(Mods: that auto-suggested title is different from the one on on the page itself, but it’s honestly a better headline in terms of the article’s contents. Let me know if i need to change it.)

On Thursday, Rep. Andy Harris told Newsmax that money for wildfire aid isn’t a priority for Republicans because “we just put more money into FEMA before we left for the Christmas holidays,” and the Maryland Republican claimed that Los Angeles “mishandled the fire department so egregiously that they ought to bear some of the burden for that rebuilding.”

  • @ikidd
    link
    English
    24 days ago

    Yah, that’s news to me. If figure if there’s racists involved, Idaho would have to be in the mix.

    • Drusas
      link
      fedilink
      12 days ago

      That’s probably part of why Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon largely want to join Idaho.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      23 days ago

      Oregon was founded by members of the KKK, if i recall. It’s demographics are like 95% white.

      • Drusas
        link
        fedilink
        22 days ago

        I spent a few years living in Oregon and I remember not being able to help having a double take the first time I saw a black person in my town. I had already lived there for years and never seen one.

        It doesn’t get much whiter than Oregon.

        It was basically the same as the first time I saw a black person when I lived in Sendai, Japan. They just aren’t there.

        Edit: For reference, I grew up in New Jersey, where there were plenty of black people. And Latinos. We were pretty diverse. Japan is not diverse. Oregon is not diverse outside of the Portland area, maybe Eugene or Salem.