Bummer: Tucson City Council Ends Climate (scam) Panel As Money Dries Up

By William Teach August 18, 2025 – 7:00 am

If they really cared they could certainly find the money somehow, right? A new tax or fee?

Tucson to dissolve climate panel; post-Project Blue rules take shape

Anyone remember climate change?

See, it was (and remains) that civilization-defining threat that everyone said they wanted to do something about. Let me rephrase: Everyone wanted to do something about it, unless they were inconvenienced in any way. (snip)

Even the activists decided to switch gears and focus only on a genocide in Gaza. Climate change will bring about probably a dozen more genocides or mass famines but hey, “the climate” was so 2015.

The cultists have had a tough time trying to beat the drum for both at the same time, as well as the inability to link the two.

Bad news first: The Tucson City Council will vote Tuesday to terminate a funding agreement with the University of Arizona, Pima Community College and Pima County dedicated to a partnership to help deal with climate resiliency and adaptation.

In December 2001 (I assume they meant 2021), the coalition was awarded a $500,000 Build Back Better grant to start a planning process to establish projects and programs for implementation paid for with a subsequent Phase II grant.

Well, Donald Trump got elected and there’s no federal grant money now for a Joe Biden climate program.

The local climate coalition has no money, therefore there’s no need for a coalition to work on climate resiliency. The funny thing (or not so funny) is that the grant was actually focused on programs to deal with resiliency and adaptation.

Let them spend their own money if they care so much.

But there’s is some news of local action on the climate front. Pima County Supervisor Jennifer Allen is asking that a data center zoning ordinance be drafted for consideration.

Allen wants to add more regulations on data centers.

Her action comes after the Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning for “Project Blue,” which was turned out to be an ill-fated attempt to build multiple data centers in Pima County and in the city.

And then the data centers will go elsewhere, taking their jobs and money with them. Good job!

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FAFO: Illegal Who Targets ICE Arrested, Has Conniption Fit

By William Teach August 18, 2025 – 6:45 am

If you’ve broken the law, it’s a bad idea to do things that get you noticed, right? If you’re unlawfully present in any country, it’s really a bad idea to do things that forces federal immigration agents to notice you, right?

Whoops!

ICE Arrests Influencer Tatiana Martinez During Live Stream

A Colombian immigrant TikTok influencer was detained by immigration agents after a confrontation outside her Los Angeles residence that unfolded live on social media.

Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez was apprehended by federal authorities while streaming on TikTok from her Tesla on Friday, August 15, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek that Martinez was arrested because of a prior DUI conviction in Los Angeles. (snip)

Martinez—who entered the U.S. in 2022, according to DHS—posts under the handle @tatianamartinez_02. She has gained attention for documenting ICE operations, sharing “know your rights” guidance, and offering commentary on immigration enforcement. (snip)

Tricia McLaughlin told Newsweek: “On August 15, ICE arrested Leidy Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a criminal illegal alien from Colombia who was convicted for driving under the influence in Los Angeles. This criminal illegal alien entered the country in 2022 and was RELEASED by the Biden administration. During her arrest, Martinez claimed to experience shortness of breath. She was given proper medical treatment and will be held in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”

Even I think this was more than just for the DUI. They specifically targeted her, but, hey, she is illegally present, and should have kept a low profile.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 17, 2025 – 1:08 pm

…is an island that will soon be destroyed from Bad Weather fueled hurricanes, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Wired Right, with a post on a state run supermarket shockingly collapsing.

It’s yellow week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach August 17, 2025 – 9:25 am

Happy Sunday! Another fine day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and this darned lingering cold (well, really, it’s only been slightly over a week) is much better. This pinup is by George Petty, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. If You are Left you ain’t Right: WELL, he is sooooooo Special!
  2. IOTW Report: The US Government’s Guide To Starting Riots
  3. Jihad Watch: Illinois: Imam invokes Muhammad’s example to justify hostility toward Jews today
  4. Legal Insurrection: Canadians Are Pushing Back Against this Summer’s “Climate Lockdowns”
  5. Moonbattery: Fired From Girl Scouts for Resisting Corruption of Kids
  6. neo-neocon: On the decline of The New Yorker: case in point, Doreen St. Félix
  7. Pacific Pundit: MS-13 gangbanger suing Trump admin he can’t undergo a sex change and wear women’s clothing
  8. Powerline: Cal. has nation’s highest unemployment rate
  9. Sultan Knish: The Voting Rights Act is Illegal Racial Gerrymandering
  10. The First Street Journal: World War III Watch: The left and the Neocons want the killing to continue in Ukraine
  11. The Gateway Pundit: ICE Notifies DOJ of Democrat Connecticut State Rep. Corey Paris’ Instagram Post Doxxing ICE’s Live Location in Warning to Illegals
  12. The Hayride: (Dem New Orleans mayor) LaToya Cantrell Got Indicted Today
  13. The Last Refuge: Zelenskyy Likely to Bring EU Leaders Monday for Moral Support as He Meets Trump to Discuss Terms of Russian Peace Agreement
  14. The Other McCain: After Alaska Summit Meeting, Putin Confirms Ukraine War Was Biden’s Fault
  15. And last, but, not least, The Right Scoop has BREAKING: Marco Rubio HALTS visitor visas from Gaza after two teens arrive this week

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?

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

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Trump D.C. Crime Crackdown Already Seeing Hundreds Arrested

By William Teach August 17, 2025 – 7:00 am

One question now is “will they be held and tried for their crimes, or, will left wing loon judges release them with a slap on the wrist?”

Hundreds arrested as Trump’s Washington, DC, crime crackdown hits full stride

The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more than 240 arrests and taken 38 guns off the streets, a White House official told Fox News.

The show of force has swept up gang members, robbery suspects and immigration violators. On Friday alone, 52 people were arrested, including 28 illegal immigrants, while three guns were seized.

Federal teams also cleared 25 homeless encampments, and officials said those removals were carried out without confrontations or arrests.

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller hailed the scale of the operations and said the numbers are “breathtaking.”

“We have seen a record number of violent offenders, bad guys, gang members and all kinds of threats to public safety removed off the streets as well as their illegal weapons that they’ve been using to terrorize the citizens of this city,” Miller told “Fox News Live.”

This is what Democrats are caterwauling about, what they’re fighting against.

Other arrests included drug distribution, weapons violations and outstanding warrants. Police also detained suspects accused of fleeing law enforcement, reckless driving, assault with a dangerous weapon and kidnapping.

Good, good

Trump Administration Live Updates: West Virginia and South Carolina Sending Troops to Boost Guard’s Presence in D.C.

West Virginia aid: Gov. Patrick Morrisey of West Virginia, a Republican, said on Saturday that he was sending 300 to 400 troops from the state’s National Guard to Washington at President Trump’s request. The troops are believed to be joining about 800 Washington National Guard members already there as part of Mr. Trump’s operation to fight crime in the nation’s capital that he has claimed is “out of control,” even though official data shows that it has been falling sharply.

That actually helps, considering the D.C. Police Dept was down about 800 officers.

And realize that many of those heat zones are happening in what would usually be safer neighborhoods, because that’s where the nice cars are

They’re really whining about cleaning up crime and the homeless. I wonder how many actually live in D.C.?

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Good News: “Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump”

By William Teach August 16, 2025 – 4:09 pm

This looks like something to celebrate, but, it give the NY Times and Warmists the sads

Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump

In the Biden administration, the American environmental movement reached what many of its supporters considered an apex. Congress passed the largest ever federal law to combat climate change. Coal-burning power plants were shutting down. Hundreds of billions of dollars of federal investment in renewable energy, batteries and electric vehicles was beginning to flow.

But in just months, President Trump has attacked much of that work.

The Biden-era climate law, known as the Inflation Reduction Act, is in tatters. The White House is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, while boosting oil and gas and hindering solar and wind power. And it is weakening or trying to scrap environmental policies and regulations, some dating to 1970.

The abrupt reversal in fortunes has led to a moment of crisis for the environmental community. “The morale is destroyed,” said Ramon Cruz, a former president of the Sierra Club. “I won’t try to sugar coat it. This is a generational loss.”

In case you were wondering, this piece was not in the opinion section

After a series of stinging defeats and other challenges, some prominent environmental groups are adrift. This week, the Sierra Club’s executive director was fired after a rocky tenure in which he oversaw several rounds of layoffs and clashed with employees. Greenpeace is facing a $670 million legal verdict that could put its future at risk. Rewiring America, a nonprofit group that works to electrify buildings, has slashed nearly a third of its staff.

Actions by the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress have set the environmental movement back years, activists said. Chief among them has been the passage of Mr. Trump’s domestic policy bill, which curtailed many of the core elements of the Inflation Reduction Act.

I have a solution for them: instead of trying to force everyone to comply via Big Government rules and laws, how about all Warmists make their lives Net Zero?

“With one election and one bill, most of the signature climate work that organizations, advocates and movements have been working toward is largely undone,” said Ruthy Gourevitch, a policy director at the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive research organization.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire investor who has supported past efforts to mobilize climate voters and pass climate initiatives on state ballots, said the lesson of the 2024 election is that the public wants solutions that have immediate economic effects.

“If we want to win, we need a fundamental recalibration,” Mr. Steyer recently wrote on Facebook. “Climate can no longer be a separate cause. It must be the context for making people’s lives better. It has to feel like relief. Like opportunity.” For example, he wrote, clean energy must mean lower electric bills.

In other words, Government will control your lives and “make them better.” How’s that worked out for those living in government housing areas?

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 16, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a field perfect for a solar farm, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Geller Report, with a post on a major court victory for Trump on USAID.

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Florida To Open New Illegal Alien Facility, “Deportation Depot”

By William Teach August 16, 2025 – 10:30 am

I can see that federal judge who screeched “stop building at Alligator Alley!!!!!” after it had pretty much been built having a meltdown over this

Florida to open ‘Deportation Depot’ at shuttered prison weeks after launching ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility

From “Alligator Alcatraz” to a new “Deportation Depot,” Florida says it is leading the way in enforcing federal immigration laws.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that the state will open a new immigration detention center dubbed “Deportation Depot” at a shuttered former prison in Sanderson, north Florida, expanding the state’s capacity to hold and deport migrants.

The new facility will be located at Baker Correctional Institution, about 43 miles west of Jacksonville and will initially hold 1,300 beds and can be expandable to 2,000. (snip)

DeSantis said that there are an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 illegal immigrants in Florida who already have final orders of removal but have not yet been deported. He touted state and local law enforcement agencies’ participation in ICE operations with the latest move expanding Florida’s 287(g) program, where state officers collaborate with ICE.

And they can all avoid being sent to either facility by self-deporting. It’s that easy. Don’t forget, federal law states “be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months” then deported. So, as long as they are deported within 6 months, no problem.

Meanwhile

Pam Bondi threatens prosecution for leaders not complying with immigration officers

Pam Bondi, the attorney general, said she has sent “sanctuary city” letters to the mayors of 32 cities and a handful of county executives, warning that she intends to prosecute political leaders who are not in her view sufficiently supportive of immigration enforcement.

“You better be abiding by our federal policies and with our federal law enforcement, because if you’re not, we’re going to come after you,” she said, speaking to a Fox News reporter. “Our leaders have to support our law enforcement.”

Bondi’s letter asks the recipients to provide a response by 19 August that “confirms your commitment with complying with federal law and identifies the immediate initiatives you are taking to eliminate laws, policies and practices that impede federal immigration enforcement”.

US Code 8 makes it illegal to do things like shelter and hide illegal aliens. I wonder if any will comply, or, will one of the mayors or sheriffs have to be arrested and charged first?

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Your Fault: Burgers Going Up Due To Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach August 16, 2025 – 7:00 am

If only you had stopped eating meat

Burgers Bending Your Budget? Blame It On Climate Change

climate cowOver the last year or so, you may have felt the sting of higher prices as you ordered your favorite burgers at your local restaurant or when you’ve been stocking up at the grocery store. You’re not imagining it: burgers and other red meats cost more today than in years past. The reason why is part of an interlocking network of environmental factors that have prompted a financial turnabout for the agriculture industry.

To get a fuller picture as to why burgers cost more today than ever, we need to take a deep dive into climate change, industrial agriculture, and economic strategies. Here’s a primer to help out.

(blah blah blah, cows evil)

What does all this mean for you and your Cheeseburgers in Paradise? A warming planet with intensifying extreme weather is affecting the price of your favorite red meats. Unprecedented conditions are set to become increasingly common across the world, say the authors of a 2025 study. They outline how “new records for extreme conditions will continue to be set, further from those to which agricultural production and economic systems are currently adapted.”

What’s the projection for drought in future years? US climate projections suggest drought conditions may become more frequent and intense. That means the cost of beef in your grocery or neighborhood restaurant will likely continue to rise. Climate change is making catastrophic, multiyear “megadroughts” much worse in the US and around the world.

Good lord, it’s always doom with these people. Did they forget what happened during COVID, with all the inflation, much of which was caused by Democrat policies?

Are rising beef prices new in 2025? Since 2020, studies have shown that climate change is driving up the costs of food, insurance, and other basic goods. Climate impacts on economic productivity indicate that climate change may increasingly threaten price stability. The costs to buy burgers, as a result, isn’t going to fall at least for the next few years.

Yes, they did forget. Or, is this just gaslighting? Cultlighting? These people are dipshits.

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Wacko Judge Considers Whether To Go Against Home Rule Act

By William Teach August 16, 2025 – 6:45 am

The Supreme Court just needs to start taking up these cases and putting out one page decisions that amount to “you’re wrong, just stop, you’re embarrassing”

Federal judge casts doubt on Bondi’s move to sideline DC police leadership

A judge on Friday weighed limiting the power of the Trump administration to assume control of the police department in Washington, D.C., after suggesting the appointment of Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole to assume the police chief’s duties was illegal.

Judge Ana Reyes gave lawyers for the Department of Justice and the D.C. government until early evening to reach a deal that would limit Cole’s authority, or she would issue a temporary restraining order.

Reyes, a Biden appointee, said broader questions over President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order declaring a crime emergency in the nation’s capital would be addressed in a court hearing next week.

In the immediate future, the Trump administration will still largely have control over the Metropolitan Police Department regardless of whether it reaches a deal with the D.C. government or becomes subject to a court order.

Is Reyes familiar with the Home Rule Act? Is she familiar Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, which established the District Of Columbia, and gives the federal government ultimate control of it? I mean, again

 the Home Rule Act grants the President authority to federalize the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under “emergency conditions”. Though rarely contemplated, this represents an ultimate check on local authority.

It’s pretty specific.

The hearing was a small setback for the administration, as Reyes indicated that Cole must go through Mayor Muriel Bowser to give any further directives to the police force.

These leftard judges just do not care what the law actually says.

The judge made clear she did not plan to immediately rule on whether there was a crime emergency, as Trump stated in his executive order, but that some temporary resolution was still needed.

That is not up to her. It’s not in her power. It’s power delegated to the Executive Branch per duly passed Legislative Law. If Reyes wants to rule against it then she kills the entire Home Rule Act, and the entire DC government collapses and reverts to straight Legislative Branch control.

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