Surprise: Michigan To Test Pay Per Mile Program Due To Eroding Road Taxes

By William Teach September 11, 2026 – 7:15 am

I wonder why they are giving this a whirl (besides the fact that Democrats just love to tax citizens)? (via Climate Change Dispatch)

Michigan pay-per-mile pilot program: What to know

Michigan is looking at ways to make up declining transportation revenue as vehicles become more fuel efficient and electric vehicles become more prevalent.

The state is exploring a road user charge program, also known as pay-per-mile. Here’s what to know:

The backstory: Michigan taxes drivers at the gas pump and relies on that revenue to build and maintain the state’s roads, bridges and tunnels.

The state changed how fuel is taxed in Michigan at the beginning of the year. Michigan drivers used to pay 6% sales tax in addition to a 31 cents per gallon motor fuel tax.

By the numbers: Currently, Michigan drivers do not pay sales tax on fuel and pay a motor fuel tax of 52.4 cents per gallon.

But, you know, you had that huge push for EVs

Big picture view: A road user charge is an alternative way to charge drivers to use the roads. Under the program, drivers of all vehicles pay a flat fee of a few cents for each mile driven instead of paying state fuel taxes.

So, they are going to nail everyone. They are also raising the registration fees for EVs AND hybrids because of the loss of revenue. This is not the first time we’ve seen this. During the Obama years he forced a much higher CAFE standard, so, gas revenues went down. So, states raised taxes. Now we had Biden, Newsom, Whitmer, and more Democrats pushing the EVs, and then going “whoops, the money is drying up, let’s tax the peasants.”

How it works : Your driving data could be reported to the state in a variety of ways, including:

  • Plug-in devices
  • Smartphone apps
  • Self-reporting via vehicle factory settings
  • Self-reporting via manual data

Yeah, and you can bet that it will soon be mandatory.

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Cool: Over 90% Of Charlotte Illegals Hearings End In Deportation

By William Teach September 11, 2026 – 7:00 am

Can we get this number to 100%?

Nearly 90% of Charlotte immigration court cases this year have ended in deportation

Immigration judges at Charlotte’s immigration court ordered more than 18,000 removals from January through August, more than twice the number ordered during the same period in 2024.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review data shows judges ordered 18,286 removals this year. That is up from 14,521 removal orders during the same period in 2025 and 8,840 in 2024.

The court completed fewer cases overall this year, 20,594, compared with 23,245 last year. But nearly 90% of completed cases ended in removal, compared with about 62% last year and half in 2024.

Only 203 cases resulted in immigrants being granted legal relief, allowing them to remain in the U.S.

Yeah, I suppose a few do have legitimate asylum cases, and it can always end up with more of those currently granted legal relief getting the boot in the future. What should be happening is that the minute they lose their case they are transported to a detainment facility and deported within days.

Houston immigration attorney charged in alleged mail fraud scheme

A Houston-based immigration attorney was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing money from over 100 victims, according to authorities.

Alla Nowowiejski, 44, was charged with mail fraud and making false statements, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Nowowiejski was indicted by a grand jury on both counts on Sept. 2.

According to the indictment, Nowowiejski is accused of accepting payments from clients under the pretense of providing legal services she allegedly never provided.

It’s wild how many immigration lawyers are being charged by state and federal authorities these days, but, the lax everything under the Biden admin enabled the rise of all these scams.

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UN Says World Must “Reject Climate Culture Wars”

By William Teach September 10, 2026 – 4:43 pm

Can you guess what they mean by this?

World must reject climate culture wars or face economic ruin, says UN’s Stiell

Attempts to stoke a climate crisis culture war must be rejected or the world will face economic disaster, the UN’s climate chief has warned.

Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, warned that this year’s “hot as hell” summer had killed tens of thousands of people in Europe alone and “hammered” infrastructure, businesses and economics, costing a likely €180bn (£155bn), as well as leading to forced migration around the world.

“The climate crisis is now a continent-wide economic security emergency,” he told a committee of the European parliament on Thursday morning. “We’ve seen mass evacuations. Power stations closed. And trade routes choked. Crops lost. Yields down. And food prices up – and set to rise further.”

He said political polarisation over climate action was not in the interests of voters and would lead to far worse outcomes. “Climate is sometimes seen as a partisan issue, as territory in the culture wars,” he said. “That is palpably false … Climate cuts across the core concerns of voters, whatever their politics: [affecting] family health, community safety and economic stability; affordable food and available water; jobs, business costs and household bills.”

OK, so, then maybe the cultists could stop bleating and going all cult over it? Trying to force government to take our money and control our lives?

Stiell said: “If humanity doesn’t cut the fossil fuel pollution … this summer’s brutal heat, fires and droughts will seem mild compared to the permanent climate nightmare that will follow.”

What Stiell and the other UN Warmists want is for those who do not Believe in the climate crisis (scam) to be forced to shut the hell up. Even a little blog like mine would be shut down if they had their say.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 10, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are trees dying from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is IOTW Report, with a post on “ICE launches CDL fraud tip line for Americans to report illegal alien truck drivers”

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Washington Post: Orange Man Bad Turning “Security State” Inwards Or Something

By William Teach September 10, 2026 – 10:30 am

Obviously, the Democracy Dies In Darkness wackos saw the 25th anniversary of 9/11 coming in thought “what kind of hit piece can we do about Trump?”

Trump has turned the post-9/11 security state inward to domestic targets

Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, powerful agencies and vast legal authorities created to stop another terrorist catastrophe are being turned inward, with the Trump administration using many of those powers to round up immigrants, battle drug traffickers and target political dissent.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, birthed in response to pre-9/11 intelligence failures, has been central to President Donald Trump’s pushing of false election conspiracies and retribution against his perceived political enemies.

Trump has directed that Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which spread nationwide after 2001 to harness federal and local resources, investigate groups that challenge White House views on immigration, gender and religion. Another post-9/11 creation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has aggressively surveilled and rounded up immigrants on Trump’s watch, sometimes catching or killing U.S. citizens in its dragnet.

As to challenging White House views, the WP offers zero evidence. Not one link. As to ICE, well, that’s part of their f’ing job, and, if the wackos didn’t try and run them over they wouldn’t be in the grave now.

As memories of the worst terrorist attack in American history fade, former senior U.S. officials say the rapid remolding of agencies and laws created a quarter-century ago has contributed to a dimming focus on looming external threats. They cite not just anti-U.S. terrorism, which has ebbed but not disappeared, but a host of largely post-2001 challenges including advanced artificial intelligence, cyberthreats, drones and biotechnology.

Wow, they are really swinging for the fences, Orange Man Bad is just bad on everything.

Trump is dismantling or repurposing “almost all of the agencies that were created by the Bush administration to protect us from terrorism,” said John Bellinger III, who was President George W. Bush’s National Security Council legal adviser on Sept. 11, 2001, and helped craft the reforms that followed.

Let’s also not forget that Obama heavily used the powers of the government to go after his “enemies” and the Credentialed Media, including the Washington Post, turned a blind eye. That he, along with Bush and Biden, let in and brought in huge numbers of Muslims who seem to hate America, hate Israel, hate Jews, and support the extremist version of Islam, and want to change America into a Muslim nation.

Yet Trump’s definition of terrorism is far different from his predecessors’. He has designated drug cartels as terrorist groups and used lethal military force dozens of times against alleged narco traffickers. Many former national security officials and legal experts say narcotrafficking does not fit the definition of terrorism because cartel members are motivated by money, not ideology, violence against civilians or overthrow of the U.S. government.

OK, and? What’s the problem? Oh, right, Orange Man Bad.

At home, Trump has targeted leftist groups, including the loose amalgamation of militant antifascism activists known as antifa, which he designated as a domestic terrorist group last year. The Treasury Department said it will pursue financial probes of left-wing groups, including any international support.

You mean the very violent people causing lots of problems? Anyhow, this article continues on and on and on with their TDS whines (here’s a non-paywalled version), and, you know what would be hilarious? If Trump was using all those post 9/11 tools to go after Islamists then the WP would be upset over that, yammering about “Islamophobia”. Let’s also not forget that the leftists, like those at the WP, tend to take the side of the Islamists, just like they did when Hamas attacked Israel. And that outlets like the WP were super upset when Bush used all these same post 9/11 methods against Islamists. That the WP has worked hard since 9/11 to protect Islamists.

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Your Fault: Global Boiling Makes Tropical Systems Worse

By William Teach September 10, 2026 – 7:15 am

Did they really stop and consider before publishing this bit of cult propaganda?

Climate change fuels more intense tropical system impacts

We are in the peak of hurricane season. While the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been historically quiet, experts say that climate change is partially responsible for more intense tropical system impacts over the years.

Climate change is also increasing the amount of moisture available to hurricanes. Warmer air can hold more water vapor, which can contribute to heavier rainfall. That increases the potential for flooding, including areas well inland from where a hurricane makes landfall. (snip)

It is important to note that climate change will not necessarily lead to more hurricanes overall. Instead, experts are increasingly concerned about changes in hurricane intensity and impacts.

Even during a quiet hurricane season, it’s best to stay prepared. Know your evacuation zone, have multiple ways to receive weather alerts, and make sure your emergency supplies are ready before a storm threatens. For more tips, read our 2026 Hurricane Guide.

The guide is still good advice, but,

The next scrolling article at 13Newsnow is

Atlantic hurricane season nears historic milestone

Hurricane season has now entered the month of September, and the Atlantic will be entering what is typically its busiest stretch.

But so far this year, we still have not had a single Atlantic hurricane form. That will put 2026 within striking distance of some pretty unusual hurricane history.

Looking at the satellite era, which begins in 1966, the latest date the Atlantic has seen its first hurricane of the season was Sept. 11. That record has happened twice: first in 2002 with Hurricane Gustav, and again in 2013, with Hurricane Humberto.

Eh, I’m sure this is your fault, too.

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Bummer: Salvadorans May Lose TPS

By William Teach September 10, 2026 – 7:00 am

I must say, CNN really should have considered whom they were going to use as a sob story in the article

Another group of immigrants may be on the verge of losing deportation protections

Soledad Miranda’s eyes fill with tears as she packs boxes for a move she’s hoping she won’t have to make.

“I feel defeated,” she says.

For 25 years, the program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, has allowed Miranda and around 170,000 other Salvadorans to work legally in the United States and protected them from deportation. Now many are on edge awaiting the Trump administration’s decision on their futures.

Some Salvadorans had hoped the rapport between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and US President Donald Trump could pave the way for a reprieve, even as administration officials have revoked deportation protections for many other nationalities.

But the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t yet made an announcement on TPS for El Salvador. And on Wednesday, which had been the scheduled ending date for Salvadorans’ protections, a written statement from a DHS spokesperson provided few answers.

But, hey, how about this

Miranda, 52, came to the US in 1997 and built a life for herself and her 16-year-old daughter, who is a US citizen. Working as a cleaner in a government building, she saved enough money for an apartment she says she can no longer afford if her work authorization expires. So she’s started packing treasured mementos from more than 30 years of her life.

“Now all of that is in this box,” Miranda tells CNN en Español as she gestures at an empty wall in her apartment. “It’s over.”

So, she’s been here since 1997 and she has to give the interview in Spanish? She couldn’t take the time to learn English?

Real? There are no articles yet. But, sure seems likely.

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Surprise: Nepal Now Wants Hotcoldwetdry Reparations

By William Teach September 9, 2026 – 3:34 pm

Of course they do, considering how much the Warmists Blamed ‘climate change’ for the landslide and floods. It is amusing that I found this at Al Jazeera, considering Al Gore made like $20 million selling his climate TV station to AJ, which is owned and backed by the petro-state of Qatar

Why Nepal is demanding climate justice and compensation after deadly floods

Nepal is demanding “climate justice” and $20m in compensation after the recent devastating floods in the country and China’s Tibet region, which led to the deaths and disappearances of thousands of people.

The catastrophe, which scientists say was caused by the effects of climate change, was triggered when part of a mountain glacier collapsed and a torrent of water and mud flooded down into Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot regions, as well as into China’s Tibet region on August 26. More than 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,000 remain missing.

“We are paying the ultimate price for a global crisis we did not create,” Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said last week.

“Support for Nepal should not be seen from an angle of aid or charity, but should be seen from the perspective of climate justice,” he told the AFP news agency.

Once again, the Demand for climate cash is always made under the banner of “you owe us, the money should have no strings attached”.

Nepal’s Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Environment have written a joint letter to the United Nations, which set up a fund to respond to loss and damage caused by climate change in 2022 in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with a request for $20m in damages.

The UN’s Loss and Damage Fund is, however, facing a $2.8bn funding gap as it prepares to approve its first climate recovery projects.

Weird. Why are the Warmists nations not paying their fair share? Where are all those billionaires who say we should Do Something?

Nepal contributes less than 0.1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and generates most of its electricity from renewable sources of energy. Yet its geographical location in the Himalayas makes it particularly vulnerable to severe climate and weather events.

And, yet, the do not shut down all their airports and heliports, which are crucial for Nepal’s financial wellbeing via tourism, and lots and lots of jobs and money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 9, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible water intensive golf course causing Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on “ONS Peddling Fake Heatwave Deaths Scare”

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Sweden’s Government Pays Immigrants To Leave Ahead Of Elections

By William Teach September 9, 2026 – 10:30 am

Maybe they are tired of all the no go zones and rapes?

As election looms, Sweden’s government is paying immigrants to leave

Once known for its welcome to migrants, Sweden has not only shut its borders over the last decade, its right-wing government is now paying some foreign-born residents to leave, part of a tough stance on migration it hopes will help it ?secure reelection this month.

As countries across Europe clamp down on immigration, Sweden has made one of the most drastic about-turns. It took in 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015 – the second highest ?per capita in Europe. By 2025, that number had fallen 96%.

Since the start of 2026, the Swedish coalition government, which took power in 2022 on a pledge to cut immigration and crime, has been offering those with residency permits from outside the European Union up to 350,000 Swedish crowns ($37,000) if they leave the country.

The scheme is being closely watched abroad, and strongly supported by the Sweden Democrats, a far-right party that is outside the government but backs it in parliament.

“Do you miss Mogadishu? The remigration grant will help you get ?home,” reads an advert, paid for by the Sweden Democrats on a bus and aimed at Somali immigrants. The far-right party launched the adverts in July on public transport and in areas with high ?numbers of migrants as campaigning for the election began. It and the three governing coalition parties are seeking to form a four-way ruling partnership.

Remember, the government has given handbooks and lectures to new migrants multiple times about not raping. Most of the rapes over the last 10-15 years have committed by immigrants”, most of whom come from African and/or Muslim nations.

Governments and political parties across Europe ?are watching as some also consider ways to send people back. Anti-immigration rhetoric has surged since over a million people, mainly Syrians fleeing war, arrived in Europe in 2015. That has given right-wing nationalist parties a boost, pushing governments ?to adopt increasingly restrictive migration policies focused on deterrence and returns.

If citizens of those countries didn’t find it appealing they wouldn’t be voting for those politicians. The left wing ones just kept letting in and bringing migrants in, regardless of what the citizens wanted, and then the citizens finally had enough and voted for the right leaning parties.

So far this year, 171 people have taken up the offer of cash to leave. The Sweden Democrats want to extend the offer to immigrants with Swedish citizenship, if they agree to revoke it.

“That’s where you find the large numbers,” said ?Ludvig Aspling, immigration ?spokesperson for the party, highlighting those citizens who struggle to support themselves financially and speak little Swedish.

And those politicians were giving free and easy citizenship to people who couldn’t speak the language, didn’t understand the culture, and had no intention of assimilating. They expected Sweden to change to be like the 3rd world shithole/Muslim nation they came from, all while paying for everything for the migrants. It’s funny how all the Muslim ones never go to Muslim nations, eh?

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