SCOTUS Hands Trump Win On Immigration, Spearheaded By Justice Jackson

By William Teach March 5, 2026 – 10:30 am

Um, did the world stop turning? Did it end? This is confusing. Jackson voted in favor of Trump’s policies and wrote the opinion

Justice Jackson authors unanimous SCOTUS opinion handing Trump an immigration win

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Wednesday ordering federal appeals courts to defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions, bolstering the executive branch’s authority in immigration cases and handing the Trump administration a win as it pushes an aggressive deportation agenda.

Jackson, a Biden appointee and one of three liberal justices on the high court, wrote that immigration laws require federal courts to use a “substantial-evidence standard” when reviewing immigration judges’ decisions about whether an asylum seeker could face “persecution” if deported.

Jackson emphasized the high bar courts must meet before overturning an immigration judge’s findings, potentially making it more difficult for migrants to challenge their deportations as the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration.

“The agency’s determination… is generally ‘conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary,’” Jackson wrote.

I’ve already seen some lefties wondering who paid Jackson off. Wondering if she’s on drugs. If she’s OK. If Trump blackmailed her

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, migrants can claim asylum when crossing the border without documentation. But immigration judges, who are employees of the Department of Justice, eventually vet those claims and determine whether to grant migrants asylum, which would allow them to stay in the country, or order their deportation.

The migrant can appeal the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is also housed within the executive branch, and can then appeal that decision to the federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court.

The decision in this case, Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, affirmed that the judicial branch must largely defer to the executive branch’s findings about whether the migrant would suffer persecution if deported, rather than start from scratch and conduct its own review.

And that’s the way it should be. Not unhinged, activist federal judges deciding to involve themselves regardless of the way The Law works, particularly when the immigration judges have already been through all the facts and determined the fake asylum seeker needs to leave the US. There were none of these problems when it was Biden and Obama in office, despite the immigration judges ruling exactly the same.

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Sea Levels Are A Foot Higher Than (cult) Scientists Estimate Or Something

By William Teach March 5, 2026 – 7:15 am

Estimate? If there was only some way to measure this

Rising sea levels a foot higher than thought, placing tens of millions more in danger, study finds

Coastal sea levels are already up to a foot higher than many scientists believe, according to an alarming new assessment from researchers in the Netherlands.

The findings have concerning implications for hundreds of millions living in coastal communities around the world – and especially for Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific nations – showing rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than previously estimated after three feet of relative sea level rise. (snip)

“Our study reveals fundamental misalignment issues of sea level and coastal elevation throughout a wide body of scientific literature, which introduces errors and creates large uncertainties in the vast majority of coastal hazard and sea level rise and/or relative sea level rise impact assessments,” the researchers at Wageningen University & Research wrote.

The findings also mean that established models and science need to change, with more than 99 percent of 385 studies included in the research needing revision.

Essentially, scientists have been working from the wrong starting point. That’s because they measured sea level using a decades-old method known as the “geoid model,” showing average sea level based on gravity and the Earth’s rotation and not accounting for factors like tides, current and water temperature.

More than 90 percent of the studies included in the review assumed the current sea level based on geoid models.

Got ya. The actual measurements were not cooperating with the doom prognostications, so, just change it and run it through a computer model. Even though actual measurements show that the 20th Century saw 7 inches of sea rise, which is exactly the center point of the 6-8 inches average sea rise during the Holocene (last 8K years). As I’ve noted ad nauseum, a warm period would need well over a foot because cool periods would be very low to negative.

Anyhow, since they are from the Netherlands, let’s look at the actual tide gauges there. They’re actually pretty good, and all 7 have over 100 years of continuous measurements. All go back into the late to mid 1800s. Too bad they do not cover the Little Ice Age prior to 1850. But, the highest shows .79 feet of sea rise every 100 years. The lowest shows .48 feet. There should be more. So, they’ll change it to scaremonger.

For some regions of the world, the discrepancy was bigger than for others, too. The differences were smaller in regions like Northern Europe and the U.S. East Coast, but larger in many southern parts of the world.

That’s because there was less data available for geoid models in the global south and ocean dynamics are stronger in the region; sea levels there are more influenced by tides, winds and currents. There’s also a calculation that needs to be done to correctly link measurements of the level of the sea and land, which are taken using different satellites.

So, it’ll be a lot harder to massage and f*** with the 1st World data, easier to change in the southern parts.

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Washington Post: You Know, Iran Really F***ed Up Backing Hamas And Their October 7th Attack On Israel

By William Teach March 5, 2026 – 7:00 am

Is this a random act of journalism?

From Hamas attack to U.S. war with Iran, violence forges a new Middle East

Early on a cool autumn morning in 2023, from a tunnel beneath the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar gave an order that sent thousands of Hamas fighters through the fence separating the territory from Israel. That green light has reordered the Middle East on a scale comparable to the Arab Spring or the carving up of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century — but not remotely in the ways Sinwar had in mind.

I’m doubting Khamenei and the rest of the Iranian leaders thought it would end this way. Certainly Hamas probably did not consider that Israel would go scorched earth on Gaza, which also led to Israel going after Hezbollah. Remember the pagers?

Twenty-nine months later, the Middle East is almost unrecognizable. Israel stands indisputably as the military hegemon, its enemies demolished or decapitated. Saudi Arabia is emerging as a pivotal economic and political anchor, its Persian Gulf neighbors reeling under Iranian missile fire. Palestinians, mourning 75,000 dead in a shattered Gaza and losing territory in the West Bank, seem marginalized — by everyone, again.

Sinwar is dead — assassinated by Israel in October 2024 — and after nearly two and a half years of bloodshed and upheaval, the network he hoped would ride to his rescue is in ruins. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was blown up in a joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike on Saturday. The regime that bankrolled and armed the “axis of resistance” for four decades is on the edge of collapse — perhaps taking with it Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

Tehran, facing a chaotic and uncertain succession, is making enemies of the entire region — firing drones and missiles haphazardly, and often vainly including civilian targets. Bashar al-Assad, the longtime Syrian ruler, now lives in frigid Moscow.

Let’s not forget the initial attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. When Democrats did what they did to Trump and Republicans they never considered how Trump would be Trump if he won the presidency again. How he would go scorched earth on, say, immigration. Well, Iran has learned a hard lesson, a much more violent one than Venezuela’s Maduro learned.

Driving the military campaign and aiming to shape the region’s future is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has survived repeated government collapses, an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court and years of corruption trials to lead Israel to an unprecedented military dominance. And President Donald Trump, who overcame two impeachments, a felony conviction and an assassination attempt to return to the White House and take the United States to war against Iran without a vote of Congress.

Again, perhaps Dems should have thought about the consequences of being unhinged.

While Israel has faced allegations of genocide, a new generation of Israelis are now bearing the traumas of war, like their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. And while American soldiers are once again dying in the Middle East in a war of uncertain duration and unclear goals, what Sinwar set off was not a liberation but an unraveling of everything he and his sponsors yearned for — a defeated Israel, Palestinian hopes for statehood, a Middle East rid of Western influence. The so-called Great Satan looks more like the Great Decider.

“Talk about a colossal miscalculation leading to catastrophic consequences,” said Bilal Saab, a Chatham House fellow and former Pentagon official in the first Trump administration. “That cataclysmic event single-handedly changed the face of the Middle East.”

What happens going forward? Time will tell. It’s actually worth reading the WP article.

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Obviously, The War With Iran Is About ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 4:00 pm

The only thing that surprises me here is that there aren’t that many articles from the doomsday cult. Yet

Press Briefing: The Iran War and the Climate Emergency
Join Covering Climate Now and panelists Rawan Damen of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, Nina Lakhani of Drilled, and former Managing Director of Al Jazeera English, Giles Trendle

War makes climate change worse in many ways, and vice versa. The US-Israel attacks on Iran that began over the weekend have killed hundreds of civilians and sent oil prices soaring, but this war also promises to unleash massive amounts of planet-warming gases at a time when civilization is already hurtling toward irreversible climate breakdown. Not every story about the Iran war needs to make the climate connection, but climate change is essential context if the public and policymakers are to understand the full dimensions of this conflict.

Join Covering Climate Now and a panel of experts for a discussion about the geopolitical and climate implications of the war on Iran, which has one of the world’s largest oil reserves.

Well, at least their little discussion is going to be a Zoom call, instead a bunch of Warmists taking fossil fueled trips. And then here is Crazy Mother Jones

War With Iran Could Create “Historic” Disruptions in Global Energy Markets

The US and Israeli war against Iran is disrupting energy markets and driving oil and gas prices higher in the United States and globally. While those increases are modest so far, experts say the war has the potential to cause more severe and lasting impacts if Iran damages the region’s energy infrastructure or restricts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Already, the three-day-old bombing campaign has killed hundreds of people in Iran, including the country’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran has retaliated by hitting a broad range of targets across the region, including oil and gas sites. On Monday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy said its Ras Tanura oil refinery sustained “limited” damage after the interception of two drones. QatarEnergy said Monday it was halting production of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, after military attacks on two facilities.

I mean, that makes sense, though, not sure why gas is going up in the US when we do not import from Iran and not that much from elsewhere anymore. Regardless, the article is fine right up to the 10th paragraph

If prices remain elevated for no more than a couple of weeks, there may be little lasting impact, said Alan Krupnick, a senior fellow and director of the industry and fuels program at Resources for the Future, an environmental and energy think tank. But if high prices hang on for months, Krupnick said, that could have ripple effects that cut both ways with respect to climate change and fossil fuel output.

Sigh. Always have to include the cult

Greenpeace response to strikes on Iran by the US and Israel

Greenpeace International is deeply concerned by the joint military strike on Iran by the US and Israel.

“We express deep sympathy for all those affected by the violence, wherever they live, and urge that every effort be made to protect civilians, homes, and critical infrastructure,” says Mads Christensen, Executive Director, Greenpeace International.

I don’t remember seeing any concern or sympathy for the huge numbers of Iranians murdered, tortured, blinded, stoned, hung, etc by the Islamist rulers in Iran over the decades. Or even the 40K+ murdered over the past few months from the uprising.

“At this critical time, the rights, safety and dignity of the Iranian people must come first. Civilians should never pay the price for political tension, competing resource interests, or geopolitical power struggles. The people of Iran, like people everywhere, have the right to live free of violence, fear and coercion and to determine their own future.

“The international community must act urgently to prevent further escalation, prioritise diplomacy and ensure accountability for actions that contravene international law and put civilian lives, ecosystems and the global climate at further risk.

Le Sigh.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is an Evil fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is A View From the Beach, with a post on the Wednesday wetness.

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US Sub Sinks Iranian Warship Of Sri Lanka Coast

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 11:41 am

Boom-digity

No one expects a torpedo. Imagine you’re the guy who pressed the button to launch

(Fox News) A U.S. submarine sank a prized Iranian warship by torpedo, the first such sinking of an enemy ship since World War II, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Wednesday morning.

Hegseth joined Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine at the Pentagon to provide an update to reporters on “Operation Epic Fury” in Iran.

“An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters,” Hegseth said. “Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo. Quiet death. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a torpedo since World War Two. Like in that war, back when we were still the War Department. We are fighting to win.”

That young man won’t be buying his own drinks for quite some time, and will have this war story as his till old age. Really, since WWII there’s only been like 3 confirmed torpedo from a sub sinkings. ROKS Cheonan (March 26, 2010), ARA General Belgrano (May 2, 1982), and INS Khukri (December 9, 1971).

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Some Idiots Are Secretly Sheltering Illegals Underground

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 10:30 am

The implication here by the NY Times is that illegal aliens are the same as runaway slaves

Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE

The upstairs room was ready.

Three teddy bears and a smiling cloth doll were propped on a neatly made bed. A bassinet was nearby. On the dresser was a sanctuary of care: baby shampoo, lotion and talcum powder.

Night was falling in Springfield, Ohio, when the Haitian mother and her 1-month-old baby arrived. Lee, in her 70s, had never met the woman on her doorstep. Still, they embraced. After cooing over the infant, Lee led her guests on a tour of the house, ending with the bedroom that would serve as their redoubt from a feared immigration sweep.

Across Springfield that evening, anxiety was mounting. Haitians and their American supporters were awaiting a federal court ruling, expected by midnight Feb. 2, about the fate of Temporary Protected Status, or T.P.S., for Haiti, the program that has allowed beneficiaries to live and work legally in the United States. (snip)

More than 10,000 Haitians now call Springfield, a city of 58,000 between Dayton and Columbus, home. While some are U.S. citizens, most have T.P.S., and in the months ahead of the court ruling, many Americans had mobilized to help the growing Haitian community.

See, the Biden admin slammed Springfield with people who are really from a 4th world nation, a nation for which the Dominican Republic built on wall at the border to keep them out.

Some did something more risky: They discreetly converted spare bedrooms and finished basements into places of refuge.

In the days before the Feb. 2 expiration of T.P.S., many Haitian families began withdrawing from daily life.

“Teachers, employers, pastors, schools — we all witnessed the disappearance of members of our community,” said Anna Poteet, 39, who teaches English to immigrants each Sunday at a local center.

They aren’t part of the community: they were temporary visitors. It’s called Temporary Protected Status. Temporary. Also, this is a violation of multiple federal laws if they are being sheltered and required to leave. But, you know, Democrats are batguano insane.

The small, secret network that began sheltering Haitian families echoes an earlier chapter in the city’s history.

Springfield was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, the network of abolitionists who helped enslaved people flee to free states or to Canada. U.S. Route 68 passes near the former home of George and Sarah Gammon, who had themselves been enslaved and whose house, now a museum, was a way station for those fleeing bondage.

“In the 1850s, people here were taking in enslaved people seeking freedom,” said Marie, a local activist who has been vetting people who volunteered to host.

See? Hiding them is the same as with slaves. Of course the NY Times goes down this route, equating illegals/fake asylum seekers with runaway slaves.

Oh, hey, you know what the NY Times also did? They exposed this system to federal immigration authorities. I’m sure someone read the article and said “hey, loopy liberals are hiding the Haitians. Time to search!”

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LOL: Maryland District To Purchase Over 100 Diesel Buses

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 7:15 am

I guess those electric buses aren’t cutting

Maryland school district that bought electric buses is now ordering more than 100 diesel buses

A Maryland school district that bought hundreds of electric buses is now ordering more than 100 diesel buses due to the electric ones not meeting requirements for use.

Montgomery County Public Schools is seeking proposals for companies to purchase 140 diesel buses, 45 of which must have wheelchair capabilities, the Washington Post reported Monday. A school board vote on a contract is expected in April.

The change comes as some electric buses are experiencing extended periods of service interruptions because of “charging challenges” and parts issues, district spokesperson Liliana López said. She added that the maintenance problems are exacerbated by cold weather. Also, other buses aren’t meeting the district’s needs to transport students with special needs.

“Our primary focus is ensuring safe, timely and reliable transportation for the more than 103,000 students we serve daily,” López said. “Current electric bus technology is not fully capable of meeting all of our transportation demands, particularly for longer routes, field trips and midday services that exceed charging capacities.”

Montgomery County had a $160 million contract to purchase those electric buses, but, there’s been a huge backlog in delivery of said buses, despite payment, as well as all the issues with the delivered EBs. Going back to July 31, 2024

(WJLA) Electric school buses were intended to be a cost-saving measure for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), but a recent report from the county’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reveals that the initiative has led to “millions of dollars in wasteful spending” due to delayed deliveries and frequent maintenance issues.

According to the OIG report, Maryland’s largest school district’s initiative to replace its diesel bus fleet with electric buses has been plagued by delays and mechanical issues.

“The contractor did not deliver any of the buses expected in FY2022 through FY2024 by August 1st as required by the agreement’s delivery schedule,” the report stated.

Even back then the MCPS had to spend $14 million for 90 diesel buses because they didn’t receive the EBs, instead of cancelling the contract due to non-compliance by the bus company. Of course, it’s taxpayer money, so, the people in charge do not care. Back to the original

The board partially suspended its contract with Highland Electric Fleets last year. In the fall, the Maryland board of education voted to overturn the district’s contract with the company, saying it was “tainted” by the involvement of an employee later convicted of fraud.

The school district has appealed the state board’s vote to Montgomery County Circuit Court, and proceedings are ongoing. López said the district continues its business relationship with Highland Electric Fleets to maintain 285 electric school buses.

Yeah, the state tried to cancel it by the MCPS wanted to keep pissing away money.

The county has a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% in 2027 and 100% in 2035, according to a climate plan implemented in 2021. To meet this goal, the school district must stop purchasing non-electric buses by 2027.

Maybe their goal should be to 100% get the kiddies to school? Oh, and let’s be clear, this is all Democrats doing this.

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Surprise: Liberal Asheville Station Super Worried About Islamophobia

By William Teach March 4, 2026 – 7:00 am

The US and Israel launch a war 47 years in the making against the horrendous regime running Iran. Iranian people cheer. Iranian women dance without hijabs. So, of course

Attacks on Iran lead to concerns of anti-Muslim sentiments in America

For 35 years, the Islamic Center of Asheville has been a place of worship and community, drawing hundreds to the regional center, but as the attack unfolds in Iran, there’s fear that hate for the Muslim community will grow in the U.S.

One member of the Islamic Center of Asheville, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke with News 13, saying there is fear that the hate for Muslims will grow in the U.S. again, even for Muslims who have no connection to Iran, a Muslim country.

Are they worried that the uber-liberals in uber-liberal Asheville are going to attack them? Can WLOS or the anonymous person name one instance since Iran started getting beaten like a rented mule?

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, the Deputy Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, shared this concern.

“What we notice is when our country gets embroiled in a war in the Middle East in a Muslim-majority country that tends to result in a rise of Muslim hate or anti-Muslim sentiment here at home,” Mitchell said.

Oh, great, CAIR, the group with ties to lots of Islamic terrorist groups. A group that would be banned in Egypt as they are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, pretty much the group that created modern Islamic terrorism. Still no examples, though

Asheville, like other cities in the U.S., saw anti-war protestors gather opposing the Iranian attack.

However, in Iran, a video shows Muslim citizens celebrating the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei, known as a tyrant.

White liberals, especially affluent ones, protesting while Iranians celebrate.

Still, Mitchell said Muslims in the U.S. largely oppose the war.

So, he’s saying that most Muslims in America need to be deported because they support a hardline Islamist regime, the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, a nation that has killed scores of Americans, and wants to annihilate Israel and kill all the Jews? But, if you criticize this it’s “Islamophobia.”

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Unhinged Jeff Merkley Links Iran War With Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach March 3, 2026 – 3:00 pm

How many times a year does Jeff take a fossil fueled flight? Climate cultists are nuts

Dem Sen. Merkley: ‘Child’ Trump Worrying About Iran Trying to Kill Him Over Climate Change

On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) responded to President Donald Trump pointing to Iran attempting to assassinate him by saying that we’re not working “to tackle a planet that’s getting too hot from climate change,” and have the “leadership of a child throwing a tantrum.”

Co-host Michael Steele asked, “I’m going to read to you the words of our child President, our little boy President, who is about as petty as anyone I’ve seen. He said, on the night of the Iranian operations, telling ABC News, ‘I got him before he got me,’ Trump said Sunday night, not long after he announced Ayatollah Khamenei had been killed. ‘They tried twice. Well, I got him first.’ That’s our foreign policy. That’s why we’re in Iran. In addition to being a puppet or a puppy to Netanyahu, Donald Trump is all about the retribution, all about getting someone before they get him. Is that how this country should conduct its foreign policy? Because, next in his crosshairs, after Venezuela, now we’ve got Iran, is Cuba. What will the Senate do when troops start running all over Cuba? What will the Senate do when another country that Donald Trump wants to go after, because, in his own little childish mind, he’s got to get payback?”

OK, lots of TDS, lots of Israel hatred, pure bonkers. Then

Merkley responded, “Well, I’m glad you mentioned Cuba, because that is Rubio’s key goal is to cut off — he’s cut off the oil to Cuba. And, then, I don’t expect troops on the ground, but the idea that we might start negotiating with Cuba, and, then, in the middle of it, start taking out their leaders if we have the intelligence to do so. It’s been demonstrated now twice. So, absolutely — this is gunboat strategy that hearkens back to a previous era. And there is, in this, no American leadership about the world we need to build together on this planet earth. There is simply, well, I will be a king, and I don’t like people, I’ll take them out, I will assassinate them. … [T]his is not a pattern for building a better world. There’s not an objective here that says, we have big issues, that we need to advance democracy. There’s — no, that’s not that, we need to tackle a planet that’s getting too hot from climate change, so, we’ll work — no we’re not, you described it as the leadership of a child throwing a tantrum. That’s pretty much it.”

Sigh. They just cannot help themselves.

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