Corinne Fisher talks about the massive fires raging across Los Angeles, reports of the mayor heading to Africa despite dire warnings, budget cuts to the fire department, how LA ran out of water, and more about the fires, the back-to-back terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, a look at Justin Baldoni clapping back at the New York Times article posted about him and Blake Lively, the Laken Riley act being passed through congress despite concerns that it could unfairly target migrants, and a deep dive on Meta's move away from fact-checking to community notes and so much more!

Original Air Date: 01/08/25

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MAIN STORY

Mayor of LA in Africa?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/los-angeles-fires-mayor-karen-bass-handling-criticized-00197137

LA Budget

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/los-angeles-mayor-slashed-fire-budget-prioritized-homeless

Conditions in LA that led to fire

https://time.com/7205622/california-wildfires-climate-change-conditions/

How LA ran out of water

https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/how-la-ran-out-of-water-in-the-middle-of-the-palisades-fire/

Exploiting Incarcerated People to Fight Fires

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2020/11/11/california-wildfires-raged-incarcerated-exploited-labor-column/6249201002/

Canceling Fire Insurance in California

https://www.newsweek.com/california-insurer-canceled-policies-months-before-los-angeles-wildfires-2011521

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New Orleans Attack

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/us/new-orleans-truck-attack-suspect-planning/index.html

Cyber Truck Explosion

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251611/cybertruck-explosion-las-vegas-chatgpt-ai

Laken Riley Act

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/laken-riley-act-passes-house-with-48-dems-all-republicans

Blake Lively Update

https://www.newsweek.com/blake-lively-accusations-compared-justin-baldoni-lawsuit-2010478

Megta Fact Checking

Conservative

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/meta-ends-fact-checking-program-zuckerberg-vows-restore-free-expression-facebook-instagram

Liberal

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/technology/meta-fact-checking-facebook.html

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