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Delta CEO Edward Bastian defended the company's decision to end their NRA discount in an internal memo to employees Friday, despite Georgia lawmakers killing a proposed tax break on jet fuel, that would have saved Delta millions, in retaliation to the company's decision:
Our decision was not made for economic gain and our values are not for sale.— Delta CEO Edward Bastian
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The Shady Fire ravages a home as it approaches Santa Rosa in Napa County, California, on Sept. 28. The blaze is part of the massive Glass Fire Complex, which has razed 46,600 acres at 2% containment. Photo: Samuel Corum/Agence France-Presse/AFP via Getty Images
Some 18,700 firefighters are battling 27 major blazes across California, including in the heart of the wine country, where one mega-blaze claimed the lives of three people and forced thousands of others to evacuate this week.
The big picture: 8,155 wildfires have burned across a record 3.86 million acres, killing 26 people and razing almost 7,900 structures in California this year, per Cal Fire. Just like the deadly blazes of 2017, the wine country has become a wildfires epicenter. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma, and Shasta counties.
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This debate was like the country: Everybody’s talking. Nobody’s listening. Nothing is learned. It’s a mess.
Why it matters: Honestly, who the hell knows?