01:00 California symbolizes Democratic party governance
05:30 LAFD administrators call for chief’s retirement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVJ4_g4VJqI
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14:00 Female firefighters, https://technium.substack.com/p/firemen-firewomen-and-firefighting
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23:10 Housing developer discusses the monumental task of rebuilding L.A. after devastating fires, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0LhxgTqwmA
25:30 The Devastation of the LA Wildfires, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy71pfPreuU
32:00 California leaders ‘not going to do it’: Celebrity real estate agent on wildfire rebuilding efforts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD1BsfArk_o
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-01-17/lessons-from-the-burn-zone-why-some-homes-survived-the-l-a-wildfires
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/home-insurance-federalization-john-kennedy-california-florida-ron-desantis-eedc07f7?mod=hp_opin_pos_0
36:00 Hugh Hewitt assesses the awful incompetence of state and local officials in California, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVL5l8iEZqM
57:00 Michael Shellenberger Exposes Who’s to Blame for the LA Fire Disaster, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4JjmzuycRo
1:25:00 Joe Francis of Girls Gone Wild, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Francis
1:58:00 Claire Hoffman: Joe Francis: ‘Baby, give me a kiss’, https://www.latimes.com/style/la-tm-gonewild32aug06-story.html
2:28:00 Ross Douthat: Marc Andreessen on Trump, Biden, Musk and Why Silicon Valley Moved Right, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGVM6y6lwM
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3:05:00 Ross Douthat: Neil Gaiman, ‘Babygirl’ and the Ethics of Social Liberalism, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/opinion/neil-gaiman-babygirl.html
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