Politico: Lots Of Unnamed Republicans Upset Over Trump’s Iran Bluster

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 10:30 am

Look, I will 100% say “where’s the off ramp? How does this end? When does this end?” It’s not helping the economy. Yes, it is over 40 years beyond when the US should have been taking Iran to task, but, as many have pointed out, the Trump administration probably thought there would be a complete revolt in Iran if we bombed the big wigs, but, the crackdown by the Iranian regime ended that. So, what’s going on? The reality of that is immaterial to outlets like Politico, who have two writers going on a screed

‘Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave’: Many Republicans are over Trump’s Iran bluster

President Donald Trump threatens in one moment to slowly asphyxiate Iran’s economy and, in the next, to quickly bomb them into submission.

Republicans who disagree which option is correct are still united on one thing: They’re over Trump’s seeming indecision. (snip)

“This was launched with no plan, has been executed with no plan, and has been largely driven by the politics of the moment,” said a former security official who served in President George W. Bush’s administration, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the dynamics of the war. “That’s why you see this insane — we’re in, we’re out, we’re back, we’re out, we’re bombing, we’re not bombing. I mean negotiating by tweet — Eisenhower would be spinning in his grave.”

Anonymous. I’m sure there was a plan, but, it quickly died. It may well be some sort of plan for the whiplash of intention, but, they won’t tell us because then Iran would know.

“A lot of Republicans who are supportive overall of holding Iran accountable or neutralizing the threat are frustrated,” said a former Trump campaign official. “He’s not pleasing anybody.”

One GOP strategist likened Trump’s Iran predicament to being stuck in the “friend zone.”

“You have two camps that are equally pissed — shows it’s not going great,” the GOP strategist said. (snip)

“He can’t stay on message or stick to a coherent, disciplined strategy, because he feels trapped now,” said one person close to the White House. “Trump realizes the political peril but can’t figure out a face-saving way to end the conflict. The Iranians clearly know this reality, too.”

And while Trump insists politics do not play into his calculus, there is a growing “time to move on” sentiment inside the White House, according to an oil industry executive familiar with internal discussions.

So, no one is willing to go on the record? How do we analyze these statements if we do not know who they are and where they are? We can’t deliberate? Evaluate? Scrutinize? But, that’s not the point, as you surely know, it’s to simply run with TDS. The so-called Fever Swamps. Anything like the above reminds me of this old Washington Post article from 2006

The Left, Online and Outraged

In the angry life of Maryscott O’Connor, the rage begins as soon as she opens her eyes and realizes that her president is still George W. Bush. The sun has yet to rise and her family is asleep, but no matter; as soon as the realization kicks in, O’Connor, 37, is out of bed and heading toward her computer.

Out there, awaiting her building fury: the Angry Left, where O’Connor’s reputation is as one of the angriest of all. “One long, sustained scream” is how she describes the writing she does for various Web logs, as she wonders what she should scream about this day.

That’s the way so many in the Credentialed Media operate, especially since so many of them were blogging with Bush Derangement Syndrome before going to work for the MSM. They’re looking for ways to Hate Trump. And the crazy thing is if there was support, there wasn’t this unhinged derangement, perhaps Trump would be able to find that off ramp easier.

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New York Looking At Options After Judge Strikes Down Their Climate (scam) Super Fund Scheme

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 7:15 am

Well, sticking to the People’s Republik Of New York, the climate cult elites there are having thoughts

N.Y. leaders react to federal judge striking down Climate Change Superfund Act

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York state is “looking” at its “options of appeal” after a federal judge struck down the state’s Climate Change Superfund Act saying it is preempted by the federal government’s Clean Air Act.

Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law in 2024.

The judge’s decision means New York cannot impose strict liability on energy companies for their alleged contributions to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Democratic New York state Sen. Liz Krueger initially sponsored the bill in the state Legislature.

Krueger said she was “expecting it to go this way.”

“We feel very strongly the attorney general needs to appeal this to a higher court, and we believe that we will win,” said Krueger.

Wait, they passed the law always expecting it to be shot down by a judge because it was, among other things, un-Constitutional? The judge involved, Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes, was an Obama appointee, so, it’s not like she was an arch-Conservative. Is Krueger saying she wanted to waste a lot of money on fighting in court on a wing and a prayer that it wins on appeal?

Environmental advocates share that while this is the decision in this case, there are multiple legal challenges that still have to be decided.

“There’s another case in the Southern District of New York brought by the Trump administration,” said Jon Binder, executive director of the Model Climate Laws Initiative for Environmental Advocates NY. “This case was in the northern district of New York brought by a bunch of red states and business groups. There’s also a case in Vermont that’s pending. So, we still have to see what happens in those cases. There’s lots of additional legal steps.”

Remember, climate cultists will never give up on trying to force Other People to comply with their dogma. Even though most of the Warmists do not give up their own use of fossil fuels.

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Cool: DHS Arrest Thousands Of Illegals In New York

By William Teach September 2, 2026 – 7:00 am

This has got the NY Times and Democrats upset

U.S. Announces Thousands of Arrests in New York Immigration Operation

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Tuesday that immigration officials had arrested 2,197 people in New York State in about a monthlong operation, suggesting an uptick in arrests compared with recent months.

Speaking at a news conference, Mr. Mullin described the enforcement push as a response to the lack of cooperation from Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani on the federal government’s crackdown on unlawful immigrants, which it has named “Operation Rotten Apple.”

“Operation Rotten Apple was an operation we decided to take on because you have a very liberal-slash-socialist mayor here in New York City,” he said. “You have a governor that refuses to work with us.” (snip)

Homeland security officials on Tuesday emphasized that the operation was “not random enforcement” and that they were catching the “worst of the worst” criminals. But as ICE arrests have climbed in recent months, the agency’s operations have increasingly swept up immigrants without criminal records. A majority of the immigrants arrested in July were accused of violating civil immigration laws but had not been charged with or convicted of a crime, a New York Times analysis of federal data found.

Well, bummer, perhaps the Biden regime and the Democrat states and cities shouldn’t have been registering illegal aliens, which makes it super easy for immigration agents to show up where they are and detain them. And if the ones without serious criminal charges and convictions are scooped up, well, bummer, federal law says they should not be here.

At the news conference, Mr. Mullin was flanked by what appeared to be large mug shots with phrases such as “rape” and “kidnapping, murder,” and a Homeland Security news release said that those arrested in the operation included “murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers and violent assailants.” But Mr. Mullin also indicated that some of those arrested in the past month may not have had criminal records.

“Regardless if you’re a criminal or not, if you entered this country and you cheated, you didn’t come in the legal way, because there are people entering this country every single day legally,” he said.

That’s it. There should be no further article. The law is the law.

In response to a follow-up message from The Times, the department did not offer further clarity. Ms. Hochul, speaking at an unrelated news conference Tuesday, cast doubt on whether the more than 2,000 people arrested in the operation had criminal records.

“There is no way that that number constitutes people committed crimes the way we consider a crime — a crime in New York State,” Ms. Hochul said. “They consider anybody who crossed the border a criminal, so don’t fall for that. That’s what I’m calling out. Do not fall for that.”

The law considers them a criminal and the penalty is deportation.

Mr. Mamdani, appearing alongside the governor, accused ICE of terrorizing immigrants and said the agency was criminalizing “the very act of being an immigrant.”

“We are proud as New York City to be a city that has sanctuary policies,” Mr. Mamdani said. “These are policies that used to be defended by Democrats and Republicans alike. These were policies introduced to ensure every New Yorker would feel comfortable coming forward to report crimes as well.”

This is just insane.

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LOL: Canada’s PM Whines About Memes During Trade Spat

By William Teach September 1, 2026 – 3:40 pm

Did he consider what the responses would be prior to saying this?

‘Stop doing memes’: Carney urges US to drop theatrics

Prime Minister Mark Carney still sees a path to a mutually beneficial trade deal with the U.S. — once Washington stops playing games.

Carney said any deal with the U.S. “must” recognize Canadian sovereignty, which includes respecting the French language and Quebec culture.

“When the Americans stop doing memes, stop throwing shade, stop trying to be tough and start being serious about having those discussions — we can have those discussions,” Carney said to reporters on Tuesday.

“But look, it’s not constructive, but that’s their democracy,” he added.

Seriously, once you start whining down this path you’ve already lost.

Plenty more under the main tweet and at Twitchy.

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If All You See…

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

…is an evil weapon of war, made more necessary due to carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Blazing Cat Fur, with a post on “Scott Bessent Roasts Canada’s Supposed ‘Tit-for-Tat’ Tariff War: ‘What Are They Gonna Do?”

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Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Virginia’s Law On ICE Cooperation

By William Teach September 1, 2026 – 10:30 am

Virginia is now 0-2 on their ICE hatred, having previously been blocked on their ICE mask ban

Bummer

(WRIC) A new law regulating how Virginia’s local law enforcement agencies participate in immigration enforcement alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.

Multiple new laws regulating ICE enforcement in Virginia have faced legal challenges from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in recent months.

On Monday, Aug. 31, a federal judge granted an injunction temporarily blocking a law involved in one such lawsuit. This injunction will keep the law from being enforced as the legal process plays out.

Companion bills SB 783 and HB 1441 placed constraints on Section 287(g) agreements within the state. These agreements allow law enforcement agencies to assist ICE in immigration enforcement.

This is different from simply having a working relationship with ICE and complying with ICE investigations, which all agencies are expected to do. Instead, 287(g) agreements allow law enforcement to actively participate in immigration enforcement.

Under this new law, Virginia’s local and state agencies cannot maintain, renew or enter into any federal immigration agreement unless it meets certain conditions. Law enforcement is also barred from assisting in immigration operations unless presented with a valid judicial warrant, subpoena or detainer.

The federal judge stated that Virginia was violating the Constitution in multiple ways, and was overriding federal authority. This is just preliminary, stopping the law from taking effect, but, it sure looks like Virginia will lose. Don’t forget, a goodly chunk of the counties in Va. are Republican, it’s just the populations of liberals in small areas like northern Va near DC that make the state “Democrat”.

And, yes, there is some cooperation between law enforcement and ICE even in those heavily Democrat areas

Undocumented immigrant convicted of groping girls at Virginia high school released to ICE custody

An undocumented immigrant who was convicted of groping girls at a Northern Virginia high school has been released into the custody of ICE, according to the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.

What we know: In early March, Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, was accused of groping several of his classmates after officials at Fairfax High School reported multiple cases of assault. A police investigation revealed Ortiz had assaulted numerous girls at the school.

He was convicted of 9 counts of assault and battery, after coming behind females in school and “grabbing them between the legs.” He ended up serving just 140 days for these assaults on minors. He was an illegal who came into the US in 2024, and was then dropped into high school.

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Oops: Judge Shoots Down New York’s Climate Superfund Law

By William Teach September 1, 2026 – 7:15 am

Yeah, I pretty much prognosticated that this was going to happen

New York cannot enforce $75 billion climate ‘superfund’ law, US judge rules

A federal judge ?ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a fund to pay for damage caused by climate change.

Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes in Syracuse, New York sided, opens new tab with 22 Republican ?state attorneys general, as well as industry groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in finding the state ?measure preempted by federal law.

Sannes, an appointee of Democratic President Barack Obama, said the Clean Air ?Act, which gave the federal Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions, did not authorize states to adopt emissions ?compensation schemes such as New York’s.

She said enforcing New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act risked upsetting the balance between preventing global ?warming, “a project that necessarily requires national standards and global participation,” and promoting economic growth, energy production, foreign policy interests and national security.

“The Climate Act conflicts with the overriding need for a uniform rule of decision on matters influencing national energy and environmental policy, and basic interests of ?federalism,” she wrote.

There are no reports about NY appealing this, but, hey, even the speaker of the NY assembly was against it back in 2024. That said, I was actually hoping that the courts would let the law stand long enough to see Consequences happen to the citizens of NY, let them see what their own votes wrought.

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Wackos Wonder If Newsom Will Let Illegals Work At Colleges

By William Teach September 1, 2026 – 7:00 am

I’d love to see them give it a whirl

Will Newsom let immigrant college students without legal status work at their campuses?

Is this the year that Gov. Gavin Newsom allows students without legal status to legally work at California’s public colleges and universities?

A state bill with wide support from Democrats but opposed by Republicans seeks to do just that by adopting an untested legal theory that argues a 1980s federal law banning employment for people without legal status doesn’t apply to state agencies. But university leaders and Newsom worry that acting on the theory could put the state on another collision course with the Trump administration.

The bill easily cleared the Legislature Friday, including a yes vote from one Republican. The bill now heads to Newsom’s desk.

Assembly Bill 713 by Assemblymember José Luis Solache, a Democrat from Lakewood, is seemingly straightforward: The University of California, California State University and community colleges cannot disqualify students without legal status from campus employment. If it becomes law, it would kick in Jan. 6.

That’s cute and all, but, 8 U.S. Code § 1324a makes it illegal under federal law to knowingly hire any alien in the US without valid work authorization, and the penalties range from fines to serious federal jail time.

The systems together enrolled an estimated 60,000 students without legal status in 2023 and most were in the community colleges. Some attend private colleges and wouldn’t be covered by the bill.

Leading the charge for this right to work on campuses are students without legal status, immigration rights groups and legal scholars. Access to safe working conditions for students without legal status is a high priority because they’re ineligible for federal Pell grants — up to $7,400 annually — and federal student loans that come with more borrower protections than ones offered by private lenders. California awards eligible in-state students tuition waivers regardless of immigration status, so many students without legal status can at least attend a public institution tuition-free.

I love how you have all these people coming illegally and then thinking they can dictate how America operates

Newsom vetoed a similar bill in 2024, echoing a chief worry put forward by the University of California: Any effort to employ students without proper status would incur the wrath of the Trump administration, which could attempt to pull some or all of the $17 billion in annual federal support the system gets.

The state’s Department of Finance is recommending a no vote on Solache’s bill. The fear of federal litigation and budget cuts are the main reasons why.

If he signs it you can bet the DOJ  and other federal agencies will jump right in, and anyone who hires an illegal will be immediately arrested. They might even find a way to hold Newsom and those who voted for the bill personally responsible.

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“Experts Say” AC Saves Lives But Is Also Killing The Planet

By William Teach August 31, 2026 – 3:06 pm

I wonder if the same “Experts” have given up their own use of AC?

Keeping cool saves thousands of lives yearly, but at a cost of worsening global warming, experts say

(the original headline was “Experts say air conditioning saves many lives, but worsens climate change…”)

Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say.

As the world warms, heat waves strike nearly every continent and United Nations officials estimate that about half a million people die a year from heat, air conditioning is needed and being used more than ever. A study in Nature Health reported Monday that air conditioning saved nearly 58,000 lives between 2010 and 2020 in the U.S. Air conditioning use is skyrocketing around the world, with electricity demand from cooling expected to triple, according to the International Energy Agency and the United Nations Environment Programme.

It’s also more of a problem than ever. Because most of the electricity for cooling comes from the burning of fossil fuels, the U.N. projects the amount of heat-trapping gas spewed into the atmosphere from air conditioning use to rise from 4.5 billion to 7.2 billion tons in the next 25 years or so. That 7.2 billion tons is almost as much as the carbon pollution from the United States and Europe now.

Well, let us build nuclear power plants. Even Michael Mann and some other leading climahysterics are in favor of them. We can have Gen 6 and mini-nuclear plants, and then this would be no problem, at least according to climate cult dogma about CO2.

But, until the cult has reasonable solutions, they can f*** right off.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 31, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a world killing dog causing sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

 

The blog of the day is Bearing Arms, with a post on “Charges Dropped Against Man Who Shot at Armed Robbers”

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