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MSNBC Broadcasts Joy Reid’s Utterly Insane California Wildfire Conspiracy Theory

At this point in 2025, everyone pretty much knows what to expect from MSNBC race baiter Joy Reid.

Whether she’s raging about black people, white people, President-elect Donald Trump, or just raging for the sake of raging, Reid is a known, established entity — unfortunately.

So it should come as little surprise that Reid was back on her nonsense during her show’s Monday broadcast, spewing her usual rhetoric.

You can watch watch her idiocy for yourself below…

If you just can’t bring yourself to watch Joy Reid (and this writer can’t blame you … at all), the MSNBC talking head was discussing the raging wildfires that have razed swathes of southern California.

That, in and of itself, is totally fine.

But, as she is wont to do, Reid couldn’t just offer a recap and some prayers.

No, she had to bust out her tinfoil hat.

“The vulture capitalists are already circling, hoping to snap up the burned up properties for pennies on the dollar, so they can hedge fund them,” Reid said. This writer must admit that, given the lengthy tendrils of groups like BlackRock, Reid almost makes a good point here. Almost.

And it actually would’ve been a fine point had she ended it there. Surely you see where this is going.

“But the worst part,” Reid said, before hilariously catching herself and adding, “other than the fires themselves, has been the lies” Nice catch, Joy.

“Though if there is one thing the billionaire right is, they are consistent,” said Reid, whose net worth is generally accepted to be in the millions.

“They want California, America’s biggest state economy,” Reid continued, “because if they can take California and retrofit it with their ugly, right-wing policies, the way they’ve ruined Florida and Texas, and every other red state where poverty rates are high and education is warped, and non-white immigrants, pregnant women, victimized girls, and LGTBQ folks live in fear, then the fight for permanent control of America is basically over.

“They can drill and frack California until the fires this past week pale in comparison.

“They can rip out all the forests and hand over the land to developers, Florida-style.

“They can drive out the brown people, and the black and Asian people, or just sink them into the same apartheid they’ve created in Texas, and they will control enough electoral votes if they control California to never have to worry about another presidential election.”

Wow. Where to even begin with that unhinged rant? Let’s just go in order.

Her near-good point about BlackRock-like entities aside, Reid’s rant is rife with inaccuracies.

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“Absolutely Disgusting”: Biden Announces Victims Of Fires To Get $770 Each

Americans have reacted with utter disgust after Joe Biden announced that victims of the California fires are to receive a one time paltry payment of $770 if they apply for it.

Biden’s announcement came during a White House meeting with other federal officials on Monday, where he stated “I want to be clear, we’re not waiting until those fires are over to start helping the victims. We’re getting them help right now.”

“People impacted by these fires are going to receive a one-time payment of $770, one-time payment, so they can quickly purchase things like water, baby formula, and prescriptions,” Biden continued, adding “So far, nearly 6,000 survivors have registered to do just that, and $5.1 million has gone out.”

The people of LA and the surrounding areas impacted by the fires will enjoy $20 more than the victims of last year’s Hurricane Helene, who received $750, and a whopping $70 more than victims of the August 2023 Maui wildfires.

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Is Woke ‘Equity’ the Reason Why Pacific Palisades Is Now a Moonscape?

Video that just surfaced from last summer shows that the head of the Los Angeles water utility was solely dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to “right the wrongs of the past… from an infrastructure perspective.” Did these well-intentioned-sounding, though misplaced priorities compromise public safety in Los Angeles? Is that why the fire hydrants were dry in Pacific Palisades when hellacious fires broke out? Was wokeness the reason why the Palisades’ reservoir sat dry and idle for nearly a year?

From the moment she was selected to be the CEO and Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), Janisse Quiñones, saw her role “through the lens of equity… and social justice.” Indeed, the woke mindset permeated the entire operation. But beginning in 2021, Mayor Eric Garcetti set the DWP — and all of the L.A. governmental superstructure — on the path of critical race theory. All thoughts, actions, and priorities were seen through the “lens of equity.” Not equality, equity. The two are quite different. 

Did that mindset play a role in decisions leading to the disastrous response to the firestorms?

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Karen Bass: Part-Time Mayor

It’s said that Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass did no such thing — she just took a taxpayer-funded trip to the Paris Olympics while cutting $17 million from the fire department’s budget and ignoring the cries of her fire chief. 

Three, actually. Three taxpayer-funded trips to the Paris Olympics that lasted two weeks. But just think of the miles she earned.

Sure, Bass was in Ghana on a White House junket when the fires broke out last week, but that was sheer dumb luck. A New York Times report today indicates that Bass views her position as part-time at best.

“A review of her public daily schedule for the past year shows that Ms. Bass has traveled out of the country at city expense at least four other times in recent months before the Ghana visit,” the NYT reported. “Once to Mexico for the inauguration of President Claudia Sheinbaum and three times to France for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.”

It gets worse. Bass had explicitly promised during the 2022 mayoral race to reduce her foreign travel, even though she didn’t want to.

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Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant: sources

The homeless man tackled and zip-tied by onlookers who say he was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant who will likely be protected by California’s sanctuary city status, according to sources.

The suspect is Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, a Mexican national who is in the United States illegally, sources told The Post.

He was chased and taken down by residents of Woodland Hills after they allegedly saw him torching old Christmas trees and debris on fire with what one resident described as a “flamethrower” soon after the massive wildfire began Thursday.

The suspect is being held on a felony probation violation, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said, without detailing his previous conviction.

Detectives are still investigating it as possible arson, but LAPD Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said Friday that there was not immediately enough evidence for that charge.

ICE placed a detainer request on him three days ago, but the federal agency does not expect it to be honored due to California’s sanctuary state law, sources said.

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Kamala Harris Delivers Word Salad to California Wildfire Victims

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris convened Senior White House and Administration officials for a briefing on the federal government’s response to the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Los Angeles fires have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, and the reported estimated damage is around $150 billion.

The damage is largely due to Democrats like Governor Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass after they slashed fire department funding and didn’t fill reservoirs.

On Monday Biden announced his Regime is giving $770 to people impacted by the California wildfires.

“People impacted by these fires are gonna receive one-time payment of $770,” Biden said.

What a joke.

Kamala Harris dropped this gem during Monday’s briefing…

“It’s critically important that, to the extent you can find anything that gives you an ability to be patient in this extremely dangerous and unprecedented crisis, that you do,” Kamala Harris said.

How profound.

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Palisades Fire was likely started by dormant blaze sparked by NYE fireworks: report

The Palisades Fire that has devastated Los Angeles and killed at least eight people may have reignited from scorch marks left by an earlier inferno that is believed to have been caused by fireworks set off on New Year’s Eve, according to a report.

The remnants of the New Year’s Eve fire likely could’ve been reignited by strong winds — which have made the current blazes difficult to control — even six days after it was put out, the Washington Post reported.

An analysis of satellite images, radio communications, videos as well as interviews by the publication found that the deadly Palisades Fire began in the same area where firefighters had put out the previous fire — and that firefighters were slower to respond to the second blaze, which quickly became one of the most destructive in California’s history.

Frustrated residents told the Washington Post that the response time from first responders when the Palisades Fire first started last Tuesday was much slower than it’d been on New Year’s Eve.

Nearby resident Michael Valentine was home during the start of both fires — and said the difference in the firefighting response between the two was like night and day.

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DEVELOPING: ATF Arson Investigators Descend on Hiking Trail at The Summit of Pacific Palisades

ATF arson investigators descended along a hiking trail at The Summit of the Pacific Palisades on Monday nearly one week after the fires erupted.

“Two prongs, one team will analyze the scene, including damage & burn patterns, while another will gather surveillance video, digital evidence, etc,” Fox News reporter Bill Melugin said.

The Pacific Palisades fire erupted last Tuesday morning.

LAX video journalist “Airline Videos” captured the moment the Pacific Palisades fire broke out on Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday morning around 10:30, LAX airport streamer Kevin noticed a plume of smoke shortly before a United Airlines flight landed.

“Uh oh! Uh oh! Uh oh! Not something we wanna see here in Southern California. A fire has now broke out. That is looking like Encino. Uh oh. Not what we wanna see here in Southern California. A fire has now broke out there in the hills. I believe that’s looking toward possibly Bel Air, Encino,” Livestreamer Kevin said Tuesday morning.

“This was the concern for many with these high winds and as dry as they are. Weather watch in full effect,” Kevin said referring to the gusty Santa Ana winds that reached over 80 miles per hour on Tuesday.

“With these high winds that fire can spread really quickly,” Kevin said as he panned over to the plume of smoke in the distance. “There are a lot of expensive homes up there in the hills.”

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Oops: L.A. Sheriff Slips, Says ‘Depopulation Conversation Keeps Coming Up’

The sheriff of Los Angeles County turned heads with an apparent blunder over the weekend, saying that “depopulation” keeps cropping up in conversations regarding how soon displaced residents will be able to return to their most likely destroyed homes.

The eyebrow-raising remark came during a press conference over the weekend, where Sheriff Robert G. Luna was discussing how residents have continuously been asking whether they can enter the disaster zone to see what remains of their belongings.

“I know…a lot of our residents are trying to get back and they’re frustrated. I stopped by several checkpoints both in Altadena and Malibu yesterday. I personally listened to residents, ‘Please, please, let me back in.’ So I’m just going to say this. In driving around some of these areas they literally look like war zones. There are downed power poles, electric wires there are still some smoldering fires. It is not safe,” the sheriff said.

“The minute it is safe, we understand the inconvenience, and every conversation we’re having about evacuations – that depopulation conversation is continuously coming up. We do care. We want to get you back into your homes but we can’t allow that until it is safe for you to do so.”

It’s unclear what the sheriff intended to say and the department did not issue a statement clarifying the remarks; however, the comment is being highlighted online as a Freudian slip.

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California Wildfires Spark Shocking Conspiracy Claiming That Fires Were Intentionally Set to Pave the Way for AI-Controlled ‘SmartLA 2028’ Just in Time for 2028 Olympics

As devastating wildfires once again consume California’s landscapes, a growing number of skeptics are pointing to an eerie coincidence: the fires are burning in regions earmarked for major redevelopment under the controversial “SmartLA 2028” initiative.

Critics allege that these fires might not be mere acts of nature but intentional acts to fast-track a dystopian agenda where artificial intelligence governs daily life.

California is currently facing a catastrophic wildfire crisis, with Los Angeles County experiencing some of the most severe blazes in its history. The fires have consumed over 38,000 acres, destroyed thousands of structures, and resulted in at least 16 fatalities, with an additional 16 individuals reported missing.

The Palisades Fire stands as the largest, having burned 23,713 acres and over 5,000 structures, with containment efforts achieving only 11% success.

The crisis has ignited a political firestorm, with President-elect Donald Trump attributing the disaster to mismanagement by California’s leadership.

Trump criticized Governor Gavin Newsom for failures in water resource management and forest maintenance, suggesting that state regulations have exacerbated the fires.

It has also been reported that the Santa Ynez Reservoir, a critical water source in Pacific Palisades, was empty and offline when a devastating wildfire ripped through the area.

The Los Angeles Times reported that despite the reservoir’s critical role in the city’s water infrastructure, it had been offline for nearly a year.

Now, claims have surfaced on social media alleging that the devastating California wildfires were intentionally started as part of a criminal land grab scheme to construct smart cities under the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda.

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