History’s Biggest Liars?

 Issues & Insights  

When we think of some of the biggest lies in our history – the income tax will be levied only on the richest few, Social Security is a good deal from the New Deal, Stalin’s Soviet Union was a fine place, Joe Biden is in great health, the coronavirus posed an existential threat to billions and wasn’t cooked up in a Chinese lab – where do we rank the climate fearmongering?

"The “experts” who have told us that man-made climate change is a grave threat must have stumbled across the Winston Churchill comment about duplicity, because they know the truth has a hard time catching up to lies. They’ve also relied on lying by omission, an offense that can’t be blamed on innocent oversight.

"One of Churchill’s greatest quips warns us that “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Propagandists know this is true.

"Fabulists also lie by leaving out important facts. Such as burying the medieval warm period. Former University of Alabama assistant geological sciences professor Matthew Wielicki explained in a Substack post the day before Earth Day how “the deliberate erasure of past climatic states” is used “to support alarmist conclusions.”

“Every year, new temperature records are breathlessly announced as though the planet is plunging into uncharted climate chaos. Mainstream headlines proclaim things like ‘Humanity just lived through the hottest 12 months in at least 125,000 years’ or ‘This year virtually certain to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists say.’ We’re told, often without context or qualification, that the warming we’re experiencing is unlike anything seen in hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of years.”

"Of course these assertions deserve our suspicion, because “climate authorities, especially the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), built their entire narrative on the selective memory of Earth’s climate past,” says Wielicki, who considers himself an “Earth science professor-in-exile,” which of course is what happens when researchers stray from the climate alarmist narrative." . . .

The gift that keeps on giving. With a Greta Thunberg bonus.

Bill Ponton

"The joy that the new Trump administration has given to me has not yet abated. Last week, Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee in which a slack-jawed, dumb-founded Sen. Angus King of Maine noted that the 2025 annual threat assessment by the U.S. intelligence community made no mention of climate change.  Tulsi responded by saying, “I can’t speak to the decisions made previously, but this annual threat assessment has been focused very directly on the threats that we deem most critical to the United States and our national security.” In short, the intelligence service is now focusing on real threats, not ones manufactured by the climate industrial complex.

"King responded with a laundry list of problems that climate change was causing such as “mass migration, famine, dislocation, and political violence”.  Tulsi did not take the bait. She might easily have noted that the former administration’s open invitation to the world, not climate change, caused tens of millions of refugees to resettle here, but she instead let King keep going on like a porkchop about extreme weather, heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires, and storms of Biblical proportions. Tulsi then calmly responded that the annual threat assessment only focused on real threats, (not the imaginary fears of a bedwetter like the Senator).

"An enraged Angus demanded to know if Gabbard gave explicit instructions to the authors of the report to not include climate change, and Gabbard replied, “I don’t recall giving that instruction.”  Tulsi, you are doing great!"

New Greta Thunberg Thermostat Scowls At You When You Turn The Heat Up

Need to be told this is parody?

"Google, the makers of the Nest™ thermostat that totally does not track your every movement and thought, has partnered with climate activist Greta Thunberg to make a thermostat that scowls at you when you attempt to turn the heat up.

"The Greta Thunberg Thermostat™ also emits an audible, "How dare you" if it hears you emit dangerous methane into the atmosphere in the form of a fart.

"The Greta Thunberg Thermostat™ is predicted to fly off the shelves of stores that are currently unable to carry less important items like baby formula and children's vitamins. Popular features of the new thermostat sure to be a hit among climate-informed users include:

"A backlit screen that displays the names of people who will probably die because you bumped it from 63º to 64º in mid-January." . . . More...

How much did Joe know?

Silvio Canto, Jr.  

"As Mr. Penn points out, President Biden left his party in “ruins.”  Mr. Penn is hoping for a Bill Clinton in the party’s future.  Let’s see what happens, but I’d love to know who was calling the shots, or managing the “autopen.”  I fear that someone was the puppet master, and I’d like to know who it was."

Uncle Paul's Parodies.

"The autopen story and all of the talk about Biden’s cognitive decline raises a question.  How much did President Biden know?  Did he understand just how far to the left he was being pushed?  I am not trying to make excuses for Mr. Biden, but this leftist tilt was not what I thought would happen.  Maybe I’m alone, but I actually did think that President Biden would be more centrist and stay away from extremes.

"I am thinking about all of this because of an article by Mark Penn and just how far left the Biden presidency went.  This is what he wrote:

Back in the late 90s, Democrats stood for a balanced budget, expanded health care benefits, tough immigration policies, and smaller government. Bill Clinton declared “the era of big government is over.” Boy was he wrong.

Step by step, Democrats drifted from these policies that produced near 75% approval ratings for Clinton. Tax and spend came back in the Obama years as tax rates went up and Obamacare kicked in, and he moved decisively to the left in the last two years of his presidency. 

The groundwork for DEI was laid with the attacks on the police and calling out other institutions as racist. Climate change moved up to the top of the agenda as pipelines were shut down and regulations were issued to slow energy producers and the idea took root that climate change, not ISIS, was the biggest “existential” threat we faced. 

The emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the election of Donald Trump pushed Democrats further to the left on cultural and economic issues as the chief goal of the party was to lay down resistance to Trump and everything he stood for. The point was to rip it all down and prevent him from shifting away from the Obama policies. . . . 

More here...

"Democrats Say Fire At Tesla Facility Likely Caused By Climate Change"; when parody becomes scorn

 

John Russo

Democrats Begin Spray-Painting Swastikas On Dolphins

"After a pod of dolphins arrived to greet the returning NASA astronauts brought home by SpaceX, outraged Democrats began protesting the dolphins' actions by spray-painting swastikas on them and setting them afire. 

"Democratic leaders and their voting base, infuriated by the aggressive act of the dolphins inquisitively swimming around the capsule after it splashed down off Florida's coast, vowed to make sure they were all identified for that they are — Nazis." . . .

Federal Judge Orders Astronauts Be Returned To Space Station

Democrats Say Fire At Tesla Facility Likely Caused By Climate Change

. . ."The Trump and Musk administration has done nothing to tackle the climate crisis, and now we're seeing the consequences," said Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. "It is a sad day when climate change is so bad that it causes instantaneous combustion of a particular brand of vehicle. Curse you, Donald Trump, for bringing this upon us!"

"Walz emphasized the urgency of the climate crisis with a recent scientific study showing that if America doesn't reduce its climate emissions, thousands more Tesla cars will likely explode." . . .

Trump ties for highest approval he’s ever had — as more Americans say US is on right track than any time in 20 years: poll

 NY Post  

. . ."The bad news is that Trump still has not won over a majority of Americans, and 54% said they disapprove of his handling of the economy — the first time he’s lost a majority on that issue in NBC’s poll." 

. . ."While DOGE is unpopular (47% negative to 41% positive), voters generally believe it was a good idea (46%), compared to 40% who say it was a bad idea.

"Trump has steadfastly stood by DOGE and Elon Musk amid political backlash to the cost-cutting initiative, which is intended to help slim down the federal deficit.

"In a key bright spot for Trump, Democrats’ favorability is at an abysmal 27%, with 55% viewing the party negatively, marking the worst numbers for the party in NBC News’ polling history.

"Another poll from CNN found a similar result and also pegged Dems with their lowest rating in its polling history, with only 29% viewing the party favorably.

"Additionally, voters displayed skepticism of the media’s coverage of Trump, with 46% concluding it’s been too critical, while 25% felt it was too supportive, and 24% approved of the media’s approach to him.

"The NBC News survey sampled 1,000 registered voters between March 7 and 11 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points."

Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly gets rid of his electric Tesla Model X, buys gas-powered Chevy Tahoe truck 

 Musk had called Kelly a "traitor" earlier this week for visiting Ukraine. Kelly responded to Musk in an X post prior to announcing he was getting rid of his Tesla.

. . ."Some social media users responded to Kelly's post about the new vehicle with his past comments about climate change. "Watching our planet spin through space, there's a moment when it becomes abundantly clear: There is no Planet B,"

"Kelly, a former astronaut, wrote in an Earth Day post in 2021. "We all must do our part to fight climate change and protect our planet. How will you do yours?"

The Resistance To Climate Alarmism Grows

 Issues & Insights

  We expect the alarmists, if any of them read this, will accuse us of being paid off by the oil industry. If only. We could use the cash. 

Mike Beckom

"The end is near. That’s what we’ve been told since the beginning. The doomsdayers have cited a variety of cataclysms that will do us in, from asteroids to resource exhaustion to a dying sun. But they all have one thing in common: So far, they’ve all been wrong. Same with the climate alarmists. And the public is catching on.

"A study, published by the Stanford University School of Sustainability, no less, found that “resistance to climate action has become a global movement that strengthens after governments implement climate-related policies.”

“ 'We found that counter climate change organizations tend to emerge after pro-environmental policies are institutionalized in government,” said the study’s senior author.

"Of course they do. As our friends at the Committee to Unleash Prosperity observed, this has happened “maybe because the war on fossil fuels has deindustrialized Germany and many other European nations. Maybe it’s because green energy is so much more expensive to produce. Maybe because the biggest polluters like China have done nothing.”

"Let’s add another “maybe.” The resistance is likely also based on a growing skepticism. We have been bombarded by global warming scare stories for more than three decades and yet we’re still here. No matter how much the alarmists cheat, lie, obfuscate and bully, it’s obvious that the entire narrative is based on assumptions, speculation and political ideology. Every claim they make can be easily refuted. To name a few, which we’ll call the big three:

"We just lived through the hottest year/month/week/day on record. This is meaningless. Hottest compared to what? The only reliable measure we have is from satellite readings that go back to only 1979 and they show nothing to get worked up about.

"All other data are entirely unreliable. Mixing tree rings, mercury thermometer records that are “adjusted,” numbers from nonexistent and compromised weather stations and modern equipment to whip up widespread fear is scientific malpractice." . . .

UPDATE: People Are Increasingly Skeptical of the Climate Scolds - Because the Scolds Are So Often Wrong  "A great man once said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." 

"And yet that's what the climate doom-cryers have been trying to do for the last few decades, from Al "I've never gotten over the 2000 election" Gore to the Swedish Doom Pixie Greta "How DARE you!" Thunberg." Remainder behind a pay wall. 

New Greta Thunberg Thermostat Scowls At You When You Turn The Heat Up

. . ."A backlit screen that displays the names of people who will probably die because you bumped it from 63º to 64º in mid-January." . . .

Shamefully, CA Gov. Newsom Signs $50M ‘Trump-Proofing’ State Legislative Package

Legal Insurrection

Meanwhile, by clearing away bureaucratic debris and ensuring the wildfire-destroyed area rebuilds aren’t subject to “climate crisis” idiocy. Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell is the de facto governor of the Golden State.

Hard no, @GavinNewsom.
This is why we must have strings on the Federal money we send to California.
Without commonsense reforms, @GavinNewsom and his cronies will ensure we have another catastrophic fire without water available to fight it. https://t.co/CSvNa3VZnG

— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 7, 2025

 "Gavin Newsom just said the Pacific Palisades will have to be rebuilt considering “climate change.” RIP Pacific Palisades."

Broc Smith

"Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in the wake of the Greater Los Angeles wildfires, the state Legislature considered spending $50 million “Trump-proofing” the state: $25 million for lawfare, and $25 million for supporting illegal immigrants."

"The move was tone-deaf and poorly received by all voters, red and blue alike.

"The state legislature consequently tabled it—temporarily.

"While the rest of the nation has been focused on President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) exposing the vast amount of waste, fraud, and abuse in our government agencies, California Democrats voted for it and Governor Gavin Newsom signed it."

Newsom said the bill will “bolster funding for legal services programs that are vital to safeguarding the civil rights of California’s most vulnerable residents, including people with disabilities, youth who are homeless, victims of human trafficking and wage theft, people facing unlawful evictions, immigrants and more.

“None of the funding in this bill is intended to be used for immigration-related legal services for noncitizens convicted of serious or violent felonies,” he added in a signing statement.

The package, which was passed by the state Senate and Assembly, allocates $25 million to the California Department of Justice to support legal battles against Trump’s federal policies, including environmental regulations and illegal immigration. An additional $25 million is designated for legal aid groups to assist illegal immigrants facing potential deportation.

Newsom lobbed hundreds of lawsuits against the Trump administration during Trump’s first term.

Newsom And Bass’s Only Hope For Avoiding Recalls Is A Global Warming Blame Game

The Federalist   "Epic incompetence from Democrats can only be excused by blaming the California fires on a sinful mankind that is changing the climate."

"Liberal pundits can be relied upon to demonstrate loyalty to their party in spite of the sorry performance of the people in charge. But the party line about the disaster isn’t so much a function of opinion slingers. Rather, it is a concerted effort throughout legacy media to shift the public’s attention away from the evidence of ineptitude, often rooted in liberal ideologies like DEI policies and extreme environmentalism."

"Apocalyptic global warming predictions of doom have long been fashionable, quasi-religious beliefs of 21st-century liberalism. But after the recent wildfires that have devastated the state, some California Democrats will be clinging to climate change as a matter of political survival.

"The epic incompetence demonstrated both by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during the crisis isn’t just a matter of bad optics and some excruciatingly embarrassing moments for two career politicians. It has also created the possibility that even in a one-party state completely dominated by the Democrats, they might be held accountable for their egregious lack of leadership and terrible decisions that turned a natural disaster into an unprecedented catastrophe that has cost dozens of lives and destroyed more than 12,000 homes and buildings.

"While the notion that this might be a turning point to reverse the overwhelming advantage possessed by Democrats in California might be fanciful, the two are highly vulnerable to recall elections that, especially in the case of Bass, might actually force her from office.

"That’s only if the voters of the fire-ravaged state are ready to think seriously about the glaring evidence of bungling that left some reservoirs empty, fire departments not fully budgeted as well as neglect of proper water, land, and forest management practices that could have, at the very least, mitigated the suffering and the billions in damage inflicted on the state’s people.

"Newsom and Bass have not gotten off scot-free when it comes to critical scrutiny from the media for their poor crisis management skills and for decisions that helped turn the fire from a bad problem into something much worse. But the response from most of the liberal chorus in newspapers like the Los Angeles Times has been to defend both of them. LA Columnists like Mark Barbarak and Steve Lopez have both decried what they call the “politicization” of the fires by President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

"They prefer to blame “Mother Nature” and climate change." . . .   Full article

Doomsday alert....again!

 Jack Hellner   

"What do all of these predictions have in common? They are all pulled out of thin air. They are worthless. They are based on as much science as all of the government’s dictatorial edicts on COVID." . . .

"On Monday, my local paper treated the reader to a long article warning us of doomsday. This report has been issued for 79 years and so far, we are OK—but while I anxiously await this brilliant report from so-called scientific experts, I tracked the same information down at the Daily Mail:

Is humanity doomed? Doomsday Clock will be updated TOMORROW to determine our fate - so, will it tick closer to midnight?

Tomorrow, humanity will find out if we’re closer to total self-destruction when the Doomsday Clock is updated.

The symbolic clock, which edges closer to midnight to reflect human-made global catastrophes, will be revealed during a livestream on Tuesday (January 28).

Since 2023, it has been set at 90 seconds to midnight, but this year scientists say it could move forward to reflect the troubling global outlook.

The Russia-Ukraine war, Israel’s ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, and the threat of nuclear war and climate change all mean the clock could tick forwards for the first time in two years.

"The earth has been around for billions of years, and has had many wars and many cooling and warming periods (the latter clearly not caused by humans), but we are told that now we are near the end. In the first report in 1947, they said we were at seven minutes until midnight on the doomsday clock. By 1991, it had somehow improved to 17 minutes, the longest it has ever been. But now, for the last few years we have been at 90 seconds until midnight." . . .

It’s the end of the world. Again. And again. Over 50 years of ‘doom and gloom.’   "If you’re feeling a bit of deja vu over recent predictions of worldwide calamities due to environmental changes, you’re right.

"According to a lengthy report compiled by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, none of the predicted global disasters due to climate change have happened yet.

“ 'Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today,” the institute writes in its report. “None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true.”

"To bolster its argument, the institute compiled a lengthy list of clippings featuring people — many of them prominent scientists, lawmakers and entertainers — making dire predictions that never panned out.

"Some examples:"  Full article...from 2019!

California Incinerated Its Insurance Market

The American Spectator  .

. ."And [Ricardo] Lara couldn’t help himself from falling back on his progressive instincts, as he issued an edict forbidding insurers from cancelling or not renewing policies in the Los Angeles-area neighborhoods most affected by the fires. Forcing companies to provide such coverage will only cause them to cut back elsewhere — and high-tail it out of state as soon as the moratorium is lifted. 

"The American Spectator might not be at the top of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reading list, but had it been, he would have known that California’s teetering insurance system was just one particularly bad wildfire away from disaster. Sure, he knew that insurers were fleeing the state in the face of its absurd price-control system that doesn’t allow them to price policies to reflect their actual risk, but that knowledge didn’t spur him to make the matter a priority.

"In September 2023, I wrote the following on these pages after lawmakers decided to punt on insurance reform rather than take on their anti-corporate allies:

Newsom said the legislative deal “unfortunately fell through and, I say unfortunately, because time is of the essence.” Yet timing wasn’t essential enough for the Legislature, which does have the knack for punting on the state’s truly pressing problems (homelessness, pension debt, failing public schools, etc.) It’s unclear what Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, who has been chastened for his inaction by some media sources, plans to do about a crisis that he continues to blame on climate change, inflation and everything other than the state’s price controls and inefficient rate-approval system.

"Well, over a year later, Lara finally implemented some reasonable reforms that allow insurers to use forward-looking catastrophe models in determining rates rather than relying primarily on past claims. That should have been a no-brainer many years ago for our climate-change-obsessed policymakers. If the future climate is warming, then insurance companies ought to be able to include such warming — and its fire-related risks because of dryness and drought — in their rate making." . . .

It’s Climate Change’s Fault!

 

California’s governor Gavin Newsom has just seen his future presidential chances go up in flames.    "The massive fires burning his state can be linked directly to his lack of action. Trump tried to warn him, but apparently Newsom is like Biden—he is a radical environmentalist who will intentionally sacrifice citizens and their property to the alter of ‘climate change.’ Gavin refused to clean up detritus on forest floors and another major fire was predictable.

"Newsom and his far-left comrades have torn down dams and refused to build new reservoirs in 20 years. They allow water to drain into the coast in order to help swamps and a smelt—the latter being a small fish that is not on the endangered species list. When we lived in Washington State, there was plenty of smelt. Gavin cares more about fish than human beings. LA firefighting equipment was also sent to Ukraine. Ukraine also got another $500 million from President Biden because Ukraine always comes first.

"California citizens are gouged when it comes to taxes and they do not receive services in return. Many of California’s fire departments are more interested in DEI than dousing fires and when they do show up there is no water coming from fire hydrants. Where is all the taxpayer money going? To the homeless problem that gets worse the more Gavin throws money at it and illegal aliens who enjoy California’s sanctuary cities. More money is wasted on expensive rail systems that are never completed, which indicates kickbacks to corrupt politicians.

"Newsom is an arrogant globalist who considers himself above the law—even those laws he creates.. He insisted on masks, lockdowns, and social distancing during the Covid years, but he was shown at a party with many of his elite friends—laughing, eating, and drinking. No masks were present." . . .

Climate Change Now Gets Blamed For Everything | Investor's Business Daily

Climate Change: CNN this week published a huge story saying the source of the migrant caravan wasn't so much corrupt Central American governments, violence or lousy economic policies. It was climate change. This is just the latest attempt by environmentalists to blame any and all bad news — even acne and animal bites — on climate change. . . .

 Global Warming Ate My Homework: 100 Things Blamed on Global Warming

Late for a party? Miss a meeting? Forget to pay your rent? Blame climate change; everyone else is doing it. From an increase in severe acne to all societal collapses since the beginning of time, just about everything gone wrong in the world today can be attributed to climate change. Here’s a list of 100 storylines blaming climate change as the problem.

The Full List of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Day One

Joel B. Pollak  "President Donald Trump signed 118 executive orders, actions, and memoranda on January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the Oath of Office." . . .

"More such executive orders are expected in the days to come, as Trump is expected to issue over 200 executive orders, actions, and memoranda — as suggested by The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days."

Broc Smith toon added

1. Rescinding 78 executive orders by President Joe Biden. Revocations include:

• Biden’s order to make “equity,” rather than “equality,” the focus of federal policy;
• Biden’s order to include illegal aliens in the Census;
• Biden’s order to impose coronavirus mandates and restrictions;
• Biden’s order to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military;
• Biden’s order to ban private prisons;
• Biden’s order to prioritize climate change; to ease immigration enforcement;
• Biden’s order to revoke sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC);
• Biden’s order to establish a court-packing commission to make the Supreme Court permanently liberal;
• Biden’s order to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal hiring;
• Biden’s order to restrict offshore oil and gas development;
• Biden’s order to impose sanctions on Israelis linked to the political right;
• Biden’s order to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism; and
• Biden’s order to revoke many of Trump’s executive orders from his first term.

Full list as of this morning, 1/21.

The Biden Regime Remains Hell-Bent on America’s Destruction; Can it be any clearer that they hate America?

Who can say that numerous Biden speeches were not a call to assassinate President Trump? 

American Free News Network   

"One thing is clear: the minions in the Biden White House are maniacally focused on damaging the incoming Trump administration. They are the most anti-American White House staff in American political history. Can anyone name any major policy initiative that the Biden regime has implemented that has actually been beneficial to the American people? Everything they’ve done has been America Last!"

. . ."Let us contrast what the Biden regime has done to undermine America in its final weeks in power with what Trump has already accomplished as noted above BEFORE HE HAS EVEN BEEN SWORN IN!

"Here’s a list of some of the last acts of Biden regime’s anti-American perfidy since Election Day:

"Impeding border wall construction. The Biden regime is 

selling off portions of the border wall before Inauguration Day despite the fact that a big factor in voters’ minds was Biden’s disastrous open border policy.

"Clemency and pardons arbitrarily granted to criminals. In a massively cynical act, drug traffickers, crack dealers, cartel leaders and fraudsters were on President Joe Biden’s list of nearly 1,500 individuals to whom he granted clemency on 12 December. The random actions undermine the rule of law and exacerbate divisiveness among Americans and undermine Americans’ confidence in their government and legal system.

"Hunter Biden’s blanket pardon. This unprecedented pardon effectively masks over ten years of Hunter Biden’s business dealings with Chinese business concerns connected directly to the CCP (and almost certainly unprosecuted FARA violations and potentially other crimes). The pardon also masks Joe Biden’s own involvement with some of those same Chinese business concerns on behalf of his son, making it more difficult for the incoming Trump administration to discern, investigate, and elucidate the corruption and what exactly that corruption bought the CCP.

"Permission granted to California and 11 other states to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. This is just the latest bit of proof that the Biden administration is intent on phasing out America’s long-held strengths in oil, natural gas, and gasoline-power vehicle manufacturing while encouraging Americans to invest in green technology and buy electric vehicles that require components that contain rare earth elements. China gains much from this Biden gift, having a stranglehold on REE production, dominates production of green technology and being the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles.

"A five-year extension of the US-China science pact. The original pact was signed during the Jimmy Carter administration and has resulted in US technology transfer that has helped modernize the Chinese People’s Liberation Army over the past 45 years, including torpedo, missile, satellite, and dual use technologies. The science pact is simply another Chinese mechanism to wrest military and technological secrets from the US.

"Green boondoggle loans. As reported on 17 December, the Biden Energy Dept is approving a last-minute “record $15 billion low-interest loan commitment to California utility company [Pacific Gas and Electric] to support hundreds of projects aimed at fighting the effects of climate change and improving the electrical grid.” More economic insanity that adds to the ballooning national debt that the Trump administration will have to deal with!" . . .

Blaming ‘Climate Change’ For L.A. Fires Only Makes Newsom Look Criminally Incompetent

Issues & Insights

"Newsom has been just as lackadaisical when it comes to building new water reservoirs, which you’d think would Job No. 1 in a state convinced that “climate change” will cause more droughts and wildfires."

. . ."But wait. If climate change really is to blame, why was California so obviously, so woefully, so inexcusably unprepared?

"Someone needs to ask Newsom why the state didn’t spend the last four years aggressively clearing out underbrush to minimize the chances of a catastrophic wildfire. Why didn’t it carve out large and effective buffer zones to keep fires from reaching populated areas? Why wasn’t there a Marshall Plan-scale effort to build reservoirs so firefighters could get water from hydrants?

"It’s not as though the state didn’t have plenty of warning. For decades, environmentalists have been screaming about how “climate change” was going to make wildfires more frequent, more all-consuming, and more deadly.

"Yet in the very state where environmentalists hold all the levers of power, they dawdled and delayed, let bureaucratic red tape and environmental groups stall efforts to prepare for the worst, and put other ridiculous and massively expensive projects (such as the “bullet” train) at the front of the line.

"And in the process, California has wasted fantastic sums of money.

"In 2018, former Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $1 billion bill that was supposed to “prevent catastrophic wildfires and protect Californians.” Where did that money go?

"A 2019 report from Newsom’s wildfire “strike force” said that “Over the next five years, the state will commit over $1 billion for critical fuel reduction projects, to support prescribed fire crews, forest thinning, and other forest health projects.”

"Early in his term, Newsom launched the California Vegetation Treatment Program, which was advertised as a plan to speed environmental reviews for forest management projects." . . .

. . ."In 2014, Californians overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 billion water bond proposal, nearly $3 billion of which was set aside to build new reservoirs. More than a decade later, not a single new reservoir has been built. Where has all that money gone?" . . .