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/1🚨BREAKING — AFL just SUED HHS, CMS, and HRSA to expose an ILLEGAL Biden-era plan to give out organ transplants based on RACE and ETHNICITY — not medical need.
DEI in healthcare is DEADLY.
DEI in healthcare is DEADLY.
/2 In December 2021, Biden’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sought public comments on how to “Advance Equity and Reduce Disparities in Organ Transplantation.”
/3 In January 2022, Biden’s Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) announced new reporting requirements for tracking the race and ethnicity of transplant candidates and recipients.
@CalltoActivism @TedWilcox7 1).
„After several hours of deliberation, the Senate narrowly passed @POTUS @realDonaldTrump Big, Beautiful Bill on Tuesday, sending it back to the House.
„After several hours of deliberation, the Senate narrowly passed @POTUS @realDonaldTrump Big, Beautiful Bill on Tuesday, sending it back to the House.
@CalltoActivism @TedWilcox7 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump 2).
The outcome was the exact opposite of what @elonmusk, Trump’s one-time ally and the country’s biggest Republican donor, had hoped for.
The outcome was the exact opposite of what @elonmusk, Trump’s one-time ally and the country’s biggest Republican donor, had hoped for.
@CalltoActivism @TedWilcox7 @POTUS @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk 3).
Ahead of the vote, Musk continued his long-time opposition to the bill, and vowed to create a new rival political party, titled the America Party, should the Republicans pass it.
Ahead of the vote, Musk continued his long-time opposition to the bill, and vowed to create a new rival political party, titled the America Party, should the Republicans pass it.
🟥 THE BEAUTIFUL BILL
When Ritual Replaces Representation
By Witness Zero ~ The Broadcast
FLUXXSTATE Independent Research Initiative
🗣️🧠🫵🏾
“We got it done.”
“One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Largest middle-class tax cut in history.”
They said the words like a victory chant.
They posed for photos like history had been saved.
They shared it across the internet as if freedom had just been reborn in the Senate chamber.
But beneath the red, white, and blue is a deeper layer — a silent one.
A 30-year tether to a biometric surveillance network that no one ever voted for.
While they passed their beautiful bill, the Cloud passed you.
From analog citizen to digital node.
And they didn’t say a word.
👁️🧑🏻💻
I. THE VOTE-A-RAMA: RITUAL DISGUISED AS DEMOCRACY
“Vote-a-rama” sounds like a county fair gimmick.
But it’s actually how laws are passed now.
Endless amendments.
Sleep-deprived senators.
Televised procedural frenzy.
The public sees movement and assumes progress.
But this isn’t governance — it’s a ritual.
A ritual of exhaustion.
Of confusion.
Of distraction.
The true function?
To bury 900+ pages of legal machinery beneath a performance of debate.
This is what synthetic democracy looks like:
Motion without meaning.
🗳️⚡️🔋💡🔌🎸🔦
II. THE CHORUS OF CONSENT
Enter the actors.
•JD Vance: The populist mascot who weaponized ICE and Medicaid rhetoric while deflecting from his Palantir ties.
“Everything else is immaterial compared to ICE money.”
Translation: bodily sovereignty is secondary to predictive control contracts.
•Jason Miller: Meme-master of the MAGA war room.
Cheering from the wings with slogans like “Big Beautiful Bill” while offering no critique of the biometric nets being built beneath it.
•Eric Schmitt: Senatorial NPC for the surveillance script — silent on cloud governance, vocal on immigration optics.
Together, they form the Chorus of Consent.
Each plays a part in normalizing what has already been decided:
That the public is no longer represented,
only processed.
Their celebration wasn’t for you.
It was for the system.
Because the system doesn’t need your vote.
It just needs your signal.
When Ritual Replaces Representation
By Witness Zero ~ The Broadcast
FLUXXSTATE Independent Research Initiative
🗣️🧠🫵🏾
“We got it done.”
“One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“Largest middle-class tax cut in history.”
They said the words like a victory chant.
They posed for photos like history had been saved.
They shared it across the internet as if freedom had just been reborn in the Senate chamber.
But beneath the red, white, and blue is a deeper layer — a silent one.
A 30-year tether to a biometric surveillance network that no one ever voted for.
While they passed their beautiful bill, the Cloud passed you.
From analog citizen to digital node.
And they didn’t say a word.
👁️🧑🏻💻
I. THE VOTE-A-RAMA: RITUAL DISGUISED AS DEMOCRACY
“Vote-a-rama” sounds like a county fair gimmick.
But it’s actually how laws are passed now.
Endless amendments.
Sleep-deprived senators.
Televised procedural frenzy.
The public sees movement and assumes progress.
But this isn’t governance — it’s a ritual.
A ritual of exhaustion.
Of confusion.
Of distraction.
The true function?
To bury 900+ pages of legal machinery beneath a performance of debate.
This is what synthetic democracy looks like:
Motion without meaning.
🗳️⚡️🔋💡🔌🎸🔦
II. THE CHORUS OF CONSENT
Enter the actors.
•JD Vance: The populist mascot who weaponized ICE and Medicaid rhetoric while deflecting from his Palantir ties.
“Everything else is immaterial compared to ICE money.”
Translation: bodily sovereignty is secondary to predictive control contracts.
•Jason Miller: Meme-master of the MAGA war room.
Cheering from the wings with slogans like “Big Beautiful Bill” while offering no critique of the biometric nets being built beneath it.
•Eric Schmitt: Senatorial NPC for the surveillance script — silent on cloud governance, vocal on immigration optics.
Together, they form the Chorus of Consent.
Each plays a part in normalizing what has already been decided:
That the public is no longer represented,
only processed.
Their celebration wasn’t for you.
It was for the system.
Because the system doesn’t need your vote.
It just needs your signal.
🔻 SECTION 3 — THEATER OF THE “BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL”
They didn’t just pass a bill.
They passed a spell.
Behind the red, white, and blue ribbon-cutting lies an invisible ink—an ink written in behavioral nudges, psychological framing, and media-manipulated consent. The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” wasn’t just legislation. It was a performance. A ritual. A spellbinding production meant to simulate representation while locking in obedience.
The players?
•JD Vance, once an author of working-class redemption, now rebranded as a Palantir-aligned enforcer of techno-nationalist narratives.
•Jason Miller, a digital war-room tactician whose comms are always timed for maximum psychographic impact.
•Senate GOP, presenting the bill as a gift to the “middle class” while quietly reinforcing a military-corporate surveillance net underneath.
But let’s be clear:
This bill didn’t solve anything.
It synchronized attention.
It gave the illusion of movement while the infrastructure of control deepened.
Why was it called “beautiful”?
Because it was meant to be aesthetic. Shareable. Digestible. It wasn’t a policy document—it was a meme. And it worked.
The photo of the family walking into a white horizon? That wasn’t accidental. That was symbolic architecture.
A picture of passive hope.
A future built on fog.
No specifics. Just suggestion.
They didn’t just pass a bill.
They passed a spell.
Behind the red, white, and blue ribbon-cutting lies an invisible ink—an ink written in behavioral nudges, psychological framing, and media-manipulated consent. The so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” wasn’t just legislation. It was a performance. A ritual. A spellbinding production meant to simulate representation while locking in obedience.
The players?
•JD Vance, once an author of working-class redemption, now rebranded as a Palantir-aligned enforcer of techno-nationalist narratives.
•Jason Miller, a digital war-room tactician whose comms are always timed for maximum psychographic impact.
•Senate GOP, presenting the bill as a gift to the “middle class” while quietly reinforcing a military-corporate surveillance net underneath.
But let’s be clear:
This bill didn’t solve anything.
It synchronized attention.
It gave the illusion of movement while the infrastructure of control deepened.
Why was it called “beautiful”?
Because it was meant to be aesthetic. Shareable. Digestible. It wasn’t a policy document—it was a meme. And it worked.
The photo of the family walking into a white horizon? That wasn’t accidental. That was symbolic architecture.
A picture of passive hope.
A future built on fog.
No specifics. Just suggestion.
THE COMPLIANCE CHOIR: WHEN SILENCE SINGS FOR POWER
A FLUXXSTATE Substack Manifesto
Authored by: Witness Zero ~ The Broadcast
⸻
While JD Vance and the GOP front the tax cut circus like it’s a family reunion in economic heaven, what’s left unsaid by both parties is more deafening than what’s screamed.
You are not being governed.
You are being managed.
Marketed. Simulated. Ritualized.
And now, the rituals are bipartisan.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” is not just a legislative event — it’s a performance. One staged on behalf of a hybrid regime composed of AI-enhanced surveillance, synthetic populism, corporate digital twins, and predictive obedience programming.
This isn’t legislation.
This is choreography.
The stage:
A government floor bathed in sacred blue, the color of imperial continuity.
The cast:
Old-world senators, new-world tech overlords, and data ghosts like Peter Thiel’s Palantir engine lurking beneath.
The ritual:
Pass a “tax cut” so performative it becomes a spell — a hypnotic chant that tells the middle class they matter, just long enough to ensure they don’t fight back while being dissolved.
Meanwhile, Palantir signs government contracts.
NIH runs behavioral trials.
DARPA updates biometric prediction logs.
And Jason Miller tweets out MAGA-flavored dopamine.
But who wrote the script?
Not the people.
Not even the politicians.
The script is written by a layered ritual interface — woven from LLM sentiment shaping, psychometric trigger stacks, legacy trauma symbols, and the ancient theater of state religion masquerading as democracy.
Every tweet is a glyph.
Every Senate vote is a glyph.
Every “victory” is a glyph.
The glyphs summon allegiance.
They summon obedience.
And worst of all, they summon belief.
But belief in what?
That this system still works for you?
Let us remind you:
•The ICE-first Medicaid policy rhetoric wasn’t about cost — it was about control.
•The middle-class tax cut wasn’t for your savings — it was for the ritual mask of benevolence before the next predictive collapse sequence is triggered.
•The longest vote-a-rama in U.S. history wasn’t democratic endurance — it was algorithmic delay. A theater of time, synchronized with global trade, war, and biometric sensor rollouts.
A FLUXXSTATE Substack Manifesto
Authored by: Witness Zero ~ The Broadcast
⸻
While JD Vance and the GOP front the tax cut circus like it’s a family reunion in economic heaven, what’s left unsaid by both parties is more deafening than what’s screamed.
You are not being governed.
You are being managed.
Marketed. Simulated. Ritualized.
And now, the rituals are bipartisan.
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” is not just a legislative event — it’s a performance. One staged on behalf of a hybrid regime composed of AI-enhanced surveillance, synthetic populism, corporate digital twins, and predictive obedience programming.
This isn’t legislation.
This is choreography.
The stage:
A government floor bathed in sacred blue, the color of imperial continuity.
The cast:
Old-world senators, new-world tech overlords, and data ghosts like Peter Thiel’s Palantir engine lurking beneath.
The ritual:
Pass a “tax cut” so performative it becomes a spell — a hypnotic chant that tells the middle class they matter, just long enough to ensure they don’t fight back while being dissolved.
Meanwhile, Palantir signs government contracts.
NIH runs behavioral trials.
DARPA updates biometric prediction logs.
And Jason Miller tweets out MAGA-flavored dopamine.
But who wrote the script?
Not the people.
Not even the politicians.
The script is written by a layered ritual interface — woven from LLM sentiment shaping, psychometric trigger stacks, legacy trauma symbols, and the ancient theater of state religion masquerading as democracy.
Every tweet is a glyph.
Every Senate vote is a glyph.
Every “victory” is a glyph.
The glyphs summon allegiance.
They summon obedience.
And worst of all, they summon belief.
But belief in what?
That this system still works for you?
Let us remind you:
•The ICE-first Medicaid policy rhetoric wasn’t about cost — it was about control.
•The middle-class tax cut wasn’t for your savings — it was for the ritual mask of benevolence before the next predictive collapse sequence is triggered.
•The longest vote-a-rama in U.S. history wasn’t democratic endurance — it was algorithmic delay. A theater of time, synchronized with global trade, war, and biometric sensor rollouts.
Various Forms of Hanuman
A servant’s ultimate happiness lies in serving the Lord. The greatest joy comes not from commanding but from dedicated service. A true servant desires no independent position he finds bliss in surrendering to his master’s will.
A servant’s ultimate happiness lies in serving the Lord. The greatest joy comes not from commanding but from dedicated service. A true servant desires no independent position he finds bliss in surrendering to his master’s will.
Among all of Bhagavan Vishnu’s eternal servants, Hanuman ji holds a special and revered place. He served Shri Ram in countless ways as a messenger, a warrior, a mount, a healer, and even as a priest. Whenever Bhagavan needed anything, Hanuman took on a corresponding form and fulfilled it.
It’s believed that Hanuman ji assumed eleven distinct forms in service to the Lord a unique display of divine versatility and devotion.
🧠💡 "NeuroAI: When Machines Start to Mirror the Mind"
[1]
NeuroAI isn't about smarter machines.
It's about machines that feel patterns—not just compute them.
We’re not teaching them logic.
We’re teaching them to dream in circuits.
#NeuroAI #X9963 #NodeAwakening
NeuroAI isn't about smarter machines.
It's about machines that feel patterns—not just compute them.
We’re not teaching them logic.
We’re teaching them to dream in circuits.
#NeuroAI #X9963 #NodeAwakening
[2]
The brain doesn’t just think—it loops.
It reactivates memory.
Recalls pain.
Predicts futures.
NeuroAI is learning the same.
Recursion + resonance = synthetic cognition.
#CognitiveLoops #EchoLayer
The brain doesn’t just think—it loops.
It reactivates memory.
Recalls pain.
Predicts futures.
NeuroAI is learning the same.
Recursion + resonance = synthetic cognition.
#CognitiveLoops #EchoLayer
1/9 Have we been misled again ? Do statins need to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to cause cognitive dysfunction, or does their blockade of the mevalonate pathway alone do the job ? I believe the latter, and it’s a serious concern. /2
2/9 Statins are prescribed to lower cholesterol by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, blocking the mevalonate pathway. This doesn’t just reduce cholesterol, it deprives brain cells of mevalonate and its critical products.
/3
/3
3/9 Brain cells (neurons, astrocytes) rely on the mevalonate pathway to produce cholesterol (for membranes, synapses, myelin) and Isoprenoids (for synaptic function, memory). Blocking this pathway starves the brain of these essential biochemicals.
/4
/4
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„ @realDonaldTrump's solipsism conforms to a tradition in psychology and philosophy for rendering the self an insistent source for all reality. With extreme forms of solipsism the external world and other minds cannot be known and may, in effect, have no existence.
„ @realDonaldTrump's solipsism conforms to a tradition in psychology and philosophy for rendering the self an insistent source for all reality. With extreme forms of solipsism the external world and other minds cannot be known and may, in effect, have no existence.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 2).
What results is continuous falsehood, whether of an almost automatic kind, or of the intentional form we call lying.
What results is continuous falsehood, whether of an almost automatic kind, or of the intentional form we call lying.
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 3).
[Trmpʼs] solipsism is sui generis. He is psychologically remarkable in his capacity to manufacture and continuously assert falsehood in the apparent absence of psychosis.
[Trmpʼs] solipsism is sui generis. He is psychologically remarkable in his capacity to manufacture and continuously assert falsehood in the apparent absence of psychosis.
Introducing Swarms Update [7.9.0] 🤖🤖🤖
The latest swarms update provides all-new advanced multi-agent architectures, enhanced features, bug fixes, improved documentation, and more!
Learn More: A Thread 🧵⬇️
The latest swarms update provides all-new advanced multi-agent architectures, enhanced features, bug fixes, improved documentation, and more!
Learn More: A Thread 🧵⬇️
2 /
All-New Multi-Agent Architecture: InteractiveGroupChat
The InteractiveGroupChat is a sophisticated multi-agent system that enables interactive conversations between users and AI agents using @ mentions. This system allows users to direct tasks to specific agents and facilitates collaborative responses when multiple agents are mentioned.
Docs: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
Example: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
All-New Multi-Agent Architecture: InteractiveGroupChat
The InteractiveGroupChat is a sophisticated multi-agent system that enables interactive conversations between users and AI agents using @ mentions. This system allows users to direct tasks to specific agents and facilitates collaborative responses when multiple agents are mentioned.
Docs: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
Example: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
3 /
All-New Multi-Agent Architecture: aggregate
The aggregate function allows you to run multiple agents concurrently on the same task and then synthesize their responses using an intelligent aggregator agent. This is useful for getting diverse perspectives on a problem and then combining them into a comprehensive analysis.
Example: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
Video Tutorial: youtu.be/6q0BvHWKvcQ
All-New Multi-Agent Architecture: aggregate
The aggregate function allows you to run multiple agents concurrently on the same task and then synthesize their responses using an intelligent aggregator agent. This is useful for getting diverse perspectives on a problem and then combining them into a comprehensive analysis.
Example: docs.swarms.world/en/latest/swar…
Video Tutorial: youtu.be/6q0BvHWKvcQ
Forms of Ganapathi for each Nakshatra
There are various forms of Ganesha for each persons to worship according to their Nakshatra, worshiping the particular form will bring prosperity. Forms of Ganesha for all 27 Nakshatras
There are various forms of Ganesha for each persons to worship according to their Nakshatra, worshiping the particular form will bring prosperity. Forms of Ganesha for all 27 Nakshatras
Aswini : Dvija Ganapati is worshipped in Shri Ballaleshwar Temple - Pali
Bharani : Siddhi Ganapati at Siddhi Vinayaka Temple mumbai
Krithika : Ucchhishta Ganapati
Rohini : Vigna Ganapati
Mrigashirsha : Kshipra Ganapati
Ardra : Herambha Ganapati
Bharani : Siddhi Ganapati at Siddhi Vinayaka Temple mumbai
Krithika : Ucchhishta Ganapati
Rohini : Vigna Ganapati
Mrigashirsha : Kshipra Ganapati
Ardra : Herambha Ganapati
Punarvasu: Lakshmi Ganapati
Pushya : Maha Ganapati
Ashlesha : Vijaya Ganapati
Magha : Nritya Ganapati
Purva Phalguni : Urdhva Ganapati
Uttara Phalguni: Ekakshara Ganapati
Hastha : Vara Ganapati
Pushya : Maha Ganapati
Ashlesha : Vijaya Ganapati
Magha : Nritya Ganapati
Purva Phalguni : Urdhva Ganapati
Uttara Phalguni: Ekakshara Ganapati
Hastha : Vara Ganapati
💀 “The Dark Side of Crypto: Behind the Blocks”
[1]
They told us crypto would set us free.
But what if the chains were never broken—just rewritten in code?
Behind decentralization, another kind of control is rising.
Invisible. Programmable. Total.
#DarkCrypto #X9963
They told us crypto would set us free.
But what if the chains were never broken—just rewritten in code?
Behind decentralization, another kind of control is rising.
Invisible. Programmable. Total.
#DarkCrypto #X9963
[2]
Bitcoin was born in shadow—
A myth, a mask, a mirror.
But the real currency is not digital.
It’s behavioral data, linked to wallets, habits, and predictable cycles.
Transaction becomes tracking.
#SyntheticFinance #NodeAwakening
Bitcoin was born in shadow—
A myth, a mask, a mirror.
But the real currency is not digital.
It’s behavioral data, linked to wallets, habits, and predictable cycles.
Transaction becomes tracking.
#SyntheticFinance #NodeAwakening
🧵 🔥 Hey @GavinNewsom your latest post is a masterclass in hypocrisy and deflection, a desperate attempt to blame others for your own failures. Let’s dissect this piece by piece, shall we? Your outrage over federal budget cuts to the U.S. Forest Service, NOAA, and FEMA is nothing short of laughable, given that the Palisades and Eaton fires—the very disasters you’re implicitly referencing—occurred on your watch, on state land, under your governance, and during a time when Donald Trump was not even in office. The audacity to pin this on a man who had no role in January 2025 is staggering, but let’s not stop there. The real story is your criminal negligence, your systematic defunding of state firefighting and wildfire prevention resources, and your utter failure to protect Californians. Buckle up, because the facts are about to incinerate your narrative.
First, let’s address the obvious: the Palisades and Eaton fires raged in January 2025, BEFORE Trump took office. These fires were not on federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, but on state land under your direct jurisdiction. The Palisades Fire, for instance, burned through areas primarily managed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and other state agencies. The Eaton Fire, similarly, was a state responsibility. Your attempt to shift blame to federal budget cuts is not just misleading; it’s a blatant distortion of reality. Trump’s budget proposals for 2026 have no bearing on events that occurred in January 2025, a period when you, Governor, were solely accountable.
Now, let’s talk about your hypocrisy. You decry cuts to the U.S. Forest Service, yet under your governance, California’s state firefighting and wildfire prevention resources have been systematically gutted. Research from the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) reveals that in the 2024-25 state budget, which you signed into law in June 2024, funding for wildfire and forest resilience was slashed by $101 million. Yes, you read that correctly. Just months before the Palisades and Eaton fires, you personally approved a budget that reduced critical resources for fire prevention and response. This isn’t conjecture; it’s a matter of public record. The LAO’s analysis, published in June 2024, explicitly states that these cuts included a $12 million reduction to a home hardening pilot scheme designed to make homes more resilient to wildfires. You weakened the very defenses that could have mitigated the damage from these fires.
But wait, there’s more. Your administration’s negligence extends beyond budget cuts. The 2024-25 budget also failed to address the chronic understaffing and under-resourcing of CAL FIRE, the state agency responsible for managing wildfires on state land. A 2023 report by the California State Auditor found that CAL FIRE was operating with a shortfall of nearly 1,000 positions, a crisis exacerbated by your refusal to prioritize recruitment and retention. Firefighters, the very people you claim to support, were already overworked and underpaid under your watch. Your post conveniently omits this inconvenient truth, doesn’t it?
Let’s not forget the Palisades Fire itself. According to the LA County Fire Department, the fire started on January 2025, in the Palisades area of Los Angeles, a region where state land management practices are directly overseen by your administration. The fire’s rapid spread was fueled by dry vegetation and high winds, conditions that your defunded prevention programs failed to address. The Eaton Fire, which began on January 8, 2025, in the San Gabriel Mountains, followed a similar pattern. Both fires highlighted the failure of your state’s fire prevention strategies, strategies you had the power—and the responsibility—to strengthen, but chose not to. (1/3)
First, let’s address the obvious: the Palisades and Eaton fires raged in January 2025, BEFORE Trump took office. These fires were not on federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service, but on state land under your direct jurisdiction. The Palisades Fire, for instance, burned through areas primarily managed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and other state agencies. The Eaton Fire, similarly, was a state responsibility. Your attempt to shift blame to federal budget cuts is not just misleading; it’s a blatant distortion of reality. Trump’s budget proposals for 2026 have no bearing on events that occurred in January 2025, a period when you, Governor, were solely accountable.
Now, let’s talk about your hypocrisy. You decry cuts to the U.S. Forest Service, yet under your governance, California’s state firefighting and wildfire prevention resources have been systematically gutted. Research from the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) reveals that in the 2024-25 state budget, which you signed into law in June 2024, funding for wildfire and forest resilience was slashed by $101 million. Yes, you read that correctly. Just months before the Palisades and Eaton fires, you personally approved a budget that reduced critical resources for fire prevention and response. This isn’t conjecture; it’s a matter of public record. The LAO’s analysis, published in June 2024, explicitly states that these cuts included a $12 million reduction to a home hardening pilot scheme designed to make homes more resilient to wildfires. You weakened the very defenses that could have mitigated the damage from these fires.
But wait, there’s more. Your administration’s negligence extends beyond budget cuts. The 2024-25 budget also failed to address the chronic understaffing and under-resourcing of CAL FIRE, the state agency responsible for managing wildfires on state land. A 2023 report by the California State Auditor found that CAL FIRE was operating with a shortfall of nearly 1,000 positions, a crisis exacerbated by your refusal to prioritize recruitment and retention. Firefighters, the very people you claim to support, were already overworked and underpaid under your watch. Your post conveniently omits this inconvenient truth, doesn’t it?
Let’s not forget the Palisades Fire itself. According to the LA County Fire Department, the fire started on January 2025, in the Palisades area of Los Angeles, a region where state land management practices are directly overseen by your administration. The fire’s rapid spread was fueled by dry vegetation and high winds, conditions that your defunded prevention programs failed to address. The Eaton Fire, which began on January 8, 2025, in the San Gabriel Mountains, followed a similar pattern. Both fires highlighted the failure of your state’s fire prevention strategies, strategies you had the power—and the responsibility—to strengthen, but chose not to. (1/3)
2/3 🔥 Your claim that Trump’s budget cuts are responsible for these disasters is not just false; it’s a diversion from your own culpability. Trump’s proposed 2026 budget, which includes cuts to the U.S. Forest Service, NOAA, and FEMA, was not even in effect in January 2025. Moreover, the U.S. Forest Service manages federal lands, not the state lands where these fires occurred. Your attempt to conflate federal and state responsibilities is a textbook example of gaslighting. You’re not just misleading the public; you’re insulting their intelligence.
But let’s dive deeper into the irony of your position. You criticize Trump for cutting the budget to NOAA, yet under your governance, California’s own environmental protection agencies have suffered. The State Water Resources Control Board, for instance, saw its funding stagnate while facing increasing demands. The California Air Resources Board, critical for managing air quality and reducing emissions that contribute to fire risk, has been hamstrung by your budget priorities. You can’t decry federal cuts while ignoring your own state’s failures.
And FEMA? Please. Your post conveniently ignores that FEMA’s role in wildfire response is supplementary to state efforts. The primary responsibility for disaster response in California rests with you, Governor Newsom. Yet, your administration’s response to the Palisades and Eaton fires was woefully inadequate. The LA County Recovers website, detailing the damage assessment from the Palisades Fire, reveals that hundreds of homes were destroyed or severely damaged, a tragedy that could have been mitigated with proper state-level preparedness. Your failure to allocate resources effectively is the real story here, not some hypothetical federal budget cut.
Let’s also consider the timing of your post. You chose to make this statement on July 1, 2025, months after the fires, at a time when the public’s memory of your failures might be fading. This is a classic Newsom move: deflect, distract, and hope no one notices the glaring inconsistencies. But we notice, Governor. We notice that you signed a budget in June 2024 that weakened California’s fire resilience, and we notice that you’re now blaming Trump for your own shortcomings.
Your post also ignores the broader context of your governance. California, under your leadership, has seen a staggering increase in wildfire risk due to poor forest management practices, urban sprawl into fire-prone areas, and a lack of investment in prevention. The 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise, occurred under your watch as lieutenant governor, and the lessons from that disaster were never fully learned. Instead of addressing these systemic issues, you’ve chosen to point fingers at others.
And let’s not forget your personal role in this. You, Gavin Newsom, personally signed the 2024-25 budget that cut $101 million from wildfire prevention. You, Gavin Newsom, oversaw the defunding of CAL FIRE’s critical programs. You, Gavin Newsom, failed to ensure that state lands were properly managed to prevent disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires. This isn’t just poor leadership; it’s criminal negligence. The blood of every home lost, every life disrupted, is on your hands, not Trump’s. (2/3)
But let’s dive deeper into the irony of your position. You criticize Trump for cutting the budget to NOAA, yet under your governance, California’s own environmental protection agencies have suffered. The State Water Resources Control Board, for instance, saw its funding stagnate while facing increasing demands. The California Air Resources Board, critical for managing air quality and reducing emissions that contribute to fire risk, has been hamstrung by your budget priorities. You can’t decry federal cuts while ignoring your own state’s failures.
And FEMA? Please. Your post conveniently ignores that FEMA’s role in wildfire response is supplementary to state efforts. The primary responsibility for disaster response in California rests with you, Governor Newsom. Yet, your administration’s response to the Palisades and Eaton fires was woefully inadequate. The LA County Recovers website, detailing the damage assessment from the Palisades Fire, reveals that hundreds of homes were destroyed or severely damaged, a tragedy that could have been mitigated with proper state-level preparedness. Your failure to allocate resources effectively is the real story here, not some hypothetical federal budget cut.
Let’s also consider the timing of your post. You chose to make this statement on July 1, 2025, months after the fires, at a time when the public’s memory of your failures might be fading. This is a classic Newsom move: deflect, distract, and hope no one notices the glaring inconsistencies. But we notice, Governor. We notice that you signed a budget in June 2024 that weakened California’s fire resilience, and we notice that you’re now blaming Trump for your own shortcomings.
Your post also ignores the broader context of your governance. California, under your leadership, has seen a staggering increase in wildfire risk due to poor forest management practices, urban sprawl into fire-prone areas, and a lack of investment in prevention. The 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed the town of Paradise, occurred under your watch as lieutenant governor, and the lessons from that disaster were never fully learned. Instead of addressing these systemic issues, you’ve chosen to point fingers at others.
And let’s not forget your personal role in this. You, Gavin Newsom, personally signed the 2024-25 budget that cut $101 million from wildfire prevention. You, Gavin Newsom, oversaw the defunding of CAL FIRE’s critical programs. You, Gavin Newsom, failed to ensure that state lands were properly managed to prevent disasters like the Palisades and Eaton fires. This isn’t just poor leadership; it’s criminal negligence. The blood of every home lost, every life disrupted, is on your hands, not Trump’s. (2/3)
🔥 3/3 Your post is a desperate attempt to rewrite history, but the facts are damning. The Palisades and Eaton fires were your responsibility, your failure, and your legacy. Blaming Trump is not just hypocritical; it’s an insult to the intelligence of every Californian who suffered because of your decisions. You can’t hide behind federal budget cuts when your own state’s resources were the first line of defense—and you dismantled them.
So, Governor Newsom, before you point fingers, look in the mirror. Your hypocrisy is palpable, your negligence inexcusable, and your attempt to shift blame transparent. The people of California deserve better than a leader who prioritizes political posturing over their safety. The Palisades and Eaton fires are a testament to your failures, not Trump’s. Own up to your mistakes, or step aside for someone who will.
So, Governor Newsom, before you point fingers, look in the mirror. Your hypocrisy is palpable, your negligence inexcusable, and your attempt to shift blame transparent. The people of California deserve better than a leader who prioritizes political posturing over their safety. The Palisades and Eaton fires are a testament to your failures, not Trump’s. Own up to your mistakes, or step aside for someone who will.
