Donald Trump Denies Climate Change While Being Briefed on California Wildfires: 'I Don't Think Science Knows'

Donald Trump’s Hollywood star was pickaxed by someone impersonating the Incredible Hulk on Friday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“After watching last night’s debate,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, “this signing can’t come too soon.”He was, of course, referring to outcry after president Donald Trump declined to denounce white supremacist groups during his debate with Joe Biden on Tuesday night.Newsom the signed Assembly Bill 3121 into law on Wednesday.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorA wildfire with a “dangerous rate of spread” broke out in Napa County Sunday morning, with the area facing extreme wildfire conditions including dry, hot winds from the east/northeast. California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that the winds are expected to die down overnight.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA strike team appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a report Saturday indicating that the state’s unemployment benefits system needs a complete overhaul.The report, which took 45 days to compile, indicates a backlog of unresolved claims that is growing by 10,000 a day.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorToward the end of his news briefing on the state of California’s multiple emergencies, California Governor Gavin Newsom was challenged about the changing nature of his rhetoric on Donald Trump’s policies.A reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted the fact that the governor sent out toughly-worded fundraising email after his meeting with Trump on Monday about the state’s fires.In the email Newsom said, “I confronted the President about what’s happening

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom spoke on Wednesday about the state of the state’s myriad emergencies, including the coronavirus pandemic and the historic fires burning over much of the state.But Newsom began with a more macro disaster, emphasizing that, “Average temperatures in the summer months have increased 3 degrees” over the past few decades.

Joe Biden.Editor-in-Chief Laura Helmuth said President Donald Trump's administration was much worse for the scientific community than the magazine had feared.The magazine's endorsement was posted online Tuesday, a day after Trump questioned the science of climate change in relation to the California wildfires.

Donald Trump is not a believer in climate change.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Monday, as Joe Biden called Donald Trump “a climate arsonist,” the president met with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who took an agree-to-disagree approach while calling out the president on climate change.Later, Trump meet with scientists, state officials and politicians to discuss further the massive wildfires scorching the state.Wade Crowfoot, California’s Secretary for Natural Resources, gave the president a blunt assessment his wildfire performance.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom started by thanking President Donald Trump for his help on the California wildfires when they met on Monday.Newsom said the president acted very quickly and that his major disaster declaration “profoundly significant.”“I want to thank you and acknowledge the help that you’ve given,” said Newsom to Trump before saying the amount of federal support the state has received, “may be a record.”He thanked the president for his commitment

Ted Johnson Joe Biden went on offense in advance of Donald Trump’s visit to California on Monday, as the Democratic nominee blasted the president as a “climate arsonist” who is ignoring science and how it relates to extreme wildfires out west and natural disasters elsewhere.“If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze?” Biden said in remarks from Delaware.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump this morning tweeted that “animals” shot two Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies last night in Compton, California.The two sheriffs were ambushed at point-blank range by an unknown shooter on Saturday night.

California Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) speaks during a committee hearing in May about SB 932, which would require providers and county health agencies to collect data on the LGBTQ community and COVID-19. Photo: Screengrab.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAfter touring the fire damage in the North Complex Fire near Oroville in Northern California, Governor Gavin Newsom was in no mood for one of his usual, careful media statements.“If you do not believe in science,” Newsom said bluntly while standing in the ashes of what once was a Butte County forest, “I hope you believe observed reality.”“The hots are getting a lot hotter and the wets are getting a lot wetter,” he observed. “The science is absolute.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday that, as of this time last year 118,000 acres had been burned.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump won’t allow California schools to incorporate a curriculum based on the controversial New York Times 1619 Project.Trump said Sunday that the Department of Education was investigating allegations that California was incorporating the 1619 Project into its lessons.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe California Employment Development Department (EDD) says it will start processing as of Sept. 7 the Lost Wages Assistance money approved by President Donald Trump via executive order.That means that those collecting unemployment should see a $300 federal boost to their state funds arriving by mid-month.

Turns out more politicians than just Donald Trump are living by the mantra “do as I say, not as I do” these days!