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Facebook posts stated on January 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows “The Simpsons” predicted the Los Angeles wildfires. Instagram posts stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram "Llego la ayuda Mexicana a California" para combatir los incendios. Viral image stated on January 10, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows a “group of South African firefighters who have landed in Canada to make their way to LA, to help.” Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2025 in a Facebook post “Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.” Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 13, 2025 in an Instagram post California wildfires have “nothing to do with climate change.” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook Imágenes muestran animales heridos en los incendios de Los Ángeles. JD Vance stated on January 12, 2025 in a Fox News interview “Some of these (California) reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years." Viral image stated on January 8, 2025 in an Instagram post “All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!” Viral image stated on January 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows Mexican firefighters going to help with California fires. Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million. Facebook posts stated on January 11, 2025 in a Jan 11, 2025, video Video claims to show the Los Angeles fires. Instagram posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs. Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook “Bomberos que combaten los incendios en Los Ángeles sostienen imagen de Nuestra Madre Santísima”. Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook “So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.” Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post Video clips show “wildfires in Los Angeles, California.” X posts stated on January 9, 2025 in una publicación en X “El Departamento de Bomberos de Los Ángeles está utilizando bolsos de mujer para recoger agua en su lucha contra el incendio”. Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2025 in a post on Instagram The Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires. Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2025 in an Instagram post “The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.” Viral image stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post Trees still standing amid wildfire damage in the Los Angeles area are evidence of directed energy weapons. Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires. Load more
Facebook posts stated on January 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows “The Simpsons” predicted the Los Angeles wildfires.
Instagram posts stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram "Llego la ayuda Mexicana a California" para combatir los incendios.
Viral image stated on January 10, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows a “group of South African firefighters who have landed in Canada to make their way to LA, to help.”
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2025 in a Facebook post “Whoopi Goldberg’s mansion in Los Angeles was destroyed in a wildfire, with damages estimated at millions of dollars.”
Donald Trump Jr. stated on January 13, 2025 in an Instagram post California wildfires have “nothing to do with climate change.”
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook Imágenes muestran animales heridos en los incendios de Los Ángeles.
JD Vance stated on January 12, 2025 in a Fox News interview “Some of these (California) reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years."
Viral image stated on January 8, 2025 in an Instagram post “All three California wild fires seem to start at the same time!”
Viral image stated on January 9, 2025 in a Facebook post Video shows Mexican firefighters going to help with California fires.
Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
Facebook posts stated on January 11, 2025 in a Jan 11, 2025, video Video claims to show the Los Angeles fires.
Instagram posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post Los Angeles wildfires are part of a Hollywood conspiracy to cover up evidence related to Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook “Bomberos que combaten los incendios en Los Ángeles sostienen imagen de Nuestra Madre Santísima”.
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook “So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post Video clips show “wildfires in Los Angeles, California.”
X posts stated on January 9, 2025 in una publicación en X “El Departamento de Bomberos de Los Ángeles está utilizando bolsos de mujer para recoger agua en su lucha contra el incendio”.
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2025 in a post on Instagram The Biden administration is offering only “$770 for people who lost everything” in the Los Angeles wildfires.
Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2025 in an Instagram post “The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”
Viral image stated on January 10, 2025 in a Facebook post Trees still standing amid wildfire damage in the Los Angeles area are evidence of directed energy weapons.
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2025 in an Instagram post Video shows “Israeli tourists celebrating” the Los Angeles wildfires.
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