Trump Admin Keeps Handing Out Fossil Fuels Permits During Shutdown

By William Teach October 9, 2025 – 7:00 am

Well, really, the whole government isn’t actually shutdown

Trump Keeps Oil Permits Moving in Shutdown, Halts Renewables

The Trump administration plans to continue issuing permits for oil drilling and do other work on “priority conventional energy projects” during the government shutdown but will freeze activities on some renewable energy projects.

The Interior Department, which oversees energy development on federal lands and waters, is furloughing thousands of workers but will keep processing permits for new oil and gas projects, coal leases and other energy work, according to its shutdown plan. The department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 245 million acres of public land, said staffers handling those issues are exempt from furloughs in part to address a national energy emergency that President Donald Trump declared earlier this year.

The agency has scheduled dozens of oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska and will continue work on those plans despite the shutdown that began Wednesday. Its Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which expects to furlough over 70% of its workers, said it will use carryover funds to keep employees working on “priority conventional energy projects,” including offshore drilling permits and a five-year plan for selling leases along the Outer Continental Shelf. Work on renewable energy projects will cease, according to the agency, which has oversight over offshore energy development.

Good. The US needs energy, and, since Warmists mostly won’t give up their own use, we need more.

Meanwhile

Federal Judge Rules Biden’s Massive Offshore Oil And Gas Ban Was Illegal

Former U.S. President Joe Biden overstepped his authority when he ordered a withdrawal of sizable portions of federal waters from future oil and gas development, a federal judge in Louisiana ruled. [emphasis, links added]

U.S. District Court Judge James Cain in Lake Charles ruled Friday in favor of oil and gas industry groups and attorneys general in five states.

They sued to block Biden’s action to prohibit the development of 625 million acres in federal waters off the East and West coasts, the eastern Gulf of America, and portions of the northern Bering Sea in Alaska.

Biden, in his final month in office, issued a memorandum that withdrew the areas from oil and gas leasing, citing his authority under the 72-year-old Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

President Donald Trump, on the first day of his second term, issued an executive order that repealed Biden’s memoranda.

Cain ruled that Biden’s withdrawal was illegal because it was intended to be permanent. The judge said President Barack Obama’s withdrawal of lands from oil and gas leasing was also illegal.

Funny that Obama and Biden would do this, considering their own massive use of fossil fuels.

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Democrats Trying To Force Senate Vote On Blocking Trump Admin From Blowing Up Drug Runner Boats

By William Teach October 9, 2025 – 6:45 am

Um, really? They really want to go down this route? They really want to use capital on protecting drug runners from Venezuela?

Senate Democrats to force vote on blocking Trump strikes on alleged drug boats

Senate Democrats plan to force a vote under the War Powers Act on Wednesday aimed at blocking continued U.S. strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats off the coast of Venezuela.

The resolution, led by Sens. Adam Schiff of California and Tim Kaine of Virginia, would block the U.S. military from engaging in hostilities with “any non-state organization engaged in the promotion, trafficking, and distribution of illegal drugs and other related activities” without congressional authorization.

“There has been no authorization to use force by Congress in this way,” Schiff said Wednesday, saying the strikes risk escalating into a full-blown conflict with Venezuela. “I feel it is plainly unconstitutional.” (snip)

In a notification to Congress after the second strike in mid-September, the Trump administration said the U.S. is in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels it has designated as terrorist organizations. The drugs smuggled by these cartels kill tens of thousands of Americans each year and constitute an “armed attack” against U.S. citizens, according to the White House.

The Trump administration has designated several drug cartels and gangs as terrorist organizations, including Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and El Salvador’s MS-13.

So, let me ask: if it was Biden or Kamala doing this, would Democrats have a problem with it? We all know the answer would be “no.” Rand Paul would complain either way, as he’s doing now. If Democrats were serious they and Republicans would actually authorize the use of US military assets in blowing up drug boats, planes, and submarines. Bringing marijuana in isn’t that big of a deal: cocaine, fentanyl, and others are a problem, and need to be stopped.

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Climate Youts Plan To Sue US Government In International Court Or Something

By William Teach October 8, 2025 – 3:19 pm

They just won’t give up. They also won’t make their own lives carbon neutral, but, that’s something they want the government to force on Other People

Kids Who Sued America Over Climate Change Aren’t Done Yet

In 2015, nearly two dozen American youth sued the federal government, alleging that the United States violated their constitutional rights by facilitating the burning of fossil fuels and allowing greenhouse gas emissions to rise to dangerous levels. Their case, known as Juliana v. U.S., was dismissed in federal courts, but inspired dozens of youth climate lawsuits including successful climate cases in Montana and Hawai?i.

Now, 15 of those same Juliana plaintiffs, including four Indigenous plaintiffs, are taking their case internationally in the hopes that the global community will pressure the U.S. government to act.

Last month, they filed a petition at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a seven-member commission that for decades has evaluated human rights violations across 35 countries in the Americas. Kelly Matheson, an attorney at Our Children’s Trust who worked on the petition, said the case is about the “U.S. government’s unrelenting perpetuation of a fossil fuel energy system despite knowing for over 50 years that the emission of fossil fuels was catastrophic for human rights.”

The plaintiffs include Jaime Butler, who was forced to move off the Navajo Nation’s reservation in 2011 due to drought and water scarcity, and in 2014 had to evacuate her home in Flagstaff, Arizona, to escape the Oak Creek Canyon wildfire.

Droughts happen. That fire was human caused, most likely arson.

Maria Antonia Tigre, director of global climate change litigation at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said it can sometimes take a decade for the commission to issue rulings. However, she said the case is still significant because the commission is the only international forum that is available to challenge the U.S. on its climate policies. “It’s another way for this to be part of the discourse and to show that something is being done about it and there is accountability, even though it does take a while,” she said.

See, Warmists cannot get people to fully agree with their policies beyond theory, so, they try and use the courts now to force compliance. Even in very Warmist states like Oregon and Washington they are having lots of pushback to climate (scam) laws, rules, and regs. Same in California and NY. Why can’t all these cultists just go live their own lives carbon neutral and leave everyone else alone?

A favorable ruling from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights would set a precedent from Canada to Patagonia, Matheson said, and add to a growing consensus in international courts that countries have a legal obligation to fight the climate crisis.

“Do we understand that the Trump administration won’t take that seriously? Yes. Do we understand that the Trump administration won’t abide by the recommendations or the authoritative decisions of these bodies? Yes, but the next administration might,” she said.

Interestingly, most of the big shots who would implement any laws, rules, and regulations would themselves be complete climahypocrites in their own lives. Go figure.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 8, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is an area flooded by carbon pollution Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is IOTW Report, with a post on lots and lots of arrests.

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Country Singer Zach Bryan Blames You For Misunderstanding His Incomplete Lyrics

By William Teach October 8, 2025 – 10:30 am

Since Luke apparently took down the video from his Instagram, here’s the tease

First off, I hate when musicians do this. Either release the song in full or don’t. Second, if you release a snippet with lyrics like this, don’t be surprised by controversy

Country singer Zach Bryan releases statement on controversial song, insisting ‘I love this country’

Country singer Zach Bryan released a statement on Tuesday insisting that he did not intend his new song to cause controversy after it went viral over the past few days.

On his Instagram account, Bryan previewed a new song titled “Bad News” that appeared to lament the policies and general spirit of America under President Donald Trump.

The song included lyrics such as, “My friends are all degenerates, but they’re all I got, the generational story of dropping the plot. I heard the cops came, Cocky motherf—–s, ain’t they?” and, “And ICE is gonna come bust down your door, try to build a house no one builds no more, but I got a telephone, Kids are all scared and all alone.”

The song continued, “The bar stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling, the middle fingers rising, and it won’t stop showing. Got some bad news. The fading of the red, white, and blue.”

But, hey, it’s your fault for misconstruing his meaning

In a statement posted on an Instagram Story, Bryan wrote that “Bad News” was written months ago and that people need the “full context” of the song.

“This shows you how divisive a narrative can be when shoved down our throats through social media,” Bryan said. “This song is about how much I love this country and everyone in it more than anything. When you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context that hits on both sides of the aisle. Everyone using this now as a weapon is only proving how devastatingly divided we all are. We need to find our way back.”

See? Your fault. I have to wonder if he and his marketing team did this on purpose in order to gin up some controversy to increase sales, get some notice. If so, it will be a big fail, because country music fans tend to be pretty patriotic, and he may have just Dixie Chicks’d his career. He took the side of Bud Light during the wacko Dylan Mulvanny controversy, stands up for kids being given transgender drugs, and has criticized law enforcement many times. On the flip side, he has made some libertarian statements. He seems to take a middle road a lot, but, lets the liberalism creep out.

He continued, “I served this country, I love this country and the song itself is about all of us coming out of this divided space. I wasn’t speaking as a politician or some greater-than-thou a–hole, just a 29-year-old man who is just as confused as everyone else. To see how much s— it stirred up makes me not only embarrassed but kind of scared. Left wing or right wing we’re all one bird and American. To be clear I’m on neither of these radical sides. To all those disappointed in me on either side of whatever you believe in just know I’m trying my best too and we all say things that are misconstrued sometimes.”

As the saying goes, don’t start none, won’t be none. He decided to wade into politics with this song, so, he needs to toughen up. And, let’s be honest, most of Today’s Hit Country is really just pop with a country accent. Lots of autotune, computer generated music, wrong lyrics

… Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that songAnd he told me it was the perfect country & western songI wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western songBecause he hadn’t said anything at all about mamaOr trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting’ drunk

That’s country.

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Climate Cult Still Wants People Who Use Inhalers To Die

By William Teach October 8, 2025 – 7:15 am

Why does the cult think this is a good line of attack?

Is your inhaler causing climate pollution?

That small whoosh from an inhaler has a substantial environmental toll that could be putting some people with chronic conditions at risk, according to a new study.

Published Monday in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the University of California Los Angeles Health study looked at emissions from three kinds of inhalers prescribed for asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from 2014 to 2024. So-called “metered-dose” inhalers, which release a measured puff of medicine when pressed, contain hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellants and accounted for 98 percent of emissions, according to the study.

Researchers found that the devices generated more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions, or the amount of annual emissions from roughly 530,000 gas-powered cars.

“Inhalers add to the growing carbon footprint of the US healthcare system, putting many patients with chronic respiratory disease at risk,” lead author and pulmonologist Dr. William Feldman stated in a news release.

Feldman added that there is still “tremendous opportunity” to switch to a lower-emission alternative for the good of the planet and patients’ lungs.

And, yet, none of the alternatives are close to as good, or inexpensive, as those currently available that the Cult of Climastrology is railing about. Can they not just mind their own f’ing business?

Feldman told the Agence France-Presse that only a fraction of patients truly need metered devices – older adults who can’t inhale with force, and very young children who must use spacers, a chamber technology that only works with metered inhalers.

In the U.S., Feldman said, the “vast majority of people could use dry powder or soft mist inhalers,” but insurance is less likely to cover them, making them more expensive.

Or, you could just piss off with your cult crap and leave these people alone.

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MTG Breaks With Republicans On Ocare Premiums

By William Teach October 8, 2025 – 7:00 am

Obamacare was passed in 2010, went into effect in 2013, and, really, did anyone think we would be having an argument about it in 2025?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with the GOP on Obamacare, calling to avoid premium hikes

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., broke with her party Monday evening by calling for action on expiring Obamacare subsidies to avoid premium hikes, adding a prominent MAGA voice to the cause led by Democrats.

In a long post on X, Greene, the far-right MAGA firebrand, made it clear she was not in Congress when the 2010 law passed.

“Let’s just say as nicely as possible, I’m not a fan,” she wrote. “But I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district.”

“No I’m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games. I’m a Republican and won’t vote for illegals to have any tax payer funded healthcare or benefits. I’m AMERICA ONLY!!!” Greene added.

Now, is there some sort of compromise where the subsidies are kept for a period of time but illegals are forbidden from receiving taxpayer funded health insurance and care?

Consider

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire

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A previous KFF analysis, based on data released by the federal government, showed the enhanced premium tax credits saved subsidized enrollees an average of $705 annually in 2024, bringing their annual premium payment down to $888. Without the enhanced premium tax credits, annual premium payments in 2024 would have averaged $1,593 (over 75% higher than the actual $888). More recent data have not been released.

Based on the earlier federal data and more recent other publicly available information, KFF now estimates that, if Congress extends enhanced premium tax credits, subsidized enrollees would save $1,016 in premium payments over the year in 2026 on average. In other words, expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits is estimated to more than double what subsidized enrollees currently pay annually for premiums—a 114% increase from an average of $888 in 2025 to $1,904 in 2026. (The average premium payment net of tax credits among subsidized enrollees held steady at $888 annually in 2024 and 2025 due to the enhanced premium tax credits).

In other words, without massive government intervention the whole thing is a Mt. Everest boondoggle, not just a K2 boondoggle.

(Townhall) Americans now spend more on healthcare than on groceries and housing. Last December, CBS News reported that the average cost of a family’s health insurance had increased from $5,791 in 2000 to nearly $25,572 in 2024. Coverage for a single person quadrupled over that same time period ($2,196 in 2000 to $8,951 in 2024).

And a goodly chunk of this happened post-Obamacare. The thing is, Obamacare is here. The time to kill it was before it went into effect in 2013. Had Republicans voted for squishy Mitt Romney it could have been stopped cold. It’s here now. Until Republicans in Congress come up with a better plan (snicker, and not like Dems would allow it), we have to go with it. Find a way to keep the subsidies but exclude illegals. This is the reality.

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Maryland Supreme Court To Decide If Cities Can Sue Over Climate (scam)

By William Teach October 7, 2025 – 4:54 pm

Whats’ the over/under that far-left judges in the People’s Republik Of Maryland rules against the climate cult?

Maryland Judges Weigh Whether Cities Can Sue Over Climate Change

The Maryland Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on an issue facing judges nationwide: Whether or not local communities can sue oil companies over their role in climate change.

The leaders of Baltimore, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County sued some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies in 2018 and 2021, alleging a decades-long disinformation campaign to mislead the public about what causes global warming. The companies’ deception, they argued, encouraged the burning of oil and gas, which unleashed more of the greenhouse gases that are dangerously warming the world and causing damage in Maryland including storms, extreme heat and sea-level rise.

The lawsuits are part of a batch of some three dozen similar cases brought by local governments since 2017 against energy companies, trade groups and utilities in state courts. Both sides have notched wins and losses in early action, but none of the cases have made it to trial yet.

Many legal experts expect the Supreme Court to eventually review the thorny questions at the heart of the cases.

In Maryland, lower courts dismissed the suits. Now the plaintiffs are asking the state’s highest judges to reverse those decisions.

There have already been several rulings, such as this one, where justices have said “nope, states cannot do this”, hence, cities would not have that authority. But, if they want to try, the fossil fuels companies should stop selling their products to those governments, and should note in court that if fossil fuels are so bad then why do the cities use so much? Baltimore very much depends on being a rail and ship port. Yup, fossil fuels. The number of vehicles made in the US and Canada that come through Baltimore is amazing.

Victor Sher, the lead lawyer for the governments, asked the judges to consider similar cases in Hawaii and Colorado. In those states, the top courts have decided the cases could go to trial, overruling the oil industry’s contention that federal law should apply, not state law. He also disputed the defendants’ arguments that the lawsuits seek to regulate worldwide emissions, a task far outside the abilities of state laws.

And some have won. Hawaii would be a 3rd world country without fossil fuels. It would revert back to the 1700s, and most residents would leave. Colorado depends on tourists coming in to do things like ski. Travel with fossil fuels.

The seven justices pressed Mr. Sher for details on what the plaintiffs were seeking. If they alleged that the oil companies failed to warn communities about climate change, for example, what would the solution be?

“They would have to warn consumers, their customers, that the products that they are using are substantial causes of climate change,” he said.

So, what do they really want? They aren’t really saying.

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If All You See…

By William Teach October 7, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…are homes that will soon be wiped out from Extreme Waves from Bad Weather, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny, with a post on today’s mystery box.

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UK Prepares For Pro-Hamas Protests, Starmer Calls Them “Un-British”

By William Teach October 7, 2025 – 10:30 am

Amazing. Starmer and the British government have imported all the Israel and Jew hating Islamists into the nation in record numbers. They’ve protected the Islamists. They’ve sheltered them. They arrest British citizens for mean tweets and flying British flags, but, barely do anything about Islamists carrying Hamas flags and screaming “Death to Israel”. The government has long tolerated Jew hatred. But, now

Keir Starmer calls student protests on 7 October anniversary ‘un-British’

Keir Starmer has urged students not to protest on the second anniversary of the Hamas-led 7 October attacks on Israel, describing plans for demonstrations as “un-British”.

Every child of Israel should be able to live alongside their Palestinian neighbours in “safety and security”, the prime minister said as he marked the anniversary.

That would be impossible. There’s a reason most Muslim nations refuse to take Palestinians in, and why Egypt has a massive wall separating Gaza from Egypt.

Writing in the Times, Starmer said protests due to take place at universities on Tuesday showed a lack of respect for others. He added that the pro-Palestine protests had been used by some as a “despicable excuse to attack British Jews”.

The prime minister wrote in the newspaper: “Today, on the anniversary of the atrocities of October 7, students are once again planning protests.

“This is not who we are as a country. It’s un-British to have so little respect for others. And that’s before some of them decide to start chanting hatred towards Jewish people all over again.”

Leftists in the UK have followed the lead of Islamists over the last few decades in protesting Israel, then learning to hate Israel, then learning to hate Jews. Government has been complicit in this. Including Starmer.

Starmer’s message was repeated on Tuesday by the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, who told Sky News: “There is, of course, within our country the fundamental right to protest. It’s a cornerstone of our democracy.

“But my message is that, as we remember the awful atrocities that took place two years ago on October 7, I would just encourage those considering taking part in protests to pause, to reflect and to understand the deep sense of loss that many people in our country will be experiencing today, not least given the appalling attacks we saw at Manchester last week.

Again, same government takes the British flags from British people flying them in protest. Tells counter protesters they can’t. Stops pro-Israel protesters.

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