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Our very dear VlogFather, John Amato, lost his home in the great Palisades Fire of 2025. My house is gone. The high winds doomed our community. John Amato — (@crooksandliars.bsky.social) 2025-01-08T06:20:11.078Z He was amazing to call in to The BradCast and let us all know how he is doing. Below is a rush transcript of the show: BRAD FRIEDMAN: Welcome back to the Bradcast, Brad Friedman from bradblog.com. On Tuesday afternoon, our old friend John Amato, who you may have heard on this program over the years as the creator of the long running, notorious Crooks and Liars blog, he posted a photo on Blue Sky of encroaching black smoke that could be seen from his patio, apparently, in Pacific Palisades with the text, “Had to evacuate from the Palisades, not fun.” About seven hours later, he posted at Blue Sky again, this time to say, “My house is gone.

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I keep singing to myself, "I've got one judge in my pocket." (with apologies to Alanis Morrissette). It's quite simply astounding at how Judge Aileen Cannon hops to when her master calls. When Yambo needs help, there she is. Even when she has NO LEGAL STANDING to do so. This is just plain cuckoo bananas, from a legal standpoint.

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