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This is what the blue state version of climate change denial looks like.
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Chris Elmendorf
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This Tuesday, LA County Commission will vote on a clusterf*ck resolution to speed the rebuilding of firetraps -- while exempting "fire impacted communities" from virtually all state housing laws for the next 5 years. 1/5
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Why not exempt everyone from virtually all state housing laws forever, and allow the market to provide housing supply?
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God forbid that someone go through one of the most awful experiences of their lives and wind up with a nicer, safer house. We can't have that.
Because if they donโ€™t rebuild exactly as it was, then the loons in the Right will accuse them of being bug eaters ready to build their communist apartment buildings on land taken from poor homeowners.
California has been so focused on โ€œsolving climate changeโ€ (by reducing its globally insignificant emissions) that weโ€™ve completely ignored the more important concept of being governed sustainably and for resilience.

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the entire conservative political apparatus is just affirmative action for dummies
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Natalie Winters
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Birthright citizenship is not "dumb" nor is it unique to the US. Virtually every country in the Western Hemisphere has birthright citizenship. It ensures that we don't get multigenerational immigrant underclasses that exist in European countries like France and Germany.
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โ€œI obviously disagree with that judge,โ€ Vice President JD Vance says of a federal judge, who this week blocked on constitutional grounds, President Trumpโ€™s order attempting to eliminate birthright citizenship. "Just because we were founded by immigrants, doesn't mean that 240
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lib equivalent of project 2025 is going after car dealerships (conservative deep state)