Bummer: HUD Secretary Puts The Kibosh On DEI Plan In Asheville, NC

By William Teach March 13, 2025 – 7:00 am

I actually heard this on the news breaks Wednesday, as well as the late morning brief on Spectrum News. It’s a good thing

Liberal North Carolina city’s DEI plan for hurricane relief shut down by HUD secretary

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner shut down a hurricane relief draft plan put forth by the city of Asheville, North Carolina, that included a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiative that would have prioritized some residents over others, his office said.

“Once again, let me be clear, DEI is dead at HUD,” Turner said of axing the plan. “We will not provide funding to any program or grantee that does not comply with President Trump’s executive orders.”

“HUD looks forward to helping thousands of North Carolinians rebuild after Hurricane Helene by directing funding assistance to impacted businesses, nonprofit organizations and neighborhoods,” Turner added. “However, Asheville’s draft action plan incorporated DEI criteria to prioritize some impacted residents over others, which was unacceptable. After HUD informed Asheville that its plan was unsatisfactory and it would not be approved, the city assured us that it was updating its draft action plan to be compliant.”

Asheville is about as liberal as you’re going to get in North Carolina. Nice place to visit. Great scenery, funky attitude. But, definitely full of moonbats

The city of Asheville detailed under a section in its draft plan titled “How Programs Will Support Vulnerable Populations” that minority- and women-owned businesses would be prioritized for assistance.

“Within the Small Business Support Program, the City will prioritize assistance for Minority and Women Owned Businesses (MWBE) within the scoring criteria outlined within the policies and procedures,” reads the draft plan, which was reviewed by Fox News Digital.

Asheville is also, as you’d expect in a wholly Democrat run city, crime ridden. Neighborhood Scout ranks it a 2, meaning it is safer than 2% of American cities. That’s bad. Lots of assault, thefts, burglaries, and car thefts. It’s also uber-white, with 78%, and only 10% black and 6% Hispanic. So, why a focus on “minorities”? How about helping everyone? Of course, if the uber-white liberals want to give their aid up to the minorities, have at it.

Democratic Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer said in comments provided to Fox News Digital that the city was “working closely with HUD as we continue to navigate the changing compliance requirements of the new administration.”

“We are grateful for the administration’s support in our recovery efforts,” Manheimer continued. “The City will ensure it meets current federal standards in order to facilitate approval of critically needed funding to help the city recover from the devastation of Tropical Storm Helene.”

In other words, they capitulate, and removed the above section as well as other DEI. Don’t think for a moment they won’t try and backdoor it.

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Large Swatch Of Amazon Cut Down To Make Ready For COP30 In Brazil

By William Teach March 12, 2025 – 3:27 pm

Nothing says “we’re totally concerned with ‘climate change’ and it is totally not about Elites trying to be Authoritarians” like this

Amazon Forest Cleared for Road to Carry Globalist Elites to Climate Summit

A new four-lane highway requiring the decimation of tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built to carry globalist elites to the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

The BBC reports the aim is to ease vehicle traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people – including world leaders – at the U.N. sponsored conference in November.

COP30 will also see the usual thousands of attendees flying in for the occasion.

Critics are quick to point out the sheer hypocrisy of this deforestation as it contradicts the claimed purpose of a climate summit. The BBC report notes:

Along the partially built road, lush rainforest towers on either side – a reminder of what was once there. Logs are piled high in the cleared land which stretches more than 13km (8 miles) through the rainforest into Belém.

Diggers and machines carve through the forest floor, paving over wetland to surface the road which will cut through a protected area.

So, COP29 in 2024 was held in the petro-state of Azerbaijan, for which the roughly 40k people attending had to fly or drive in using a fossil fueled vehicle. Taking the train was mostly out of the question, and, even try to take an EV would have been impossible. COP28 was also in the petro-state of Dubai. COP27 was held in Egypt, in the luxury resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. And people had to take lots of fossil fueled trips. Now we have Brazil, for which tens of thousands will take a fossil fueled trip, mostly planes.

Belem has inter-city rail, but, no connections to cities outside of the Belem. But, it does have an international airport. Will any of the climate nuts take sailing vessels to the ports? How many of the private jets will need to be deadheaded (flying without passengers) to other airports in Brazil?

Adler Silveira, the state government’s infrastructure secretary, listed this highway as one of 30 projects happening in the city to “prepare” and “modernise” it, so “we can have a legacy for the population and, more importantly, serve people for COP30 in the best possible way”.

Speaking to the BBC, he said it was a “sustainable highway” and an “important mobility intervention.”

Yes, cutting down thousands of acres of jungle is definitely sustainable. From that BBC article

Claudio Verequete lives about 200m from where the road will be. He used to make an income from harvesting açaí berries from trees that once occupied the space.

“Everything was destroyed,” he says, gesturing at the clearing.

“Our harvest has already been cut down. We no longer have that income to support our family.”

He says he has received no compensation from the state government and is currently relying on savings.

They are not concerned with the climate. Or the little people.

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If All Yous See…

By William Teach March 12, 2025 – 2:03 pm

…is the need to have an umbrella due to the much more dangerous Sun from ‘climate change, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on a problem meeting a solution.

Just went back to the gym for the first time since last Tuesday, and realized how many exercises I cannot do because they involve strength of ankle and balance. That I cannot stress the ankle too much. Also, for you older folks, how we’ve learned to just take the time, do not rush it.

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The New Republic: Why Islamist Mahmoud Khalil Was Really Arrested

By William Teach March 12, 2025 – 10:30 am

The New Republic is very much a Progressive outlet, and they think they have a big scoop here, but, in reality, they actually make the point that he needed to be scooped up and eventually deported. But, first Ryan Mauro has a long thread (I’m taking the screenshots from Twitchy)

And the thread gets, much, much worse, which is also noted in the Jerusalem Post. Let’s jump in to the New Republic

White House Admits Why Mahmoud Khalil Was Really Arrested

Pro-Palestine activist and legal U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil wasn’t arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for committing an actual crime, but because Secretary of State Marco Rubio had personally determined that he had to go.

Khalil, who is a green card holder, was arrested by ICE last week under the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, two officials at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security told Zeteo News Tuesday.

There’s actually some debate. Some say he was here on a student visa and a green card, some say he was a permanent resident, but, as Eitan Fischberger tweeted

Mahmoud Khalil came to America around December 2022, and became a permanent resident in 2024.

Which means he’s spent his entire time as a permanent resident advocating with a group that calls for “Death to America”

And he has a document for this.

Section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of INA says that any “alien” is “deportable” if the secretary of state “has a reasonable ground” to believe their presence could result in “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences” for the United States.

OK, so, the New Republic’s Edith Olmsted has, unintentionally, made the case that Khalil needed to be scooped up and needs to be deported

Separately, a White House official told conservative rag The Free Press Monday that the government did not believe Khalil had committed an actual crime. “The allegation here is not that he was breaking the law,” the official said.

He doesn’t have to. Of course, threatening to kill Jews is rather against the law. Threatening to destroy Israel and showing support for a US designated terrorist group aren’t actually a good thing, either.

The White House official alleged that Khalil was “mobilizing support for Hamas and spreading antisemitism in a way that is contrary to the foreign policy of the US,” a claim that Khalil has denied and that the government has released no evidence to support.

The INA was originally used to oust those suspected of being Soviet spies. But it has never been used to punish speech, and it’s unclear what evidence Rubio would need to provide to justify superseding Khalil’s First Amendment rights.

Threatening to kill Jews and Americans would cover it. Threatening murder is not free speech, nor protesting peaceably, nor petitioning for redress of grievance. Threatening to commit October 7ths repeatedly on American soil is not, particularly as a visitor to our country. Oh, and

Hmm, someone who is not actually an American citizen, who came in 2022 and immediately started agitating, was doing this, and they shouldn’t be deported? Seriously, when combined with the actual details the NR piece makes the point he should be.

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The Planet Cannot Survive Drill Baby Drill Or Something

By William Teach March 12, 2025 – 7:15 am

Not just life on Earth, but, the Earth itself!

Trump’s Energy Policy Is ‘Drill, Baby, Drill.’ The Planet Can’t Survive This.

In less than two months since taking office, President Trump has reversed decades of progress against climate change, putting our economy, our lives and the planet in grave danger.

On Monday, Trump’s new energy secretary, Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, told a packed conference of oil and gas executives in Houston that global warming is simply a “side effect of building the modern world” and promised a “180-degree pivot” from previous administrations’ efforts to invest in clean, renewable energy.

As a member of Congress from a region hard hit by destructive weather fueled by climate change and an expert on low-carbon energy alternatives, we want American voters to understand how the Trump administration is endangering our safety, health and property by turning its back on established science.

The Congressman in question is Excitable Hank Johnson, the same wanker who thought Guam would tip over. Oh, and I be he doesn’t take the train, bus, or an EV between Georgia and D.C.

The future of American jobs, real estate and infrastructure – not to mention our lives – depends on tackling the climate crisis. That’s a reality that scientists agree on, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which was created by Congress. With the recent devastation from wildfires in Los Angeles and record-breaking winter storms across the southern United States, the nation should be going full throttle to address climate change, not slamming on the brakes.

Those would be the wildfires which started by arson and incompetence, as well as the poor fire management of Los Angeles. And lots of scientists do not agree.

Ignoring these warnings, the president has gutted nearly every federal effort to slow climate change. He has withdrawn the U.S. from the 2015 Paris climate accords, halted lucrative green energy initiatives that were creating jobs at home and has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” by expanding oil drilling offshore and on protected federal lands, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

I already love what Trump has done when it comes to the climate cult, thanks for letting me know again.

Fortunately, lawsuits are moving forward in states from Hawaii and Montana to New York and Vermont to hold corporate actors accountable, seeking millions or billions of dollars to pay for damages caused by climate change. These cases include a Feb. 24 lawsuit filed by farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for deleting vital climate data from their website.

It’s time for every corporate polluter to be held accountable in court. If federal officials are derelict in their duty to protect us, then governors, legislators, pressure groups and citizens must take up the slack. The planet won’t survive four more years of climate-denying policies.

Funny how it’s always about forcing Other People to comply with the cult beliefs, but, never about the cultists practicing what they preach.

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New CPB App Helps “Migrants” Self Deport

By William Teach March 12, 2025 – 7:00 am

Oh, the irony of using Biden’s app that helped more fake asylum seekers enter the US and get hearings (years from now) for the reverse

New version of CBP app enables migrants to ‘self-deport’

A phone app intended to facilitate communication between migrants and the U.S. government has been repurposed for the Trump era.

The latest version of the Customs and Border Protection app has a new name — and a new feature that allows people to announce their “intent to depart” from the U.S.

CBP One, as it was previously known, was used under President Joe Biden to enable migrants seeking asylum to set up appointments for screening.

President Donald Trump’s administration, which has kept limits on asylum imposed near the end of his predecessor’s term, initially shut down the app before relaunching it this week as CBP Home. Users can check border crossing times and request an inspection of cargo entering the country in addition to signaling their intention to leave the U.S. or “self-deport” amid increased efforts to remove people without legal status.

“The CBP Home app strengthens our mission to secure the border and provides illegal aliens with a straightforward way to leave now before facing much harsher consequences later,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday.

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Bummer: Pentagon Nixes Climate (scam) Studies

By William Teach March 11, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Is it bad for military academies and the military branches to know about the weather? No. How about learning what a warming climate can do in terms of future conflicts? No. Is it bad to teach indoctrination into the climate cult? Damned skippy

US Military Cancels Climate Change Studies That Pentagon Chief Derides

The U.S. military is canceling more than 90 studies, including some that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed as climate change garbage.

Military and intelligence officials have over the past decade identified potential security threats from climate change that include natural disasters in densely populated coastal areas and damage to American military bases worldwide.

“The (Department of Defense) does not do climate change crap,” Hegseth posted on X on Sunday. Hegseth took office in President Donald Trump’s new administration on Jan. 25.

The Pentagon said in a separate statement that it would be scrapping 91 social science-related studies on topics ranging from global migration patterns and climate change impact to social trends and would save $30 million in a year.

It listed as canceled studies including “Social and Institutional Determinants of Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Hazards in the African Sahel” and “Food Fights: War Narratives and Identity Reproduction in Evolving Conflicts.”

They need to be learning about fighting and stuff for today, not hypotheticals and cult crap. Do they need to know about how the sea will rise 6-8 inches over the next 100 years? Nope. How about that the fossil fueled vehicles they use to protect the U.S. and project power are evil? Nope. Or how ‘climate change’ intersects with LGBTwhatever or this or that? No. It’s doomsday cult woke garbage. We need military members to be strong, smart fighters, not cult warriors.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 11, 2025 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on the latest moonbattery from Jasmine Crockett.

Regarding my ankle, slightly better. Not a fracture, but, a slight chip and a tendon tear. Still going to take time to heal, and mobility is recommended to be limited, but, I have an ankle brace now instead of a boot. Means less energy when moving, and easier to walk. Restricted from most leg exercises, Ortho doc wants me to only do upper body when sitting. No problem with that. Still balancing too much on heal, not whole foot. And, can expect painful twinges longer than with a fracture, but, as the doc said, it’s still a better situation.

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Education Department Looking At 60 Colleges Over Jew Hatred

By William Teach March 11, 2025 – 10:30 am

Unsurprisingly, CNN, like the other leftist outlets covering this, do it in an antiseptic manner, as they do not want to upset the Jew hating/Hamas supporting base by highlighting that Jew hatred and harassment is a bad thing

Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims

The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Monday sent letters to 60 colleges and universities it says are under investigation for alleged violations “relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination,” warning institutions of possible consequences if they don’t take adequate steps to protect Jewish students.

The OCR said that it sent letters under its authority to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bans any institution receiving federal funds from discriminating based on race, color, and national origin.

The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.

President Donald Trump’s administration has made combating what it considers anti-Israel and antisemitic movements on college campuses a priority.

He signed an executive order during his second week in office to “combat antisemitism” in schools and on university campuses, and on February 3 announced the creation of a multiagency task force to carry out the mandate.

But, see, since Trump announced this, and has said he will pull funding from Jew hating schools, it’s a Bad Thing. Something Democrats should oppose. Because Democrats like to defend the indefensible. But, then, we have seen the Israel hatred and support for radical Islam rise to hatred of Jews and support of Islamic terrorism heavily since 9/11, particularly on college campuses.

Before Monday’s announcement, the Department of Education had said in early February that it was investigating five of the 60 universities on the list: Columbia; Northwestern University; Portland State University; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

The fifty-five other universities are now under investigation or are being monitored “in response to complaints filed with OCR,” according to Monday’s statement. (snip)

“The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish students studying on elite U.S. campuses continue to fear for their safety amid the relentless antisemitic eruptions that have severely disrupted campus life for more than a year. University leaders must do better,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a statement.

And the ED has every right to do this, since these schools take lots of federal money.

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Your Fault: Global Boiling Could Maybe Possibly Affect Satellites

By William Teach March 11, 2025 – 7:00 am

Well, this is a new one. I guess the cult put together a panel to look for something unique to bleat about

Climate change could be threatening satellites as they orbit in space: Study

The ongoing surge of greenhouse gas emissions in the near-Earth environment could cause dramatic declines in the number of satellites orbiting the planet by the end of the century, a new study has found.

By the year 2100, the “satellite carrying capacity” of the most popular low-orbit regions could decline by 50 to 66 percent due to the impacts of these emissions, according to the study, published on Monday in Nature Sustainability.

“Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites over the next 100 years,” senior author Richard Linares, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said in a statement.

Linares and his colleagues determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases can cause the upper atmosphere to shrink.

The researchers found that the contraction of the thermosphere — the atmospheric layer where the International Space Station orbits today — causes a plunge in density, leading to ripple effects.

Could. Could. Might. Maybe. We think. And, of course, it’s something doomy 75 years from now. All because you refuse to give your freedom of choice to government.

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