Kathy Hochul Says Not To Question Her Credentials On Forcing Other People To Comply With Climate Cult

By William Teach July 14, 2026 – 7:15 am

Too bad the Politico reporter didn’t ask if she had stopped using fossil fuels to travel herself

Hochul: ‘Do not question my credentials’ on climate, clean energy

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is defending her decision to walk back New York’s carbon emissions targets, telling POLITICO the state is committed to fighting climate change but that it cannot hit its near-term goals while keeping energy affordable for residents.

The changes Hochul enacted to New York’s climate law earlier this year generated fierce pushback from environmental activists who said the state “cannot afford to wait” for more action, with some alleging Hochul did not even attempt to meet the original goals.

Asked in an interview on POLITICO’s Energy podcast whether she was ignoring climate action in favor of a slower, more practical approach to clean energy, Hochul pushed back.

“If you think we’re doing nothing in New York, I encourage you to look at where we are in relation to other states,” she said. “Please do not question my credentials in this space.”

New York is not the most expensive state for energy, they are #47, with 50 as the worst (Hawaii). NY saw a 14.64% increase in energy prices from April 2025 to April 2026. So, yeah, don’t question her credentials to hose all the peasants and drive them and businesses away.

“I have to manage the challenge of ensuring that we continue our clean energy objectives and our goals — move them forward — but also to make sure that we’re not putting this on the backs of the ratepayers,” she said. “And so that’s what we had to do, is just ask for a little more breathing room. It was not a repeal.”

Too late. Hey, what kind of energy does the governor’s mansion use?

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Appeals Court Rules It’s Perfectly Fine To Hold Illegals Without Bond

By William Teach July 14, 2026 – 7:00 am

It would be a whole lot easier to simply catch and deport

Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy.

For now, that means many immigration prisoners from all over the country can still be held indefinitely without bond in some of the nation’s largest detention centers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Trump administration policy requires detention without bond for an immigrant who crossed the border illegally, no matter how long they’ve been here.

The appeals court will rehear the case in September. (snip)

Some judges in the 5th Circuit had already ordered bond hearings or releases based on the July 2 ruling. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a related case and resolve the conflict in its next session starting in October.

The law states that illegals can be held up to 6 months, charged a small fine, and deported. Nothing about bond hearings, especially knowing that the illegals will just disappear. Just deport them.

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Hmm: Skeptics Want Justice Kagen Investigated For Conflicts Of Interest On Climate Crisis (scam)

By William Teach July 13, 2026 – 7:30 pm

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure if I like this and agree with this

Advocates call for Kagan investigation on climate change bias

Advocates are calling on the U.S. Senate Monday to investigate conflicts of interest from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan. The advocates argued Kagan was biased in favor of climate science and should not participate in a consequential case that could determine the future of climate change policies.

Leaders from the Judicial Crisis Network, the Heritage Foundation, the National Republican Lawyers Foundation and others wrote a letter to lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee about concern over Kagan’s support for climate change.

Justices on the high court are expected to hear Suncor v. Boulder County Commissioners, a case examining whether state and local governments can prevent fossil fuel companies from engaging in global emissions activities that contribute to climate change. (snip)

In the letter, analysts point to Kagan’s authorship of a foreword in the Fourth Edition of the “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence” published by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine in December 2025.

The manual included a chapter on Climate Science, where it referenced the “attribution theory.” The theory is used to posit that scientific modeling is used to attribute the effects of climate change from greenhouse gas emissions.

“This section was designed to persuade ‘skeptical’ judges in state and local climate lawfare,” the advocates wrote.

The thing is, most of the liberals on the Court will vote hard left the vast majority of the time on most things, so, we already know how Kagan will vote. We know they are all hardcore Warmists. Will this all make a difference? Certainly, some Conservatives on the court can let their biases sway them here and there, right, even while attempting to stay within the framework of the Constitution

“Justice Kagan’s participation in the Suncor case is indefensible given her public endorsement of climate-lawfare plaintiff theories,” the letter read.

Carrie Severino, president of the Judicial Crisis Network, said Kagan cannot act as a “neutral arbiter” in climate change cases. She said Kagan’s writing in the manual was an endorsement of its ideals.

“Kagan’s implicit judicial endorsement of the manual and her support of climate-lawfare theories are evidence she cannot remain impartial on climate litigation, including the Court’s upcoming Suncor case,” Severino said. “She must recuse herself immediately.”

That, though, is a major problem. If Kagan is pushing climalawfare, for which Suncor is the exact definition of that type of suit, then she should recuse herself.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 13, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are palm trees which will soon grow in Alaska because Other People drive fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on “Sen Tim Scott, class act”

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Govt Workers Who Support Govt Run Healthcare Protest Over Premium Increase In NC

By William Teach July 13, 2026 – 10:30 am

I wonder how many of these North Carolina state workers were around to vote for Barack Obama and Democrats in 2008, leading to Obamacare, even as they were told that it would increase premiums, deductibles, and costs?

‘It’s not fair’: Grassroots group gathers to support state employees after insurance premium hike

People gathered in downtown Raleigh on Saturday to advocate for affordable healthcare, just one day after the State Health Plan board approved new policies that would raise insurance premiums for state employees.

One Nation, Overcharged, a grassroots organization aiming to lower healthcare costs for U.S. citizens, was set up near the Marbles Kids Museum with their ‘Popsicles for a Purpose’ food truck offering free popsicles and asking people to speak out.

Cristina Galvan, one of the organization’s partners, said she hoped the event would spark conversations around rising healthcare costs.

“This is a nationwide issue,” Galvan said. “Our system is broken, and for far too long, profits have been made a priority over people. It’s just not a system that is sustainable. It’s not fair.”

“Our system is broken.” Well, thank Obama, because quite a bit of the cost increases can trace directly to the passage of Obamacare. Let’s dip back into one of my faves

But people with no pre-existing conditions like Vinson, a 60-year-old retired teacher, and Waschura, a 52-year-old self-employed engineer, are making up the difference.

“I was laughing at Boehner — until the mail came today,” Waschura said, referring to House Speaker John Boehner, who is leading the Republican charge to defund Obamacare.

“I really don’t like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family’s pocket each year, that’s otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy.” (snip)

Both Vinson and Waschura have adjusted gross incomes greater than four times the federal poverty level — the cutoff for a tax credit. And while both said they anticipated their rates would go up, they didn’t realize they would rise so much.

“Of course, I want people to have health care,” Vinson said. “I just didn’t realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally.”

They were warned.

The event came just one day after the State Health Plan board announced that health insurance premiums for state employees would increase by 5%, a move that could see people paying anywhere from $1.76 to $32.28 extra per month, depending on which plan they have, what their salary is, and whether they also insure any family members through the state.

Mostly not a big deal compared to what other Americans are being hit with. Of course, they want a pay increase, which comes from the taxpayers, to cover it. Also of course

In response, Galvan says it will take a greater effort to make healthcare accessible across the board.

“It would be wonderful to have a single-payer healthcare system, where anybody, no matter where they live, where they come from, can go to the doctor and afford it,” Galvan said.

They just don’t get it. Where do they think the money would come from?

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New Cult Talking Point: Earth May Possibly Be Hotter Than In The Last 540 Million Years (or something)

By William Teach July 13, 2026 – 7:15 am

A bit of a reach, eh?

Earth may be hotter today than at any time in the last 540 million years

Sherman Potter Bull CookiesA new look at Earth’s deep past is reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s climate, and it carries a quiet warning about the future. Evidence now suggests that Earth may be closer to its hottest state than once believed, even when compared with hundreds of millions of years of history.

Researchers at University of Leeds have used a new method to estimate global temperatures across the Phanerozoic, a period spanning about 540 million years. Their findings challenge earlier ideas that Earth once reached extreme levels of heat far beyond today’s climate.

For years, scientists believed that parts of Earth’s past were far hotter than today. Some earlier estimates suggested global temperatures may have reached 20 to 30 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

Those numbers painted a picture of a much hotter planet, one that still managed to support life. But the new research offers a different view.

The study suggests that past warm periods likely reached about 10 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. That is still warmer than today, but far below earlier claims.

This finding matters because it narrows the range of conditions under which life evolved. It also raises questions about how much warming modern ecosystems can tolerate.

Oh, wait, so, the article doesn’t actually support the unhinged, doomy headline? Color me shocked.

Senior author Benjamin Mills emphasized the stakes. “The findings suggest that that Earth’s temperature has been tightly regulated over time, and that human-driven warming of 10 degrees Celsius, which is possible if all fossil fuel reserves are burned, would take us to places the Earth may never have been before. How far can we push the planet?” (snip)

Earth’s natural systems can regulate climate, but they work slowly. Weathering and other processes take thousands to millions of years to balance changes.

Human activity, by contrast, is altering the climate over decades. This rapid shift may outpace the planet’s ability to respond.

“We shouldn’t be complacent when viewing ancient hot climates that supported diverse ecosystems, and we must understand that they were established extremely slowly, and may not have been as hot as recently proposed,” Mills said. “Earth’s natural regulation systems are slow, and humans must perform our own climate regulation to keep the planet in a habitable range.”

These are political statements meant to tell Government to take people’s money, life choices, and freedom away. All based on computer models, rather than actual hard data.

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Surprise: NICE Still Arresting People In Illinois Near Courthouses Despite State Law

By William Teach July 13, 2026 – 7:00 am

It’s almost like state laws do not apply to federal law enforcement operations like this

Immigration arrests near county courthouses still persist, despite state law

Lucia Vasquez-Gonzalez thought she was doing the right thing when she went to court in March.

Vasquez-Gonzalez migrated to the U.S. in search of a better life but did not have legal permission to live here. In January, she was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery in a confrontation with her roommate, according to court records, but she appeared before a judge hoping to take care of the matter responsibly — despite the risk posed by continuing immigration activity around Cook County courthouses.

After leaving court, though, Vasquez-Gonzalez said she was stopped by immigration agents a couple of blocks from the building and pulled out of her car.

“I was in complete shock because I didn’t know what was happening,” Vasquez-Gonzalez told the Tribune in Spanish. “I was like, ‘Why are they arresting me if I didn’t do anything bad? … And then they said, ‘No, it is because you missed the first rule of immigration, which was don’t get into any problems.’

Yeah, you’re here illegally, you assaulted your roommate, and now you have to pay that piper. Wild how all the illegals want to come to the U.S., which Democrats tell us is a horrible country, eh? Why do they not go to other countries?

In December, Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a ban on federal agents making certain arrests near courthouses and easing a path for individuals to sue if they think their rights were violated during civil immigration arrests.

The Court Access, Safety and Participation Act, which is being challenged by the Trump administration, followed an order issued by Cook County’s chief judge at the time, Tim Evans, similarly barring civil immigration enforcement around county courthouses.

Despite the measures, though, the presence of immigration agents around Cook County courthouses is stubbornly persistent, according to a Tribune review of a tracker maintained by the Cook County public defender’s office.

Since the beginning of the year, immigration agents have been in or around county courthouses at least 50 times through June 9 — a rate of more than twice per week.

“What they are doing is interfering with the operation of state courts,” said Jonathan Manes, senior counsel for the MacArthur Justice Center’s Illinois office. “They are making it very difficult for people to access justice here in Illinois.”

What Illinois is doing is refusing to hand over illegal aliens to federal law enforcement. And, there’s not an f’ing thing Illinois can do about NICE coming around and arresting illegals.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 12, 2026 – 1:28 pm

…is an island disappearing due to climate doom sea rise, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on “Describing Feminine Products as Feminine Found to Be Transphobic”

It’s islands week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 12, 2026 – 9:26 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, supposed to get some needed rain, and Asheville was rather interesting. Weirdly, as long as I’ve been in NC I have never been there. The entire point was to go to the top of Mt. Mitchell, but, too many T-storms Friday and Saturday, so, just came home Saturday. This pinup is by Greg Hildebrandt, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Climate Scepticism: Even When the Cap Doesn’t Fit
  2. Not A Lot Of People Know That: Solar Panel Fire Destroys New Home
  3. No Tricks Zone: Experimental Lab Research: The Climate Sensitivity To A 400-Fold Increase In CO2 Is 0.1°C
  4. 357 Magnum: Do Something, Even If It Is Meaningless
  5. American Greatness: The DSA Takes Over the Democrat Party
  6. Bearing Arms: How Anti-Gun Bias Works in Media
  7. Blazing Cat Fur: “Financial Surveillance”: EU Parliament Approves Creation of Digital Euro
  8. Bustednuckles: Breaking News, Miss Lindsey Graham, Long Time South Carolina Senator Is Dead!
  9. Cold Fury: Dunderhead opens yap, DeSantis slaps it shut
  10. Common Cents Blog: BOOM!! Nick Shirley drops new bombshell video exposing New York Fraud: Over $190 Million in personal home care scams
  11. Doug Ross @ Journal: Who Created the Middle East Conflict? A Comic Explainer
  12. Geller Report: ENEMIES OF THE STATE: Four New York Times Reporters Subpoenaed on National Security Leaks
  13. LMAO: Straight Line of the Day: What Can We Do With a Strange New Quantum State?
  14. American Thinker: Democrats de-civilize Montgomery County’s parks and roads
  15. And last, but, not least, Jihad Watch has “Netherlands: After Morocco loses World Cup match, fans scream ‘Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas’ in The Hague”

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

As a sidebar, it’s wild how man blogs I’ve seen die over the years for different reasons.

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Trump Admin Deports “Minnesota Man” Pardoned By Governor Walz

By William Teach July 12, 2026 – 7:00 am

Yes, the media is wackadoodle

Marco Rubio announces deportation of Minnesota man pardoned last month

A Laotian man pardoned by state officials in Minnesota last month has been deported from the country, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced.

Tou Lue Vang, an immigrant from Laos, faced deportation for a 2006 conviction of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after raping a young girl between 2002 and 2004. Because Laos initially refused to accept deportees, Vang spent nearly two decades living in Minnesota.

In December 2025, federal authorities detained him during a massive immigration crackdown, and a federal judge later ordered his release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in February 2026.

What kind of immigrant? Yes, illegal alien

In June, Vang was pardoned by the Minnesota board of pardons after he expressed remorse for his actions and a letter from his victim said she forgave him, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.

In a letter obtained by the Star Tribune, the victim explained that she had “made my peace” and forgiven Vang. “He is not the same person now. I have seen how he has changed,” the letter reads.

But the Trump administration has used the case to accuse Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, and other state Democratic officials of protecting immigrants from deportation.

“This week I revoked his legal status in the United States and, as a result, federal agents took him into custody and, as of today, he has been removed from the United States,” Rubio said, referring to Vang, in a video statement posted on Friday. “Because of our action, this foreign criminal will never pose a threat to any American ever again.”

She can forgive him all she wants, but, he was in the US illegally and he’s a convicted rapist. Why are Democrats so insistent on protecting these people?

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