[Craig Nigrelli]

A SUSPECT IS NOW IN CUSTODY FOR ARSON IN CONNECTION WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE WILDFIRES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA – AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO A GROUP OF RESIDENTS TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. 

CREWS STARTED BATTLING FLAMES FROM THE KENNETH FIRE NEAR HOMES IN CALABASAS AND THE WEST HILLS – NORTHWEST OF L-A … THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

IT’S THE LATEST OF FIVE WILDFIRES NOW SPREADING THROUGH THE REGION.

POLICE RESPONDED TO THE AREA ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES AFTER THE KENNETH FIRE BEGAN … ON REPORTS OF A MAN ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A FIRE. 

VIDEO TAKEN BY A RESIDENT POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS A MAN BEING HANDCUFFED AT THE SCENE. 

THE RESIDENT SAYS ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS SPOTTED HIM BEHIND A VAN TRYING TO IGNITE A BLOW TORCH … WHEN ANOTHER NEIGHBOR STOPPED HIS CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YELLING FOR HELP.

THAT’S WHEN SHE SAYS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD RAN OUT AND DETAINED HIM WITH ZIP TIES AND ROPE UNTIL POLICE GOT THERE.

We were just so happy that law enforcement came so quickly … they came from all sides just in case he tried to get away.. It really was a valiant effort .. they really did their due diligence and I hope detectives can put this case to rest

L-A RADIO STATION “K-F-I-A-M” ALSO POSTED A PHOTO OF THE ALLEGED SUSPECT THAT SHOWED WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE BLOW TORCH ON TOP OF THE POLICE CARE NEXT TO HIM. 

POLICE HAVEN’T RELEASED THE SUSPECT’S NAME OR CONFIRMED WHETHER HE WAS RESPONSIBLE OR HAD ANY CONNECTION WITH THE CURRENT WILDFIRES. 

AS OF FRIDAY MORNING, THE KENNETH FIRE IS 35 PERCENT CONTAINED. 

MEANWHILE, MORE ARSON SITUATIONS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA … WITH PEOPLE LIGHTING FIRES ACROSS L-A AREA STREETS … BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE CITY’S CRIME AND HOMELESS ISSUES. 

PODCASTER AND STANFORD PROFESSOR ANDREW HUBERMAN GOT THIS VIDEO OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE ARSONISTS IN DARK CLOTHING SETTING A FIRE IN SANTA MONICA.

HE SAYS CREWS WERE ABLE TO PUT THE FLAMES OUT BEFORE IT GOT WORSE. 

IN 20-23, CITY JOURNAL REPORTED THE L-A FIRE DEPARTMENT SPENT APPROXIMATELY 427 MILLION DOLLARS ON HOMELESS-RELATED FIRES.

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[Jack]

ONE OF THE NATION’S LEADING STATES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY IS NOW SEEING A PUSH TO BAR THE EXPANSION OF THESE TYPES OF CLEAN POWER SOURCES.

NEARLY HALF OF OKLAHOMA’S ELECTRICITY COMES FROM RENEWABLES–

WITH THE STATE BEING THE THIRD-LARGEST GENERATOR OF WIND ENERGY IN THE NATION AND HOME TO A GROWING SOLAR INDUSTRY.

BUT RECENTLY, HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS RALLIED AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO URGE GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BANNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WIND AND SOLAR FACILITIES.

“There’s a ton of issues with industrial wind and solar. We’re talking economic issues. We’re talking environmental issues.”

ATTENDEES OF THE RALLY SAY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS IN THE STATE AREN’T CREATING THE JOBS THEIR BACKERS PROMISED.

OTHERS SAY THEIR OPPOSITION STEMS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS.

“It will impact us by the air we breathe. It could ruin our water wells, which it probably will.”

OKLAHOMA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL ADDRESSED THE RALLY, PROMISING TO WORK WITH LEGISLATORS TO PASS A BAN-

WHILE THE STATE’S EDUCATION SECRETARY ALSO VOICED SUPPORT FOR A MOVE AWAY FROM RENEWABLES.

GOVERNOR STITT HAS CAUTIONED AGAINST THESE CALLS FOR A RENEWABLE BAN-

SAYING THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T BE FORCING PEOPLE TO STOP USING CERTAIN ENERGY SOURCES.

HOWEVER, WITH OKLAHOMA’S GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NEXT YEAR-

AND SOME POLICYMAKERS USING THIS RALLY AGAINST RENEWABLES AS AN EARLY CAMPAIGN PLATFORM-

THE STATE’S ENERGY POLICY COULD BE IN FOR A SHAKEUP COME 2026.

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LLOYD AUSTIN
U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY
“No responsible leader would let Putin have his way.”

[ryan robertson]
A NOT-SO-VEILED COMMENT FROM OUTGOING U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN AIMED AT INCOMING PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD TRUMP.

AUSTIN AND UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, USED THEIR FINAL HIGH-PROFILE MEETING AT RAMSTEIN AIR BASE IN GERMANY TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
ADDRESSING LEADERS FROM AROUND 50 NATIONS AT THE UKRAINE DEFENSE CONTACT GROUP MEETING, AUSTIN WARNED REDUCING MILITARY AID COULD LEAD TO GREATER INSTABILITY AND URGED UNWAVERING SUPPORT.

WITHOUT DIRECTLY ADDRESSING PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP’S POLICIES, DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN MADE IT CLEAR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS CRUCIAL TO MAINTAIN THE RULES-BASED INTERNATIONAL ORDER. AUSTIN SAYS HALTING MILITARY AID NOW WOULD INVITE “MORE AGGRESSION, CHAOS, AND WAR.”

LLOYD AUSTIN
U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY
“I’m leaving this contact group, not with a farewell, but with a challenge. The coalition to support Ukraine must not flinch. It must not falter, and it must not fail. Ukraine’s survival is on the line. But so is all of our security.”

[ryan robertson]

AUSTIN ACKNOWLEDGED UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE INCOMING ADMINISTRATION’S APPROACH, BUT POINTED TO THE COALITION’S PROGRESS AND URGED LEADERS TO REMAIN COMMITTED.

ZELENSKYY ECHOED THESE CONCERNS, FRAMING UKRAINE’S FIGHT AS A BROADER DEFENSE OF SOVEREIGNTY

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT
“No matter what’s going on in the world, everyone wants to feel sure that their country will not just be erased off the map.”

[ryan robertson]
IN ITS FINAL WEEKS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSING ON BOLSTERING UKRAINE’S DEFENSES—WHICH WE COVERED EARLIER THIS WEEK. A RECENTLY APPROVED $500 MILLION WEAPONS PACKAGE INCLUDES AIR DEFENSE MISSILES, SUSTAINMENT EQUIPMENT FOR F-16 FIGHTER JETS, AND OTHER CRITICAL SUPPLIES. THE PENTAGON IS WORKING TO DELIVER THE AID BEFORE TRUMP’S INAUGURATION ON JANUARY 20.

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[Craig]

PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP GETS NO JAIL TIME IN HIS HUSH MONEY CASE 

SENTENCING … WHILE THE MOVE WAS EXPECTED- HE’S NOW A “CONVICTED FELON” TEN DAYS BEFORE THE START OF HIS SECOND TERM. 

JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN INSTEAD SENTENCED TRUMP TO AN “UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE” FRIDAY MORNING, MEANING EVEN THOUGH HE WON’T GO TO JAIL, GET PROBATION OR FACE ANY FINES …  HE WILL ENTER OFFICE AS A CONVICTED FELON … MAKING HIM THE FIRST TO CARRY THAT DISTINCTION INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

TRUMP APPEARED VIRTUALLY FOR THE SENTENCING … AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY ON 34 COUNTS OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS.

THEY INVOLVED AN ALLEGED SCHEME TO HIDE A HUSH MONEY PAYMENT TO STORMY DANIELS IN THE LAST WEEKS OF TRUMP’S FIRST CAMPAIGN IN 20-16.

THE COURT RELEASED AUDIO PLAYBACK OF THE SENTENCING WHICH WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE BROADCAST ON LIVE MEDIA..

this has been a very terrible experience.. I think it’s been a tremendous setback for New York and the New York court system 

it’s been a political witch hunt .. it was done to damage my reputation so that I would lose the election and obviously that did’t work. 

SHORTLY AFTER THE SENTENCING WITH TRUMP’S GAG ORDER EXPIRED – THE PRESIDENT-ELECT REITERATED WHAT HE SAID DURING HIS COURT HEARING …  POSTING TO TRUTH SOCIAL THAT THERE WAS “NEVER A CASE” … CALLING IT A “HOAX” AND  AN “UNAMERICAN WITCH HUNT” ADDING THAT HE WILL APPEAL … GOING ON TO SAY IN PART … 

“THE REAL JURY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HAVE SPOKEN, BY RE-ELECTING ME WITH AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE IN ONE OF THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL ELECTIONS IN HISTORY.”

THE SENTENCING WAS ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THURSDAY TO REJECT TRUMP’S REQUEST TO DROP THE PROCEEDING AFTER THE JUDGE SAID LAST WEEK HE WOULD GO FORWARD WITH THE UNCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE RULING. 

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