LA Times Is Upset Trump Rolled Back The Absurd AC Standards

By William Teach May 21, 2026 – 4:06 pm

During both the Obama and Biden admins there were lots of new standards that made AC way more expensive, and made them less affordable for the middle and working class. Trump is having none of that

Older AC and fridge chemicals amp up climate change. Trump just rolled back limits on them

President Trump on Thursday announced that grocery stories and air conditioning companies will be allowed to keep using high-polluting refrigerants for longer than they would have under a law he signed during his first administration.

“This was a tremendous burden, a tremendous cost,” said Trump, surrounded in the Oval Office by executives from supermarket chains including Kroger, Fairway, Neimann Foods and Piggly Wiggly. “It was making the equipment unaffordable, and the actual benefit was nothing.”

The move loosens rules meant to restrict hydroflourocarbons, a class of climate-damaging chemicals used in cooling equipment. HFCs are known as “super pollutants” because their impact on climate change can be tens of thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide during their shorter lifespans.

In the move Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency extends the deadline for companies to comply with a 2023 rule transitioning refrigerators and air conditioners off HFCs and onto new cooling technologies. Reducing these chemicals and moving to cleaner refrigerants has long been a bipartisan issue.

Um, what law did Trump sign that caused the rule put out by Biden’s EPA? Weird that there is no link to it and it is not named. And, I’m not going to bother looking. The LA Times made the assertion. But, if it was a law Trump signed, the unhinged Warmist EPA surely misused the law to pass this rule.

Trump is also proposing exemptions from a rule requiring leak repairs on large-scale refrigeration systems.

The administration framed the changes as part of its effort to bring down high grocery costs. EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said the actions will save $2.4 billion for Americans and safeguard 350,000 jobs.

“Americans who wanted to be able to fix their equipment were instead being required to buy far more costly new equipment and that just doesn’t make any sense,” said Zeldin.

Most of the “replacements” for HFCs, which I will 100% agree are greenhouse gases and bad for the ozone, as well as decrease air quality a bit, are highly flammable and a lot more expensive, require full replacement of equipment, which is itself not cheap. And those costs get passed on to consumers. In fact, attempting to ban HFCs goes easily back to 2016, when the global elites moved to eradicate them without viable, affordable replacements.

The weird thing is how none of those elites nor regular old Warmists are giving up their own AC units.

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Totally Impartial Media Laments Tonight Being The Last TDS Infused Colbert Show

By William Teach May 21, 2026 – 10:30 am

It’s been so entertaining!

There’s a reason it was always called “mindless late night entertainment.” You used to put it on, enjoy some movie and TV stars who had new movies/TV shows coming out, authors, animals, bands who just released a record, comedians. There was barely any politics, and what little there was was light-hearted. People fell asleep in their chair or bed to it. Relaxed and enjoyed. That changed to simply be propaganda shows for Democrats, with tons of elected Democrats appearing, reporters (making themselves the news), every celeb having to talk politics. And became full Orange Man Bad in 2017. 50% of the audience immediately disappeared, and even most Democrats had no interest in hardball politics starting at 1130pm. And now

What ‘The Late Show’ meant to America, to NYC, and to the Trump resistance

A late-night TV show is more than the sum of its parts. “The Late Show” certainly was.

First with David Letterman, then with Stephen Colbert, “The Late Show” was an amusing and comforting ritual for viewers; a treasured stage for comedians; a coveted platform for politicians and authors; and a reliable marketing vehicle for CBS.

But they never used to be a platform for politicians. In the very rare occasion they were on it was kept bipartisan. I remember Al Gore being fun during an appearance when he was VP, hadn’t started running yet. There was nothing partisan. He had fun with a $500 ashtray meant for government planes, why they were necessary, trying to smash it, and subtlety showing how government was wasting money.

The interviews made news. The monologues made sense of the news. The comedy bits made the whole world feel a little less bleak.

Only to the vastly left wing news. Most Americans tuned out, as the ratings showed.

But now it’s all going away. CBS is closing the curtain on “The Late Show” on Thursday night. Citing broadcast TV’s financial woes, the network is giving up on an admittedly expensive late-night format and letting Colbert take his talents elsewhere.

Many critics see it as a form of capitulation to President Donald Trump, who has bristled at Colbert’s acerbic criticism and sought to silence him. Some “Late Show” fans believe Trump effectively canned Colbert and the show.

That theory is inescapable because Colbert was such a vocal part of the anti-Trump resistance, both in the late 2010s and again recently.

And this helped CBS lose $40 million to $50 million a year. Advertisers fled, seeing little return on their advertising dollars, and those left were treated to lower than normal advertiser rates. CBS and other networks, and streamers, will cancel shows in a heartbeat when shows are making money but less than expected.

Judging from some of the viewer comments and emails I’ve read, the fans who are mourning the end of “The Late Show” are also mourning the end of shows like it — communal spaces that have been around for as long as they can remember.

They may be mourning it, but, they weren’t watching, and, did CBS need to lose all that money to have a moonbat communal space? All Colbert had to do was go back to being “mindless late night entertainment for all” and it could have succeeded.

Colbert and his allies have noted that CBS didn’t try to salvage “The Late Show” by, say, dramatically cutting costs or changing the format.

Colbert could easily have shifted the content of the show. He didn’t. That’s on him and his people. Expect tonight’s last show to be utterly unhinged. But, it will mean nothing, because he’s preaching to the unhinged choir. The Credentialed Media will dutifully post what happened, and, then within a few days the show will be completely forgotten. No one will miss it, no one will care.

Really, though, this is when it all started going downhill. No one wanted this propaganda shit, even normal Democrats who were all in on the COVID “vaccine”

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Portland, Oregon Has Raised A Billion Dollars To Stop Climate Doom

By William Teach May 21, 2026 – 7:15 am

So, we can expect $200 million to be spent, with the rest disappearing into the pockets of NGOs, friends and family of politicians and bureaucrats, and money getting fed back into the coffers of politicians?

How one Oregon city has raised a billion dollars for climate change

In the last seven years, the city of Portland, Ore., has built a community solar project to reduce emissions and lower energy bills for 150 low-income families. The city has distributed more than 20,000 free air conditioning units to help vulnerable households prepare for heat waves. It has funded energy efficiency retrofits for 3,100 homes. And 2,000 people have been trained in the renewable energy and construction fields.

Best Buy has window AC units running from $1200 for a 1500 square foot to the upper $100s for small room units. Does anyone else think Portland spent 3-4 times that cost for the units (cough graft cough)?

These projects have all been made possible due to an innovative billion-dollar climate fund. The Portland Clean Energy Fund is a first-of-its-kind racial, social and climate justice fund aimed at helping the city’s most vulnerable residents adapt to climate change while also reducing carbon emissions.

A 65% majority of voters passed the measure in 2018, and in 2019, the city began levying a 1% retail sales tax on large corporations within Portland city limits — think Target, Walmart, REI.

Unlike a sales tax, which is paid by the consumer, the companies pay the city a small percentage of each sale; for example, a $100 purchase means the city earns $1.

So every large corporation simply raises the cost of items so they make the same profit, right, hence, the consumer actually pays. And, along with all the other crazy crap in Portland, it just meant they had another reason to leave. Walmart has closed all of its stores. Target closed multiple stores, leaving 3. Many other companies, including supermarkets, have left. And, sure, crime, theft, Progressives, were primary.

Since the fund began, it has garnered about $1 billion and is projected to reach $1.6 billion by mid-2029.

Well, you voted to pay more, Portland residents who overwhelmingly vote Democrat, no complaining when you have to keep leaving the city to buy goods.

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Trump Signs EO Making It Harder For Illegals, Terrorists To Access US Banking Systems

By William Teach May 21, 2026 – 7:00 am

It’s another method to discourage illegals from coming to the US and incentivize illegals/fake asylum seekers to leave. But, there’s another big reason to this

Trump Moves to Tighten Banking Access for Non-Citizens

President Donald Trump is moving to tighten access to financial systems for non-citizens in the U.S. amid his Administration’s broader crackdown on immigration.

On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order, titled “Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System,” that would require banks to treat a customer’s immigration status as a factor in evaluating potential financial risk.

The new order directs the Treasury Secretary and federal financial regulators to issue guidance to banks on identifying customers whose profiles or transactions potentially indicate risks like money laundering, terrorism financing, and labor trafficking in line with the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act. Those changes are intended to “account for the risks foreign consular identification cards pose to the integrity of the United States financial system,” the order said.

The order describes “red flags and typologies” associated with suspicious activity. Among these are repetitive cash withdrawals, the use of shell companies to conceal true account ownership, and the use of certain platforms for “off-the-books” wage payments.

You can see this is aimed a lot at the amount of scam money being sent overseas, particularly to Somalia, by legal and illegal aliens (FYI, alien in federal law means “not a US citizen”)

The move could make it more difficult for non-citizens, especially undocumented immigrants, to access financial services, even for legitimate reasons. The Administration has aggressively clamped down on both legal and illegal immigration in the U.S. It has detained and deported people en masse, including some with lawful immigration status; increased scrutiny for visa and citizenship applications; and restricted immigrants’ access to public services. Large-scale immigration raids have ignited protests across the country, which have ended in the killings of several Americans by federal agents.

Good.

The fact sheet claimed that “gaps in customer identification practices have allowed terrorists, drug traffickers, money launderers, and other criminal networks to exploit U.S. financial institutions to move illicit funds and evade law enforcement,” citing documented Chinese-linked money laundering networks.

The White House also pointed to cases of banks extending mortgages, credit cards, and loans to undocumented immigrants and employers underreporting wages for undocumented employees, arguing that associated “costs are passed on to American consumers in the forms of higher fees and interest rates.”

Why would a bank give a loan to illegals who face deportation? Many here on work and school visas have trouble getting loans from any institution other than very specialized ones. Many go for leases because their visas are for 3 years.

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Surprise: One Of Austin Shooters Is An Illegal Alien

By William Teach May 20, 2026 – 3:08 pm

I said there was a high chance of this the other day, but, I think on Twitter only

Austin shooting spree: 17-year-old suspect charged with 6 felonies

The 17-year-old connected to the shooting spree that took place across Austin this past weekend had his first court appearance Tuesday.

The backstory:
17-year-old Cristian Mondragon has been charged with six felonies. The charges include: (snip)

In court, it was revealed Mondragon is not a U.S. citizen and currently has an ICE hold.

He was also on probation through the juvenile justice system and has a juvenile detainer. (snip)

Authorities said the 17-year-old, Cristian Mondragon-Fajardo, had an active warrant for stealing a firearm from the same store where the 15-year-old allegedly stole another gun Saturday. Investigators believe the suspects stole more than four vehicles during the spree and may have switched vehicles multiple times.

So, an illegal who should have already been deported for being a criminal. Can’t wait for more news that shows he came in during the Biden years and is a gang member who should never have been let in to start with (beyond being an illegal, of course).

Unsurprisingly, there are only 3 stories, all locals including the above, on Google news for the past 24 hours that mention he’s an illegal. There is nothing at CNN, NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc and so on about the Austin shooting for days, and certainly not the kids’ name or that he’s an illegal. They essentially memory-holed the story when it looked like the shooters could be illegals and they couldn’t use the narrative of “guns bad”.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 20, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a river that will soon be full of sharks due to ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Geller Report, with a post on Jew hating Thomas Massie losing.

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NC GOP Looking To Pass Constitutional Amendment Limiting State Taxes

By William Teach May 20, 2026 – 10:30 am

Obviously, Democrats are against keeping taxes low for NC citizens

NC House to try again on constitutional amendments targeting income, property taxes

North Carolina House lawmakers are expected to try again Wednesday on a pair of proposed constitutional amendments after votes were delayed Tuesday.

One of the proposals seeks to permanently cap the state’s income tax rate at 3.5%. The other aims to regulate how quickly local governments can increase property tax rates.

Supporters say Republican-backed tax cuts in recent years have helped the economy grow, and that enshrining tax cuts into the state constitution will make them harder for future legislatures to undo. Critics say that by targeting two major sources of revenue for state government, as well as cities and counties, the amendments would go too far in limiting revenue and could force cuts to schools, police and other government services. (snip)

The income tax cap proposal has already cleared the Senate. That proposal, which would cut in half the state’s maximum possible income tax rate from 7% to 3.5%, passed 30-18 early Tuesday, with every Republican in support and every Democrat opposed.

Democrats do not care about police, except in their own neighborhoods. They do care about schools and government services, because that’s where their voters work. And being able to allocate way more money than needed means their friends, family, and donors get a piece of that pie. NGOs get their money for doing 20% of the work.

The biggest thing here is not the income tax rate, it’s the raising of taxes in counties run by Democrats which is the issue, as many are looking to raise taxes, particularly the property taxes, which is less than optimal after homeowners already saw them skyrocket post-COVID as their property values jumped 2.5 times. Perhaps counties and cities (both Wake County and the City Of Raleigh are looking to raise property taxes, for instance) should learn to spend money wisely. To tighten their belts just like in private companies. And keep an eye on their money

Chair of Durham PAC charged with embezzling more than $74,000 from committee
According to court documents, Cassandra Shana Stokes, the former chair of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, was charged with embezzlement and fraud in connection with a State Bureau of Investigation case into fraud allegations involving the PAC.

Dems will say “It’s only $74K, what’s the big deal?” Republicans will say “If I stole $74K directly from you, would you be OK with that?”

Original article

Critics say the move could leave North Carolina unable to respond adequately in the future to natural disasters, economic recessions or other emergencies. They called the proposal a move to trick voters this November into thinking the amendment will lower their taxes immediately. It won’t, since lawmakers already plan to lower the income tax rate to 3.49% next year regardless of whether the amendment passes with its proposed 3.5% cap.

North Carolina is legally required to have a balanced budget, with no deficit spending, so any drop in revenue must be made up by either making cuts or raising revenue, such as through taxes.

Make cuts. How much could be saved be reducing fraud, graft, and waste? Terminating all the non-necessary and redundant positions?

While the House postponed its vote Tuesday on the property tax amendment, its members voted unanimously for another bill that would partially close a loophole for affordable housing developers to be exempted from paying property taxes. That measure faces a final vote in the House Wednesday before heading to the Senate.

Rep. Erin Pare, R-Wake, is its main sponsor. She said too many apartment developers and others have been allowed to qualify for the tax breaks due to a recent court ruling, called the Blue Ridge case, and so she’s proposing this new law to clarify who can or can’t qualify. If her proposal had been in place last year, she said, Wake County alone would’ve collected an additional $11.4 million in revenue.

And there’s the “affordable housing” scam in play, for which Governor Stein is making a push again. There’s an “affordable housing” apartment complex nearby that is anything but, and tons of expensive vehicles in the parking lot, with market normal rental prices. But, the developer gets their tax breaks.

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Your Fault: UK Built For A Climate That No Longer Exists

By William Teach May 20, 2026 – 7:15 am

The UK should probably be more concerned about being built for a population that is being taken over by foreign invaders, particularly Islamists

UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns

climate doom yearly

Wait, I don’t have global heating on here?

British homes will need air conditioning to survive predicted levels of global heating, the government’s climate advisers have warned in a report, as measures such as drawing curtains, opening windows and growing trees for shade are not likely to be enough.

Air conditioning should be installed in all care homes and hospitals within the next 10 years, and in all schools within 25 years, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which published a major report on adapting to the impacts of global heating on Wednesday.

Wait, I thought AC was Bad for Hotcoldwetdry? Anyhow, the CCCP is an “independent” UK government agency which advises the government on how to fearmonger on anthropogenic climate change to take more money and freedom from the citizens.

The government should also set a maximum temperature for working, indoors and outdoors, the advisers said. The UK should prepare for 2C of global heating by 2050, as attempts to limit temperatures to 1.5C above preindustrial levels under the Paris agreement appeared likely to fail.

Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050. Periods of hot weather will be longer, which could lead to an additional 10,000 heat-related deaths a year. About nine in 10 UK homes are likely to overheat.

Can they tell us what the temperature will be by 2030? A year that is a little closer so we can determine how much of the BS is BS?

Sam Alvis, the head of energy security at the IPPR thinktank, called for more solar panels on roofs, alongside air conditioning. “We are going to have to get used to being a hot country, which is quite a mindset shift for the UK,” he said. “Air conditioning is actually a great pair for solar from an energy system point of view because it matches supply and demand, and your aircon is only going to be needed above certain temperatures.”

Emma Howard Boyd, a professor in practice at the London School of Economics, said heat was already killing people, but received too little attention. “Heat resilience cannot continue to be treated as an afterthought,” she said. “It belongs alongside flood preparedness and water security at the very top of the national resilience agenda and the wider prosperity of the UK.”

Doomsday cult.

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Wackadoodle San Diego Shooter’s Manifesto Is Wackadoodle

By William Teach May 20, 2026 – 7:00 am

When you give it 24-48 hours before Blamestorming, you might find the reality

Shocking manifesto reveals teen shooters’ vile motivations behind San Diego mosque shooting

A shocking manifesto filled with racial and ethnic hatred linked to the teen terrorists who killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego is being reviewed by law enforcement, The California Post has learned.

The manifesto, co-authored by 17-year-old Cain Clark and 19-year-old Caleb Vasquez, includes the same Nazi imagery that Clarke donned in a livestream video of the horrific attack — the Black Sun and Atomwaffen symbols linked to Nazi Germany sympathizers. Further investigation by The Post found other links between the authors and the manifesto in various online profiles connected to shooters.

“I am a straight male. I am certainly not left wing, nor am I right wing — especially not with MAGA or Trump. Politically, I’d call myself a Third Positionist, specifically aligning most with National Socialism and eco-fascism, though any form of Third Positionism,” Vasquez said in the 75-page memo under the “About Me” section.

Might be protesting a bit too much about the straight male thing, but, if they are releasing parts of the manifesto, they must not think either of the wackos is gender confused. They usually hide the information and memory hole the shooting.

He describes the 2019 New Zealand Christchurch mosque shooter, Brenton Tarrant, as the blueprint for a successful livestreamed attack.

Both shooters mention livestreaming the attack using a GoPro. Vazquez asked people to “Spread our message,” by sharing the livestream while Clark simply said “Try to get the latest version you can if you plan to stream your attack,” under his “Obtaining/Making Gear” section.

The memo also details his beliefs and contains derogatory and racist views targeting a number of groups — including Muslims, Jews, and gay people, among others.

Basically, he’s way to the far right, into the Authoritarian model. Where most of the eco-fascists lie. Oh, and the Democratic Socialists, to a degree. Like AOC and Mamdani, among others. He’s full on wacktard.

Is this real?

Read the whole thread there. They hated Jews. Say they are not trans, but, incels. Hated women and gays. Hated all immigrants. Hated Trump and wanted someone to shoot him.

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Climate Crisis (scam) Is Messing With Your Mental Health In “Subtle But Insidious Ways”

By William Teach May 19, 2026 – 3:01 pm

Is it due to the consistent and constant doomsaying from the media, politicians, schools, movies, TV shows?

The subtle yet insidious ways climate change affects mental health

The stress of climate change is taking a toll on mental health across the world – and not just among those who have survived disasters.

Even as extreme weather hits more frequently, the signals people have always relied on to track the seasons seem to be spinning out of control. And scientists and public health researchers are seeing growing evidence of the cost to mental health.

In a review of 57 studies published in the journal Nature Mental Health, researchers linked slow-moving environmental changes, such as drought and changes to the seasons, with depression, anxiety, and psychological distress. Study participants described recurring feelings of worry, grief, and frustration, often tied to concerns about their families, communities, and the future.

“Slow, ongoing environmental changes are related to negative emotions, as well as depression and anxiety symptoms, generalized psychological distress, and suicidality,” said Sarah Lowe, an associate professor of public health at the Yale School of Public Health and a co-author of the study.

Good lord, these people are insane

Ways to cope
Although the psychological burden of climate uncertainty can be significant, researchers say certain strategies can make a meaningful difference.

“Social support was one of the most important: simply having someone to acknowledge their fears and concerns helped people feel less alone,” Runkle said.

Other coping strategies include creative activities, spending time in nature, and seeking out information on constructive ways to deal with climate change. Some people have connected with youth climate networks or gotten involved in organizing efforts.

All this does is reinforce an unhealthy focus on Future Doom as pushed by a cult based on faulty and fake science. If a parent keeps telling their child they are stupid and worthless, that will mess with their mental health, right?

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