Trump Admin Files Legal Challenge To Virginia’s Unhinged Pro-Illegal, Anti-ICE Policies

By William Teach June 18, 2026 – 7:00 am

It would be more fun for the Trump admin to simply ignore the federally unconstitutional laws, watch Virginia Democrats go Full Moonbat, but, States keep losing when they pass these laws

DOJ challenges Virginia laws restricting officer face coverings, ICE agreements

The Trump administration’s Justice Department is challenging several state laws passed by Virginia Democrats targeting the work of federal immigration enforcement officers.

The complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia’s Richmond Division, challenges state laws that seek to ban federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks and restrict 287(g) agreements between federal immigration enforcement and state and local law enforcement agencies.

The Justice Department argues the face mask ban illegally attempts to regulate the federal government and threatens federal officers with prosecution for concealing their identities.

“Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe, and they do not deserve to be doxed or harassed simply for carrying out their duties,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a release. “Virginia’s anti-law enforcement policies regulate the federal government and are designed to create risk for our agents. These laws cannot stand.”

If Democrat voters weren’t so violent there would be no need for masks.

The Commonwealth of Virginia, Attorney General Jay Jones and Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano were named as defendants in the lawsuit. Jones said his office is reviewing the lawsuit.

“We remain steadfast in our mission to protect Virginians right to safe communities and transparent enforcement of the law,” he said in a statement to ARLnow.

Illegal aliens aren’t Virginians. They are Mexicans, Hondurans, Venezuelans, Pakistanis, Chinese, etc and so on.

In court filings, the federal government said the legislation to restrict federal immigration agreements is “unconstitutional.”

“Virginia seeks to override Congress’s enactments that provide that ICE may enter into agreements with States and localities in which ICE trains local officers in immigration enforcement matters and provides them with the authority to conduct such matters under the color of Federal law,” the Justice Department said in the complaint.

Virginia’s laws should be deemed null and void within a few weeks.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 17, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on the White House UFC event being a target of terror.

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UK Looks To Implement Almost Total Ban On Social Media For Under 16s

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

But, of course, The Hill’s Mirando Nazzaro sat back and said “How can I make this about Orange Man Bad?”

Great Britain risks new battle with Trump over social media ban

Great Britain’s new social media ban for kids under 16 is threatening to escalate longtime tensions with the Trump administration over internet and social media policy.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer revealed this week his nation is moving forward with the ban, less than a week after the White House urged Downing Street against it, citing concerns over free speech and burdensome hurdles for American tech companies.

Starmer’s move suggests Britain is committed to its digital regulatory agenda, even if it risks another fight with the Trump administration.

“The timing tells you most of what you need to know,” said Tobias Feakin, Australia’s former inaugural ambassador for cyber affairs and critical technology. He added the ban “is a deliberate signal that London will set its own rules on online safety” despite what the White House prefers.

Starmer fielded numerous questions on Monday over whether he’s prepared for retaliation from President Trump, who has threatened higher tariffs in past disputes over digital regulations.

Of course the other reporters went with Orange Man Bad

The move makes the United Kingdom the fifth nation to pursue an all-out ban on social media for young kids and teenagers. The under-16 ban will be introduced in Parliament later this year and apply to popular platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and social platform X.

Messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal will not be included. But the ban goes further than other countries’ provisions in that it limits features on gaming and livestreaming platforms to prevent strangers from contacting kids under 16.

Same government won’t protect the kids in the real world from all the Islamic and 3rd world imports, though.

While the Trump administration and first lady’s office say kids should be protected online, the White House breaks from allies in its push for light-touch regulation of technology, including social media platforms and artificial intelligence chatbots.

This argument came through last week’s statement from the U.S. Embassy in London, which said most content should be accessible by default, including political speech.

“We believe an open internet is essential to the preservation of free speech,” the embassy stated, adding regulations could “impose disproportionate compliance burdens on American companies.”

The UK certainly disagrees with that, but, hey, it’s so important that the legislation won’t be introduced in Parliament till near the end of the year, and, if it passes, won’t take effect till next Spring. Anyhow, consider the large amount of people arrested for Mean Tweets in the UK

And there it is: everyone must use a digital token to login, erasing any anonymity, opening up everything UK citizens do online for the government to monitor, in a nation that already arrests the hell out of citizens. Because it doesn’t straight up ban under 16s

 

No screenshots? Not allowed to even talk about them? Adults having their access revoked for disagreement? Yet, none on the Left are talking about this authoritarianism. Or concerned about the real world threats to children.

Starmer tried to stop this, and it ended up being funded privately. XFreeze has a good breakdown of the whole thing.

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Crumbling Pacifica Municipal Pier Is Part Of The Climate Wars Or Something

By William Teach June 17, 2026 – 7:15 am

The pier itself has been having issues for over a decade, been opened and closed, they’ve tried to repair it many times (man, if only California wasn’t wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on graft, waste, fraud, illegal aliens), but, now

El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays

As a historic El Niño supercharges the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco experiences record high seasonal sea levels, the latest structural casualty of intense wave action is prompting Bay Area politicians to call for help from the state and federal governments.

They want to rebuild a concrete pier shut down this month after officials deemed it unsafe because of cracking from decades of pounding surf and storms.

As waves crashed against the derelict structure Monday morning, U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-San José) held a news conference and asked the federal government to follow through on $50 million in climate resilience funding promised by the Biden administration but terminated by the Trump administration in 2025.

See, it’s Trump’s fault!

The city of Pacifica had been on the shortlist for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, managed through FEMA. California and 22 other states successfully sued to reinstate the program, but the funding has yet to be allocated.

Liccardo also asked for nearly $1 million in promised funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a handrail project on the pier and an additional $9 million to protect coastal bluffs.

So, he asked for a lot of money that wouldn’t actually fix the pier. Oh, and there’s just one problem

The issues actually go back further. Why didn’t the State Of California fix it? Or the city of Pacifica, which owns it? The Biden admin had 4 years to do this. The money was allocated but never dispersed by the Biden admin.

Coastlines are already being buffeted and inundated by rising seas. With the closed-off Pacifica Municipal Pier in the background, local politicians and community members said they’re on the front lines and want to rebuild.

“Pacifica is ground zero for coastal resilience,” said state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), as he asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency and “help us fix this pier and help this community recover again.”

It’s California: the coast is always being buffeted, especially up north around the Bay area. Pacifica is just to the south of San Francisco, which shows .65 feet of sea rise per century. Average. A big nothingburger.

Anyhow, maybe California should fix their own shit. The ocean actually doesn’t look like much in Pacifica. And here’s the pier. Why is it that we in NC can fix our own piers after big storms such as Noreasters, tropical storms, and hurricanes without depending on Los Federales?

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15 Antifa Wackos Federally Charged For Interfering With Federal Immigration Authorities

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

Oh, and, um, haven’t the news wackos told us that Antifa didn’t exist?

Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during Minnesota immigration crackdown

Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions intended to block arrests and deportations.

During a news conference Tuesday, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the defendants “violently opposed the enforcement of federal law” by setting up blockades around government buildings, throwing chunks of ice at federal vehicles and “stalking” agents as they moved through Minneapolis.

He said the defendants were part of two groups that he characterized as “antifa,” an umbrella term for a diffuse movement of militant left-wing activists. (snip)

The 15 people charged Tuesday were part of “Direct Action Minnesota,” a left-wing coalition of protest groups that trains its members in the “surveillance, operational planning and rapid mobilization against law enforcement,” Rosen said. (snip)

One of the defendants, Kyle Wagner, 37, was previously arrested on charges that he made online threats against ICE officers and their supporters. An attorney listed for Wagner in that case did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Each of the defendants was charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, which carries a maximum sentence of six years in prison. Three others faced additional charges, including interstate stalking, assault on a federal officer and destruction of government property.

Obviously, the wackos did not take this well

They all should have been arrested and charged.

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PRC Gives Establishing A Climate (scam) Center Another Whirl

By William Teach June 16, 2026 – 2:54 pm

It just goes to show that the climate cult will never give up on any idea, and now over to the People’s Republik Of California

A new attempt to codify the California Center for Climate Change Education

climate cowCalifornia’s Assembly Bill 467 would, if enacted, codify the California Center for Climate Change at West Los Angeles College in the Los Angeles Community College District.

In 2022, Assembly Bill 1913 sought to establish the California Center for Climate Change with a $5 million appropriation, as NCSE previously reported. Although the bill died in committee, the center was nevertheless established in 2023, with the aid of a $5 million allocation in the 2022 state budget and a further $1.3 million of federal funding.

In 2024, Assembly Bill 3142 sought to include a reference to the center in the state’s education code as well as to allocate $1.5 million to establish the California Mobile Unit for Climate Change Education. The bill passed both houses of the legislature but then was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D), citing the cost, as NCSE previously reported.

I’m guessing there was no scam money coming the way of Gavin or his wife Jennifer

On June 9, 2026, however, the bill was completely revised by its author, Mike Fong (D-District 49), to codify the center, partly on the grounds that “[t]he people of the state, and people across the United States, overwhelmingly support teaching students about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global climate change.” No appropriations are proposed.

One would think this would all be unnecessary if people so overwhelmingly agree in the climate scam. That after 35 years of spreading awareness people would simply give up their money, freedom, and life choices to government. That they would just do all the stuff necessary to make their own carbon footprints zero.

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If All You See…

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

…are horrible Bad Weather clouds rolling in, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the deal is The Other McCain, with a post on fun teachers during Pride month.

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Dems Having Meltdown Over Gavin Newsom And Wife Under Federal Investigation

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

They are Upset

Whatever happened to “no one is above the law” when the Biden admin targeted Trump and all the people around him? Remember who Mar A Lago was raided, nuts in NY and Georgia went after Trump and all his people?

Newsom Says Trump’s Justice Department Is Investigating Him and His Wife

Federal agents have questioned friends and associates of Gov. Gavin Newsom of California and his wife, Mr. Newsom said on Monday in a video in which he accused President Trump of using the Justice Department to punish a political enemy.

The full scope of any investigation remains unclear. But Mr. Newsom’s aides say part of the federal investigation appears to focus on his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. Former employees of the governor and people affiliated with his wife’s nonprofit groups are among those who have been questioned by agents, according to the governor’s office.

A person familiar with the matter confirmed that multiple federal investigations were underway related to the governor, including one looking at his wife’s finances. But the person disputed Mr. Newsom’s assertion that the investigations were politically motivated, and said they had been initiated by federal law enforcement officials in California, not launched by officials in Washington. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. (big snip)

Mr. Newsom’s office said the investigation is a fresh attempt to smear him after the federal prosecution of his former chief of staff revealed no misconduct by the governor. The former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, pleaded guilty last month to three felonies in a sprawling corruption case.

When Ms. Williamson was indicted last year, her attorney said that federal agents first approached her during the Biden administration. She was working for Mr. Newsom at the time, and the agents asked her if she would cooperate in an investigation of the governor. She replied that she had no information to give them because she had never witnessed any criminal conduct by Mr. Newsom.

The actual investigation goes back either to early 2025 or even further in the late Biden admin as federal agents started investigating Gavin’s wife, and, him as a byproduct, for all the crazy connections between Jennifer’s companies and state money. There have been accusations for a long, long time about how shady it all looked. Remember how Gavin was going to give all those new parents diapers and the contract was going through a company for which Jennifer was linked?

And we have stuff like this

The Wall Street Journal notes that the investigation was started by federal law enforcement in California during Biden admin, not by political folks in Washington under Trump. The Washington Post says the same thing.

Here’s an interesting thing, though: at what point does this whole scam become criminal? The whole “govt gives money to NGOs who skim off a lot of money to sort of do the job and then some makes it back to politicians” thing has been normalized at the federal, state, county, and local levels. Govt contracts do not seem to dictate how much payment should be to NGOs (organizations, companies, individuals), or if they can even do the job, since most can’t, they just take a cut to go and hire other NGOs who can’t do the job but take a cut to hire others, till someone can finally do the job. This is how you end up with 20% of USAID money actually going to projects. At what point is this a criminal violation such as defrauding the government? Fraud? Other felonies?

What Democrats who defend this Business As Usual do not get is that if this whole pipeline of waste, graft, and abuse was ended there would be a lot more money to help people. If a company took $4 million to do a job feeding kids and spent $3.8 million on feeding the kids (company does need to get paid, right?) instead of $800,000 (20%), that would be a good thing, right?

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Climate Cult Yutes Hold Art Exhibit “How Shall We Live”

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

Their elders should be prosecuted and dumped on some un-populated Alaskan island with a survival bag and nothing else. All those teachers, politicians, news folks, their parents

‘How Shall We Live’ student climate change art exhibit opens at Dewey Hall

Sheffield — One hundred and eighty student artists from 10 Berkshire County high schools are featured in the exhibit “How Shall We Live,” on display at Dewey Hall through Friday, June 19.

The juried art show is a collaboration between the organizations Living the Change Berkshires, Cooler Communities, and the Clark Art Institute.

The exhibit was curated by Living the Change Berkshires member Anne Legêne and Cooler Communities member Uli Nagel.

Everyone in those groups should be prosecuted for enabling this insanity

“It’s amazing when you read and see what these kids are experiencing when you find out that they are facing a world with a climate crisis,” Legêne told The Berkshire Edge. “Art is the best way to let students express themselves about this crisis.”

“[Cooler Communities] is a climate education nonprofit organization that connects classrooms to climate solutions,” Nagel added. “This art show gives students an outlet for statements that are deeply wise at times and are very thoughtful. We want to inspire these students to action and keep the conversation going about climate change.”

They have ruined these children’s lives, making them so concerned with the SOON!!!!! doom they can barely operate. Us Gen X and earlier weren’t indoctrinated into Doom over global nuclear war, we were taught to persevere. Today’s kids are just, well, fucked in the head.

And yet the kiddies aren’t giving up their own use of petroleum and making their lives carbon neutral. Go figure. It’s always for Someone Else.

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AP Super Concerned About All Those Generic AAPI Folks And Immigration

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

No one really thinks liberals care about these people except to use them for their political purposes

How AAPI adults are being affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to a new poll

Many Asian American and Pacific Islander adults have experienced or witnessed some degree of upheaval because of the Trump administration’s heightened immigration policies, a new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds, while most say the U.S. is no longer the land of opportunity for immigrants.

A new poll released Monday from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about half of AAPI adults say they — or someone they know — have been detained or deported within the last year, started carrying proof of immigration status or U.S. citizenship, upended travel plans or significantly changed their routines because of immigration status.

The findings come after more than a year of immigration crackdowns. The poll indicates that the Trump administration’s aggressive approach, which has resulted in multiple clashes between protesters and enforcement officers and led to the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis earlier this year, may be changing the way some people in immigrant-heavy communities see the U.S. itself.

AAPI adults are one of the country’s fastest-growing demographic, and most AAPI adults in the U.S. were born outside the country. The survey found a majority of AAPI adults — about 6 in 10 — believe the U.S. used to be a great country for immigrants but is not anymore. Only about 3 in 10 AAPI adults say America is a great place for immigrants, while a few, 5%, say it was never a great place for immigrants.

If they’re here legally these generic people have nothing to worry about. If they aren’t, well, time to leave. And, really, if the legal ones are hanging with illegals, why? Come on, this is all just fear mongering by people who are upset that the laws of the United States are being enforced, and it makes it harder for Democrat areas to get these “immigrants” to vote.

Trump admin puts alleged ‘birth tourism’ scheme on notice as expert delivers warning to hospitals

The Trump administration is using visa enforcement to target “birth tourism,” an alleged scheme utilized by foreign nationals to obtain visitor visas for the primary purpose of giving birth in the U.S. and securing American citizenship for their children.

The Trump administration recently announced that it disrupted “a sophisticated birth tourism network” in West Africa involving more than 100 foreign nationals utilizing false documents and, what the State Department described as “fixers,” to get themselves visas to go to the United States to give birth so their children would be born on U.S. soil and treated as American citizens.

But that was just one of the networks the State Department indicated it had uncovered. The agency’s announcement said U.S. officials identified more than 400 suspected birth tourism cases emanating from Europe since 2024, and tied to at least six companies that helped coach applicants on what to say during their visa interview, arranged housing and set-up delivery plans.

“We shut it down, revoked these foreign nationals’ visas, and are coordinating with local authorities to systematically identify and cut off any similar operations,” the State Department said in its announcement. “A U.S. visa is a privilege, not a right. The State Department is taking action around the world to stop this abuse, dismantle birth tourism networks, and hold accountable those who try to scam our system.”

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