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Many thousands of Californians are fleeing their homes to avoid massive wildfires that are tearing through it and other western states.

Governor Gavin Newsom has declared an emergency and warned that more could face urgent evacuation.

A group of fires outside Vacaville, near Sacramento, covers more land area than Washington, DC, and has destroyed more than fifty homes.

Other large groups of wildfires threaten the outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz County, southwest of Silicon Valley.

Nearly 11,000 lighting strikes were recorded over the previous three days. Most were not accompanied by rain.

Scientists say increased lightning activity in various places around the world can be attributed to climate change resulting from the burning of fossil fuels by humans.

Some evacuees in California say they got no warning to evacuate until neighbors began pounding on their doors.

If you are being evacuated, call the Red Cross hotline at 1-866-272-2237. They will help you figure out where to go to get a temporary roof over your head. #LEFTISBEST

Meanwhile, Night 3 of the DNC brought out a bevy of woman leaders to welcome Kamala Harris as the party’s the vice presidential nominee.

Seven women governors spoke on the theme of women’s leadership, which is simply not something that could be replicated by the Republicans.

Harris, the former prosecutor and Senator from California, became the first woman of color to be nominated for the White House by a major party.

She attacked Trump, saying he turns tragedy into political weapons and, "we must elect a president who will bring all of us together."

Former President Barack Obama delivered a powerful speech comparing Black Lives Matter to the civil rights movement. Haddressed Republican attempts to undermine ballot access and election integrity.

Obama also, at long last, spoke of the threat to democracy posed by Trump.

Obama said,"I did hope..Donald Trump might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come to feel the weight of the office and discover some reverence for the democracy that had been placed in his care. But he never did."

Still a master of understatement!

And lastly, do you have too much toxic positivity in your life? Because apparently that’s a real thing!

Recently we reported that record numbers of Americans are experiencing anxiety and depression, due in no small part to the pandemic and... everything else.

Toxic positivity is a habit some people have developed that can actually make it harder for themselves and others to process negative emotions.

Psychologists compares it to shoving ice cream into somebody’s face when they don’t feel like having ice cream.

Psychologist, Stephanie Preston, says people who engage in toxic positivity may seem more well-adjusted, but they’re really holding themselves and people around them back.

Experts say people should feel how they feel, rather than get caught up in how they THINK they should feel.

One thing is sure, you won’t get any of that toxic positivity from us. That’s the #AMQuickie promise!