State Department Says Adios To Remain Climate Hysterics

By William Teach July 15, 2025 – 7:15 am

Well, now they can go work in the private sector

The State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change

The State Department on Friday fired the remaining staff working in the office responsible for international climate policy, including annual U.N. negotiations related to climate treaties, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Most of the staff in the Office of Global Change had left voluntarily after President Donald Trump took office and moved rapidly to pull the United States out of international climate talks. Nearly a dozen people who remained on staff were fired Friday, and the office will be shuttered as part of the wider downsizing of the department, the people familiar with the firings said. (snip)

Firing the staff of the Office of Global Change, many of whom worked under both Democratic and Republicans administrations, leaves the State Department without employees who are knowledgeable about global climate negotiations, said Alden Meyer, a senior associate specializing in climate diplomacy at the think tank E3G.

“Without the office in place, there’s not a focal point for the organization of U.S. climate diplomacy, but that seems to be the point, right? To not have the U.S. engaging in climate diplomacy seems to be the policy goal of the administration,” Meyer said.

It’s a real shame that there will no longer be fancy-pants, Ivy League Elites working to take your money and spread it around the world for absolutely no return. No longer be negotiating deals that force Americans to change their lives.

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Bummer: ICE Plans To Hold Illegals Without Bond Till Their Day In Court

By William Teach July 15, 2025 – 7:00 am

They can all avoid this by self-deporting

ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings

The Trump administration has declared that immigrants who arrived in the United States illegally are no longer eligible for a bond hearing as they fight deportation proceedings in court, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

In a July 8 memo, Todd M. Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told officers that such immigrants should be detained “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years. Lawyers say the policy will apply to millions of immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border over the past few decades, including under Biden.

In the past, immigrants residing in the U.S. interior generally have been allowed to request a bond hearing before an immigration judge. But Lyons wrote that the Trump administration’s departments of Homeland Security and Justice had “revisited its legal position on detention and release authorities” and determined that such immigrants “may not be released from ICE custody.” In rare exceptions immigrants may be released on parole, but that decision will be up to an immigration officer, not a judge, he wrote.

The provision is based on a section of immigration law that says unauthorized immigrants “shall be detained” after their arrest, but that has historically applied to those who recently crossed the border and not longtime residents.

Doesn’t matter: they are here illegally. The law states they can be held. We’ve seen what happens when they are let go on bond/own recognizance: they disappear for years/decades.

Since the memos were issued last week, the American Immigration Lawyers Association said members had reported that immigrants were being denied bond hearings in more than a dozen immigration courts across the United States, including in New York, Virginia, Oregon, North Carolina, Ohio and Georgia. The Department of Justice oversees the immigration courts.

All they have to say is “I want to leave the U.S.” and they will escorted out of a detention facility and put on a plane or across the border. It’s that easy. And it is a whole lot easier to run deportation hearings when all illegal alien is right there. This also entices illegals to just leave and avoid the whole thing.

In its 2024 annual report, however, ICE said it detains immigrants only “when necessary” and that the vast majority of the 7.6 million people then on its docket were released pending immigration proceedings. Keeping them detained while their case is adjudicated has not been logistically possible, and advocates have raised concern for migrants’ health and welfare in civil immigration detention.

That was 2024. As we were told, elections have consequences.

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NY Times Goes All Satan And Fall Of Man For European Climate Doom

By William Teach July 14, 2025 – 3:00 pm

I wonder if NY Times Warmist Jason Horowitz even understands the meaning of Paradise Lost?

Paradise Lost is an epic poem by John Milton that was first published in 1667. The poem explores the biblical story of the fall of man, focusing primarily on the rebellion of Satan and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Amidst the cosmic struggle between God and Satan, the poem delves into themes of free will, disobedience, and the consequences of sin. Milton’s work is richly layered with classical allusions and theological reflections, showcasing his profound knowledge of literature and theology. The intricate narrative unfolds in twelve books, and Milton employs blank verse, a non-rhyming iambic pentameter, to give the poem a majestic and elevated tone.

I also wonder if he took a fossil fueled trip in order to “report from Barcelona, Spain”, considering he is stationed in Rome

It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers

Not so long ago, families coming to the shore in Montgat, Spain, just outside Barcelona, built sand castles, played paddle games and lounged around on the broad band of sand that was the picture of the European summer vacation. But now in some places, there is hardly enough room to put down a towel.

“From here to there,” said Sofia Mella, 19, as she pointed far out to sea, “it was all sand.”

Climate change is changing Europe into a summer paradise lost. Across Spain, Italy, Greece, France and beyond, sand-devouring storms, rising seas, asphyxiating temperatures, deadly floods and horrific wildfires have year after year turned some of the continent’s most desired getaways into miserable locales to get away from.

Well, stop the idiots from starting wildfires. The Med has basically been rising since the end of the last glacial age. Before than the Atlantic was too low to fill it, and creatures walked on the sea floor, hence why elephant bones have been found on the sea floor. It’s why there are all those salt mines. And, really, asphyxiating temps? Fearporn much?

As southern Europeans dream of fjords, the traditional hot spots and fixtures of travel agency package deals no longer seem so desirable. This past week, even though temperatures broke across much of the continent, experts and officials warned that the next heat wave would come soon, endangering vulnerable locals and making tourists question what they had gotten themselves into. Even activists seeking to free their cities from the scourge of overtourism saw no silver lining to the brutal conditions.

People go to hot spots because they are hot.

“It’s hell,” said Daniel Pardo Rivacoba, who lives in Barcelona, and who spoke for a group fighting overtourism — and its climate-change fueling flights. He saw the scorching sun not as an ally to keep the tourists away, but as a common enemy that will melt them both.

It really is a cult.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 14, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon means of transportation, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on Tom Homan never disappointing.

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Democrats Willing To Shut Down Government Over $9 Billion In Cuts To Foreign Aid And PBS

By William Teach July 14, 2025 – 10:30 am

Is this the hill they want to die on?

Virginia Democrat on possible shutdown: ‘It’s time to stand up for the American people’

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said he supports Democrats’ threats to shut down the government if Republicans proceed with a planned rescissions package, saying his party should use all the leverage they can to prevent cuts to previously approved funding.

“I say it’s time to stand up for the American people,” Subramanyam said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” when asked what he thinks about a potential shutdown.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican. I mean, I’m hearing from both sides. They’re fed up with this administration, and they want to see some changes, not just in this administration, but even in the Democratic Party,” he continued.

“And, so, yes, absolutely, the time to fight was yesterday,” he added.

Republicans are ramping up efforts to pass a rescissions package that President Trump requested last month, which includes more than $9 billion in funding cuts for foreign aid and public broadcasting programs.

So, what are these cuts? From that “Democrats’ threats” link

Democrats are referring to a package of funding cuts Senate Republicans hope to take up in the coming days that calls for $8.3 billion in cuts to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and foreign aid, and more than $1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which provides some funding to NPR and PBS.

How is it standing up for the American people when $8.3 billion is for USAID, meaning the money goes to foreign nations?

Also, why is any money going to USAID? I thought that was shut down? Also also, Dems are upset because USAID really ends up being a slush fund, as the appropriation ends up being spread to friendly NGOs who take their cut to do nothing but give some money to other NGOs/companies (and lots goes back into Democrats’ coffers), and a whopping 12% ends up being used as actual aid.

But, hey, if Democrats really want to shut down the government over this, have at it. This won’t look good.

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UK Energy Secretary Says UK’s Way Of Life Under Threat From Global Boiling

By William Teach July 14, 2025 – 7:00 am

Hey, I wonder how many fossil fueled trips Ed has taken? Certainly he didn’t take a long, fossil fueled flight to COP29, and won’t travel to COP30 in Brazil, right?

Miliband says UK’s way of life ‘under threat’ amid extremes of heat and rainfall

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said Britain’s way of life is “under threat” from climate change as the Met Office said extremes of heat and rainfall are becoming the norm.

The latest state of the UK climate report, published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s International Journal of Climatology, shows the impact of human-caused global warming on the UK’s weather, seas, people and wildlife.

For the first time, the report also found UK sea levels to be rising faster than the global average.

There’s zero evidence to support that, which is why they do not publish it.

The Energy Secretary called the findings “a stark warning” to take action on climate and nature.

“Our British way of life is under threat,” Mr Miliband told the PA news agency.

“Whether it is extreme heat, droughts, flooding, we can see it actually with our own eyes, that it’s already happening, and we need to act.

“That’s why the Government has a central mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower and tackle the climate crisis.”

And, this gives the government more authority to crack down on their citizens, whether they like it or not. But, maybe they should be worried about something else

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Bummer: Chicago Is Broke From Taking Care Of All Those Illegals, So, They’re Laying Off Teachers

By William Teach July 14, 2025 – 6:45 am

So, um, where are all the liberals out in the street caterwauling like they did with the State Department flunkies let go

Perhaps spending $638 million on “migrants” during the Biden years wasn’t the best of ideas? Around $300 million was Chicago/Illinois money

(NBC Chicago) Chicago Public Schools laid off nearly 1,500 teachers and staff members on Friday, citing changes in school enrollment and academic programming, district officials said.

CPS, in a press release announcing the job cuts, said the majority of employees impacted by layoffs have historically obtained new positions within the district ahead of the new school year, and it once again expects that to be the case.

The district typically announces layoffs in June following an evaluation of staffing and sources, however, staffing adjustments were pushed back due to delays in CPS’ budget process.

“These staffing adjustments are part of a systemwide effort to align resources more equitably and strategically based on school enrollment trends, academic programming, and student needs,” the district said in the statement, in part.

In other words, they’re broke.

According to the union, the job cuts amount to roughly 1% of the workforce, which is “far lower” than layoffs experienced by CTU members in 2024.

Wait, what? Did you know that there are almost 47,000 working for CPS? Out of a population of 2.66 million. That’s 1/56 of the population. Even though attendance is down over 10%. Seems excessive. 30% o the schools are half empty. There is tons of violence.

(Wirepoints) Across CPS, outcomes are embarrassingly bad. Only 27 percent can read at grade level and just 24 percent are proficient in math.

Well, I’m sure the laid off teachers can find other lucrative jobs in city government.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 13, 2025 – 1:13 pm

…is fruit that will soon no longer be able to be grown in the tropics, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Maggie’s Farm, with a post on nutrition apps.

It’s shorts week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 13, 2025 – 9:20 am

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and, the Dodgers finally won a game after losing 7 straight! This pinup is by Art Frahm, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Legal Insurrection: “Jews for Zohran” Linked to Pro-CCP Billionaire’s Niece
  2. Moonbattery: Slums to Replace Homes Destroyed by California Fires
  3. Newsbusters: WashPost Admits ‘Trump Economy Remains Pretty Strong,’ Still Hawks ‘Warning’ Scareporn
  4. Pacific Pundit: Ron DeSantis becomes first governor to completely shut off public funding for NPR-PBS
  5. Powerline: Solar loan defaults
  6. Sultan Knish: California Protects Illegal Who Bought Girl for Beer
  7. The First Street Journal: Another Philly illegal immigration sob story (Part 2)
  8. The Lid: Defense Dept. Cancels Promotion for Admiral Who Pushed Drag Queen Show on Aircraft Carrier
  9. The Right Scoop: BREAKING: Gavin Newsom’s Democrat donor under federal investigation for child labor violations
  10. Green Jihad: Blue States Backtrack From Onerous Climate Policies
  11. Jo Nova: The seven-day instant European heat death study — who needs data? Just model it!
  12. Not A Lot Of People Know That: Telegraph Discovers Wind Farms Don’t Work When The Wind Does Not Blow!
  13. American Greatness: No List, No Revelations, No Plot—Just Epstein
  14. Climate Depot: Antarctic Ice Sheet Growth Continues to Puzzle Climate Scientists – ‘A record-breaking increase in overall mass’
  15. And last, but, not least, Gates Of Vienna has Out of the Pool!

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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Wacko Judge Telling Trump And Congress They Can’t Defund Planned Parenthood Goes More Wackadoodle

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

I rarely blog about abortion, but, sometimes there’s something that is super moonbat. Like

(CBS News) A judge on Monday temporarily barred the Trump administration from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, partially freezing a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act just days after President Trump signed it into law.

The temporary restraining order by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani lasts 14 days and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to “take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed” to Planned Parenthood. The ruling, which came after a lawsuit from Planned Parenthood, doesn’t apply to any other health care providers.

The lawsuit takes aim at a portion of Mr. Trump’s signature domestic policy bill that would cut off any federal Medicaid funding to groups “primarily engaged in family planning services, reproductive health, and related medical care” that provide abortions.

So, basically, a law passed by the duly elected Legislative Branch and signed by the duly elected head of the Executive Branch is supposed to be overruled by one rogue judge? Even if Talwani had the authority to do this it would only apply to her district, that of Massachusetts. But, really, where does it say in the Constitution that private companies must be funded for abortion, particularly when said company makes $1.5 billion a year gross? Oh, wait, she wants to triple dog dare moonbat

She needs to be impeached. Even if the Democrats in the Senate will never vote to boot her, it will jam her up for months

(Reuters) But in light of the Trump administration’s request, she issued a new, amended temporary restraining order, opens new tab making clear that she had concluded Planned Parenthood was likely to succeed in proving the law violated the U.S. Constitution.

I cannot see any part of the 1st that applies. Nor on the 5th

Talwani said as a result, the law burdened the right of Planned Parenthood’s 47 members to associate with each other and their parent organization, which advocates in favor of reproductive health care policies, in likely violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

“The Supreme Court has ‘long understood as implicit in the right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment a corresponding right to associate with others’ in pursuit of desired political, educational, or social ends,” she wrote, citing a 1984 Supreme Court ruling.

They’re welcome to associate with the others. What they are not welcome to is taxpayer money for their operations. Congress has the Constitutional power to determine what to fund and what not to fund. Government programs have no rights except those specifically mentioned in Article I sections 8-10.

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