Bummer: Pentagon Boots Multiple Credentialed Media Outlets From Press Room

By William Teach February 1, 2025 – 10:30 am

This is going to leave a mark

Trump Pentagon Boots NBC, NYT, NPR, Politico to Make Room for NYP, Breitbart News, OANN, HuffPost

The Trump Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a massive overhaul of its practice allowing journalists to work from inside the building is beginning a program to remove four establishment media news outlets from their workspaces for one year to replace them with new media outlets, including Breitbart News.

Acting Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot issued a memo on Friday to the Pentagon Press Association announcing that the NBC News, the New York Times, National Public Radio, and Politico must give up their physical workspaces in the Pentagon for one year to the New York Post, Breitbart News, and the Huffington Post.

“Each year, one outlet from each press medium — print, online, television and radio — that has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps,” the memo said.

The Pentagon is giving those outlets two weeks to vacate their offices, effective Friday, February 15, 2025.

It is funny the ones that were picked to boot, isn’t it? The NY Times is supposed to be THE biggest, most important newspaper in the country, yet, they were booted. Will they be back at some point during Trump’s term? I doubt it. Will any of the others make it back? And to be replaced with 3 typically reliable conservative outlets? Excellent. Was the Huffington Post (a pretty darned hard uber-leftist outlet) put in just to say “no, we’re totally fair on doing this”? This is going to be a fun 4 years, and it might be that reporters start asking better questions, ones that solicit actual information the American People need to know, rather than attempting to be activism and insanity.

The White House is also opening up seats for other outlets, though, not booting

(Resist The Mainstream) The packed press room reflected the administration’s new approach, as Leavitt emphasized the commitment to broadening media access.

“This White House believes strongly in the First Amendment. It’s why our team will work diligently to restore the press passes of the 440 journalists whose passes were wrongly revoked by the previous administration,” she stated.

Leavitt also underscored the declining trust in legacy media and reaffirmed that the Trump administration welcomes independent journalists, podcasters and content creators to cover the White House.

Among the first outlets granted access to these seats were Breitbart and Axios, with representatives from The Post Millennial, The Daily Wire and other emerging news platforms also in attendance.

Excellent stuff. And, unlike during the Biden-Harris admin, Leavitt and others will actually answer questions rather than bloviating and circling back and rarely answering anything.

Read: Bummer: Pentagon Boots Multiple Credentialed Media Outlets From Press Room »

Posted in Donald Trump, Wonky Media | 29 Comments | Trackback URL

Your Fault: Rat Populations Are Skyrocketing Due To Global Boiling

By William Teach February 1, 2025 – 7:45 am

It surely can’t be due to horrible Democrat policies in big cities, right?

Rats! Climate change is helping increase their populations in cities

Humans have done a lot to help rats become one of the most prolific mammals on the planet. We leave out food waste and trash. Our buildings and sewers provide cozy homes. We inadvertently help them cross oceans on ships. Now, burning fossil fuels and heating up the climate can be added to that list.

Rising temperatures seem to be helping rat populations grow faster, according to a new study in the journal Science Advances. Researchers found cities that have seen the most warming had more sightings of rats, an indication that the population has grown.

“Rats are fascinating creatures, but they come with very big issues,” says Jonathan Richardson, professor at the University of Richmond and an author on the study. “One of the key takeaways I hope cities glean is that it’s a problem that’s going to require more resources.” (snip)

They found that denser urban environments and higher human populations helped boost the number of rats. Warmer temperatures seemed to be the biggest influence. Cities with the biggest growth rates were Washington D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, New York City and Amsterdam.

Richardson says it’s likely because rats have more of a chance to reproduce if winters are getting shorter.

And, of course, this is due to anthropogenic climate change, because you had to drive a fossil fueled vehicle.

And the last paragraph

The key for controlling rats is controlling ourselves, Byers says, by better managing food waste and restricting access to trash (“garbage in = rats out“). New York City, long-known for its piles of plastic trash bags and chronic rat problem, has instituted new rules about minimizing the amount of time trash is sitting on the curb and is piloting new trash containers.

Yeah, it’s not the slight increase in global temperatures over 170+ years, it’s human made messes. And, yes, you do have the urban heat island effect in big cities, where it doesn’t cool down as much at night.

Read: Your Fault: Rat Populations Are Skyrocketing Due To Global Boiling »

Posted in AGW Scaremongering, Global Warming | 5 Comments | Trackback URL

SCB Judge Released MS-13 Gang Member

By William Teach February 1, 2025 – 7:00 am

I remember when the Democrat talking point was that they didn’t want the criminals and gang members, just the good illegals. Yet, this keeps happening

MS-13 gang member arrested by ICE previously released due to sanctuary policy

An MS-13 gang member arrested by federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts last week was facing state gun charges and had previously been ordered to be deported before he was released by a Boston court.

Luis Adolfo Guerra Perez, 19, a Guatemalan citizen, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Jan. 22.

“Luis Adolfo Guerra-Perez is an illegally present gang member, who has shown complete disregard for American laws,” said acting Field Office Director Patricia H. Hyde. “He is a member of a violent street gang charged with illegally possessing a high-capacity firearm and drugs. We will not tolerate such offenders to threaten the residents of our New England neighborhoods.”

Guerra was initially arrested on March 21, 2021, after illegally entering the United States through the southern border, ICE said. The U.S. Border Patrol issued him a notice to appear before an immigration judge.

And the Biden admin let him go. A known MS-13 gang member. There is a zero percent change that he would be given asylum. None. Nada. He should have been sent right back to Guatemala. He was finally ordered deported in 2024.

However, on Jan.3, an East Boston District Court arraigned him on several charges, including possession of a large capacity weapon/firearm, possession of a class D controlled substance, possession of firearm without permit and possession of ammunition.

And yet they still let him go without even notifying ICE, because Boston is a sanctuary city. And the release date? January 22nd. Because they did not want an MS-13 gang member facing multiple felonies to be picked up. How does this safeguard the citizens of Boston? Maybe the elites think that hardcore gangbangers like Perez will do their lawns?

Read: SCB Judge Released MS-13 Gang Member »

Posted in Democrats, Illegal Immigration | 3 Comments | Trackback URL

LOL: Climate Cult Shouts Down Democrats

By William Teach January 31, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Eventually, if you keep feeding the alligator hoping it eats you last there is no one left to feed it

‘Scream night’: Democrats get shouted down by their own activists over climate change

Democrats are scrambling to find their footing in the second Donald Trump era. But for 30 minutes on Thursday night, they struggled even to get through a party meeting.

The final forum of candidates running to lead the Democratic National Committee was derailed at numerous points by climate protesters — a reminder of the fractures still dividing a party reeling from its losses in November.

More than a dozen protesters, some affiliated with the Sunrise Movement, repeatedly stopped the DNC forum proceedings throughout the first 30 minutes. After five individual interruptions, six more protesters surged toward the stage, attempting to unfurl a banner, before they were forcibly removed.

LOL

The moderators — MSNBC hosts Jen Psaki, Jonathan Capehart and Symone Sanders-Townsend — grew visibly frustrated by the frequent outbursts, even as they readjusted questions to address climate change.

“If anyone else feels the need to disrupt, please stand up and do it right now,” Sanders-Townsend said.

But the protests continued — becoming so distracting that some of the DNC chair candidates vented their annoyance. Jason Paul, a longshot among the eight contenders, accused the protesters of “hijack[ing] the whole evening” and turning “this into scream night at the DNC.”

Democrats are all sorts of happy when their moonbat base disrupts Republicans and companies and stuff, but, aren’t happy when the same wackos come after them.

The whole tweet

Adah was one of the 3 young people with Sunrise who stood up this evening. Here’s what she wrote about why she decided to speak up.

“I’m 18 years old and I’m scared about what Trump having power means for our democracy and our planet. Millions of people will die if people like Trump keep winning.

To defeat Trump, the Democratic Party needs to loudly and proudly take a stand against billionaires and show voters that Democrats are the only party ready to fight for working people.

That’s how we will win back young voters and working class voters and defeat Trump. We’re asking all the candidates to sign the People, not Billionaires pledge and commit to: (1) revive the Obama-era ban on corporate donations to the DNC and (2) ban SuperPAC spending in Democratic Primaries.

We’ve shown up at forums around the country and we’ve reached out to all the candidates asking them to sign. We’ve tried to get our questions asked.

We’ve tried to ask nicely. Tonight, with just days before the Chair election, I stood up to make sure this question got asked. I appreciate the moderators taking up this question and asking it of the candidates.”

It’s great listening to all these world savvy youts, eh? But, she does have a point: the Dems abandoned the working class. Taking a stand against all the rich folks backing the Democrats won’t make a difference, as the working class knows the Democrats do not care, they just patronize.

Read: LOL: Climate Cult Shouts Down Democrats »

Posted in Climate Cult, Democrats, Global Warming | 3 Comments | Trackback URL

If All You See…

By William Teach January 31, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a dying coral reef from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Diogenes’ Middle Finger, with a post a cyber-farting case.

Read: If All You See… »

Posted in If All You See | 30 Comments | Trackback URL

Washington Elites Now Against Warrants For Section 702

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

Why? Because Donald Trump’s pick for head of National Intelligence is for them. This would include Democrats, Republicans, the Credentialed Media, and former intel head honchos (you know, who were completely wrong on Russia Russia Russia, Hunter’s laptop, and so much more)

Gabbard backs use of warrants to ensure Section 702 searches are ‘targeted and justified’

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as director of national intelligence, said Thursday she is in favor of using warrants to carry out data collection under a controversial clause in a foreign intelligence collection law.

Gabbard’s stance on warrant use for data collection under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — which allows the federal government to collect and share data on foreign targets who may pose national security risks — runs counter to views by current and former officials that the warrants slow down critical data collection.

Counter! What does the law say? Isn’t that what matters? That it is the only thing that matters? Well, per legal challenges, courts have ruled that one is not needed. The ACLU has sued multiple times to require warrants, at least where Americans are involved. My personal opinion is that as soon as a specific American, group, or company is identified then a warrant should be required. And, it is a very slippery slope when the Federal Bureau of Investigation is trolling the electronic information of Americans with blanket authorization.

Remember, Section 702 is supposed to be about communications and such for people outside the U.S., which can at times involve Americans outside the U.S. and inside. The FBI is super against needing a warrant when it involves Americans in the US, because it would be inconvenient. Because they want to take the short route.

(ACLU) FBI, CIA, and NSA officials routinely search through this vast trove of data for information specifically about Americans, even though these communications were all collected without a warrant. Information found through these “backdoor searches” can be used to prosecute Americans for crimes, even if they are not related to national security.

It’s not often the ACLU is right these days, but, they have a point. And, remember when Democrats were losing their ever-lovin’-shit over Section 702 during the Bush years? I do. Of course, that was simply because Bushitler was president. They were rather quiet during the Obama years. Back to original article

“Warrants should generally be required before an agency undertakes a U.S. Person query of FISA Section 702 data, except in exigent circumstances, such as imminent threats to life or national security,” Gabbard wrote in pre-submitted answers to questions from members of the Senate Intelligence Committee ahead of her Thursday confirmation hearing. “This warrant requirement strengthens the IC by ensuring queries are targeted and justified.

Gabbard was pressed on this answer by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) during the hearing, confirming this was still her current position. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) later asked Gabbard if she knew that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court, where Gabbard said the warrants would be obtained from, had ruled that warrants were not required, and Gabbard answered that she was “aware.”

Others will disagree. I disagree. The FBI is trolling up all this data, then querying it. If a person is a U.S. citizen the FBI should be required to get a warrant. Foreigners in the U.S.? Are they here legally? Yes? Should they get 4th Amendment protections? That’s questionable? But, American citizens damned sure should IMO, courts be damned.

Regardless, now that Gabbard is the nominee the Elites are against protecting Americans. BTW, I do support Gabbard. Yes, she certainly holds old school Democrat beliefs: socially liberal but for protection of America. Like a JFK. But, she seems to want to do the job as required by Trump, who nominated her. We can disagree on social issues, but, we agree on national security. And that’s what the job is. I think she will do great.

Read: Washington Elites Now Against Warrants For Section 702 »

Posted in Constitution, Current Affairs | Comments Off on Washington Elites Now Against Warrants For Section 702 | Trackback URL

Treasury Department Exits Global Climate Scam Group

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

The dominoes keep falling on the climate scam. If people want to practice what they preach, have at it. Stop using Other People’s money and trying to make them comply

US Treasury Department Withdraws From Global Regulatory Climate Change Group

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was withdrawing from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system.

“The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today notified the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that it is withdrawing its membership,” the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

Oh, and, hey, more!

FERC Terminates Draft Policy Statement on Climate Change Impacts of Natural Gas Infrastructure

Under the direction of Chairman Christie, President Trump’s new appointee to lead the agency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order revoking the draft policy statement that would have assessed the upstream and downstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and associated climate change impacts of natural gas infrastructure projects.

High-level overview

By revoking its Interim GHG Policy Statement, FERC has signalled that it will not assess certain disclosures of GHG emissions of infrastructure projects. FERC will continue to perform environmental reviews on each natural gas pipeline certificate application under its jurisdiction but will operate on a “case-by-case” basis oriented on the characteristics of each project. The decision follows several years of federal appeals court decisions which have often remanded orders back to FERC due to insufficient consideration of climate change impacts, which served as a driving factor in the agency contemplating updates to its Policy Statement. Operating under a new chairman, FERC is ostensibly aligning with the energy policy agenda—as shown by the Executive Orders issued in the first week—of the second Trump administration.

Here’s hoping this continues on into every federal agency.

Read: Treasury Department Exits Global Climate Scam Group »

Posted in Collapsing Science, Global Warming | 2 Comments | Trackback URL

DOJ Says No More Money For Illegal Aliens In Texas

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

And you can bet this is going to be happening in all states soon enough

Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants

The U.S. Department of Justice told immigration attorneys who aid detained immigrants through a federal program to stop providing legal services as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing changes to the immigration system, according to legal aid groups.

“To be told that we can’t go in and help people is devastating. More so to the people we’re trying to help who are being cut off from the outside world,” said Michael Luken, executive director for Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, the contractor that provides legal services. “We often hear people don’t know what’s happening or why they are detained: ‘What is going to happen next?’ And we were being stopped from reaching that basic level of orientation.”

The Jan. 22 DOJ memo told legal providers to “stop work immediately” in the four programs that provide legal services to detained immigrants, including the Legal Orientation Program, which Congress has funded since 2003. The other programs include Immigration Court Helpdesk, Counsel for Children Initiative and Family Group Legal Orientation Program.

“This email is to send you notification to stop work immediately pursuant to the Executive Order on the following task orders,” the DOJ memo said, according to ABC News, which reported getting access to the memo.

Well, if they want to represent illegal aliens they can do it on their one time and money. Why should the taxpayers of the U.S. have to pay for illegal aliens to get legal representation? Let them pay for it. Or the lawyers and groups if they so choose.

American Gateways, a subcontractor for the federal program and an immigrant rights advocacy group based in Austin, served 7,000 detained migrants in 2024 across three immigration detention centers in Texas. Edna Yang, co-executive director of American Gateways, said blocking detained immigrants from access to legal information will hurt the people and the system itself.

Why? Is this a private group? Let them get the money from Democrats who support illegals. The system is that none of these people should actually be in the U.S.

Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained immigrants
The decision to halt the program could prevent thousands of people detained in immigration detention centers from receiving legal advice.

Well, this article is super hard behind the paywall, but, a constant refresh says that the money is being pulled from all sorts of illegal alien supporting non-profits and NGOs. Again, let them pay themselves. They can solicit money others, but, not the taxpayers.

Read: DOJ Says No More Money For Illegal Aliens In Texas »

Posted in Illegal Immigration | 5 Comments | Trackback URL

Comrade Sanders Clashes With RFK, Jr Over Climate Doom

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

Let me start out by saying I’m not a big fan of RFK, Jr. He may well do an excellent job as head of HHS, but, he is still a crank, has gone overboard on vaccines (crapping all over the garbage COVID vaccines is one thing, going after ones that work, like for polio, is something different) and had always been a believer in anthropogenic climate change. Anyhow, Comrade Sanders brought it up for some reason, despite taking lots of fossil fueled flights from Vermont to D.C. and back, and traveling around in fossil fueled vehicles

RFK Jr reveals major issue he and Trump disagree on

climate cowRobert F. Kennedy Jr has revealed one of the major points of disagreements in his and President Donald Trump’s relationship – in what may be the first sign of trouble in paradise in MAGA.

RFK Jr was put through a brutal grilling by senators at his confirmation hearing to become health secretary on Wednesday, where he was pressed on some of his controversial views on things like vaccines, Medicaid and fast food.

Despite coming from a Democrat dynasty, he repeatedly told the hearing he would follow Trump’s lead on policies such as abortion, saying: ‘I serve at the pleasure of the President.’

If he doesn’t want to be a part of what Trump wants then he wouldn’t have accepted the nomination, and, if he goes off the reservation Trump will shitcan him

But the cracks in their relationship began to show when RFK Jr was quizzed by Bernie Sanders about climate change and its effects on people’s health.

Sanders stated that he believes climate change is real and is a health care issue, but ‘Donald Trump thinks it is a hoax [that originated in] in China’, before turning it to RFK Jr and asking if he stands with the president on the matter.

But RFK Jr quickly answered, saying: ‘President Trump and I, from our first meeting, agreed to disagree on that issue. I believe climate change is existential. My job is to make Americans healthy again.’

Exactly. The climate scam is not his problem as head of HHS, no matter what the climate cult thinks, no matter how much they try and make it be part of health care. Kennedy just wants to do the job. He doesn’t have to agree with Trump, the boss, on everything, he just has to do the job. That’s it.

RFK Jr called for the end of subsidies for fossil fuels, stronger enforcement of laws like the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act and new regulations on plastics and chemicals. He also wanted to provide more protection for wildlife, lands and waters.

However, he has also said that putting all focus and resources to combat global warming was a ‘huge tactical error.’

While speaking on ‘The Real Cause of Climate Change podcast,’ RFK Jr discussed how he has been trying to convince friends and that natural ‘solar cycles’ are behind global warming, not greenhouse gas emissions from humans.

Kennedy is an environmentalist at heart, sometimes to the point of being an eco-weenie. And, I’ve heard/read him going full Warmist. At other times, he links it to mostly being natural. Regardless, he seems to want to do the job of head of HHS and not drag other baggage into it. We’ll see.

Read: Comrade Sanders Clashes With RFK, Jr Over Climate Doom »

Posted in Global Warming | 2 Comments | Trackback URL

If All You See…

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

…is an area flooding from global boiling, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on the plain, simple, and wholly obvious truth.

Read: If All You See… »

Posted in If All You See | 23 Comments | Trackback URL
Pirate's Cove