Fed Judge Kathy Orders ICE To Not Pepper Spray Mostly Peaceful Protesters In Minnesota

By William Teach January 17, 2026 – 10:30 am

How quick till this order is overturned on appeal?

U.S. judge orders federal agents to stop pepper spraying, retaliating against peaceful Minnesota protesters

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters.

The preliminary injunction by Judge Katherine Menendez of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota applies to federal agents and officers participating in Operation Metro Surge, the controversial immigration crackdown launched by the administration of President Donald Trump, who has promised to round up criminal migrants for deportation across the country.

It will remain in effect, Menendez wrote, until the mission concludes or conditions are such that it is no longer needed. The judge stated the federal operation started in Minnesota on Dec. 4 in Minnesota.

The ruling orders federal law enforcement to stop taking action against peaceful protesters, including those demonstrating against federal agents and officers.

The injunction for now prohibits “retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge,” according to Friday’s ruling.

Um, OK? Pretty much everyone who gets sprayed is involved in obstructing ICE, for preventing a threat. People aren’t getting detained/pulled over for no reason. We literally see it on video

There are plenty of those out there. These wackos, seemingly mostly affluent, white liberal women (AWFL), have been trained to do this. It ends up making no difference in arresting illegals, it just gets themselves in trouble.

The injunction is a response to a lawsuit, filed Dec. 17 by the ACLU on behalf of six protesters and observers who alleged their constitutional rights, including freedom of speech and right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, were violated by federal agents. The plaintiffs have been subjected to arrest, detention and pepper spraying, and had firearms pointed at them, during the immigration enforcement operation, according to the ruling.

Law enforcement won’t point a loaded firearm at someone 99.999999% of the time unless they are a threat.

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Doom Today: Mushrooms Will Kill You When You Least Expect It

By William Teach January 17, 2026 – 7:00 am

I’m actually surprised Jezebel didn’t put some sort of loony tunes 4th wave feminism spin on this

A Climate Change Threat You Wouldn’t Expect: Death by Mushroom Poisoning

First things first: You could not pay me, at this point, to eat some foraged mushrooms. I don’t care if you’ve foraged every weekend for the last decade. I don’t care if you’re a grizzled survivalist living off the providence of nature. I don’t care if you’ve observed deer nibbling on them. The fact of the matter is, the ones that add a nice earthiness to a pasta cream sauce look entirely too similar to the ones that leave you curled up and dying in agony for me to trust any forager’s eye test, a point driven home by California’s ongoing epidemic/outbreak of mushroom poisoning cases, which in less than two months has left three dozen people sickened and resulted in multiple fatalities. Of course, there’s another culprit involved here as well, and I think you know its name: Climate change.

The mushrooms in question are of the toxic death cap (Amanita phalloides) variety, which the true crime junkies in the house will no doubt immediately perk up and recognize as the same family of mushrooms infamously used in a triple murder by a woman in Victoria, Australia in 2023. In that case, the now-convicted woman had put a truly theatrical level of art into her murder method, serving her guests homemade beef wellingtons containing the mushrooms. In California, meanwhile, the poisonings all appear to be accidental to date, the result of foragers mistaking the generally benign-looking death cap or western destroying angel mushrooms for more common and palatable species before cooking with them … which does nothing to destroy the poison, by the way. Now can you see why declining foraged mushrooms from a friend might be a good idea?

If you’re trying to forage your own mushrooms, or buy them from someone who did, you’re a complete fucking dipshit for not know what the types look like.

Which begs the question, why has the number of poisonings shot up so precipitously? Well, here’s the thing: Mushroom poisonings tend to occur when toxic mushrooms suddenly appear in places where they don’t typically exist, or in numbers that are not usually seen, and overconfident foragers can’t tell the difference. And what is different about the California climate this year? That would be record levels of precipitation and drenching storms linked to climate change; the same storms that caused historic flooding in Washington and Oregon this fall. As these “atmospheric rivers” have dragged huge amounts of water into the state, they’ve created some odd results, even pulling California out of the “abnormally dry” category of the U.S. Drought Monitor for the first time in a quarter century. That’s a boon for reservoirs, but as with any climate change topic, the full array of results is unpredictable. Did anyone think to attempt to warn residents of the state about a surge in toxic mushrooms, back in November? No, and that really shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Did anyone foraging consider they should be able to identify wild mushrooms? Dipshits.

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LOL: Supposedly, Tim Walz And Jacob Frey Are Under Federal Investigation

By William Teach January 17, 2026 – 6:45 am

See, maybe back in 2018 the moonbat cries of “Fascism” for investigating Democrats might have carried at least a little weight, but, it’s 2026, and after all the investigations, prosecutions, witch hunts, home raids, etc and so on, those cries are liberal tears in my coffee cup, especially since this investigation is based on Law and they put themselves in this spot

Federal prosecutors open investigation into Walz, Frey over alleged impeding of law enforcement

Fox News has learned federal prosecutors are investigating both Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding law enforcement efforts in the blue state.

Two sources familiar confirmed the probe, though no additional details about the investigation have been publicly released.

Sources said the investigation is in early stages, and it is unclear if it will result in any criminal charges.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News the duo’s anti-ICE rhetoric was teetering on a federal crime.

“When the governor or the mayor threaten our officers, when the mayor suggests that he’s encouraging citizens to call 911 when they see ICE officers, that is very close to a federal crime,” Blanche said.

Next comes the hilarious part

Walz responded to the news on X, claiming the Trump administration was “weaponizing the justice system.”

“Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly,” Walz wrote. “Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.”

Seriously, like this has meaning after 2016 through now, the way Democrats, including Biden, his DOJ, and judges, went after Trump and Republicans? Pound sand.

More: how about that weaponization?

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Who’s Up For Taking A Cruise And Learning About ‘Climate Change’?

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 3:59 pm

I’ve been on a cruise once, was probably around 14, and, good grief, too many people in too small an area for me. Can’t imagine getting on one of today’s monster sized ships. But, if I did it would be for relaxation. But, now, the doomsday cult is invading what is supposed to be fun

This cruise line is teaching guests how to track climate change in polar ice caps

Passengers can do their bit to help monitor climate change during a new citizen science project aboard Aurora Expeditions’ Antarctica cruises.

The expedition cruise line has partnered with physics teacher and scientist Joe Muise who runs the Thermal Imaging of Polar Ice project to help collect data on the region’s changing landscapes.

The project uses specialised thermal cameras that detect surface temperature differences, allowing ice formations and glaciers to be viewed through heat rather than light.

Guests on Aurora Expeditions’ three ships will be taught how to use thermal imaging cameras by guides to capture images of polar ice caps in the region which can then be studied to monitor how they are changing over time.

Nothing like getting some free work out of people who paid for the cruise to see…what the hell is there to see? It’s not like taking an Arctic cruise with whales, killer whales, fiords, good ports to stop at.

Muise said he was inspired during a Lindblad Expeditions trip to the region in 2023, where he realised there was an opportunity to collect data at scale through cruise lines.

He told The Independent: “Using expedition cruises for data collection takes advantage of the fact that people are already traveling to these regions, allowing science to happen in a way that would otherwise be difficult to execute.

Yeah, yeah, pay me, cultists. It is also cute that the cruise line, which travels all over the place, owns three ships that use diesel. That’s a fossil fuel, right?

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a perfect place for a wind farm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bearing Arms, with a post on Australian gun grabbing not going well.

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Washington Post Surprised Venezeula’s Socialist Leaders Want To Work With Trump

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 10:30 am

Trump Derangement Syndrome is a hell of a thing, where it drives people who are supposed to be rational into utter shock over things that happen, like

With Maduro in U.S. custody, his lieutenants warm to Trump

Last month, as U.S. forces were massing off Venezuela, government officials here — the political heirs to Hugo Chávez, founder of the country’s socialist state — vowed American intervention would ignite 100 years of war. “If they attack Venezuela,” one senior official said, “not a single drop of oil can leave here for the United States.”

But since the U.S. military’s stealth operation Jan. 3 to capture President Nicolás Maduro, the leaders of a newly pragmatic Chavismo seem to have walked through a looking glass to welcome Los Yanquis with open arms.

Two countries with leaders of sharply different ideologies are moving toward the creation of a neo-colony here in South America, with Washington holding the purse strings (and all the cards). The Venezuelans, whether motivated by the threat of more U.S. force or an assessment that a diplomatic reset with their longtime nemesis to the north is now the best — if not only — course, are moving quickly to reestablish formal ties while working on legislation that could grease American investment in the key oil sector.

President Donald Trump, who until Maduro’s capture condemned his authoritarian regime, hailed Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s vice president and now Venezuela’s interim leader, as a “terrific woman” after they spoke Wednesday. Cast aside has been the pro-democracy movement led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado — a “nice woman,” Trump said this month, but “lacks support” and is “not respected.”

It’s all about the pragmatism: those Venezuelan leaders seem to understand they could be next after Machado and that they could be seen as heroes if they are in charge as the economy turns around. If they’re the ones providing toilet paper and beer to The People they will great! They also get to keep power. They like that. They are essentially going to be high ranking employees of Trump, Inc. Trump gets to do what Trump does: reduce the flow of drugs out of Venezuela and into the US (he hates drugs) and turn a “company” around. He gets to try and make Venezuela into a productive, wonderful, just wonderful, it’s really great, people want to go there, country.

As for Machado, the NY Times did a whole whiny piece, failing to understand that the best thing Trump can do is not be all gung ho about her, which would cause Leftists to call her a Trump dupe and pull all support for her in a rage of TDS. Anything and anyone that Trump supports gets the opposite from the Never Trumpers.

Rodríguez this week called for a new political era, using language that would have been shocking two weeks ago. Her government’s release of some political prisoners, she said, should make clear that Venezuela aims to “allow understanding” and embraces a “political and ideological diversity.” She was seeking energy cooperation with the United States, she said Thursday, “based on decency, dignity, and independence.”

“If one day I were to have to go to Washington, as acting president, I would do so, on my own two feet,” she said, “carrying the tri-colored flag.”

Well, she wants to stay in power. It’s much easier to work with the Trump admin than oppose them.

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LOL: UK Might Face Energy Rationing Before Next Election

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 7:15 am

I wonder how quick the trees will be cut down for heating and cooking? (via Green Jihad)

Britain at risk of electricity rationing before general election

Britain risks electricity rationing by the next general election unless its fleet of ageing gas-fired power stations is urgently upgraded, a new report has warned.

More than a dozen of Britain’s gas-fired power stations are so old that they may not last until the end of the decade and key parts required to upgrade them take years to arrive on order, energy consultancy Watt-Logic said.

It called on Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary, to face up to the threat amid growing concern over UK power supplies, which still rely largely on gas despite the expansion of renewables.

“Without urgent action to secure dispatchable generation and stabilise the gas network, the UK faces escalating risks of supply shortfalls and widespread system failures well before 2030,” the report warns.

Replacing reliable, dependable energy for unreliable “green” energy has worked wonders, eh?

About a third of the UK’s electricity is generated by gas-fired power plants – but on windless days, this proportion can double.

The gas plants are old and the UK is planning on shutting down 8 out of 10 nuclear power plants by 2030.

A spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said: “The National Energy System Operator, has been clear the faster we decarbonise, the more secure we are.

“Gas will continue to play a key role in our energy system as we transition to clean, more secure, homegrown energy.

“That’s why we are also delivering the biggest upgrade to Great Britain’s electricity network in decades to deliver clean power by 2030 and beyond.”

OK, so, y’all over there in the UK just have to suffer till 2030. And then you’ll get new excuses.

As Green Jihad notes

Wind and solar generation capacity could be tripled, yet three times zero is still zero. Miliband understands that the genuine crises will only emerge after the upcoming election, so he’ll push to devastate the nation in the meantime, safe in the knowledge that he won’t bear the repercussions.

Funny thing is, the morons will still vote for the politicians who do this to the peasants.

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Tim Walz Ask Trump To “Turn The Temp Down”, Admin Says Walz Should Sit This One Out

By William Teach January 16, 2026 – 7:00 am

I mean, this took a lot of chutzpah by Tampon Tim

White House slams Walz, Democrats in Minnesota following governor’s ‘direct appeal’ to Trump

The White House pushed back Thursday after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz told President Donald Trump to “turn the temperature down” following a warning from the president that he could invoke the Insurrection Act over unrest in Walz’s state.

In a “direct appeal” on X, Walz pleaded to Trump to “Stop this campaign of retribution” and said that “This is not who we are.” The Democrat’s comments came after a second U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-involved shooting in Minneapolis in recent days sparked demonstrations in the streets.

So, Trump needs to stop but the wackos should keep “protesting”, and for Dems anything less than murder is peaceful. And Walz knows this. He won’t come anywhere near the violence he’s pushing for

“Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Democrat leaders in Minnesota have done nothing but turn up the temperature, smear heroic ICE officers, and incite violence against them — all in defense of criminal illegal aliens,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News.

“In Minnesota, ICE has arrested rapists, drug traffickers, domestic abusers, and more, despite Democrat opposition. The Trump Administration will protect the American people and enforce the law without apology. The only statement Tim Walz should be making is an apology. He has repeatedly compared ICE officers to Nazis and lied about their important work, including in his speech just last night,” Jackson added.

The White House’s Rapid Response team also criticized Walz, writing on X, “Tampon, you gave a statewide address last night calling for ICE agents to be prosecuted for enforcing the law, so you might want to sit this one out.”

Tim might want to keep a low profile, as I’m sure the DOJ would love to arrest him for inciting violence against federal officers to go with everything regarding all the massive fraud in Minnesota.

“Help us establish a record of exactly what’s happening in our communities. You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities,” Walz said. “So, carry your phone with you at all times. And if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity. But to bank evidence for future prosecution.”

It’s no wonder federal law enforcement covers their faces, because we have all witnessed what Democrats do to people.

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Bummer: Chinatown in SF Is Already Living Through Climate Doom

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Reading something like this reinforces that this is not about science, but, hardcore leftist politics

San Francisco’s Chinatown is already living through the climate crisis

Climate change is no longer distant. It is not a future event or a theoretical debate. It is already reshaping daily life in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

This is one of the city’s oldest and most culturally rooted neighborhoods. It is home to 14,000 residents and more than 900 small businesses. These are not statistics. They are grandmothers living in single-room apartments, restaurant workers cooking with the windows closed, kids studying next to space heaters. The stakes are personal and immediate.

The majority of buildings were built decades ago, with little to no insulation or ventilation planning. Most do not have the structural capacity to respond to heat waves, wildfire smoke, or storm flooding. Poor air circulation compounds indoor heat and traps pollution. During wildfire season, many residents are forced to keep their windows closed, with only a small crack for airflow. Even then, the air inside remains heavy with smoke.

Chinatown is rather high, at least 64 meters, above sea level, and is on the downward slope of Nob Hill: water runs downhill, it doesn’t sit there. As for smoke, perhaps they should tell their governor and elected officials to manage the forested areas properly? It’s also a built up area: air circulation is never the best. Nothing to do with Hocoldwetdry

Children and elders are especially at risk. According to data from San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership, Chinatown’s geography and building density make it harder for air to circulate. Tall structures and narrow streets form physical barriers that concentrate vehicle emissions and ambient toxins. This leads to sustained poor air quality, especially harmful to young lungs and aging respiratory systems.

See? How is this Your Fault for driving a fossil fueled vehicle?

This is not just about temperature or weather. It is about access to breathable air, functional housing, and the basic right to live in health and dignity. And it is compounded by economic precarity and the lack of emergency support structures.

So, it’s not really about a small increase in global temperatures since 1850? Or coming doom?

During wet weather, the steep slopes of Chinatown become hazardous. Many elders avoid leaving their homes during storms, which cuts them off from groceries and community services. One rainy season can mean months of isolation or malnutrition for seniors who already face mobility challenges.

Many of the buildings serve multiple purposes — homes, religious spaces, restaurants, family businesses, childcare centers — all operating within the same footprint. The infrastructure was not built for environmental resilience. Outdated materials and inadequate retrofitting lead to higher energy bills, greater indoor exposure to extreme temperatures, and greater vulnerability during power outages or heat events.

OK, and? Perhaps if it wasn’t so darned expensive in SF something could be done. Why is ‘climate change’ being mentioned?

Climate resilience cannot be reserved for the well-resourced. It must start with those already bearing the burden. San Francisco’s cultural districts, and the people who built them, deserve more than symbolic recognition. They deserve action.

So, government must allocate a lot of money to this and pass it through NGOs which skim off huge chunks and feed some back to Democrat politicians. Perhaps they would be better off putting the money into policing and crime reduction programs. It’s not a particularly safe area.

Also, notice that the people who bitch the most never offer to help with their own time and/or money.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 15, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful train which Everyone Else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on how hot 2025 was (yeah, I decided to put this here rather than on the earlier post)

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