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Trump Dishes Out Blame for LA Fires

Across LA County, the number of people told to evacuate has risen to over 175,000.

BBC News - 15h

MAGA Is Blaming DEI for the California Wildfires

Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.

Wired - 19h

No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA

Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.

Wired - 1d

Conservatives blame California wildfires on a small fish, DEI and more

President-elect Donald Trump inaccurately blamed water shortages in Los Angeles on policies meant to preserve an endangered fish called the Delta smelt.

NBC News - 11h

Biden cancels trip to Italy to focus on Los Angeles wildfires, Trump blames Newsom for blazes

President Biden has canceled the last planned foreign trip of his presidency so he can focus on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires. President-elect Donald Trump, meanwhile, has taken ...

CBS News - 21h

Trump blames Biden and California Gov. Gavin Newsom for deadly wildfires

President-elect Donald Trump blamed President Joe Biden and California Gov.

NBC News - 1d

Trump blames Newsom for deadly California wildfires

President-elect Donald Trump is blaming California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the wildfires that are spreading in parts of Los Angeles County. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

CBS News - 1d

Delays fuel GOP blame game over Trump nominees

Trump wanted a flurry of confirmations on Day One. It’s not likely to happen.

Politico - 1d

Trump blames Newsom for California's raging wildfires

President-elect Trump blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for the massive wildfires that are blazing through the Los Angeles area, arguing he should have signed a declaration to pump more water ...

The Hill - 1d

FanDuel’s parent company just issued a profit warning. Blame the Detroit Lions.

There aren’t enough upsets in the National Football League, and that’s upsetting for investors in sports betting companies including Flutter Entertainment, the owner of FanDuel.

MarketWatch - 1d

Mark Zuckerberg has gone full Maga | Siva Vaidhyanathan

It’s a mistake to describe the Meta CEO’s move as a retreat from ‘fact-checking’: it’s a retreat from limiting harm to users. Mark Zuckerberg seems to have gone full Maga. Just two weeks before ...

The Guardian - 1d

2024 Tried to Kill DEI. Could Costco Launch a Revival in 2025?

Conservative activists have successfully convinced companies such as McDonald’s and Walmart to shut down their DEI programs. Costco said no.

Inc. - 2d

Meta goes ‘MAGA’: Facebook adjusts fact-checking approach as Zuckerberg touts ‘free expression’ and cites ‘cultural tipping point’

“We’re going to work with President[-elect] Trump to push back on governments around the world that are going after American companies and pushing to censor more,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

MarketWatch - 2d

McDonald’s Abandons Some DEI Policies, Following Other Big Companies Caving to Pressure Groups

Despite its apparent successes in diversifying the company, McDonald’s joined the growing list of big corporations revising or dropping DEI programs amid conservative attacks.

Inc. - 2d

Kash Patel’s Maga kids’ book is embarrassing. I should know – I’m a children’s author

The Plot Against the King, a thinly veiled take on the ‘stolen’ 2020 election, has a few hits and lots of misses. You don’t have to agree with someone’s politics to appreciate their writing. Roald ...

The Guardian - 2d

McDonald’s is ‘retiring’ its DEI goals. Why more companies are expected to do the same.

Companies like Walmart, Harley-Davidson and Lowe’s have also changed their diversity initiatives

MarketWatch - 2d

Next blames clothes price rises on wage increases set out in Budget

The retailer expects employee costs to increase by £73m due in part to rising National Insurance

BBC News - 2d

Sprawling winter storm blamed on at least four deaths

A sprawling winter storm is blamed on the deaths of at least four people and dumped 2 feet or more of snow in some areas. The storm stretched from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, leaving tens of ...

NBC News - 3d

Moldova blames Russia for energy crisis in breakaway region

People of Transnistria forced to chop wood to heat homes after gas transit deal via Ukraine expires

Financial Times - 3d

Maga vs the billionaires

Trump’s fragile coalition is already splintering over immigration

Financial Times - 4d

Awaiting Sentencing, Menendez Pleads for Leniency and Blames His Wife

As they did during his trial, lawyers for the former senator argued in a court filing that he had been led astray by his wife, Nadine Menendez.

The New York Times - 6d

Scalise cites DEI initiatives in law enforcement while discussing New Orleans attack

House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) cited diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives that he says have blurred the focus of law enforcement agents hired to keep the country safe ...

The Hill - 6d

Trump blasts UK energy policy and ‘windmills’ after company blames windfall tax for less drilling

President-elect Trump is criticizing the United Kingdom’s energy policy and saying it should get rid of windmills after a company blamed the country’s windfall tax for its early exit from drilling ...

The Hill - 6d

By blaming Biden for the New Orleans attack, Trump may be setting himself up for failure

Trump has blamed Biden for the attack in New Orleans. But the president-elect risks facing similar criticism if an attack happens while he is in the White House.

NBC News - Jan. 3

Trump and GOP allies falsely blame New Orleans attack on immigration failures

President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden's border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen.

NBC News - Jan. 2

Jim Gaffigan defends anti-Trump remarks even if 'true die-hard' MAGA 'never forgive me'

Comedian Jim Gaffigan defended his comments criticizing President-elect Trump, noting that he doesn't regret them even if “true die-hard” MAGA fans can never forgive him. Gaffigan, famously a ...

The Hill - Jan. 2

Trump blames ‘open borders’ for New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks

President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases are ...