quote, homes being out of code. Bozz also saying, quote, nobody gave a fuck. Speaker 2: How was that? Today with the fires and helping people? Speaker 0: It was it was okay. It's just crazy, like, these because these people, like, they've literally, like, they've lost everything. Like, people are, like, literally breaking down into tears. It's all we're, like, just we're trying to sign them in, like, get them, like, the service that they need. Yeah. Yeah. It's really bad. Speaker 2: Victims from policies or everybody. I don't know. Policies, everybody. But Speaker 0: the other thing too No. I see that. Like, with this fire, like, a lot of these a lot of the houses there, so, like, they were out of like, their yards were out Speaker 5: of code. No. Speaker 2: Out of what? Speaker 0: Out of code. Like, nobody gave them I don't know. Like, this is, like, a long time, like, waiting to happen. It is it was just, like, a taking time bomb. But, like, the house is, they there's supposed to be, like, a certain amount of feet apart too. Yeah. Speaker 5: It's hard. Yeah. It Speaker 0: just wasn't built the way it should have been. Speaker 1: After experiencing four years of a volatile economy, America is facing record inflation and a massive threat to the US dollar. Experts are warning the stock market could crash, and we could be facing a recession. In these uncertain times, I recommend gold to my audience, and I trust Fisher Capital as my official gold partner. Not only have my friends at Fisher delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in gold to their clients, they've also proven to be vigilant and right on the front line supporting causes that make our country stronger and better. Fisher Capital is the largest corporate partner for Turning Point USA, close friends of OMG. We appear at their events every December and continues to make sure the new administration is successful. Based on my experience and client testimonials, the team at Fisher Capital consists of some of the most caring and compassionate individuals in finance today. And when you click the link, you will qualify for an exclusive offer only available to my listeners, where you can get up to $20,000 of free silver with your qualifying purchase. When you speak with Fisher, make sure to mention that James O'Keefe sent you. Our portfolios are too important to trust to stocks and bonds alone. Protect yourself with gold today and get it from Fisher Capital. Go to Fisher0mg.com. That's Fisher0mg.com. Fisher 0 m g Com. The Los Angeles Mayor Official tells her undercover journalist how mayor Karen Bass was overseas in Ghana trying to obtain a consulate for Los Angeles there while the city of Los Angeles was burning to the ground. Speaker 3: So what was the initial response when that when this Speaker 2: all happened? Like, like, what because the mayor wasn't in town. So Speaker 0: here's the thing. Speaker 2: There's just been so much conflict and it's amazing. Speaker 5: Right. So here's the thing. So we're we're trying to Speaker 0: first of all, she wasn't just out there, like, partying it up with Bad Bunny. You know what I mean? Like, so she was out there, like, doing work Speaker 5: with you. Speaker 4: And What does she do? Speaker 0: So right now, Donna's trying to establish a cause for the Los Angeles. Yeah. One big plan of hers is to integrate, like, African countries to get funds for what's out there, and it's not like they're charity cases. Like, we're not doing using city funds to do this. And, also, like, this is, like, mutually beneficial. So, like, it benefits both our economy and their Yeah. So that's what we're that's, like, a big, like, strategic goal of the office. Speaker 2: Do you think, like, do you think that, like, prioritizing, like, minorities and stuff is priority of the mayor's office? Like Speaker 0: I mean, in general, yes. Speaker 1: The official inside the mayor's office said that president Trump's order to release water from the Central Valley in California was, quote, dumb and not real. Speaker 0: Trump turned the water back on through the military, like I mean, that was on the news. But Yeah. So think that was funny. Didn't think it was funny. I thought it was dumb. Speaker 2: It was dumb? Yeah. That he's giving us water? Speaker 1: No. No. Speaker 2: Do you think that's real? Speaker 0: Yeah. It's not real. All I know is there's a lot of misinformation coming out from TikTok. Speaker 1: Our team wanted to investigate further, we decided to look into the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. This led us to a guy named Angel Luna, a project matter for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Angel spoke to our undercover journalist about his role for that department. Speaker 5: But normally, I I just I'm I'm a project manager for on the water side. So this it's funny enough that the same people that are my bosses are still the same people the people I work with are the same people that I'm working with in this emergency room. Yeah. There's like a bunch of legal holes, but I'm basically like running around just making sure that people got what they need. So I'm setting them like I see like four, five, five locations. I'm setting up like more up like four more to distribute water. Speaker 2: Distribute water? Speaker 5: Drinking water. Yeah. Yeah. That's fine. It's gonna be all day. Speaker 2: Do they do people Speaker 9: work from home Speaker 2: at the Speaker 5: time or just Oh, no. Like a couple days out of the week. No. Actually, three days out of the week. Speaker 1: Now the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power project manager admitted to us into our hidden cameras that the water reservoir that services Pacific Palisades was empty for nearly a year. Angel Luna also stated that the water wouldn't have made a big impact for the residents of Los Angeles. Speaker 2: It's like everybody is just kind of like, what happened? Speaker 5: So that reservoir, we're not as like, we took it out of service because there is a tear, like, on the floating covers, like, I don't know. It's, a billion dollars or so because of that floating cover to repair or something like that. But then we like, that the coverage rated for, twenty five years. Speaker 6: How long is the reservoir empty? Speaker 5: It's like a year. Also, even though like like let's say we had Speaker 7: like a like a little bit of notice, Speaker 5: you can't slam fill the reservoir. You can't just like, oh, we got a we got water. Speaker 2: It's just I guess like people ask questions like, like could it happen different if there was water in the reservoir? Speaker 5: I don't think it would have made that big of an impact because of the fact that you lost so many homes. Speaker 2: Oh, is there not enough water? Like, what's the Speaker 5: Oh, there's enough water. Speaker 2: There is enough water? I Speaker 5: have more than enough water. Speaker 2: They they have been what? Repairs or Speaker 5: Kind of. But because it's like it's continual thing but what? It's like the winds hit pretty hard this year. Yeah. We weren't expecting this. Speaker 2: Obviously, you think it could have helped if there was water and fire hydrants. Hydrants. Speaker 5: They were also breaking our equipment. Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I think everyone's just like, k. We need more water. We them. Speaker 5: Yeah. But yeah. I mean, Speaker 0: we live Speaker 5: in a desert. It's it's all in the rain here. Speaker 1: Our team spoke to two National Guard members who admitted governor Newsom did not fill the reservoirs and confirmed the hydrants were empty when the fires were raging. Speaker 5: I saw that, the fire hydrants. Speaker 10: There's no water coming Speaker 0: out of Speaker 5: it, bro. Why? Well, I mean, the governor decided not to do reservoir shit. They didn't have water in the hydrants. No. They didn't. No. Why? We've been here since the tenth. It's been it's pretty bad. It is bad. It it's the situation is is it's over. Speaker 1: This was Angel Luna's first date with her undercover journalist, and oddly, he revealed he was ignoring his mandatory LADWP training for the water emergency command center. The training teaches him what to do in emergency situations. Luna goes on to say he did the training after the LA wildfires occurred, and he admitted that he doesn't do his job. Speaker 5: So it's the water emergency command center, and it's like it's incident incident command system structure, which it's it's like it's something like there's something else ignoring like earlier this year. They're like, oh, here here's your training. Right? Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Speaker 9: Did you Speaker 5: do it? No. No boss. Alright. Cool. Speaker 8: Yeah. So you guys had a training? Speaker 5: Yeah. So then I got a reminder even though like I'm a supervisor and told that like, alright. Like you gotta do this. So like I I gave it like the college trials like oh, this is super dry because a robot voice is reading this to me. So like yeah. Like I tried doing it. Was like, I'm gonna just print it print it out. I'm gonna try doing the test at the end so I just do it. I was like, no, it didn't work. Right? But then after getting thrown into it and seeing like what it is within real time, it's like, oh, now all this makes sense. So I went back and did all Speaker 2: of them. Oh my god. Yeah. Were you guys required to do that type of stuff? Speaker 1: Yeah. Recent months, many of our fellow Americans experienced unprecedented natural disasters and damaged infrastructure, making access to health care essentials impossible at the very moment it was needed. When disaster strikes, being prepared is your best defense. And now I'm excited to share with you the brand new field emergency kit from our friends at The Wellness Company. The ultimate survival kit for any situation where medical help is not an option. Inside this rugged waterproof case, you'll find essential medications that cover over 60 conditions that you can encounter along with a detailed 85 page doctor written guidebook. This ultimate kit includes Amoxicillin, an essential for treating bacterial infections and antivirals and antiparasitics like Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, Medications that are critical in situations where you are exposed to respiratory virus or parasites. And for those facing potentially life threatening allergic reactions, the field kit includes epinephrine, the generic EpiPen, along with vital first aid supplies such as tourniquet and wound and burn treatments. Natural disasters are happening at record rates, so I urge everyone to get the ultimate field emergency kit from our friends and supporters at The Wellness Company by going to TWC.health/OMG TWC Health / OMG that's twc.health/0mg. And now you can save 50% just by using code o m g at checkout. Finally, we sent our team, our correspondents on the Ground Angeles to ask residents what they thought about the LA Officials. Speaker 10: So we're here in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California. And as you see, we're in front of the disaster that happened a couple weeks ago due to the fires that were raging here. We spoke to some of the residents from Los Angeles. Here's part of our conversation. Speaker 11: I worked at a preschool in the Palisades, and I was actually there. Speaker 10: What was a preschool? Speaker 11: Pali Press. Yeah. And I was there the day that the fires happened, and so we had to evacuate all the children. Speaker 10: What do you guys think of the mayor? Speaker 11: I don't think her actions were what they could have been during the time of the fire. Speaker 5: Mainly, I've seen a lot of different fires starting up from, like, different random people, like Arsonists? Yeah. I I do feel like Gavin Newsom was a big part of not being able to get it extinguished. Speaker 12: We did a kick ass job. Speaker 10: You like Karen Bass? Speaker 12: Kick ass. Yes. Speaker 10: Did. Why did she do a kick ass job? Speaker 12: She's trying to get what she can and she's working with all the BS that the other people above are giving her crap for. Speaker 10: There's only three houses on my street that survived and mine was one of them. Who would you blame? Probably the mayor because the reservoirs weren't filled out. Speaker 13: We also got the chance to speak to Steve Slipsevik, the CEO and founder of Strategic Response Partners. SRP is a network of experienced disaster management professionals who serve property owners in nearly all aspects of disaster preparation, response, and recovery. SRP has been on the ground in LA helping local homeowners. Steve told us that firefighters were sent into the battle with no bullets. Speaker 9: And those firefighters that do an excellent job, it's not their fault. They're ready to go. And when they show up at a battlefield with no bullets, responsibility goes right to the top. People say, well, even if we had a lot of trucks, we couldn't stop it. That's interesting. We do private fire. Every structure that we stood up, we saved. Speaker 13: We showed Steve the hidden camera footage from the LA mayor's official, and here's what he had to say. Speaker 9: The mayor's put in a position to protect the residents, to provide opportunities, economic opportunities in those neighborhoods. Right? That's what the mayor's position is. Speaker 5: Right. Speaker 9: So it's a failure on government, hands down. You expect that the resident who maybe moved in here from Germany or somewhere else knows what a red flag warning is? Because I don't care what you say at the end of the day, results don't lie. And based on results, no water in the reservoirs, no water at the hydrants. That's right. Right? Apparatus, engines in the boneyard with no parts. Speaker 10: We caught up with Alexander Bowes, international relations staffer from LA Mayor Karen Bass, and here's how it went. Alex? Hi. Hey. You work for mayor Karen Bass. Is that correct? Oh. I'd like to talk to you about some of the comments you made. I don't. This is you on hidden camera right here. You spoke about how the houses were out of code for the Pacific Palisades residence. Is that right? Is that you? Do you work for Karen Bass? I know you're not mute. You talk to her all the time. This is you on on camera. Alex. Alright. I'm gonna call the police. Call the police. I'm a journalist. It's the first amendment. We're asking questions about the comments you said on hidden camera. Bring them. Speaker 0: If you could please, like Speaker 10: Is this you with mayor Karen Bass? Why was she in Ghana when houses were being deleted by the fires? No comment. Do you have you met the mayor? No. Yes. You did. Are you lying? Speaker 0: I'm not lying. Okay. You know what? No comment. Speaker 10: So why was she in Ghana? You said she was partying with Bad Bunny. Who was she partying with? Alex. Where are you going? Alex, you said the president getting water for Los Angeles was dumb. Why is it dumb to give water to people? Those are your words. Sir, do you think it's dumb for people to have water? Where are you going? Do you know where you parked? You said that the office knew that the fires were coming because of red flag indications. You said there was nothing that they could do. Do you think the mayor is responsible for the fires? Alex, what do you think the residents will think of your comments? Sir, Alexander Boz, international relations mayor's office threatening to call the cops on a journalist for asking questions. Let's get a shot of him, please. So we're calling Angel Luna, a project manager from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for his comments to an undercover journalist. You spoke to our undercover journalist just a few weeks ago about how the Santa Ynez water reservoir was not full. I'd like to get your comment on the record about that. Speaker 14: You would actually have to, speak to our legal representation, but Speaker 10: Well, you I have you on hidden camera speaking about how you're blaming the LA Firefighters for breaking the equipment, and that's why they don't have water in the fire hydrants. What's your comment? Speaker 14: Once again, I would still need to run this through legal. Speaker 10: And why didn't you do your emergency water command training when you spoke to our undercover journalists? Then you did it after the fire. Why did you do that? Speaker 14: Once again, I would need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to hear from you. I'm talking to you. Speaker 14: Well, once again, I will need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: What do you think the LA residents will see and think of when they see that you're saying that I didn't do my training, you're blaming the firefighters, there was no water in the fire hydrants. What's going on there, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, I'll still need to speak to my legal representation. Speaker 10: Well, I'd like to talk to I know. Let's talk let's have a conversation about this, Angel. I think it's pretty damning to say these things, and you don't have water in the reservoir. People's houses were burning down. Y'all didn't have water. So what's going on, Angel? Speaker 14: Once again, thanks for approaching me on this, but I will still need to speak to legal representation. Speaker 10: And when can I hear back from you on that? You said you're gonna speak to them. When are you gonna come back to me on that? Speaker 14: I will not be coming back to you. You could speak to legal patient. Thank you. Speaker 10: Okay. Alright. Well, last question I have for you, and he hung up. Angel Luna, LADWP project manager. Speaker 1: We'll be doing a lot of follow-up reporting on the fires in Los Angeles, on the statements made by these officials. If you're on the inside of any government agency in California or anywhere in Los Angeles, you know who to call. Our signal number is (914) 491-9395. Our email address tips@okeefmediagroup.com. Our reporters are standing by. We are hot on the story here in California and elsewhere deep within the desert. Stay tuned next week for a follow-up. We'll get back to you. Be brave. And as always, our price is our life. Stay tuned.
JamesOKeefeIII
Posted - February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Saved - February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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LEAKED PHONE CALL: LA Mayor Karen Bass Preemptively Defended Ghana Trip Despite Local Catastrophe: "I'm Missing Two Workdays, That's It"; Dropped Cryptic Warning Days Before LA Fires "Read in between the lines... hold tight, you will understand soon." https://t.co/2vxF11xMFB

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Just so you know, I'm missing two work days for this trip. If President Biden extends an invitation, I'm taking it. This situation is very dangerous, and I would never do a publicity stunt. A press conference at this point would just be for show. The neighbors and residents want to know that something is being done and that their concerns are recognized. However, I won't compromise anything just to make them happy. I want to ensure everyone's safety, so please hold tight. You'll understand soon. When I can talk, I'll provide more details. You can reach out to me anytime.
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Speaker 0: And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it. And, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. That this situation is very dangerous, and I would never do I will take the criticism criticism before I do a publicity stunt. And, frankly, a press conference at this point in time would just be publicity. Speaker 1: I think I don't But I think Speaker 0: the the neighbors, the property owners Uh-huh. Speaker 1: Yeah. And the residents. I mean, 41,000 people live within a square mile here. Yep. Two families share a one bedroom apartment. Speaker 0: But but they wanna hear that something is gonna be done. Speaker 1: They wanna know it's recognized. But they wanna know it's recognized. Speaker 0: Exactly. But if I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It's not my area of expertise. I wanna make sure that you are safe, and, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. Okay. Okay? Okay. And when I am able to talk, I will be happy to go into great detail. Speaker 1: Okay. And you've got me on the street, and you're welcome to call me at any time. I'll call you right back. Speaker 0: No problem. And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it.
MidwesternDoc
Posted - February 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Saved - February 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM

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Do you think this leaked call proves Karen Bass had foreknowledge of the fires and didn't want to be there when they happened? If anyone has familiarity with California and Los Angeles politics, I would greatly appreciate your input.

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

LEAKED PHONE CALL: LA Mayor Karen Bass Preemptively Defended Ghana Trip Despite Local Catastrophe: "I'm Missing Two Workdays, That's It"; Dropped Cryptic Warning Days Before LA Fires "Read in between the lines... hold tight, you will understand soon." https://t.co/2vxF11xMFB

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Just so you know regarding my trip, I'm only missing two work days. If President Biden extends an invitation, I've taken it. I would appreciate it if you could hold tight, as this situation is very dangerous. I would never do a publicity stunt, and a press conference right now would be just that. The residents want to know that something is being done and that the situation is recognized. If I had to choose between doing something and compromising, I'm going with the former. I want to make sure you are safe. You will understand soon. When I can talk, I will happily go into great detail. You're welcome to call me anytime.
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Speaker 0: And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it. And, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. That this situation is very dangerous, and I would never do I will take the criticism criticism before I do a publicity stunt. And, frankly, a press conference at this point in time would just be publicity. Speaker 1: I think I don't But I think Speaker 0: the the neighbors, the property owners Uh-huh. Speaker 1: Yeah. And the residents. I mean, 41,000 people live within a square mile here. Yep. Two families share a one bedroom apartment. Speaker 0: But but they wanna hear that something is gonna be done. Speaker 1: They wanna know it's recognized. But they wanna know it's recognized. Speaker 0: Exactly. But if I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It's not my area of expertise. I wanna make sure that you are safe, and, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. Okay. Okay? Okay. And when I am able to talk, I will be happy to go into great detail. Speaker 1: Okay. And you've got me on the street, and you're welcome to call me at any time. I'll call you right back. Speaker 0: No problem. And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it.
WallStreetApes
Posted - February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Saved - February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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James O’Keefe exposes a LEAKED phone call of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass She DEFENDS being in Ghana, Africa where she was making secret deals to get African consulates in Los Angeles to do business in Africa and help their economy She should RESIGN https://t.co/5ZxucGduPv

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I'll only be missing two workdays for this trip. If President Biden extends an invitation, I'm taking it. This situation is very dangerous. I would never do a publicity stunt. A press conference right now would be just that. The residents want to know that something is being done and that the situation is recognized. I want to make sure you are safe. Hold tight; you'll understand soon. When I can talk, I'll go into great detail. You can reach out to me anytime.
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Speaker 0: And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it. And, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. That this situation is very dangerous, and I would never do I will take the criticism criticism before I do a publicity stunt. And, frankly, a press conference at this point in time would just be publicity. Speaker 1: I think I don't But I think Speaker 0: the the neighbors, the property owners Uh-huh. Speaker 1: Yeah. And the residents. I mean, 41,000 people live within a square mile here. Yep. Two families share a one bedroom apartment. Speaker 0: But but they wanna hear that something is gonna be done. Speaker 1: They wanna know it's recognized. But they wanna know it's recognized. Speaker 0: Exactly. But if I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It's not my area of expertise. I wanna make sure that you are safe, and, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. Okay. Okay? Okay. And when I am able to talk, I will be happy to go into great detail. Speaker 1: Okay. And you've got me on the street, and you're welcome to call me at any time. I'll call you right back. Speaker 0: No problem. And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it.
JamesOKeefeIII
Posted - February 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Saved - February 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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If you are close to the Mayor now is your time to send us recordings!

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

LEAKED PHONE CALL: LA Mayor Karen Bass Preemptively Defended Ghana Trip Despite Local Catastrophe: "I'm Missing Two Workdays, That's It"; Dropped Cryptic Warning Days Before LA Fires "Read in between the lines... hold tight, you will understand soon." https://t.co/2vxF11xMFB

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Just so you know, I'm missing two work days for this trip. If President Biden extends an invitation, I'm taking it. This situation is very dangerous, and I would never do a publicity stunt. A press conference right now would just be for show. The neighbors and residents want to know that something is being done and that the situation is recognized. But I won't compromise anything. I want to make sure you are safe. Hold tight; you'll understand soon. When I can talk, I'll go into great detail. Feel free to call me anytime.
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Speaker 0: And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it. And, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. That this situation is very dangerous, and I would never do I will take the criticism criticism before I do a publicity stunt. And, frankly, a press conference at this point in time would just be publicity. Speaker 1: I think I don't But I think Speaker 0: the the neighbors, the property owners Uh-huh. Speaker 1: Yeah. And the residents. I mean, 41,000 people live within a square mile here. Yep. Two families share a one bedroom apartment. Speaker 0: But but they wanna hear that something is gonna be done. Speaker 1: They wanna know it's recognized. But they wanna know it's recognized. Speaker 0: Exactly. But if I have a choice between that and compromising something, I just have to go along with it. It's not my area of expertise. I wanna make sure that you are safe, and, hopefully, you can read in between the lines. But I would just appreciate just and it's hard for me to tell you this, but hold tight. You will you will understand soon. Okay. Okay? Okay. And when I am able to talk, I will be happy to go into great detail. Speaker 1: Okay. And you've got me on the street, and you're welcome to call me at any time. I'll call you right back. Speaker 0: No problem. And just in terms of my trip, just so you know, I'm missing two work days. That's it. And if president Biden extends me an invitation, I took it.
JamesOKeefeIII
Posted - February 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Saved - February 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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I learned that FOX 11 Los Angeles has been instructed not to cover a leaked recording of Mayor Karen Bass defending her recent trip to Ghana. An anonymous source revealed that the station's lawyers raised concerns, leading to a pause in coverage. The recording, which has gained significant attention, shows Bass discussing her trip and hinting at future developments in Los Angeles. Despite the interest from reporters, the network is also prohibited from sharing the story on social media, leaving many residents seeking accountability.

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

BREAKING: FOX 11 Los Angeles Instructed to NOT Cover Leaked Recording of @MayorOfLA Karen Bass Phone Call Defending Ghana Trip, Text Messages Show https://t.co/9VnNt88maC

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

"I know the company's [FOX] lawyers have had some concerns about this one and have asked us to pause,” said an anonymous source within Los Angeles’ FOX 11 News (@FOXLA), on the station’s reluctance to cover a secretly recorded phone call leaked to OMG involving Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The recording, made public last Friday, details the mayor's preemptive defense of her controversial trip to Ghana, made just days before catastrophic fires erupted in Los Angeles. The phone call, dated January 4th, captured Mayor Bass telling an anonymous source that her trip to Ghana would only cost her "two workdays" and that if President Biden extended an invitation, she would take it. Bass also issued a cryptic message, instructing the source to "read between the lines and hold tight… you will understand soon," hinting at looming developments in Los Angeles. FOX 11 reporters were reportedly instructed not to cover the story. A text message chain revealed that the network's lawyers had raised concerns about the content, prompting a pause in coverage. One message read: "I wish it was up to me. It's an interesting tape & I'd like to know what she's referring to." Further investigation revealed that FOX 11 was also prohibited from sharing the story on social media. The source shared, "Yeah, it’s both for now. Will work to get clearance on both." The recording has gained significant attention, amassing over 6 million views on X alone, with Los Angeles residents demanding accountability from Mayor Bass. @KarenBassLA

@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe

See below the text exchange between an anonymous FOX 11 News source and OMG staff, confirming FOX 11 was instructed to 'pause' coverage of the leaked Mayor Bass audio: https://t.co/vzNHMyQGbw

CollinRugg
Posted - March 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Saved - March 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM

@CollinRugg - Collin Rugg

JUST IN: Paperwork filed to recall Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over her failed handling of the LA fires. If the petition reaches the threshold of necessary signatures (15% of Los Angeles registered voters), a special election will be triggered. https://t.co/W565Kvt2hI

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Wildfires in Los Angeles have the potential to spread rapidly, threatening structures. Amidst this crisis, questions arise regarding the absence of Mayor Karen Bass. While the fires broke out, Mayor Bass was in Africa. Upon her return, she remained silent when reporters asked critical questions about her absence during the disaster. The decision to endorse Karen Bass was a mistake. Now, calls for her resignation are growing louder.
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Speaker 0: This has a potential for 200 plus acres in the next twenty minutes. We have a potential for structures being threatened in the next twenty minutes. Crews trying to contain those massive Los Angeles wildfires. Speaker 1: At least 20 four people have tragically been killed. When the fires broke out, LA Mayor Karen Bass was in Africa. Speaker 0: We know that there was warnings about the weather before you went. Speaker 1: When she returned, instead of answering critical questions from reporters, she chose to just ignore those questions and stay silent. Speaker 2: Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning? Madam mayor, have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today who are dealing with this disaster? Speaker 0: We'll accept home blame. Right? So at the early times, we endorse Karen Bass. That's a mistake, and we admit that. Speaker 1: There are calls for Karen Bass to resign, and those calls are getting louder.
libsoftiktok
Posted - June 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Saved - June 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM

@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

CORRUPTION EXPOSED! DC Mayor Bowser hit with ethics complaint for spending $62K on lavish trips to Qatar, Miami, Vegas, and Dubai New records show her office repeatedly LIED about who paid for the luxury trips. What is she hiding??? https://t.co/BNFuzLIs8W

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An investigation revealed Qatar paid almost $62,000 for DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and staff to travel to Qatar in 2023. The mayor's office twice misidentified who paid for the trip. The mayor has not filed travel expense reports for trips to the Masters, Las Vegas, Dubai, Miami, or Mar-a-Lago in the past three years. Bowser's chief of staff, Lindsey Parker, filed travel expenses including a $3,500 hotel stay in Dubai. DC's director of Intergovernmental Affairs filed a $1,300 hotel stay. The mayor's communications director twice gave incorrect information, claiming the DC Chamber of Commerce and the US Conference of Mayors paid for the Dubai trip. Qatar called the payment an in-kind donation, but DC has no record of a donation agreement. Parker also flew first class to Las Vegas for $4,500 and stayed at a hotel for $1,500. The mayor claims the Washington DC Economic Partnership and two DC government departments paid for her Vegas trip, but has not filed travel expense reports.
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Speaker 0: Who is paying for DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's trips around the world? We've been asking that question for months now and have gotten different answers from the mayor's office. Speaker 1: Now, IT reporter Scott Taylor has uncovered the nation of Qatar paid for the mayor and for staff members who travel to its country. This was in 2023. Scott, what else are we learning about where this money came from? Speaker 2: Well, we're talking about a lot of money, Michelle, almost $62,000 We discovered that from a letter from the Embassy of Qatar to the mayor's office. The mayor's office told us twice who paid for the trip and both times what they said just wasn't true. DC tells seven News it doesn't have any travel expense records filed by DC Mayor Mural Bowser for trips to the Masters Golf Tournament, Las Vegas, Dubai, Miami or Mar A Lago. All trips taken within the past three years. In December 2023, Bowser and four staff members, including her chief of staff, Lindsey Parker, took a trip to Doha, Qatar. They attended the United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai. Only two travel expense records have been filed. Parker appears to be doing what's required by DC code, but it's not cheap. She cost taxpayers $3,500 for a three night stay at the Atlantis Palm Hotel in Dubai. A two night stay at the Aloft Hotel in Dubai for $1,300 was also filed by Thomas Delamonte, DC's director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Last year, Susana Castillo, the mayor's director of communications, gave seven news wrong information twice on who paid for the Dubai trip. She claimed DC's Chamber Of Commerce paid for it. Not true. And then she said US Conference of Mayors picked up the bill. I just discovered that is also not true. This letter from the Embassy of Qatar to the executive office of the mayor says Qatar paid more than $61,000 for the entire trip and called it an in kind donation. DC has no record of a donation agreement between the district and Qatar for the trip, which is required by DC code. Parker also flew last May to Las Vegas to attend the International Council of Shopping Centers Convention along with Bowser. Parker flew first class and cost taxpayers $4,500. She stayed at the Wind Hotel and Casino three nights costing taxpayers $1,500. What about the mayor? She has filed no travel expense records for her Vegas trip, saying it was paid by Washington DC Economic Partnership and two DC government departments. Well, so far, no answer from the mayor's office to our nine questions we sent that office six days ago. Seven News would like to know how can any big city mayor fly all over the world on official business and not keep clear records of who paid for it? I guess in the district, Mayor Bowser can get away with it. For the I team, Scott Taylor, seven news.
DataRepublican
Posted - June 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Saved - June 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Karen Bass, known as the Mayor of Los Angeles, has a complex background that goes beyond her current role. She served as Vice Chair of the National Endowment for Democracy, involved in controversial foreign interventions. Her political career began early, with significant ties to activist groups and government grants. Despite a scholarship scandal similar to one that led to an indictment for a colleague, she faced no repercussions. Bass's activism has persisted through her time in Congress, where she was deeply engaged in global issues, often prioritizing them over local concerns, as evidenced by her handling of the recent wildfire crisis.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

🧵 THREAD: Who really is Karen Bass? Most people know her as the Mayor of Los Angeles, and some remember her botched handling of this year's wildfire crisis. But there’s a lot more beneath the surface. Let’s dig in. ⬇️ 1️⃣ Karen Bass once served as Vice Chair of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a U.S. government-funded NGO notorious for meddling in foreign governments under the banner of "promoting democracy." Translation: soft power regime change. 2️⃣ NED has been exposed repeatedly for funding color revolutions, pushing Western-aligned NGOs, and helping topple governments that don’t play ball with U.S. interests. Bass was right in the middle of it. 3️⃣ And then there’s the scholarship scandal. LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas got federally indicted for receiving a scholarship from USC’s School of Social Work and allegedly trading favors. Bass? She received the exact same scholarship. But no charges. Not even a slap on the wrist. 4️⃣ Why the double standard? When you're part of the machine... when you’ve got D.C. connections, NGO backing, and ties to the intel-adjacent nonprofit world: you get protection. She’s not a DEI figurehead - she's in the system. 5️⃣ This thread will walk through her career, her quiet rise through soft power institutions, and how she became a key player in the globalist swamp. Big thanks to @HTWardish for the lead. Let’s get into it. (Patience as I construct this thread live)🔻

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

Karen Bass' political career started early. She volunteered in Robert Kennedy's political campaign in middle school. She studied philosophy at San Diego University from 1971 to 1973, but she was already a full-fledged political activist by then. At the age of only 19 years old, she was already visiting Cuba every six months as a part of a group called the Venceremos Brigade. These visits would continue to the mid-1970s. The Venceremos Brigade was a joint effort from the Castro government - she was working at the behest of a quasi-governmental NGO backed by Castro.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

If you are asking yourself why and how so many activists are raised - this is a common pattern. They "go after" extremist university students and these students become NGO careerists. This is why a top priority of the Trump administration must be to kneecap NGO and foreign influence in colleges.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

Bass was so indoctrinated in Castro doctrine that she ended up embracing the more authoritarian aspects of his ideology and ironically rejecting the hippie movement. https://t.co/lakHPewqsc

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

In the late 1980s, Bass founded Community Coalition in South Los Angeles - more commonly known as "CoCo." Their EIN is 954298811, and they have since grown to possess 31 million in assets and get 9 million dollars in revenue. About 3 million of that is government grants. https://t.co/NgpQaAMVl4

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

CoCo's mission statement: community organizing through "building grassroots leadership." Their main service appears to be holding townhalls. The vast majority of their expenditures are in salaries and benefits. https://t.co/lsxgSQUlhH

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

And, yes, they receive federal grants. All the while drug use in LA has skyrocketed. https://t.co/C8vWGKvaZW

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

Bass' leadership in Coco would see her be elected to represent California's 47th Assembly District. She became the first Black woman to serve in CA state legislature. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, and then her term limit expired. She became appointed as majority whip in 2005- quite a prominent position early on. I'm trying to dig into that.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

Bass became elected to the US House of Representatives in 2011, where she would stay until 2022. While in the House of Representatives, she served as a ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

A biography notes she traveled to Africa 30+ times. In short, she never stopped being a global activist - this doubtlessly made her an attractive target for NED. https://t.co/YXzjIjXHL5

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

In 2018, she was a featured speaker at the World Movement for Democracy, which probably deserves a thread all on its own as it was founded by NED. @MikeBenzCyber https://t.co/80AIydDTs2

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber Bass served on NED from 2014, just three years after she became elected to the House of Representatives - which is a remarkably short timeframe. Even all the more startling as appointments are typically Senators. Representatives are not appointed nearly often enough. https://t.co/2hmOn3wZFl

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber Bass' long tenure in NED allowed her to become Vice Chair in 2021, while being an active member of Congress. As a reminder, NED receives 350+ million dollars annually, almost all of it federally taxpayer funded. https://t.co/BZFiYoD3Gr

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber Bass was a never passive member of NED - she was deeply involved in democracy building throughout the world. https://t.co/m2nszOzYuw

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber Bass also went on diplomatic trips with the Obama administration. https://t.co/MiDQrFJ8VU

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber In 2022, a federal corruption case indicted Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas. His crime: steering money into the university in exchange for his son receiving a scholarship at the same univeristy. https://t.co/ql6JXCsgp0

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber The other recipient of scholarship bribes? Karen Bass. She was not investigated at all. Not even on their radar. https://t.co/YKpLTAlDjn

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber She was considered HUD Secretary for the Biden administration. Instead, she nominated the person who would become the actual HHS Secretary - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. That's right. Bass is responsible for Xavier Becerra being in the HHS Secretary position. https://t.co/zn6MQd2cqf

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber Let's put it this way: Xavier Becerra prioritized human traffickers above child safety. He pushed placement of children so aggressively that his own ORR Director, Cindy Huang, herself a career migrant activist tried to blow the whistle on him. Instead, she resigned under duress. https://t.co/f52Vh3Mj56

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

Overall, Karen Bass has a mild-mannered image. Her mishandling of the LA Wildfires caused her to be labeled as a DEI mayor. I think that is a mischaracterization. She is terrifyingly effective at what she does best: leftist activism. She is entrenched into the system at a global level. She mishandled the wildfires not because she was incompetent, but she doesn't care about LA residents.

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber In fact, her Ghana trip during the wildfires that she was so criticized for ? She wasn't there to party. She was there as a representative of the Biden administration to honor the inauguration of their new President! https://t.co/behRzFP3qU

@DataRepublican - DataRepublican (small r)

@MikeBenzCyber TL;DR, Karen Bass was raised from cradle to be a part of the globalist network - and continues to ignore the actual needs of LA residents to promote leftism at a global stage. / Thread end.

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