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Good morning, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Eldwhynna was ever so fond of the occasional elderberry-infused clam dressing.
There is so much going on in the world that my regularly scheduled weekend news hiatus almost feels like a dereliction of duty. Were I not spending time with my family, I would be admonishing myself.
No one needs self-admonishment.
The wildfire horror in Los Angeles feels like a crisis with no end. Governmental incompetence is piggybacking on overwhelming natural forces to ensure that the misery of this generational disaster lingers. The frustrating and depressing hallmark of this tragedy has been the fact that there are no responsible people in charge to be found at any level. While it's true that expectations of functionality regarding any government bureaucracies should always be tempered, what we've witnessed in the last week is historically awful.
California is the most disturbing cautionary tale about the perils of leftism run amuck in American history. The Golden State is a paradise that is a monument to God's grace and a testament to the destructive depravity of radical progressivism. I would love to think that I'm merely having a hyperbolic moment while writing about this, but I'm not. If anything, my assessment of the situation is being modified by the fact that I write for a site that prefers that I don't unload completely.
It's a relationship that I appreciate, by the way.
The principal elected officials in the Los Angeles apocalyptic horror story are Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom. The two have been running roughshod over an inherently bad situation in a clown-car armored vehicle. In a just world, both of them would be pilloried in a town square by now.
Alas, justice doesn't have much power in California.
The prevailing opinion in conservative media the past few days is that Gavin Newsom's brain-dead bumbling response to the Los Angeles fires has punted him out of the frontrunner position for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination. I think that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is in a dead heat with Newsom for the 2028 nod, but let's just deal with Gov. Smarm for now.
Gavin Newsom's handling of this situation has been truly awful. Last week, Matt covered a moment that most of my friends and colleagues think ruined Newsom's presidential dreams. While no one wishes that were true more than I, it's almost certainly not the case.
In the ever more insane world of Democratic politics, there is no penalty for being wrong or doing one's job poorly. None. Nada. Zilch. As my good friend and colleague Kevin Downey Jr. is fond of saying: "Democrats fail upward."
Yes, it's almost as if the worse they are at their jobs, the better the career possibilities.
There is also the fact that the Democrats operate on "The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" mode. As I wrote in a column last week, "They basically live in a memory hole."
By the time the next presidential campaign cycle rolls around, Gavin Newsom's slow-kid response to the Los Angeles fires will have been shelved by the Democrats and they will be all-in on treating him like the second coming of JFK.
This is the kind of thing that people don't want me to be right about but, deep down, know that I am.
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I’ve seen the devastation firsthand.
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 12, 2025
These fires across our region have changed lives forever.
The days ahead will be challenging but we WILL get through this crisis, together.
Thank you to all the first responders who are working day and night doing everything possible to… pic.twitter.com/tMGmtaCRhn
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Biden Comforts Fire Victims By Telling About How He Once Ordered A Steak Medium But It Was Served Well Done https://t.co/1pPX6FKSmg pic.twitter.com/J9NVBMc7cA
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 12, 2025
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