Senate GOP Goes After Biden’s Green Scam Subsidies

By William Teach June 29, 2025 – 7:00 am

Without subsidies, grants, and loans that never get repaid, most of the green stuff would collapse

‘Outright Massacre’: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Biden’s Green Energy Subsidies

The Senate dealt a series of blows to solar and wind energy in the latest version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill — taking a page out of House Republicans’ playbook to crack down on green energy tax credits enacted under former President Joe Biden.

The Senate’s new proposal would move up the deadline for solar and wind projects hoping to qualify for production and investment tax credits by requiring them to produce electricity by the end of 2027. The additional cuts to green energy tax credits follows the president’s public broadside against the upper chamber’s initial proposal, which delayed the termination of solar and wind subsidies.

“Windmills, and the rest of this ‘JUNK,’ are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world, is destroying the beauty of the environment, and is 10 times more costly than any other energy,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social on June 21. “It is time to break away, finally, from this craziness!!!”

Personally, I’m fine with tax breaks for “green” energy projects, just like with oil, gas, nuclear, and coal (again, not a fan of coal). Government has basically been propping up the green energy sector with your money, while the companies charge high prices for the generated energy. Provided the projects even make it that far

The upper chamber’s revised bill would also create a new tax on wind and solar projects whose components are sourced from foreign entities of concern, such as China.

Senate Democrats referred to the creation of a new excise tax penalizing the renewable industry’s reliance on Chinese materials as “economic self-sabotage” and an “outright massacre” for the solar and wind industry.

Perhaps those Senate Dems should have their financials investigated to see how much they’re getting from China and how many investments they have linked to Chinese “green” projects. It is interesting that they are admitting that the solar and wind industry cannot survive without all the government money.

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee was one of several GOP senators pushing the upper chamber to aggressively crack down on solar and wind tax credits in the president’s landmark bill. The Utah Republican favors a wholesale repeal of green energy subsidies, though Congress is likely to stop short of that given opposition from moderate Republicans.

Yeah, well, I doubt the big bill is going to pass. Democrats will filibuster it. There are not enough votes to move it with the 60 vote threshold, not unless Republicans want to nuke it. Oh, and there are multiple Republicans currently against it.

“If, as supporters of the IRA [Inflation Reduction Act] are complaining, repealing these subsidies will ‘kill’ their industry, then maybe it shouldn’t exist in the first place,” American Energy Alliance president Tom Pyle said in a statement Saturday. “Extending green giveaways on the backs of American taxpayers is shortsighted and neglectful.”

Exactly. Maybe they should push this in a separate bill.

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Once Upon A Time Countries Should Keep Statehood If Their Land Disappears Under The Sea

By William Teach June 28, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Once upon a time = Experts Say. Anyhow, this is a new one from the cult

Countries should keep their statehood if land disappears under sea, experts say

States should be able to continue politically even if their land disappears underwater, legal experts have said.

The conclusions come from a long-awaited report by the International Law Commission that examined what existing law means for continued statehood and access to key resources if sea levels continue to rise due to climate breakdown.

If they have no land, how?

Average sea levels could rise by as much as 90cm (3ft) by 2100 if climate scientists’ worst-case scenarios come true, and recent research suggests they could even exceed projections. This is particularly important for small island developing states because many face an existential threat. But as well as the direct loss of land, rising sea levels cause flooding, threaten drinking water supplies and make farmland too salty to grow on.

“Could.” But won’t. There has been less than a foot of rise since the beginning of the 20th Century, and even the craziest tide gauge won’t give you more than a foot and half per 100 years, a lot because of land subsistence.

Having waded through international law and scholarship and analysed state views and practices, legal experts concluded that nothing prevents nations from maintaining their maritime boundaries even if the land on which they are drawn changes or disappears. These boundaries give countries navigation rights, access to resources such as fishing and minerals, and a degree of political control.

There is also general agreement that affected nations should retain their statehood to avoid loss of nationality. Legal experts say these conclusions are essential for maintaining international peace and stability.

Where would these people actually live, once their islands disappear (which hasn’t and won’t happen)?

The Pacific nation of Tuvalu has been particularly vocal in its concerns. Sea levels on its nine islands and atolls have already risen by 4.8mm and are expected to get much higher over the coming decades.

“Expected.” The tide gauge shows 3.92 per year for a short term gauge, and, like all the others, not accelerating. Also, they’ve turned their island into a shithole, creating problems with clean water. Also also, how do these “experts” think coral islands are created?

Australia was the first country to recognise the permanence of Tuvalu’s boundaries despite rising sea levels. In 2023, it signed a legally binding treaty committing to help Tuvalu respond to major disasters and offering special visas to citizens who want or need to move. Nearly a third of citizens have entered a ballot for such a visa. Latvia followed with a similar pledge of recognition.

So, basically, Australia will be allowing people to setup their own nation within Australia’s borders? Sounds stupid. But, this is a cult.

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 28, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled machine, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is If You are Left you ain’t Right, with a post on a new hero for the Democrats.

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TPS For Haitians Ends In September

By William Teach June 28, 2025 – 10:30 am

I can’t wait for some hardcore leftist judge to rule that this can’t be done. The 18 month TPS for Haitians started in January of 2023. But, there were some extensions by the Biden administration. The Executive Branch has every lawful right to terminate

U.S. to revoke immigration status of Haitian migrants in September

The Trump administration will revoke the legal status and work permits of hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants in early September, arguing that conditions in Haiti have sufficiently improved for them to return home, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.

The department said it would terminate Haiti’s longstanding Temporary Protected Status program, which has allowed immigrants from the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation to live and work in the U.S. legally since 2010, following the devastating earthquake that year.

If they don’t qualify for another legal immigration status — like asylum or a green card — those who lose their TPS protections will become ineligible to work in the U.S. legally and eligible to be arrested and deported by federal immigration authorities.

I’m sure Democrat groups will be telling every single one of them to claim asylum. Hopefully the Trump admin has judges ready to adjudicate the claims in short order, send them back to the 3rd (4th?) world failed state of Haiti.

The Trump administration on Friday urged Haitians with TPS to voluntarily leave the U.S. by using a smartphone app that officials have converted into a system to facilitate self-deportations. The administration has warned immigrants in the U.S. illegally that if they don’t self-deport, they will be found, arrested and forcibly deported.

“This decision restores integrity in our immigration system and ensures that Temporary Protective Status is actually temporary,” DHS said in a statement. “The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home.”

The government estimates that there are 348,187 Haitians in the U.S. with TPS, according to a DHS notice. The department said their TPS protections would lapse on Sept. 2.

Temporary. Not permanent. Import the 3rd world get the 3rd world. And when they are picked up they should be held in detention in high-toned and fancy to-do places like Martha’s Vineyard. Put them near the rich liberals.

Six-Month Extension of TPS for Haitians Could Come from Judge, Says Immigration Attorney Frandley Denis Julien

Haitian recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) may soon receive a six-month extension through a judicial decision, according to immigration attorney Frandley Denis Julien.

The judge overseeing the case had previously stated that no ruling would be issued before the federal government made its decision — a response that was expected by June 4, Julien noted.

“We believe the judge will be forced to issue a decision in the next few hours or days,” said Julien during a live broadcast on Facebook. “It is very, very likely that the judge will decide to extend TPS until February 2026.”

Uncertain about the direction the federal government would take, the judge had opted not to make a decision prematurely, particularly one that might align with the Trump administration’s stance.

That was June 5th. And now the Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges are barred from making nationwide rulings. They have no Constitutional power to extend TPS. Congress gave that authority to the Executive Branch.

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Bummer: New Zealand Pulls Out Of Global Coalition For Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

By William Teach June 28, 2025 – 7:00 am

Maybe the powers that be realize they need fossil fuels for their own jaunts around the world? For their limos/SUVs? For airplanes and big ships bringing in tourists and goods, as well as exporting them?

From the link

The New Zealand government has quietly pulled out of an international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels.

The move follows the announcement of $200 million funding to support new drilling for fossil fuel fields at the Budget.

WWF NZ said it was a “shameful retreat from international climate leadership”.

“This isn’t just backsliding – it’s an international embarrassment,” chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb said.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I wonder how many of the people complaining still use fossil fuels themselves

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts said the catalyst for leaving the alliance was the government’s decision to repeal the previous government’s ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration.

Watts said the government was committed to its climate targets.

“As we undertake our energy transition towards lower emissions fuels, natural gas will play an important role in the stability of this system until viable alternatives are in place.

“With falling domestic production presenting as a real risk to our future energy needs, the government has been looking at all options to extend the supply of gas as a critical energy source. This includes repealing the current ban on offshore oil and gas exploration and the setting aside of a tagged contingency of $200 million over four years for co-investment in new gas fields through Budget 2025.”

I’m guessing they realized that “going green” was creating some serious problems for the Elites in New Zealand. They didn’t really care about the average Kiwi.

The Green Party said the move was the latest sign the government cared little for the climate crisis or its impacts on the cost of living.

Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick said the coalition’s fossil fuel subsidies helped secure profits of fossil fuel executives but made life harder for regular people.

Hmm, those two paragraphs do not really jibe, do they?

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Dem Resolution On War Powers Act Crashes

By William Teach June 28, 2025 – 6:45 am

Funny, because I don’t remember Democrats trying to do the same when Biden was bombing Syria and the Houthis in Yemen. Or Obama with Syria, Libya, and more. But, you know, Trump

Senate shuts down Kaine’s attempt to check Trump’s war powers

A Senate Democrat’s push to put a check on President Donald Trump’s powers and reaffirm the Senate’s war authority was shut down by lawmakers in the upper chamber Thursday.

Sen. Tim Kaine’s war powers resolution, which would have required Congress to debate and vote on whether the president could declare war, or strike Iran, was struck down in the Senate on a largely party-line vote, save for Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., a staunch advocate of Israel who supported Trump’s strike on the Islamic Republic, and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has been vocal in his thoughts about congressional war powers in recent days.

Earlier in the week, the Virginia Democrat vowed to move ahead with the resolution despite a fragile ceasefire brokered between Israel and Iran following weekend strikes on the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear facilities that were not given the green-light by Congress.

Kaine argued that the ceasefire gave his resolution more credence and breathing room to properly debate the role that Congress plays when it comes to authorizing both war and attacks abroad.

He said ahead of the vote on the Senate floor that he came to Washington to ensure that the country does not again get into another “unnecessary” war, and invoked the rush to approve war powers for President George W. Bush over two decades ago to engage with Iraq.

Yeah, lots of those Democrat Senators never had a problem when Obama embroiled the U.S. in Libya. And, the resolution is hilarious, since Trump basically bombed the bejesus out of Iran’s nuclear sites and then stopped. And got a ceasefire. And lambasted both Iran and Israel when it was broken. And is working to get a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And got a peace deal between Congo and Rwanda.

Indeed, his resolution became a focal point for a debate that has raged on Capitol Hill since Israel began its bombing campaign against Iran: whether the strikes like those carried out during Operation Midnight Hammer constituted an act of war that required congressional approval, or if Trump’s decision was under his constitutional authority as commander in chief.

One none of these Democrats cared about under Obama or Biden. And the War Powers Resolution of 1973 gives POTUS the ability to engage in military operations like just occurred against Iran.

McConnell used instances where Democratic presidents over the last three decades have used their authority for limited engagements in Kosovo, Libya, Syria and Yemen, and questioned why “isolationists” would consider the strike on Iran to kneecap its nuclear program a mistake.

“I have not heard the frequent flyers on War Powers resolutions reckon seriously with these questions,” he said. “Until they do, efforts like this will remain divorced from both strategic and constitutional reality.”

In other words, you can’t have a hissy fit when Trump does it but not when Democrats do it.

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German Minister Upset Bon Climate (scam) Talks Did Not Include Spending More Taxpayer Money

By William Teach June 27, 2025 – 3:09 pm

Said taxpayer money would be spent in Other Countries, of course

German minister criticizes outcome of Bonn climate talks

German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider on Friday criticized the meagre outcome of this month’s international climate conference in the German city of Bonn, arguing that the result does not do justice to the seriousness of the situation.

The 10-day negotiations, which involved more than 5,000 delegates, were part of preparations for the UN Climate Change Conference set to take place in Brazil this November. The talks ended on Thursday without any significant progress.

Schneider lamented that old lines of conflict, such as north versus south and energy transition drivers against fossil fuel blockers, still dominate.

Hmm, 5,000 people who took some sort of fossil fueled travel?

“However, we can only get to grips with global warming if we work together. That’s why we need to leave the old conflicts behind us,” Schneider said.

Who says we want to, chump? Mind your own business.

Environmental organizations expressed disappointment at the sluggish pace of the negotiations in Bonn.

“I don’t want to sugarcoat it – we still have a lot to do before we meet again in Belem,” said UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell, referring to the World Climate Conference in Brazil.

Funny that this is the result of almost every climate meeting. But, hey, they get good working vacations which other people pay for, right?

Jeff Bezos sparks backlash after nearly 100 private jets arrive for Venice wedding: ‘A billionaire’s playground’

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are getting married in Venice, and the three-day wedding celebration will bring in nearly 100 private jets and a guest list full of billionaires and celebrities, including Oprah and Leonardo DiCaprio, Mercury News reports.

Streets have been closed, boats rerouted, and security teams stationed across the city for the event, taking place from June 26-28. Now, people who live there — and plenty of others online — are calling the whole thing over-the-top and extremely out of touch.

Protesters from Greenpeace and the group “No Space for Bezos” have taken to the canals with a life-sized Bezos dummy and potentially some floating crocodiles, according to GB News. In St. Mark’s Square, the protestors hung a banner reading, “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax.”

I wonder how many of those other folks flying in on private jets, aside from Bezos, DiCaprio, and Oprah, are Warmists? How about asking them for the money for the climate scam?

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If All You See…

By William Teach June 27, 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 Geller Report, with a post on an Iranian general getting all big and bad about Trump and Israel.

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SCOTUS Says Federal Judges Cannot Implement Nationwide Injunctions

By William Teach June 27, 2025 – 10:39 am

Before Democrats freak on this, they should remember that Republican federal judges could do this for Democrat presidents, and, do you really want that to happen?

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship.

The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda.

But a conservative majority left open the possibility that the birthright citizenship changes could remain blocked nationwide. Trump’s order would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally.

Federal judges should only be allowed to rule for their areas, not make full nationwide pronouncements. That is the job of the Supreme Court. So, good ruling.

And, I have written before that it is really up to Congress to set the terms of birthright citizenship, not the Executive.

Oh, and

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DOGE Working With ATF To Remove Regulations, Gets A Full Audit Of USAID

By William Teach June 27, 2025 – 10:30 am

Donald Trump has never liked unnecessary regulations, regulations for the sake of regulations, and ATF is now up

DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations

The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the goal of revising or eliminating dozens of rules and gun restrictions by July 4, according to multiple people with knowledge of the efforts, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss plans that have not been made public.

The initial target was to change 47 regulations, an apparent reference to Donald Trump’s status as the 47th president of the United States, two of the people said. But ATF and DOGE staffers are now poised to exceed that goal, with upward of 50 changes planned.

The revisions are part of a seismic shift unfolding at ATF as the Trump administration proposes slashing the law enforcement agency’s budget and dramatically reducing the number of inspectors who ensure that gun sellers are in compliance with federal laws. Some Republicans in Congress have called for abolishing the agency altogether, and Attorney General Pam Bondi has said she wants to merge ATF with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

If the plans are enacted, it would be a major win for pro-gun advocacy groups, who have long claimed ATF is an agency with too many gun regulations that tramples on Second Amendment rights. Gun-control advocates fear that the changes afoot at ATF will more easily allow potentially dangerous people to obtain weapons with little recourse.

“As Attorney General Bondi has made clear, ATF is working hard to reduce regulatory red tape that burdens lawful gun owners and to ensure agents are doing real police work hunting down criminals and gang members — not knocking on the doors of lawful gun owners in the middle of the night,” said Chad Gil Martin, a spokesman for the Justice Department, which oversees ATF.

What regulations get slashed? I guess we’ll see. The Washington Post tried a bit of fear mongering, but, really, ATF was created in 1972. We didn’t need it before that. Let states inspect gun stores and stuff.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin takes action after massive fraud uncovered at agency Dems tried to protect from DOGE

Following the uncovering of a massive bribery scandal at USAID, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is ordering a full audit of all government contracting officers who have exercised grant-awarding authority under the agency’s business development program over the last 15 years.

In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the scale of the USAID fraud is a “damning reflection of systemic failures in oversight and accountability.” She further said that the fraud “was not an isolated incident.”

In response, Loeffler instructed Associate Administrator Tre Pennie, who oversees government contracts awarded by SBA, to “act decisively” to crack down on any potential similar abuses in the agency.

Loeffler instructed Pennie to immediately initiate a full-scale audit of the agency’s awarding officers back to 2010.

A lot of people, both USAID employees and those who received money from USAID, better lawyer up. The auditors are most likely going to find lots of fraud and graft. People putting lots of money in their pockets, as well as shifting the money where it was not meant to go.

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