…is a wonderful low carbon bike that Everyone Else should be forced to ride, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Climate Depot, with a post on “Extreme weather expert Dr. Roger Pielke: ‘Actual fire on the landscape in South France measured as area burned has not increased, & arguably has decreased’”
Read: If All You See… »
It’s not like they weren’t warned many, many, many times
Democratic discontent with Mamdani mounts in New York City’s outer boroughs
When Queens Borough President Donovan Richards accused the Democratic Socialists of America of perpetuating “white supremacy” earlier this month, it marked a rare instance of a well-known local Democrat taking direct, withering aim at the group that propelled Mayor Zohran Mamdani into City Hall.
Since Mamdani’s ascension there, local elected Democrats have been hard pressed to publicly blast him and his hard-left base. The mayor’s approval ratings remain strong and the DSA has emerged as a serious political force in the city. So Richards’ X post — which was referencing the DSA’s majority white membership nationally — hinted at a potential turning point.
His attack also points to a more broadly felt symptom: Growing discontent with Mamdani from Democratic politicians in the city’s outer boroughs.
I wouldn’t necessarily call it white supremacy, but, let’s be honest, the amount of DSA members who are white is almost as much as at Sheldon Whitehouse’ yacht club. How many times have we seen photos of uber-liberal this and thats which are mostly whites, especially women? Then you get some like a Mamdani who pretend to be DSA and get the backing of all those AWFLs (which includes liberal men-folk, you know)
Days after Richards’ online lament, more anti-Mamdani sentiment erupted in the Bronx, where City Councilmember Oswald Feliz accused the mayor of giving his community “crumbs” by not pairing a bus lane project in his district with enough infrastructure upgrades in surrounding areas. Like Richards, Feliz made a reference to race, albeit a more subtle one.
“Is this community not trendy enough to justify the kind of improvements that other communities receive, even without asking?” Feliz said in a statement last week. “If this was a wealthier neighborhood, I have no doubt that a more ambitious proposal would have been on the table. Minority communities are important, and deserve better.”
OK, are these just standard complaints, which are being vocalized because maybe they aren’t getting the responses they want from City Hall? I don’t think I’ve quite seen this in NYC before.
After Feliz issued his remarks referencing trendy neighborhoods and minority communities, Mamdani’s office told him the mayor was upset with the suggestion he doesn’t value outer borough enclaves, a person with direct knowledge of the exchange said. The mayor’s team then scheduled a meeting with Feliz to discuss his concerns further — a sit-down that took place this past Monday and also included Gibson, according to the person, who was granted anonymity to discuss the private talks.
Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson, Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn and other Mamdani administration officials were on hand for the meeting and told Feliz and Gibson they would look into their requests for improved road paving, street signs and expanded pedestrian areas. But the officials made no immediate capital commitments, saying that would have to wait until next year’s budget, the person with knowledge of the discussion said. The mayor didn’t attend the meeting.
That’s a “we’re listening to placate you” meeting. Nothing will happen.
The thing about backing this kind of stuff is that the crocodile will eventually get around to eating you.
Read: NYC Democrats Upset They’re Getting What They Voted For From Mamdani »
How’s that 35+ years of spreading awareness working? How about declaring that the debate is over?
Yale survey indicates Mainers losing interest in climate change
Big majorities of Maine residents believe in global warming, think it is caused by human activities, and that it is harmful.
But public interest and concern with global warming slipped in 2025, according to new estimates from the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication.
Senior program researcher Jennifer Marlon said waning attention to climate is a national trend.
“The numbers are not statistically significant, but when you look state by state, year by year in the recent time, there are declines,” Marlon said. “That is consistent with the decline in media coverage, the decline in politics, and leaders and decision makers talking about the issue.”
In 2025, 68% of people in Maine believed global warming is happening, a 4-point slide from the year before, according to the Yale projections.
There were similar decreases in the number of people who were worried about global warming, thought it was harmful and caused by human activity.
You can only scaremonger people for so long before they start losing interest, and, of course, really, the interest is mostly in theory, not practice. How many are actually living the climate cult life?
Marlon said “climate hushing” — avoiding or downplaying the issue on the part of corporations, media outlets and politicians — mean people are seeing and hearing less about global warming. Meanwhile, the U.S. and other parts of the world are facing bouts of dangerous heat, wildfires and other disasters made worse by a warming climate.
Marlon said in 2025 the proportion of people nationally who talk about global warming with their family and friends or see mentions of it in the media at least once a week hit the lowest point in the program’s 17-year history.
The media doesn’t need to talk about heavy metal for metal heads to care about it.
Read: Bummer: Citizens Of Maine Losing Interest In Climate (scam) »
It’s almost like this whole thing brings about a ton of fraud, graft, and abuse
How the ‘Lawyer of Miracles’ built an immigration empire as former clients say their lives unraveled
When Nelson Sanchez left for work before sunrise last November, his children expected it would be another ordinary day. Instead, they got a phone call that changed everything.
Federal immigration agents had surrounded Sanchez’s truck during a traffic stop and taken him into custody. His daughter, Izzy Picazo, remembers feeling like she was a little girl again. (snip)
The work permit Sanchez had been relying on was connected to an immigration application stating he was a victim of domestic abuse, a claim his children say was completely false and made with Sanchez’s knowledge. They say the application had been prepared by the Tukwila immigration attorney they trusted to help him stay in the United States.
That attorney was Alexandra Lozano.
So, shady stuff
What began as one family’s search for answers has grown into a months-long KING 5 investigation uncovering allegations that stretch across Washington and beyond: former clients accusing Lozano of filing immigration applications they didn’t qualify for, state disciplinary records alleging professional misconduct, federal lawsuits, a growing list of alleged victims, multimillion-dollar real estate purchases, a hot pink private jet, and questions about how one of the country’s fastest-growing immigration law firms operated.
Today, the federal civil lawsuit against Lozano continues to expand. An amended complaint now includes 34 former clients, up from nine in the original filing, and seeks to recover luxury assets, including a private jet that plaintiffs allege were purchased with proceeds from the firm’s business. It alleges fraud, professional negligence, violations of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act and federal racketeering laws.
Lozano has previously denied wrongdoing through her attorneys, and the allegations in the lawsuit have not been proven in court.
It’s a very long, detailed article on everything above. The only thing missing is taking state and/or federal money to “help” the illegals
In Ohio, immigration attorney Angel Lisinski was sued by former clients who allege they, too, were pressured into filing abuse-based immigration applications they did not qualify for. The lawsuit alleges clients were steered toward VAWA petitions and T visas without understanding what those programs were or whether they were eligible.
The Ohio complaint goes a step further, alleging Lisinski adopted a high-volume business model developed by Lozano. Attorneys representing the Ohio plaintiffs allege Lozano trained other immigration lawyers around the country through seminars, books and consulting programs.
I’m guessing this fraud wouldn’t be going on if the illegals weren’t in the U.S. Oh, and hey, where were these illegals getting all that money?
Here in NC
Thousands of Haitians in NC face uncertainty as TPS protections expire
Fear and confusion are spreading through North Carolina’s Haitian community as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections expire for thousands of immigrants who have lived and worked in the United States for years.
Woodson Simon, who runs the Triad Haitian Community Association in High Point, said many families are worried about what comes next.
“They don’t know what’s coming for them. They don’t know what they’re going to do,” Simon said.
It’s simple: go home. If you didn’t understand what the T in TPS stood for, that is on you.
Read: Weird: Washington State Immigration Attorney Built Fraudulent Empire »
Per the always barking moonbat Ed Kilgore
Democrats need a better answer on voter ID. Here’s one.
Donald Trump’s incessant crusade for the immediate enactment of the SAVE America Act is very likely to fail — thanks to a Senate Democratic filibuster that a crucial number of Senate Republicans refuse to kill. The bill’s proponents keep dishonestly insisting that the legislation just requires voter ID. In fact, its explicit aim is to require extensive proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, not just identification at the polls or accompanying mail ballots. But the SAVE impasse will likely strengthen the grip of Trump-fed conspiracy theories about Democrats needing illegal votes to win, at least among Republicans and perhaps even some swing voters. Concerns about vote integrity probably aren’t going to go away, whether they’re justified or not.
Well, yeah, that’s kind of the point, to keep foreigners from voting in our elections. Why are Democrats against that?
Democrats are fully justified in saying not just “no” but “hell no” to Trump’s demands. But their own political interests might be better served by finding a way to support or even counterpropose the simple voter ID requirements that Americans (including big majorities of Democrats) overwhelmingly support.
What’s the point of voter ID except to keep people who shouldn’t be voting from voting? Mostly because they are foreigners, but, in some cases because they aren’t who they say they are.
Americans also support voting-law reforms that Democrats typically favor. A major Pew survey in 2025 showed 80 percent favor the universal availability of two weeks of early in-person voting; 74 percent favor making Election Day a national holiday; 66 favor restoring voting rights for ex-felons; 59 percent favor automatic voter registration of all eligible voters; 58 percent favor a universal right to vote by mail; and 58 percent favor allowing people to register to vote on Election Day.
I’m not going to get down into the party breakdowns in this, but, I would support the 1st two. But, if it is 2 weeks, it is 2 weeks only. No more.
[R]equiring photo identification to vote has preponderant public support, and, with a reasonable list of acceptable documents, is unlikely to be a deal-breaker for Democrats. In return, Democrats probably couldn’t ask Republicans to require no-excuse mail balloting in every state (given how Trump’s obsessive hostility to it has permeated the party). But with voter ID as the sweetener, there might be some Republicans willing to accept other widely popular 2021 ideas such as nationwide automatic and same-day registration, guaranteed early voting and rights restoration for the formerly incarcerated.
So, that’s the big “better” idea.
Best of all, a deal that includes a modest voter ID requirement without onerous proof of citizenship could outflank Republicans on their most popular election-reform idea and rebut the presumption that Democrats want loosey-goosey voter rolls just like Trump claims.
In other words, the GOP gets a seriously watered down version of voter ID that will make no difference, and Democrats get to keep felons and foreigners on the voting rolls. Of course, it is 2026, and, despite there being more than enough Squishes in the GOP like always, enough “get along go alongs”, the Democrats are so extreme and unhinged that they wouldn’t even be able to try this kind of claptrap that would have worked 15 years ago.
Read: Democrats Totally Have Better Ideas On Voter ID Or Something »
…is horrible concrete which puts out lots of carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist
The blog of the day is Chicks On The Right, with a post on “Are Dumbphones the Future?”
Read: If All You See… »
But, when election time comes, will they?
Most say they wouldn’t back democratic socialist presidential candidate: Survey
Most Americans say they wouldn’t support a democratic socialist presidential candidate, according to a new poll.
In The Washington Post/Ipsos poll, 55 percent of respondents said they wouldn’t “consider” casting their ballot for a self-identified democratic socialist presidential candidate, while 39 percent said the opposite and 6 percent did not respond.
Democratic socialists have recently stepped into the national spotlight with notable primary wins in places such as New York and Colorado. One win was that of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last year against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary. Mamdani has now become one of the most prominent Democrats in the country.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), another prominent democratic socialist, is one of a few names being discussed as a possible 2028 presidential contender.
Sadly, the poll doesn’t have any toplines or distinction between parties/political belief, it simply asks the question of voting and breaks between those 3 answers.
A follow up question asks about the DSA wackos influence on the Dem party, with 30% saying too much influence, 15% too little, 15% just right, and 41% not sure. It would be fantastic to see how Democrats and Independents feel about these questions. The DSA crap seems to work well in hardcore Dem run cities, at least for the moment, but, will that continue?
Wisconsin voter Ian Anderson couldn’t have been happier to cast his ballot Tuesday for democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the swing state’s primary for governor.
“She’s exactly the burst of energy we need,” Anderson said after voting early in the liberal stronghold of Madison.
But 80 miles down the road in Milwaukee, Democratic voter Steve Wiesner said if Hong wins the Aug. 11 primary he will vote Republican for the first time in his life.
“I would never support her or any DSA candidate at this point,” Wiesner said, using the acronym for Democratic Socialists of America. He voted for long-shot candidate Joel Brennan.
But a chaotic primary, and the rise of Hong, has amplified angst among voters and party insiders that Democrats may be squandering their chances to retain control of the governor’s office and flip both chambers of the Legislature to earn full control of Wisconsin state government for the first time since 2010.
How much of her rise was driven by the wacko extreme of the Dem party, which is now colliding with the reality that the average Democrat voter may have TDS, but, aren’t interested in the Socialist wacko agenda?
Read: Survey Says Most Won’t Vote For Democratic Socialist Wackos »
Supposedly, this will keep LA residents cool, but, mostly it’s just another way to spread taxpayer money around to friends and Comrades
Mayor Bass Advances Climate Action Plan with Heat Resilience Investments for Vulnerable Angelenos
Mayor Karen Bass July 27 announced a milestone in implementing her climate action plan with the installation of 1,066 energy-efficient air conditioning units for residents living at Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles or HACLA properties.
The announcement was made at Nickerson Gardens, where Mayor Bass was joined by Congresswoman Maxine Waters, leaders from HACLA and LADWP, and residents, underscoring the city’s commitment to climate resilience and environmental justice.
The investment demonstrates how the city’s climate action plan is delivering tangible benefits for Angelenos by helping residents adapt to increasingly frequent and severe heat, reducing household energy costs, improving energy efficiency, and expanding access to energy-efficient housing improvements and climate resilience investments in communities disproportionately impacted by pollution and climate change.
The project is part of the city’s heat mitigation home improvement program or HMHIP, launched to help protect residents from increasingly frequent and severe heat by improving energy efficiency and indoor comfort in vulnerable communities. Through a partnership between the Mayor’s Office, HACLA, and LADWP, the program upgrades public housing communities while helping residents maintain safe indoor temperatures during extreme heat. The program leverages rebates available through LADWP’s Cool LA initiative to purchase energy-efficient air conditioning units in bulk, reducing costs and accelerating installation across HACLA properties.
That’s a lot of groups who will siphon the money before it gets anywhere. What do you think, 70% disappears?
Read: LA Advances Climate Plan To Spread The Slush Money Around »
Why? Because it hasn’t worked out for the far left narrative in terms of regular cops wearing body cams
Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal Demand ICE Agents Wear Functional Body Cameras
Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, sent a letter demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately equip all agents interacting with the public with fully functional body-worn cameras. The demand follows a disturbing pattern of deadly immigration enforcement operations carried out without basic accountability measures in place.
“We have watched in horror as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials shot over two dozen people and killed six of them, including three U.S. citizens, during immigration enforcement operations since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025.1 In shooting after shooting, we are told that there is no body-worn camera footage of the incident and asked to accept DHS’s account of the incident. Time and again, that account turns out to be a blatant falsehood. It is time for DHS to use the $210 billion that congressional Republicans have given the agency to ensure that every DHS officer is equipped with a fully functioning body-worn camera when conducting immigration enforcement,” wrote the Ranking Members.
Despite repeated DHS promises, body-worn cameras remain absent—or nonfunctional—when they matter most. After ICE agents killed U.S. citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier this year, DHS pledged rapid nationwide deployment. Nearly six months later, that promise remains unmet.
Blah blah blah. ICE is already assigning body cams to officers, but, it takes time. And once they all have them, it is going to look bad for the Democrat wackos like Raskin and Jaypal. Meanwhile
Ruling in Tacoma immigration case means thousands could get bond hearings
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a class of immigrants detained within the United States is not subject to mandatory detention, rebuffing both a Trump administration policy and the Tacoma Immigration Court’s practice of denying bond hearings to many people held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center.
In a published 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a prior ruling from Tacoma-based U.S. District Court Judge Tiffany Cartwright. Cartwright found the Tacoma Immigration Court was unlawfully denying people the chance to be released on bond to fight their deportation cases in the community, where some have lived for years.
At best, the only place this ruling would apply would be the Western District of Washington, due to the SCOTUS ruling on nationwide injunctions. And then there’s the one about courts not having the authority to interfere with federal immigration policy. So, this is another ruling that is heading to the Supreme Court.
This is the same Jim Hansen who has been wrong on most things climate, including the West Side of NYC being underwater
Why Hansen may end up being right about 2026
Jim Hansen and I have spent much of this year making seemingly opposite predictions about where 2026 will end up in the global temperature record books. He has argued since the spring that 2026 will be the warmest year on record; I have made the case that it is more likely than not to end up in second place. And in a recent post he framed our disagreement in memorably equine terms:
Based on this scientific evidence, we expect that when the horse race comes down the stretch, in November and December of this year, we will be riding a thoroughbred, a strong young horse, and Zeke will be atop a fading old nag.
For the record, I am the fading old nag in this metaphor. I have been called worse.
But here is the fun part: when the race comes down the final stretch at the end of 2026, there is a good chance we will both be declared winners. Hansen’s prediction is about NASA’s GISTEMP record specifically. Mine is about the average across the major surface temperature datasets. And when I run my own forecast model separately on each of six datasets, it gives GISTEMP a ~65% chance of a new 2026 record even as the multi-dataset average only has a ~32% chance and is likely to come in second place.
But, here’s the fun part: Hansen started making his prognostication in April 2026. Why do Warmists always wait till things are happening to make their predictions? Or, make them 50-100 years out? If Hansen and Zeke Hausfather wanted to make predictions they should have done it before the end of 2025.
And, really, no matter what, the cult will make sure that 2026 is the Warmest Evah!!!!, forgetting all about being a big El Nino year.
Read: Jim Hansen Could Totally Be Right About 2026 Heating »
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