Bummer: States Sue Over Trump Admin Freezing Charging Station Funds

By William Teach May 11, 2025 – 7:00 am

I’m not so sure why they are upset Mayor Pete barely built any while serving under Biden

US states sue over Trump freeze on funds for electric-vehicle charging stations

California and 15 other states sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, saying the federal government was illegally withholding billions of dollars awarded to states for building electric-vehicle charging stations.

The U.S. Transportation Department in February suspended the EV charging program and rescinded approval of state plans pending a review.

Senate Democrats said President Donald Trump was withholding more than $3 billion from the program, which was approved as part of former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

The lawsuit, joined by the District of Columbia, New York, New Jersey and Colorado among others, was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington State.

The states said the administration’s decision “will devastate the ability of states to build the charging infrastructure necessary for making EVs accessible to more consumers, combating climate change, reducing other harmful pollution, and supporting the states’ green economies.”

Well, why can’t they use their own taxpayer money to build them? Surely they can get The Rich in those states to pay, right? And the peasants won’t mind paying for the chargers as good little Liberals, right? All mostly Dem states, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.

Gavin gave a press release

When America retreats, China wins.

President Trump’s illegal action withholding funds for electric vehicle infrastructure is yet another Trump gift to China – ceding American innovation and killing thousands of jobs.

Instead of hawking Teslas on the White House lawn, President Trump could actually help Elon – and the nation – by following the law and releasing this bipartisan funding.

You know what would be really funny, once a Democrat judge says the money must be spent? To spend all the money building EV charging stations in Republican states. The bullshit Inflation Reduction Act never said what states the money had to be spent in, you know.

And Gavin can spend California money building the chargers. It’s not like the Biden admin did such a great job building them. A grand total of 58 by the time he left office.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 10, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is horrible heatsnow and summer freezing from carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Geller Report, with a post on a secret Iranian nuclear facility.

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India And Pakistan Edge Closer To Full Scale War

By William Teach May 10, 2025 – 10:30 am

It would be very, very bad

India and Pakistan edge closer to war as nuclear-armed rivals trade strikes

India and Pakistan appeared to be edging closer to war on Saturday, as the two nuclear-armed nations both claimed they were provoked by the other before launching strikes against military assets in their rival countries.

Early Saturday, Pakistan’s armed forces said they targeted military sites inside India in response to an Indian missile attack at three air bases in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Hours later, India said its attack — which it claimed had hit four military bases in Pakistan — was in response to Pakistan attacking its civilian infrastructure.

Before Pakistan’s military action early Saturday, Pakistan’s chief military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said India had targeted Nur Khan air base in Rawalpindi, Murid air base in Chakwal and Rafiqui air base near Shorkot with air-to-surface missiles. Most of the missiles, he said in a later appearance, were intercepted and there were no casualties or damage.

India’s actions, he said, were “pushing the whole region toward dangerous war,” and vowed a firm response. (snip)

The Indian government dismissed Pakistan’s claims of destruction of Indian military capacities, including damage to the country’s critical infrastructure such as power systems, as “completely false.” “It is Pakistani actions that have constituted provocation and escalation,” India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a late morning news briefing.

Every day this seems to escalate more and more between two countries that despise each other. And have nuclear weapons

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations on Friday issued a call for de-escalation and said the two countries should “engage in direct dialogue towards a peaceful outcome.”

Good sentiment, but, they hate each other

“There is no real historical precedent for what we’re seeing unfold,” said Asfandyar Mir, a senior fellow at the Stimson Center, a D.C.-based think tank. “We are now at a critical height on the escalation ladder.”

I’m rather surprised that no articles discuss what full scale war looks like between the nations.

(Metro UK) In 2019, a team of scientists investigated how a nuclear war between the two countries could start – and what the consequences could be for the rest of the world.

The direct effects of a nuclear exchange in India and Pakistan themselves would be apocalyptic.

Depending on the precise number of weapons used and their respective yields, anywhere between 50 million and 150 million people would be killed.

That is not to mention the cities obliterated, the millions more injured with no hope of immediate help, and the destruction of major infrastructure.

A slightly antiseptic way of saying this would be horrible

The huge amounts of smoke sent billowing into the stratosphere from those burning cities would block out sunlight, sending global temperatures plummeting by up to 10C.

Professor Brian Toon, a leading expert on climate and atmospheric science who co-authored the study, told Metro: ‘Even [nuclear war between] India and Pakistan can produce ice age temperatures with their arsenals.’

Which could cause serious problems with food production around the world, for one. And then all the nuclear fallout. Which could all result in one to two billion being killed around the world. Pakistan has 170 nuclear weapons and India has 164

The study estimates that 95 to 100% of the population would be left starving in Canada.

In Russia, the figure is 75 to 95%, while the proportion of people left starving in China was projected as 50% and 25% in the United States.

So, when JD Vance said this is not the problem of the U.S., which Karoline Leavitt contradicted in calling for de-escalation, he was wrong. This has world wide implications.

Whelp, I wrote this in the early morning for posting at 1030am, and, before it could even post

This has weirdly made many people, meaning Trump haters, upset.

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Bummer: Majority Of Britons Want Net Zero Scrapped

By William Teach May 10, 2025 – 7:15 am

Eh, it’s kinda unscientific, since it is a web poll, but, come on, how scientific are so many polls taken by pollsters? (via Watts Up With That?, which has a screenshot of the numbers being 95% for scrapping it)

Poll of the week: Should the 2050 net zero target be scrapped?

Ed Miliband has long been one of Westminster’s most vocal advocates for Britain’s net zero agenda. But his vision of a green future is increasingly coming up against a less forgiving reality.

This week, we asked readers: Should the UK scrap its 2050 net zero target? A resounding 95 per cent of over 26,000 respondents said yes.

Telegraph readers’ reasons ranged from economic survival to energy security and a growing frustration with what many see as climate policy detached from common sense. Here’s why you believe the time has come to pull the plug.

For many, net zero has become synonymous with financial burden – rising energy bills, increased costs for businesses and pressure on household budgets.

“If the Government wants to grandstand about cutting the UK’s one per cent share of global emissions, fine,” says Russ Hindle. “But don’t hike our energy bills – do it slower, cheaper and pay for it yourself.”

I’m looking at the version via Internet Archive, so, cannot see the actual poll, but, yeah, 95%

Other accused politicians of blind idealism. “No matter how much evidence is given to them, our politicians are hell bent on throwing us off a net zero cliff without giving us a say,” argues Mrs P.

The same politicians who refuse to practice what they preach.

“No one wants to pay the highest energy costs in the world to solve a problem that’s likely beyond humanity’s control, and certainly beyond Britain’s ability to meaningfully influence,” says Hugo McEwen.

He continues: “This is Jacobin-style communism disguised as climate policy, intended to impoverish and ‘equalise’ us. Nigel Farage is right: stop it now, or face a revolution.” (snip)

One reader puts it bluntly: “Net zero is lunacy. We contribute a tiny percentage of global CO? emissions, yet we’re trashing our economy in the name of the ultimate virtue-signalling project. Meanwhile, the world’s largest economies are doubling down on coal and gas to stay competitive.”

See, every experiment needs an experimental group. Initially, Brits thought this was great, but, now that they have had to live it, they aren’t too thrilled, to say the least.

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Trump Admin Rips Democrats Arrested Trying To Storm ICE Facility

By William Teach May 10, 2025 – 7:00 am

Seriously, these Democrats are nuts

Will the charges stick?

Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center

Federal officials arrested Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of Newark, on Friday after a confrontation that also involved three members of Congress at a new immigration detention facility that is expected to play a central role in President Trump’s mass deportation effort.

Mr. Baraka, a Democrat who is running for governor, was taken to a separate federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, where he was still being held hours after the arrest. A large crowd of supporters was gathered outside waiting for information about when he would be released.

A few Dem wacko congresscritters were allowed in to participate with their stunt of supporting illegals. Bad ones. More on that in a minute

Mr. Baraka was allowed past the front gate, but was not allowed to accompany the members of Congress inside, according to a video taken by Viri Martinez, an immigration activist who witnessed the arrest.

“Congressmen are different, congresswomen are different,” a Homeland Security Investigations agent told the mayor, the video shows. The agent added: “That is the last warning. You will be placed under arrest.”

If they do not prosecute him then there is a problem with the justice system. But, you can bet some leftist prosecutor or judge will let him off.

(Fox News) The White House is blasting Democrats for “prioritizing the welfare of illegal aliens over American citizens,” after “outright breaking the law” and storming an ICE facility in New Jersey. (snip)

“As always, Democrats are prioritizing the welfare of illegal aliens over American citizens – except now they’re crossing the line between meaningless political street theatre and outright breaking the law,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital.

DHS has stated that Delaney Hall in New Jersey is full of alleged killers, MS-13 gang members and child rapists. And other criminals. This is who Democrats are trying to protect.

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Bummer: Trump Admin Ends Climate (scam) Partnership With U Of Washington

By William Teach May 9, 2025 – 3:48 pm

What UW is going to miss the most is all the climate scam money

Trump administration pulls plug on UW climate research partnership

climate cowThe Trump administration has ended a climate research program hosted at the University of Washington that helps communities in the Northwest adapt to extreme heat, drought and other threats from climate change.

The UW’s Climate Impacts Group, which relies on federal support and hosts the program, said in a Thursday statement that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ended its grant award for the research in a Monday letter.

Did they ever consider that it is not a good idea to rely so much on federal taxpayer money? Because administrations change

The program, called the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative, has developed a plan to reduce illness and save lives in extreme heat in the wake of the 2021 heat dome, has built an air-quality dashboard to mitigate the health impacts of wildfire smoke and has expanded drinking-water testing and filtration in rural Oregon, among other things.

I made the mistake of reading their plan, which boiled mostly down to “give government lots and lots of power and taxpayer money.” Drinking water? Has nothing to do with ‘climate change’. But, researching, it also calls for more Big Government, this time for rural Oregon which votes Republican, and they want to control.

The Climate Impacts Group has hosted the program since 2021 and funding was set to run through August 2026.

NOAA was a specific target in Project 2025, a conservative blueprint created by the Heritage Foundation and intended for the second Trump administration. The document called the agency “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.”

Maybe they shouldn’t have been so cultish and dictatorial.

The May 5 letter from the acting director of NOAA’s Grants Management Division states the program funding was axed as “part of efforts to streamline and reduce the cost and size of the Federal Government.”

We don’t need to pay for it. But, hey, if Oregon and Washington state want to, have at it.

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If All You See…

By William Teach May 9, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…are horrible fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gates Of Vienna, with a post on a Swedish clergyperson beating herself up and blaming “right wing extremists”

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Trump Admin Now Coming After In-State Tuition For Illegals

By William Teach May 9, 2025 – 10:30 am

It’s always been absurd that illegals who are illegally present in the U.S. get in-state tuition: if a student is from New Jersey they do not get in-state in North Carolina. At least they are from the U.S. But, does Trump have the power to do anything about it?

Trump Executive Order Seeks to End Undocumented In-State Tuition Programs

Undocumented students in Colorado have gone on to be teachers, nurses, and business owners thanks to a program that allows them to pay in-state tuition at public universities.

Now the future of that program and ones like it in 23 other states are in doubt after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to punish states and cities with so-called sanctuary policies.

The order, signed on April 28, also specifically calls out programs that provide in-state tuition for undocumented students who graduated from high school in that state or who meet other residency requirements.

Allowing in-state students who are not citizens to pay less tuition than out-of-state students who are citizens represents discrimination, according to the order, which says that the attorney general, in cooperation with the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, “shall identify and take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of state and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful.”

Advocates for immigrant students say that without in-state tuition, many undocumented students will struggle to afford college. They don’t qualify for any federal financial aid and face other barriers to college.

They shouldn’t be attending college in the U.S. in the first place, because they shouldn’t be here in the first place. If they want to pay full price, I guess that would be OK, just like with students from other states and other countries.

The Trump order sets up a possible legal showdown over the state-supported tuition programs that immigrant rights and higher education-advising groups have called essential to help undocumented students access higher education and educate them to fill in-demand jobs.

Not surprising: they sue over everything Trump does.

The order adds to an already uncertain environment for immigrant students, who worry about the risks of filling out financial aid paperwork while grappling with deportation fears. Denver Scholarship Foundation’s Natasha Garfield said the college-advising nonprofit will continue to provide students information about their options and allow them to decide whether college is right for them during a time when Trump’s immigration stance has brought incredible uncertainty.

Uncertainty is a big part of everything Trump does on immigration. But, in this very long, whiny article, they forget one big thing: does the federal government have the authority to do this? Sure, the Constitution gives the federal government authority on immigration. And the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) prohibits states from offering pos-tsecondary education benefits to undocumented immigrants based on residency unless the same benefits are available to all U.S. citizens, regardless of state residency. But, these are states giving a discount. That has nothing to do with the feds, right?

Yes, but, most, if not all of the schools and states take federal money to fund the schools. That gives Los Federales power to dictate policies. Like not giving illegals in-state tuition. Whoops!

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Bummer: NOAA To Stop Tracking Cost Of Weather Events

By William Teach May 9, 2025 – 7:15 am

It is good to know what the costs of weather events is, though, it is skewed since there are so many more people and buildings in the way, and the property is more expensive. However, NOAA has been using those costs to push their climate cult beliefs

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

stop global warmingThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump administration limiting federal government resources on climate change.

NOAA falls under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is tasked with daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring. It is also parent to the National Weather Service.

The agency said its National Centers for Environmental Information would no longer update its Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database beyond 2024, and that its information — going as far back as 1980 — would be archived.

For decades, it has tracked hundreds of major events across the country, including destructive hurricanes, hail storms, droughts and freezes that have totaled trillions of dollars in damage.

The AP shows exactly why this doomsday cult crap needs to end

Scientists say these weather events are becoming increasingly more frequent, costly and severe with climate change. Experts have attributed the growing intensity of recent debilitating heat, Hurricane Milton, the Southern California wildfires and blasts of cold to climate change.

Assessing the impact of weather events fueled by the planet’s warming is key as insurance premiums hike, particularly in communities more prone to flooding, storms and fires. Climate change has wrought havoc on the insurance industry, and homeowners are at risk of skyrocketing rates.

Except, not of that is actually true. Weather events are not becoming more frequent, a 1.7F increase in global temps in 175 years is no big deal, the SoCal wildfires were caused by human idiocy, and, wait, blasts of cold? Yeah, it’s a cult.

But, the constant bleating does freak out insurers, and, yeah, it is more costly, because things are more costly and there are more buildings.

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Trump Admin Petitions Supreme Court To End TPS Protections For Four Nations

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

I’m not sure why it’s even necessary, but, crazy left wing judges have decided they run the Legislative and Executive Branches. This adds on to Trump already asking to end TPS for Venezuelans.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow for the End of Biden-Era Migrant Program

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to proceed with a plan to revoke deportation protections for migrants from four troubled countries.

In an emergency application to the justices, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to lift a block imposed by a lower court on its effort to reverse a Biden administration program that had allowed migrants from certain countries to fly into the United States and remain temporarily.

“This court’s immediate intervention is warranted,” Mr. Sauer wrote in the application, adding that a lower court had “nullified one of the administration’s most consequential immigration policy decisions.”

The Biden administration introduced the program, known as humanitarian parole, in early 2023. Under the policy, migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela could fly into the United States if they had a financial sponsor and passed security checks. Approximately 532,000 people entered the country under the program, which allowed them to remain for up to two years. (snip)

On March 25, a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily paused the administration’s revocation of the program. The court determined that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked authority to categorically revoke parole for all 532,000 people without providing individualized, case-by-case reviews.

Except, that is not what the law actually says. Further, TPS for Venezuelans started October 2022. Haiti, Nicaragua, and Cuba started January 2023. The program was for 18 months. So, it’s over for Venezuelans. Where the hell does this judge get off thinking there needs to be a case by case review? Come June, those from the other countries can be repatriated.

But, hey, if liberals love them so much, the Trump admin should round them up and ship them to sanctuary cities. Especially rich areas

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