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Jan 2025
35m 25s

California Burns While Its Leaders Vanis...

Charlie Kirk
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The Palisades fire in Los Angeles is one of the worst in the city's history, and America's second city seems powerless to contain it. Charlie talks to local resident Peachy Keenan about how California's disastrous governance led up to this point. Then, Dr. Gad Saad joins to discuss the cult of "toxic empathy" that is ruining the West and letting migrant predators destroy civilization.

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