Excitable Eric Swalwell Threatens ICE Agents If He Becomes Governor

By William Teach December 31, 2025 – 10:30 am

There’s patronizing the base and then there’s recklessness, but, damn, I almost want to see him become California governor to see him try this

Swalwell: As CA Gov I Will Charge ICE Agents, Take Away Their Drivers License

Tuesday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said if he became governor in California, he would charge ICE agents and take away their driver’s licenses if they commit crimes.

Host Jason Johnson said, “What would you do if you are able to be elected as governor of California? Yes, we’ve seen over just not just one year of this new regime, that it’s the states that tend to be the strongest pushback. It’s the governors of Illinois, it’s the governor of Michigan, governor of Virginia, Maryland, everything else like that. What will you bring to the table? Because California, just by size and GDP alone, is sort of the tip of the spear. What would you bring to the table as a governor of California?”

Swalwell said, “Well, you have immense powers as governor of California and your responsibility to protect the most vulnerable in the state. So if the president is going to send ICE agents to chase immigrants through the fields where they work, what I’m going to do is make sure that they take off their masks and show their faces, that they show their identification. And if they commit crimes that they’re going to be charged with crimes, if it’s falsely imprisoning people, if it’s kidnapping, if it’s assault battery, they’re going to be held accountable. I also think if the governor has the ability to issue driver’s licenses to people in California, if you’re going to wear a mask and not identify yourself, you’re not going to be eligible to drive a vehicle in California. There’s a lot you can do, but most importantly, you have to go on offense. Otherwise, the most vulnerable in our community will always be on defense.”

Well, good luck with that, Sparky, good luck! It would be really amusing to see Swalwell try this. How many California cops would actually cooperate with this, knowing that the headache they will receive if they try? How many California cops are in favor of illegal immigration? How many California cops think it is “kidnapping” to detain illegal aliens per federal law? Denying federal agents driver’s licenses or revoking them would violate California law.

And, quite frankly, Swalwell has a good shot considering who’s running. I mean, Xavier Becerra, Katie Porter, and Tom Steyer are probably Eric’s biggest competition, and none of them are clear front runners, the person to beat. Porter is a bigger wackjob than Steyer, Steyer is one of the hated Rich People, Becerra is rather boring and possibly involved with a corruption scandal. Antonio Villaraigosa is the most “moderate” of the bunch, so, good luck, unless Republicans in California decide to vote for him as a spoiler. Former state Controller Betty Yee? Most Californians are going “who?” Same with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and Ian Calderon, and then there’s Republican Steve Hilton. Not a chance.

I wonder why some in California want to keep illegal immigration going

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Atlantic Ocean At Tipping Point Scientists Say Or Something

By William Teach December 31, 2025 – 7:15 am

This again? Hasn’t it been at a tipping point for at least a decade, and nothing happens?

Scientists Issue Grim Warning: Atlantic Ocean ‘At A Tipping Point’

Many of us have a way of taking the oceans for granted. A place to surf, perhaps, or to enjoy other water sports, or simply admire while sitting on the beach. Those who make their livings in far harsher ocean conditions would feel rather differently, however, and so do climate scientists, who warn that the Atlantic Ocean could reach a critical point from which it’s going to be impossibly difficult to recover. Though we often think of the ocean as separate and distinct from life on land, the thing to remember is that about 71% of the planet is covered in water, the vast majority of which is ocean water. The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest on Earth, covers 41.1 million square miles, about one-fifth of the surface of the planet. This is why it takes so long for an aircraft carrier to cross the Atlantic, and it also makes it a critical barometer and provider of life on Earth.

Wow, could that be any more patronizing? But, then, most Warmists are not particularly known for having a solid foundation in Earth sciences

Tragically, its role in safeguarding that life is in increasing jeopardy because of climate change. A study from René M. van Westen et al., published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences in November 2025, sounds the alarm: “The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change.” Humanity, according to the report, is causing the AMOC, a system of currents that the Met Office likens to “a conveyor belt” regulating the temperature of ocean water, to deteriorate. The study created several potential scenarios to detail what might happen if this system was lost, and the possible impact on life on Earth in a broad sense is chilling to think about. Let’s take a closer look at the AMOC and what the impact of climate change on it potentially means for the Earth.

Wait, I thought we were told it wasn’t slowing down? Or was it speeding up? No one knows, but, unsurprisingly, the study’s computer models tell them doom is coming, but, you know

Antarctic Collapse 9,000 Years Ago Hints at White Continent’s Future

Scientists closely study our planet’s polar regions to understand the overall changes in our climate. Loss of ice sheet volume has far-reaching effects, but is also difficult to predict. A team from Tokyo’s National Institute of Polar Research has published a paper in Nature, exploring the Holocene Antarctic collapse to understand what happened in the past after rapid ice sheet thinning.

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet is the planet’s largest ice sheet. Here, the continent experienced significant ice loss and breakup after the end of the last Ice Age around 9,000 years ago. The NIPR team examined sediment cores from the seafloor, and the tiny fossils within them, to trace the breakup of the ice.

They discovered that melting ice caused a positive feedback loop. As the ice melted, the fresh surface water drove the warmer, saltier water toward Antarctica. This warmer water — called the Circumpolar Deep Water — melted the base of the ice shelves, leading to more freshwater ice melt. (snip)

This thinning peaked between nine and seven thousand years ago. Eventually, conditions changed, and the loss was reversed. But the paper’s authors believe this ancient event can improve our modern models of ice loss.

So, um, what caused this 9,000 years ago, and, why can’t that primarily be the case now?

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Wacko Judge Angel Determines That TPS Cannot End For South Sudanese

By William Teach December 31, 2025 – 7:00 am

I’d like to see where in the federal code that federal judges were empowered to change the terms of TPS

US judge halts ending of temporary protected status for South Sudanese migrants

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked plans by the Trump administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to hundreds of South Sudanese nationals living in the United States.

US district judge Angel Kelley in Boston granted an emergency request by several South Sudanese nationals and an immigrant rights group to prevent the temporary protected status they had been granted from expiring as planned after 5 January.

The ruling is a temporary victory for immigrant advocates and a setback for the Trump administration’s broader effort to curtail the humanitarian program. It is the latest in a series of legal challenges to the administration’s moves to end similar protections for nationals from several other countries, including Syria, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua.

Kelley, who was appointed by the Democratic former president Joe Biden, issued the order after four migrants from South Sudan along with African Communities Together, a non-profit group, sued. The lawsuit alleged that action by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was unlawful and exposed them to being deported to a country facing a series of humanitarian crises.

She wrote that allowing it to take effect before the courts had time to consider the case’s merits “would result in an immediate impact on the South Sudanese nationals, stripping current beneficiaries of lawful status, which could imminently result in their deportation”.

It’s not our job to take in every person from a 3rd world shithole in perpetuity and provide them with everything

(Fox News) In a statement to Fox News Digital, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said TPS protections were “never designed to be permanent.”

“Yet another lawless and activist order from the federal judiciary who continues to usurp the President’s constitutional authority,” McLaughlin wrote. “Under the previous administration, Temporary Protected Status was abused to allow violent terrorists, criminals, and national security threats into our nation. TPS was never designed to be permanent.

“With the renewed peace in South Sudan, their demonstrated commitment to ensuring the safe reintegration of returning nationals, and improved diplomatic relations, now is the right time to conclude what was always intended to be a temporary designation.”

The benefits for South Sudanese end on January 5th. Let’s consider

On September 5, 2023, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from November 4, 2023, through May 3, 2025. On May 6, 2025, DHS announced that TPS for South Sudan is extended and redesignated through November 3, 2025

So the Trump admin extended it to the beginning of November, not a full 18 months, after the Biden era extension. We do not have to keep them. This will end up being yet another loss for hyper-partisan left wing judges (Judge Angel was appointed by Biden) once it goes to a federal appeals court. Also, Judge Angel can only apply this to her Boston district, per the Supreme Court decision.

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PRC’s Next Move Is To Ruin Tortillas

By William Teach December 30, 2025 – 3:00 pm

It’s always something in the People’s Republik Of California

From the link

The ingredients in tortillas sold in California will soon change forever in hopes that a new ingredient will boost infant health, as critics worry the taste of the popular food could change too.

Beginning New Year’s Day, most tortillas and corn masa products sold in the state will be required to contain folic acid, a vitamin that’s vital to baby health.

But critics warn it could forever affect the taste of the state’s tacos. Even though the required dose is tiny, folic acid doesn’t taste great.

Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano put it to the test last year — and the results weren’t pretty. In a blind taste test between a regular tortilla and one loaded with the B vitamin, he and tortilla factory owners could immediately spot the difference.

Between 2017 and 2019, data showed about 28 percent of Latinas reported taking folic acid the month before becoming pregnant, while white women checked in at 46 percent, according to the California Department of Public Health.

So, the idea is that Latino women will eat more of the tortillas with the folic acid, instead of, say, recommending they take folic acid pills, readily available at any drugstore, Walmart, vitamin store, etc?

Alabama has passed its own version of the law, which goes into effect in June 2026.

So, they’re going to ruin them, too.

Some manufacturers have already been adding folic acid to their products. Mission Foods said it started fortifying its foods back in 2016, when the federal government first allowed it, and it supports the new laws in California and Alabama.

They have all sorts of weird types of tortillas, so, can’t tell you if they are good or not, as I avoid them. I like the La Banderita or Guerrero ones.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 30, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is an island almost erased by carbon pollution driven sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Don Surber, with a post on the death of Brigitte Bardot.

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States Try And Step In To Deal With Obamacare Subsidies, Find Out They’re Really Expensive

By William Teach December 30, 2025 – 10:30 am

Hey, maybe of so many Democrat run states hadn’t spent so much money on illegals, they would have some cash. But, really, they’re finding out that it’s easy to say “Medicare for all” but realizing that Obamacare spiked health insurance and care costs so much that this makes no fiscal sense

States step into the breach as Obamacare subsidies lapse

surprise surprise surpriseAt least a dozen states are working to shield people from soaring health insurance costs following Congress’ failure to extend Obamacare subsidies for tens of millions of Americans.

The efforts, which include actions taken by state leaders in California, Colorado and Maryland, in nearly every case come with a major caveat: They will only be able to help a portion of the people whose health insurance will be too expensive without the enhanced subsidies that Congress opted not to renew before leaving Washington for the year.

“We can carry the cost for a little bit, but at some point, we will need Congress to act,” said Javier Martínez, speaker of the House in New Mexico, the only state so far to cover all lapsed subsidies. “No state can withstand to plug in every single budget hole that the Trump administration leaves behind.”

The speed at which the mostly Democratic states have taken action underscores the mounting national anxiety about the medical and political impact the end of these subsidies will have. Millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford health insurance, straining the budgets of state welfare programs and hospitals that are already in the red, and threatening to erode access to care to a level not seen in years.

Responses have so far been uneven, reflecting political and economic realities across the country. Georgia and Washington, for instance, are not likely to cover the subsidies, though for very different reasons. Other states, like Connecticut and New Mexico, have already acted, allocating money in sessions earlier this year in preparation for the possibility, and may add more in the upcoming year.

Perhaps Democrats shouldn’t have set this whole thing to fail with the expiring subsidies? Or created Obamacare to start with?

In Minnesota, one of several states that may take up the issue when legislatures reconvene in January, the idea of replacing the subsidies has faced opposition from both parties.

State Sen. Matt Klein, who is running for the congressional seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Angie Craig, said he has struggled to convince some members of his party to allocate the funding because they see it as a boondoggle for private insurers.

Say, I wonder what Minnesota could have done with at least $9 billion that disappeared into fraud? Sure could have helped, eh? Funny how they had no problem doling out butt-tons of money to unvetted Somali groups but won’t help Americans.

In Washington state, House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon cited his state’s budget shortfall as the primary reason they cannot backfill the health subsidies. And in Minnesota, Klein stressed, “We don’t, at this point in our fiscal cycle, have a lot of extra money.”

Oops? They’re finding out how expensive Obamacare made health.

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Surprise: Hybrids Crash Risk Three Times Higher Than ICE Cars

By William Teach December 30, 2025 – 7:00 am

There’s somewhere back in the archives a post about how much more dangerous EVs are when it comes to crashes, now we see

Data: Hybrid Vehicles’ Fatal Crash Risk Is Three Times Higher than Gas-Powered Cars

Motorists driving hybrid cars are three times more likely to be involved in fatal road collisions compared to those in conventional petrol vehicles, according to recent statistics from the UK’s Department for Transport.

The Times of London reports that Department for Transport data reveals a concerning trend: hybrid cars, which combine gas engines with electric motors, are overrepresented in fatal road accidents in the UK. The official figures show that in the past year, 122 people died in fatal collisions involving hybrid cars, while 777 deaths occurred in crashes with petrol-only vehicles. Considering that petrol models outnumber hybrid vehicles by nearly 20 to one on UK roads, the data suggests that hybrids are involved in approximately three times as many fatal crashes per capita.

Hybrid cars are preferred by many consumers over traditional gas, diesel, or full EVs due to their perceived benefits. They offer the value of home charging while still providing the extended range and reliability of a combustion engine. However, the recent statistics have raised concerns among road safety specialists, prompting calls for an investigation into the underlying reasons for the disproportionate fatality rates.

According to the data, there was one death for every 8,000 hybrid cars on the road last year, compared to one death for every 20,000 diesel vehicles and one death for every 25,000 gas engines.

Experts suggest that the higher death rates in hybrids could be attributed to the complex combination of petrol engines, batteries, and electric motors, which may be more challenging to control and more susceptible to fires in the event of a crash. The intricacy of hybrid systems, with dual power sources, cooling systems, and intricate electronics and wiring, can create “complex fire scenarios which are harder for firemen to put out,” according to Nicholas Lyes from the road safety charity IAM RoadSmart.

Certainly, hybrids are much heavier than ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles, have pretty much the same acceleration as ICE cars these days, and can provide much more physical force in a crash, and then there are the batteries which can catch on fire, which is why many fire departments have special trucks to deal withe fires from hybrids.

One thing to consider is that there are way, way more hybrids in the UK these days. You want a Honda? Everything is hybrid or EV except for 1 model, and there won’t be many Type R’s available. Toyota? 4 ICE vehicles out 22 models. You have narrow roads and idiots walking around on their phones. Regardless, the government push to force people into non-ICE vehicles creates problems, especially when the ones doing the pushing rarely drive EVs or hybrids themselves. If people want them, they can get them. I love my hybrid. Others want something else.

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WP Super Upset Over ICE’s At Large Arrests

By William Teach December 30, 2025 – 6:45 am

We’ve already seen several hyper-left wing judges attempt to rule that immigration enforcement cannot arrest illegal aliens in courthouses, schools, daycare centers (they weren’t), churches, and so many other “sensitive” place. How soon till some wacko judge says ICE cannot arrest illegals in the streets?

ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows

The Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign has led to a significant change in strategy, as federal officers shift away from focusing on arresting immigrants already held in local jails to tracking them down on the streets and in communities, according to a Washington Post analysis of government data.

The result has been a huge surge of such at-large arrests, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement tallying about 17,500 in September and on pace to exceed that in October. (The data The Post examined had been updated through the middle of that month.) That was far more than any other month included in the data, which dated back to October 2011.

The Post’s analysis highlights a broader pattern in how the Department of Homeland Security is approaching enforcement, even as authorities insist that immigration officers are focusing on violent criminals whom they describe as “the worst of the worst.” Government data shows that more than 60 percent of the people detained in at-large arrests since June did not have criminal convictions or pending charges.

So, you mean that 40% are bad people, and the rest got scooped up because they were known illegal aliens? Cool!

Many local jails flag undocumented immigrants for removal and contact ICE directly. ICE also has the authority to monitor local arrests through a fingerprint-sharing program. The agency often files a detainer requesting that jails hold potential deportees for up to 48 hours for federal officers to take custody.

By comparison, at-large arrests typically require more human and financial resources to carry out, immigration experts said. ICE’s website says that such arrests “are unpredictable and can be dangerous to the public.”

So, wouldn’t it make more sense for all those sanctuary jurisdictions, which tend to have higher, denser populations and lots of illegals, to cooperate with ICE, therefore taking the bad folks away and keeping ICE busy doing that, meaning less time to go after the little angels (who are breaking 8 U.S. Code § 1325?

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Investors Dumping Millions Into Idiotic ‘Climate’ Solutions

By William Teach December 29, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Politico seems surprised

Betting on climate failure, these investors could earn billions

Venture capitalist Finn Murphy believes world leaders could soon resort to deflecting sunlight into space if the Earth gets unbearably hot.

That’s why he’s invested more than $1 million in Stardust Solutions, a leading solar geoengineering firm that’s developing a system to reduce warming by enveloping the globe in reflective particles.

Murphy isn’t rooting for climate catastrophe. But with global temperatures soaring and the political will to limit climate change waning, Stardust “can be worth tens of billions of dollars,” he said.

“It would be definitely better if we lost all our money and this wasn’t necessary,” said Murphy, the 33-year-old founder of Nebular, a New York investment fund named for a vast cloud of space dust and gas.

Murphy is among a new wave of investors who are putting millions of dollars into emerging companies that aim to limit the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth — while also potentially destabilizing weather patterns, food supplies and global politics. He has a degree in mathematics and mechanical engineering and views global warming not just as a human and political tragedy, but as a technical challenge with profitable solutions.

Soaring temperatures = 1.7F increase since 1850. Anyhow, when even Politico notices how risky these crazadoodle things are, be worried, because they are much worse

Solar geoengineering investors are generally young, pragmatic and imaginative — and willing to lean into the adventurous side of venture capitalism. They often shrug off the concerns of scientists who argue it’s inherently risky to fund the development of potentially dangerous technologies through wealthy investors who could only profit if the planet-cooling systems are deployed.

My question is “why would they do this unless they say a massive monetary reward?”

“If the technology works and the outcomes are positive without really catastrophic downstream impacts, these are trillion-dollar market opportunities,” said Evan Caron, a co-founder of the energy-focused venture firm Montauk Capital. “So it’s a no-brainer for an investor to take a shot at some of these.”

And there you go. All it would take would be things like destroying agriculture.

Still, the funding surge for geoengineering companies pales in comparison to the billions of dollars being put toward artificial intelligence. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has raised $62.5 billion in 2025 alone, according to investment data compiled by PitchBook.

Because AI is real, tangible, and works.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 29, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a calm bay due to missing wind caused by ‘climate change’, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Not A Lot Of People Know That, with a post on blaming a sinkhole on ‘climate change’.

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