As LA Burns, Trump Plays Politics

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🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Trump and the GOP skip the usual “thoughts and prayers” for victims of the devastating LA fires, and dive straight into blame and conspiracy theories. Jon and Dan debunk misinformation about FEMA and the government response, unpack the political fallout, and share resources to help fire victims. Plus, what’s behind MAGA’s new Manifest Destiny? Is Trump’s legal drama approaching its grand finale? Washington D.C. pauses for a moment while President Jimmy Carter is laid to rest. Finally, Lovett sits down with Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy to talk about Democrats’ game plan to counter the Republican agenda in Congress. Support California wildfire relief with a donation to Vote Save America & Crooked Ideas Action Fund: votesaveamerica.com/relief.

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0:00.0	Welcome to POTSA of America. I'm John Favra.
0:22.0	I'm Dan Pfeiffer.
0:22.8	On today's show, we'll get into maybe the last round of Trump legal drama,
0:27.5	which includes our convicted felon president-elect, possibly being sentenced on Friday.
0:32.6	We'll also talk about Trump's Maga-Fest destiny plans to seemingly take over the Western Hemisphere
0:39.2	and name more places America. And later, you'll hear Lovett's interview with Connecticut
0:44.3	Senator Chris Murphy about what's next for Democrats and how they plan to respond to the Republican
0:49.9	agenda in Congress. But first, I am recording this from our studio in Los Angeles, where we are
0:57.7	currently surrounded by the worst fires the city has ever seen, and certainly the costliest in
1:04.3	American history. To the west, more than 5,000 homes and other buildings have been lost
1:09.9	in Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood
1:12.0	by the ocean that has been almost completely destroyed.
1:15.5	To the east, around Pasadena, the Eaton fire has destroyed at least another thousand homes.
1:22.2	Six people have died, though the death toll is sadly expected to rise.
1:27.3	More than 180,000 are under evacuation orders
1:30.9	right now. We are recording this Thursday afternoon. And the Santa Ana Wins have made it very difficult
1:37.1	for firefighters to contain all the fires. The two big fires in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton fire are currently at
1:45.8	0% containment.
1:47.7	LA fire chief Kristen Crowley said on Thursday, quote, we are absolutely not out of danger yet.
1:54.3	Been a pretty scary few days here, Dan.
1:56.8	I can only imagine.
1:58.0	A lot of crooked staff have evacuated.
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