US Captures Maduro In Overnight Operation

By William Teach January 3, 2026 – 6:35 am

I’m wondering how Democrats are going to take this

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country

Trump saying hello to Judge Sara

The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said its president, Nicolás Maduro, had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime operation announced by President Donald Trump on social media hours after the attack.

Multiple explosions rang out and low-flying aircraft swept through Caracas, the capital, as Maduro’s government immediately accused the United States of attacking civilian and military installations. The Venezuelan government called it an “imperialist attack” and urged citizens to take to the streets.

It was not immediately clear who was running the country, and Maduro’s whereabouts were not immediately known. Trump announced the developments on Truth Social shortly after 4:30 a.m. ET. Under Venezuelan law the vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, would take power. There was no confirmation that had happened, though she did issue a statement after the strike.

“We do not know the whereabouts of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores,” Rodriguez said. “We demand proof of life.”

Will Judge Boasberg demand he be released?

The legal implications of the strike under U.S. law were not immediately clear. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, posted on X that he had spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who briefed him on the strike. Rubio told Lee that Maduro “has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States.”

The White House did not immediately respond to queries on where Maduro and his wife were being flown to. Maduro was indicted in March 2020 on “narco-terrorism” conspiracy charges in the Southern District of New York.

Maybe it’s time to put Edmundo González Urrutia in the Venezuelan president’s office, since he most likely won the last election. Or hold new elections and let Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado run.

Now we await the moonbats to go moonbat over this. Oh, and this

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Warmists Say Wood Stoves And Fireplaces Kill 2,500 A Year In The UK

By William Teach January 2, 2026 – 2:54 pm

Because of this, they certainly want to ban them. They’d rather your freeze

New study uncovers unexpected culprit behind 2,500 deaths per year: ‘Simply too big to ignore?

The use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes has been linked to 2,500 deaths in the U.K. a year.

The Guardian summarized a report released by Global Action Plan and Hertfordshire County Council explaining that wood-burning stoves and open fires are one of the biggest culprits of small-particle pollution.

Meanwhile, their use has risen in recent years, the publication added, citing an April 2025 study.

While 90% of people have other sources of heating, many still use stoves and fires for aesthetic reasons.

“We all need to stay warm this winter [but] an open fire or wood-burning stove is the most polluting way to heat a home,” Global Action Plan’s Larissa Lockwood told The Guardian.

“Air pollution from wood-burning stoves is cutting lives short and putting people in hospital — the health burden on the British public is simply too big to ignore.”

All they are really doing is linking, but, they cannot 100% definitively state the burning of wood was the cause, but

Lockwood told The Guardian that the government needed to strengthen the powers of local authorities to enforce regulations, better communicate the dangers of burning wood and other solid fuels to the public, and help people to insulate their homes and install cleaner heating systems.

In other words, the Government needs to ban them, even though more and more across the UK, and Europe, are using wood fireplaces because the cost of energy has gotten so high due to climate scam restrictions.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 2, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heatsnow from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jihad Watch, with a post on the protests in Iran.

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Strange: Ilegals No Longer Eligible For MinnesotaCare

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

Hey, weren’t we told that illegals were not get government healthcare? Not Obamacare or Medicare or Medicaid? The media and Democrat politicians were very explicit about this

As new year arrives, undocumented immigrants lose access to MinnesotaCare

About 15,000 undocumented adults in Minnesota lost access to their state-funded health care on Jan. 1.

In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature — which then had a DFL trifecta — passed a bill that granted undocumented Minnesotans access to MinnesotaCare, a health care program for low-income people that began in the 1990s. The program helps those who are ineligible for Medicaid but unable to afford private health insurance.

Enrollment opened in 2024, and beginning in 2025, undocumented people were able to get care through the program if they were eligible based on their income.

But about halfway through the year, a divided Legislature voted to end those benefits for undocumented adults.

Ma Elena Gutierrez leads the group Fe y Justicia, a faith-based nonprofit that has organized around health equity. She said undocumented people are likely to put off care like surgeries and preventative checkups, and to forgo medications.

Well, they can go back to their home countries if they don’t like it. It’s that easy. The US is not your mommy and daddy.

John Connolly, deputy commissioner and state Medicaid director in the Department of Human Services, said that those who no longer have coverage can be seen at federally qualified health centers or community health centers, which provide care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. But he said that might put a strain on those clinics, which won’t be reimbursed for those services.

“We worry both for people in terms of their access to services, but also in terms of providers having a steady form of payment which strengthens them overall,” he said.

Wait, you mean illegals are going to jam up health centers in Minnesota? I have zero sympathy for the people of Minnesota who keep voting for lefty politicians who support illegal aliens.

Hennepin Healthcare frequently serves undocumented patients. Pam Quast, director of patient access and financial security for Hennepin Healthcare, said that those who no longer have health insurance coverage can still get care through Hennepin Healthcare’s uncompensated-care program. Under that program, patients don’t receive a bill. Hennepin Healthcare conducts their own financial calculations and write-offs, and is then reimbursed through the state and federal government.

A program meant for Americans who cannot afford the care will be taken over by illegals, and then gets reimbursed for those illegals

The Department of Human Services has issued this guidance for undocumented immigrants in English, Oromo, Somali and Spanish.

Come to the U.S. and do not speak English.

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Scientists Find 7,000 Year Old Wall In Mediterranean, Take Exactly Wrong Message

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

I love history, I love shows on discovering things and talking about old things. Expedition Unknown, Mysteries At The Museum, Histories Greatest Mysteries, and so many more

Experts stunned by incredible 7,000-year-old structure found deep underwater: ‘Must have left a lasting impression’

Archaeologists off the coast of Brittany, France, have discovered a 394-foot wall beneath the waves.

The threshold of solid stone, which could date back to 5,000 BCE, may just show what happens when humans try to build walls to block the ocean’s might.

The wall is believed to have been built for catching fish or protecting people from destructive seawater, according to the BBC.

At around 66 feet wide and seven feet high, the solid 3,600-ton mass of stone has lasted for about 7,000 years, per the researchers, who believe it to have been constructed in the context of a Stone Age community of hunter-gatherers.

While the wall would have been well-situated on the shoreline when in use, it is now 30 feet underwater.

If we look at the average of 6-8 inches of sea rise per century over the last 8,000 years we’re looking at 35-46 feet of sea rise. And the rising seas from the great pulsewater melt started filling the Med. Of course, here we go

With big risks posed by ever-rising seas, discoveries like this one help to demonstrate how coastal communities could one day disappear beneath ocean waters.

Those who built the wall may have put it up to try and mitigate a rising tide in their own time.

In its coverage, the BBC cited a paper published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. “The submersion caused by the rapid rise in sea level, followed by the abandonment of fishing structures, protective works, and habitation sites,” according to the paper, “must have left a lasting impression.”

Driven by human activity — namely, the burning of polluting fuels — which is contributing to the overheating of the planet and the melting of glaciers, sea levels are now consistently reaching all-time highs. Their impacts are already being felt, particularly in vulnerable coastal and island communities.

What caused the big sea rise back then?

People can take steps now to lower their contributions to the pollution that is heating the planet and driving rising seas. And these can look like everything from avoiding fuels such as oil and coal to exploring plant-based diets.

Oh, piss off.

Anyhow, the wall is pretty cool. And, I suspect if the lost city of Atlantis is real it most likely was swallowed up by the same rising Med along with subsistence from earthquakes.

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Trump Admin Freezes Childcare Payments To States Without Proof Of Legitimate Spending

By William Teach January 2, 2026 – 6:45 am

If Democrats are upset, perhaps they should be reconsidering the notion that the federal government should pay for everything. Oh, and keeping a tighter control on all that money

Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states

The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing all childcare payments to all states, an official for Donald Trump’s administration told ABC News in a report published Wednesday. States’ funds will be released “only when states prove they are being spent legitimately”.

The report came a day after Jim O’Neill, the HHS deputy secretary, and Alex Adams, an HHS assistant secretary who oversees the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), appeared in a Tuesday evening video message. O’Neill declared that the department had “activated our defend-the-spend system for all ACF childcare payments across America” and would now require “justification, receipt or photo evidence before we make a payment”.

Originally, O’Neill and Adams’s message was interpreted as an announcement that HHS would stop childcare funding in Minnesota, not all 50 states. However, the Associated Press reported late on Wednesday that the freeze would apply to every state, and that all states would need to provide more documentation about their childcare programs before receiving federal money.

The department did not immediately reply to a Guardian request for comment to clarify the nature of the freeze, but HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told ABC News: “It’s the onus of the state to make sure that these funds, these federal dollars, taxpayer dollars, are being used for legitimate purposes.”

Is it that difficult for Democrat run governments and all the Democrat bureaucrats in government to not be shady? To stop giving money to NGOs and groups and completely not bother accounting for it? They aren’t failing, because, failing would imply that they actually tried. They just do not care to try. Now, if they want the money they are going to have show they are safeguarding the People’s Money properly.

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Bummer: Federal Court Blocks Hawaii’s Climate (scam) Tourist Tax

By William Teach January 1, 2026 – 3:26 pm

Well, this is a bummer

Federal ruling blocks Hawaii’s climate change tourist tax on cruise ships

A federal appeals court ruling on New Year’s Eve blocked Hawaii from enforcing a climate change tourist tax on cruise ships passengers, a levy that was set to go into effect at the start of 2026.

Cruise Lines International Association challenged the tax in a lawsuit, arguing that the new law violates the U.S. Constitution by taxing cruise ships for entering Hawaii ports. They also argued it would make cruises more expensive. The lawsuit notes the law authorizes counties to collect an additional 3% surcharge, bringing the total to 14% of prorated fares.

The levy increases rates on hotel room and vacation rental stays but also imposes a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship’s passenger, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports. The lawsuit notes the law authorizes counties to collect an additional 3% surcharge, bringing the total to 14% of prorated fares. (snip)

U.S. District Judge Jill A. Otake last week upheld the law and the plaintiffs appealed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. government intervened in the case and also appealed Otake’s ruling.

The order by two 9th Circuit judges granted both requests for an injunction pending the appeals.

As I wrote back on December 26th in regards to Judge Jill’s ruling in upholding Hawaii’s law: Look, Hawaiians voted for the people who put this tax in place. Every experiment needs an experimental group, right. Let’s see what happens to the economy of Hawaii, see if the peasants enjoy the fallout. And, anyhow, if the doomsday cultists in Hawaii hate fossil fuels, why not ban cruise ships, gas powered boats, airplanes, and helicopters?

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 1, 2026 – 1:34 pm

…is an island that will soon be covered by the rising sea, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is LMAO, with a post wondering what the year will bring.

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Some People Seem Upset George Clooney Was Granted French Citizenship

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

So, how does one become a citizen of France through naturalization?

In most cases, when you are 18 or older and have legally lived in France for an uninterrupted period of five years, you can apply for citizenship by naturalization. You’ll have to meet certain requirements, such as:

But

French government defends granting citizenship to George and Amal Clooney

Actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney were granted French citizenship because “they contribute, through their distinguished actions, to France’s international influence and cultural outreach,” the French government said Wednesday, defending their naturalization that was questioned by a junior French minister.

The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star of the “Ocean’s” series of heist movies, his wife and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, and their twins Ella and Alexander were announced last weekend in the Journal Officiel, where French government decrees are published.

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, a junior minister at the Interior Ministry, expressed misgivings Wednesday that some of the Clooneys’ new French compatriots may think that the star couple was granted special treatment. The actor speaks only what he himself says is “horrible, horrible” French.

I mean, that is a good point, because reading and writing French is rather a requirement. His wife and kids supposedly are fully fluent.

“The message being sent is not good,” Vedrenne said in an interview with broadcaster France Info. “There is an issue of fairness that, in my eyes, is absolutely essential.”

The couple purchased an estate in France in 2021 and Clooney has said that it’s their primary residence. Non-French residents of France have multiple possible routes to becoming naturalized. It wasn’t clear whether the 64-year-old actor retained his American citizenship. His 47-year-old wife was born in Lebanon and raised in the U.K and naturalized by France under her maiden name, Amal Alamuddin. The 8-year-old twins were born in London.

The Foreign Ministry said the Clooneys were eligible for citizenship under a French law that allows for the naturalization of foreign nationals who contribute to France’s international influence and economic well-being.

Now, see, I’m not a big fan of Clooney as an actor, I’ve just never enjoyed his acting and parts. This goes back to not liking him on ER. There are many actors I do not care for. That he’s Trump deranged plays no part in this. But, let’s really consider this: George and his wife, regardless of your personal opinion of Clooney and his wife, damned sure bring value. And money. Is it better than France gave citizenship to the Clooneys, who will not be drains on the French, won’t be taking welfare and other government resources, but, will be contributing money to the French treasury, unlike all those migrants from 3rd world shitholes the French government brings in.

Immigrants should bring value, not dependency.

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Your Fault: Minnesota Got Big Snow Storm Supercharged By Hotcoldwetdry

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

Are these “scientists” familiar with Minnesota in the winter?

How climate change supercharged a routine clipper into a Minnesota snowstorm

We got 5.8 inches of snow officially at MSP Airport Sunday, putting an end to a nearly two-week winter hiatus. That in itself is nothing to write home about. We get snowfalls of that nature frequently, but this was an Alberta Clipper on a potent form of steroids. The steroid? You guessed it: climate change.

A system like this is a great example of the energy boost from climate change we don’t always see or feel so visibly. Our temperatures weren’t remarkable, though they were above normal, starting in the 30s early Sunday and falling into the teens, but the air mass just to our south, which fueled the system, was quite remarkable.

This system is a textbook example of how climate change supercharges storm systems with both more heat, or energy, and more moisture. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and a storm system squeezes out that higher moisture content into a condensed form, resulting in heavier rainfalls and snowfalls.

Got that? Heating causes more snow, even though the same Warmists said ‘climate change’ would be the end of snow, but, when that didn’t happen, they manufactured a way to blame heavy snow on warming. It’s a cult.

But, um, if carbon pollution is so bad why is MSP Airport still open?

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