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Here's a sad tragedy of it all. Americans are dead. More than a thousand structures have been

destroyed. More than 30,000 acres have been charred to a crisp.

And we have no idea just how many people over the next coming days are going to find out that they're homeless or possessionless.

It's awful.

And yet when it comes to the LA fires, it seems like everyone from local officials to the president-elect, they just want to play

the blame game, mostly the president-elect and the MAGA folks. So let me explain, though,

because few, if anyone, is approaching this tragedy with the mature sobriety that it demands.

So to paraphrase journalist Katie Herzog, what's happening is Team Blue is blaming Team Red for

failing to act on climate change, and Team Red is blaming Team red for failing to act on climate change and team red is

blaming team blue for poor land management and everyone gets asleep soundly knowing that the other guy

is at fault except for the people who no longer have beds. They're utterly, utterly screwed. True.

Why is this happening? Why can our lawmakers put politics aside for five minutes

to help those in need? And especially why can't of all people the former and future commander

and chief just be an adult for once because he's the one who's mainly stirring the pot here.

Well, it's very sad because I've been trying to get Gavin Newsom to allow water to come.

You'd have tremendous water up there.

They send it out to the Pacific because they're trying to protect a tiny little fish,

which is in other areas, by the way, called the smelt.

And for the sake of a smelt, they have no water.

They had no water in the fire hydrants today in Los Angeles.

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