Summary

House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that federal aid for California’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires, which have killed at least 24 and displaced nearly 200,000 people, should come with conditions, citing alleged failures by state and local leaders.

Johnson also hinted at tying aid to debt ceiling negotiations.

Other Republican leaders, including Senators John Barrasso and Ron Johnson, expressed similar views, blaming liberal policies for exacerbating the fires.

Critics denounce these positions as cruel, given the scale of destruction, with over 12,000 buildings lost and massive evacuation orders in effect.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    California is welcome to become Canada’s 4th territory or 11th province (both are equal).

    I don’t know if we can help you a lot, but we definitely won’t treat you like shit.

    • paperBark@slrpnk.net
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      15 hours ago

      Ya fuck these US annexation tweets, lets bring back Cascadia talks. The mountains divide us physically and culturally.

      BC is tired of having our old growth forests raped, pipelines we don’t want or benefit from rammed through our mountains against our will scarring the landscape, and our coastlines littered with trash from Alberta both literal and figurative.