Dozens Of Democrats Vote Against Arming Israel

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

I’m sure they’d prefer to arm Hamas and see Israel and the Jews wiped out

In Major Milestone, Dozens Of Senators Vote To Block U.S. Weapons To Israel

Large groups of senators on Wednesday voted against selling $700 million in American bombs and rifles to Israel ? sending a major signal from Congress of U.S. frustration over the mass casualties and starvation caused by the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza.

The bills to block the transfers were organized by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and each drew support from more than half of Democrats and their allies in the Senate. Twenty-seven senators voted against the rifle transfer, including Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the Democratic ranking member on the powerful armed services committee, who had never previously voted against weapons for Israel. Twenty-four opposed the shipment of bombs. (Reed and Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island had different positions on the two motions.)

No Republicans supported the effort despite indications that some conservatives want President Donald Trump to be less deferential to Israel.

“Today’s vote was a new high water mark … It reflects the rising tide among voters against continuing to subsidize and arm Israel’s actions in Gaza and its other grave violations of Palestinian rights,” Ari Tolany of the Center for International Policy, one of several progressive groups backing the legislation, said in a Wednesday night statement.

That’s the way the uber-Progressive Jew hating Huffington Post put it. Democrats are thrilled to abandon an ally and empower the Islamic terrorist groups that want to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Hell, many have it in their charters that they want Israel destroyed and replaced with an Islamic caliphate.

Politico, among others, tried to be less Jew hatey

Senate votes down Israel arms sales ban, despite growing Democrat support

The Senate on Wednesday voted down a resolution to bar U.S. arms sales to Israel, exposing new divisions among Democrats and highlighting rising frustration with the country’s conduct in Gaza.

The first of two votes pushed by progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders — which came to 27-70 — renewed efforts to halt American weapons transfers in protest of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and a deepening humanitarian crisis. Democrats split on the vote, with 12 new supporters who previously backed arms sales to Israel. (snip)

New supporters included Maine Independent Sen. Angus King, who said this week he would no longer support Netanyahu’s government because Israel appears to be using starvation as a weapon of war.

“I had just had it,” King said in an interview. “I kept expecting that Israel would wake up and realize what an awful thing they were perpetuating, and that surely they would at least open up humanitarian aid. They just continued to not do it, and I just reached the point where enough was enough.”

It’s a war. One that Hamas started. And I cannot find anywhere where King called for the release of the hostages. He mostly rages against Israel and those evil Jews. In fact, a goodly chunk of these Democrats never call for Hamas to release the hostages nor castigate Hamas for their blatant terrorist attack on civilians in October 2023.

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The Taliban Wants To Be Included In Climate (scam) Talks Or Something

By William Teach August 1, 2025 – 7:12 am

I fully expect the UN to comply and include a brutal, vicious, repressive Islamist regime

The Taliban’s top environment official wants the UN to include Afghanistan in climate talks

The Taliban’s top environment official on Monday called for Afghanistan’s inclusion in U.N. climate talks, saying extreme weather and water scarcity are having a “profound impact” on people’s lives and the economy.

A Taliban delegation attended last year’s COP29 climate talks in Azerbaijan, but as observers.

Matiul Haq Khalis, the head of the National Environmental Protection Agency, said the suspension of environmental protection projects after the Taliban takeover in 2021 had resulted in widespread harm to Afghans. Khalis said he wanted inclusion at COP30, which is being held in Brazil later this year.

Russia is the only country to recognize the Taliban’s government.

“Afghanistan is severely affected by climate change,” Khalis told a conference in Kabul. “ Drought, water shortages, declining arable land, flash floods, and threats to food security are having a profound impact on people’s lives and the economy.

“Although Afghanistan’s contribution to global climate change is almost nonexistent, it suffers greatly from its consequences.. As a victim of climate change, Afghanistan has the right to be present at global platforms, especially at COP30, to voice the damages it has endured.”

What the Taliban wants, really, is free climate scam money and goods. Money and goods with zero strings attached, because they are “owed” the money and goods because 1st World countries live a 1st World life. They are saying the exact same things that small island nations and other 3rd world countries say. The 1st World, and even the UN, used to give them money with strings. Climate cash has no strings.

In Baku last November, Khalis told The Associated Press that authorities had prepared national action plans to deal with climate change and would be updating their climate goals.

He said the country had great potential for wind and solar power, but needed international support to develop it.

In other words, “give us money. We’re owed it. We’re not going to stop treating our women as 2nd class citizens, as chattel, nor stop working with Islamic terrorists, but, you still owe us money.”

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Unhinged Judge Blocks Ending TPS For 60K In Most Unhinged Manner

By William Teach August 1, 2025 – 7:03 am

Last time I checked the duly elected members of the Legislative Branch gave the Executive Branch the ability to make determination of all Temporary Protected Status, which can only be overriden by the duly elected Legislative Branch. Not the Judicial Branch.

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal

A federal judge ruled on Thursday against the Trump administration’s plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua.

Temporary Protected Status is a protection that can be granted by the Homeland Security secretary to people of various nationalities who are in the United States, preventing from being deported and allowing them to work. The Trump administration has aggressively been seeking to remove the protection, thus making more people eligible for removal. It’s part of a wider effort by the administration to carry out mass deportations of immigrants.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem can extend Temporary Protected Status to immigrants in the U.S. if conditions in their homelands are deemed unsafe to return due to a natural disaster, political instability or other dangerous conditions. Noem had ruled to end protections for tens of thousands of Hondurans and Nicaraguans after determining that conditions in their homelands no longer warranted them.

The secretary said the two countries had made “significant progress” in recovering from 1998’s Hurricane Mitch, one of the deadliest Atlantic storms in history.

That’s right, 1998. Other people are having no problem living in Honduras (51,000) and Nicaragua (3,000), it’s time for these folks to go home. Their TPS was scheduled to end September 5th. And Nepal? There are 7,000 here. People travel to Nepal all the time to climb mountains, or, at least get close to see them. Their TPS ends August 5th.

U.S. District Judge Trina L. Thompson in San Francisco did not set an expiration date but rather ruled to keep the protections in place while the case proceeds. The next hearing is Nov. 18.

In a sharply written order, Thompson said the administration ended the migrant status protections without an “objective review of the country conditions” such as political violence in Honduras and the impact of recent hurricanes and storms in Nicaragua.

What case? TPS was granted, TPS ends. That’s the way it works

And, here we go

If the protections were not extended, immigrants could suffer from loss of employment, health insurance, be separated from their families, and risk being deported to other countries where they have no ties, she wrote, adding that the termination of Temporary Protection Status for people from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua would result in a $1.4 billion loss to the economy.

Well, yes, they won’t have it here. And exactly none of that is the judge’s business. It’s not her authority, and, even if she tried, it would only cover her district. TPS is temporary.

“The freedom to live fearlessly, the opportunity of liberty, and the American dream. That is all Plaintiffs seek. Instead, they are told to atone for their race, leave because of their names, and purify their blood,” Thompson said.

Oh, good grief. That’s absolutely not a legal ruling, it’s a passion ruling. And beyond unhinged.

Judge Thompson said in her ruling that the Trump administration’s decisions to end the programs “were based on a preordained determination to end the TPS program, rather than an objective review of the country conditions.”

It’s still not in her bailiwick to make a determination.

(CNN) The government argues that Noem has clear and unreviewable authority over the TPS program and that her termination decisions reflect the administration’s objectives in the areas of immigration and foreign policy.

Justice Department attorney William Weiland said it is not a pretext to have a different view of a program that provides temporary safe harbor.

“It is not meant to be permanent,” he said Tuesday.

Democrats want it to be permanent, to create more voters.

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If All You See…

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

…is a wonderful low carbon sailboat, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gates Of Vienna, with a post on Islamists stealing flowers.

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Maine LEO Arrested By ICE Was A Visa Overstay

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

Democrats freaked out over this, saying ICE was going after good, upstanding legal aliens who had permission to work in the U.S.

(AP) The chief of police in a Maine resort town has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers, who the chief said was federally approved to work in the country in May. (snip)

Chard said the town submitted information via the Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify Program. E-Verify is an online system launched in the late 1990s that allows employers to check if potential employees can work legally in the U.S. Some large private employers use it, but most do not.

I guess that’s possible. Perhaps the Biden admin entered him into the system as employable. But, the reality has come out

ICE Arrests Visa Overstay Illegal Alien Employed as Police Officer in Maine

An illegal alien employed as a reserve police officer in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after he overstayed a visa.

Jon Luke Evans, an illegal alien from Jamaica, was arrested by ICE agents on July 25 in Biddeford, Maine, after initially arriving on a visa in the United States on Sept. 24, 2023.

According to ICE officials, Evans was supposed to depart the United States on Oct. 1, 2023, under the terms of his visa, but did not. As a result of overstaying his visa, ICE classifies him as an illegal alien.

Evans was arrested by ICE agents after he attempted to purchase a firearm for his job as a police officer in Old Orchard Beach. The attempted purchase of the firearm triggered a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) alert, which was then sent to ICE.

“Jon Luke Evans not only broke U.S. immigration law, but he also illegally attempted to purchase a firearm,” ICE’s Patricia Hyde said in a statement. “Shockingly, Evans was employed as a local law enforcement officer.”

He was hired in May, and given a department issued firearm. Seasonal cops are not allowed to take them home or carry personal firearm on duty. This could jeopardize any arrest he made, though, being a fancy beach town, could any of the busts be more than misdemeanors? Why did he need a personal firearm? For one thing, federal law precludes non-citizens from purchasing one.

Meanwhile

They already live on the edge. Trump’s immigration crackdowns now threaten their housing

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President Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration crackdown leaves those renters more vulnerable to eviction and exploitation, which could plunge more immigrants into homelessness or overcrowding, or even lead some to “voluntarily” leave the country, housing rights attorneys and scholars say.

The fear of retaliation from landlords has created what advocates describe as a chilling effect on immigrant renters, which “substantially undercuts” California’s strong tenant protection laws, said David Hall, co-directing tenants’ rights attorney with Centro Legal de La Raza, a nonprofit legal aid group in Oakland.

It’s a big tearjerker of an article, but, if they are worried, they can always leave the U.S. Simple. And you know what happens if 2.6 million illegals, along with all the fake asylum seekers, leave California? Millions of residences open up on the market, which could reduce rent. That would be a good thing, right?

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On The Whole Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad Is Nazi

By William Teach July 31, 2025 – 8:53 am

I’m sure you’ve seen it

I mean, seriously, the left has been going Category 5 Moonbat for days over this. Why? Well, they’re nutbar for one. For another, most of these 1st World libs really have nothing really bad in their lives, so they have to invent Bad Thing. This is what led to microaggressions and such. And liberals like to always look for the worst and complain, because barking at the moon make them happy, which makes them sad because they are happy. They just cannot enjoy.

Now, there are lots of reasons why we see so much moonbatting. Consider one of them, that it is so easy to do. For those old enough to remember, go back to the late 70s when the Rolling Stones released Some Girls. There were a few songs, particularly Miss You and Some Girls, which some freaked over, including Excitable Jesse Jackson. But, most who complained had to work for it. It wasn’t as simple as today.

Want to complain? You had to either call or write a letter. Calling? Well, you had to look the number up in a phone book. But, say, if I wanted to call a NYC rock radio station I’d have to either go to the library to look at a phone book for NYC or call 411, because the phone books for my area south of NYC on the Jersey shore didn’t have those numbers. Then you would have to call and talk to someone.

Sending a letter required one to hand write or use an actual typewriter, and you had to consider what you were writing. Couldn’t just erase and start again. Then you had to work to get the address. Put it in an envelope. Get a stamp. Put it in a mailbox. So, you had to say to yourself “Am I upset enough to do this?”

Nowadays it is too easy. All the social media, email, making your own stupid videos. People can make the most minor things into mountains. And they demand that Everyone Comply. “It is about all of us!!!!!” No matter how rando the person is. It’s rarely “this upsets me, I don’t like it.” Look, I do not care for PRS guitars. Something about their necks. But, I don’t bother complaining, I don’t demand they change for me. I move on.

They all think they can Do Something about these minor things. How about just leaving us alone? If you’re upset do not buy the product. Stop being unhinged. You’re a tiny vocal minority. Go to the gym. Ride a bike. Go for a walk. Listen to some music. Watch a movie. Take up a hobby. Play guitar. Read a book. Stay away from social media. Stop being wackadoodle and insufferable.

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And, Here We Go: Cult Tries Linking To Tsunamis

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

Right on cue

Sigh

From Japan To The Rest Of The World, Is Climate Change Making Tsunamis Deadlier?

(skipping through a recap of the earthquake and tsunamis

Amid this crisis, a broader question emerges: Is climate change making tsunamis even more dangerous? While earthquakes remain the primary cause of tsunamis, climate-related factors—such as rising seas and melting glaciers—are reshaping the scale and impact of these deadly waves. Here’s what we should know.

Climate factors do not directly generate tsunamis, but they do intensify their consequences. Rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and destabilising coastal and underwater sediments all contribute to making tsunamis more severe and far-reaching.

One of the clearest links to climate change is sea-level rise. Since 1900, global mean sea level has risen by more than 20?cm due to the melting ice sheets and ocean thermal expansion. Higher baseline water levels mean that tsunami waves travel inland farther than in past decades. A wave that would have perished harmlessly before may now inundate low-lying communities and critical infrastructure.

20cm is 7.87 inches. The average sea rise per century during the Holocene, roughly the last 8,000 years, is 6-8 inches per century. As I’ve noted many times, this means that warm periods will be much higher because the cool periods will be much lower to even negative. So, 8 inches in 125 years is nothing. Anyhow, what the article fails to do is explain exactly how rising sea levels, etc, are contributing to make them more severe and far-reaching. I guess we’re supposed to take it on faith.

While the number of tsunamis has not increased dramatically due to climate change, their impact is worsening, especially where development and population density intersect vulnerable coastlines.

So, more damage is because more people live in coastal areas and there’s more property there. The cult is just so tedious.

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Surprise: 2nd Quarter GPD Grew 3%

By William Teach July 31, 2025 – 6:45 am

Let’s start with the NY Times

U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data
Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown.

The chaotic start to President Trump’s second term roiled the economy at the beginning of the year, as consumers and businesses scrambled to react to a constant stream of tariff announcements and policy shifts.

The policies, and the uncertainty they created, were enough to push economic growth into reverse in the first quarter. U.S. gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, declined at an 0.3 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, a stunning reversal from the strong growth at the end of last year.

I’m sure the Times has something to say about this, right?

U.S. economy grew at a 3% rate in Q2, a better-than-expected pace even as Trump’s tariffs hit

The U.S. economy grew at a much stronger-than-expected pace in the second quarter, powered by a turnaround in the trade balance and renewed consumer strength, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Gross domestic product, a sum of goods and services activity across the sprawling U.S. economy, jumped 3% for the April through June period, according to figures adjusted for seasonality and inflation.

That topped the Dow Jones estimate for 2.3% and helped reverse a decline of 0.5% for the first quarter that came largely due to a huge drop in imports, which subtract from the total, as well as weak consumer spending amid tariff concerns.

I thought the “Paper Of Record” said there was a “further slowdown” was expected? I’m sure the Times will post an article at some point, since there was none about the 2nd quarter as of 830pm Wednesday night

Oh, and of course, the Washington DNC Post had to try and go negative

U.S. economy posts strong second quarter, growing at 3% pace
The U.S. economy posted stronger growth in the second quarter, but economists warn that the latest GDP data may not accurately reflect what’s happening.

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But economists warn that the latest figures, which were boosted by tariff-related swings in trade, are probably painting a more upbeat picture of the economy than is warranted. In the second quarter, American businesses purchased far fewer imports — which ends up counting against the gross domestic product — because they had already stocked up on foreign goods earlier in the year ahead of President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs. A corresponding surge in overall exports made up the bulk of the economy’s recent strength.

“It’s hard to know exactly what’s happening because the whole trade war is leaving a real imprint on macroeconomic data,” said Blerina Uruci, chief U.S. economist at T. Rowe Price. “But the picture isn’t as rosy as a 2 or 3 percent growth rate would indicate.”

They still have the headline “Democracy dies in darkness.” They should change it to “Journalism is dead here.” Imagine 3% under Biden: they’d be squeeing.

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Oh Noes: Trump Cuts All Sorts Of Dance Troop Grants

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

It’s so terrible, and the LA Times has time for this instead of investigating where the $100 million raised for victims of the California fire.

Trump-era cuts to public art create a ‘state of emergency’ for L.A. dance community

Linda Yudin was sipping coffee with family and friends on May 3, the morning of her birthday, when they warned her not to check her emails.

Later that afternoon, she learned why: Her dance company, Viver Brasil, had lost a $20,000 grant. It was among 30 Los Angeles arts organizations that received a grant termination letter from the National Endowment for the Arts the night before.

“Was I mad? Yes, I was mad. I was really angry. We were all really angry because it slows our process down,” Yudin, Viver Brasil’s founding artistic director, told The Times.

Why is the federal government funding any of this stuff? Citizens have been saying that for 50 years. If they want to tour and put on productions they can raise the money themselves, not rely on federal taxpayer money. This is not a job of the feds.

The money was intended to support staff salaries and artist fees for a national tour of “Rezas e Folhas (Prayers and Leaves),” choreographed by co-artistic director Vera Passos. The piece blends Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous dance with experimental choreography to examine the climate crisis and social change — subjects playing out in real time in L.A.

Now, Viver Brasil has to pause and reevaluate what that tour will look like. Possible adjustments include performing in smaller venues and cutting down the size of the cast.

“We have to rethink perhaps, but I’m proud to be part of such a creative dance ecosystem,” Yudin said. “We dance hard, we fight hard, and that’s what we do.”

So, hit up a bank. Do a fundraiser. Petition the city or state. Use your own money. This is not a job of the federal government. It doesn’t exist in the Constitution. Sure, it’s not a lot of money, but, a dollar here, a dollar there, soon you have some good money.

Dance is one of the most underfunded arts disciplines, according to Raélle Dorfan, executive director of L.A.’s Dance Resource Center. She points to inherent economic challenges that inhibit the industry’s infrastructure and growth potential — such as limited funding sources — which consequently can make it challenging for companies and venues to fill seats.

So…..people aren’t willing to pay to see this? At least not many? The ballet doesn’t have a problem. Broadway productions do not have problems. And, if they do, they get cancelled.

Arts organizations across the country have been reeling from NEA grant terminations amid priority changes under President Trump’s administration. Twelve L.A. organizations are currently at risk of needing to eliminate jobs and programming due to federal funding cuts, according to Herrera.

If your business cannot survive without lots of government cash than it’s not operating well.

Is that worth $20K?

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If All You See…

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

…is a palm tree that will soon grow in Siberia, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Bunkerville, with a post on some good news that Bunk is finally on the way home after two months.

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