GOP Debating Filibuster Reform In Senate

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 10:30 am

Is this a good idea? Bad idea?

Senate GOP debates filibuster reform after Trump calls to ‘nationalize’ elections

President Trump’s call for Republicans to “take over” voting procedures in more than a dozen states and “nationalize” the midterm elections has Republican senators debating filibuster reform to get around Democratic opposition to a bill that would require voters to show proof of citizenship.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a staunch Trump ally and chair of the GOP’s Senate Steering Committee, says Republicans have power under the Senate rules to force Democrats to hold the floor continuously to filibuster and block the SAVE Act, legislation that would require voters to present birth certificates and passports when registering to vote.

But the proposal to interpret the Senate rules in a way to make it tougher for members of the minority party to block legislation through the filibuster is already getting strong pushback from some senior Republicans.

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said he’s worried that requiring Democrats to actively stand and speak for hours and hours to slow down legislation will create a massive traffic jam on the Senate floor.

And he worries Democrats will use retaliatory tactics to derail the GOP agenda that would require Republican senators to be constantly on call to vote at a moment’s notice to establish a quorum.

Filibusters had always been people standing up there and speaking as long as possible, like when Democrats filibustered the Civil Rights Act. It wasn’t needing 60 votes to move legislation to an actual vote to see if it passes or not. With one party or another not allowing the 60 vote threshold that sure jammed up the works, right? But, yeah, Democrats will sure do what they do, they are cutthroat in a way most in the GOP aren’t. Republicans try and play nice. Get along go along.

But, does it make a difference which way it goes? If Democrats are forced to stand up there and yammer they’ll eventually stop and the GOP can vote and pass bills. Democrats usually find a way around GOP filibusters, so, it makes no difference what the requirements are.

Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said requiring talking filibusters would “change the Senate” and likely lead to the abolition of the filibuster entirely.

“Filibuster changes, I think, change the Senate. It may happen one day, but I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he said.

Keeping it is a good idea. But, despite a rule change in 1917 requiring a supermajority to move legislation to a pass/fail vote, it wasn’t until the 70s that it was simple the 60 vote threshold.

Your thoughts?

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People’s Republik Of Virginia Passes Bill To Rejoin Climate Cult Agreement

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 7:15 am

Virginia’s energy prices are already spiking. I’m sure this will help

Virginia House passes bill to rejoin controversial climate change agreement

Virginia is one step closer to rejoining a multi-state agreement combating climate change after its House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that would reverse Republican-era policies.

The House Democrats approved Leader Charniele Herring’s House Bill 397 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, which would return Virginia to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), reversing policies enacted under the previous Republican administration.

Democrats had previously told reporters on Jan. 21 that they planned to introduce a budget amendment to accelerate the state’s process of rejoining RGGI.

The program would lower monthly electric bills in the long term through an energy-efficiency program, invests in weatherization and low-income energy efficiency programs to build and upgrade energy-efficient and affordable housing and helps communities to offset costs through flood mitigation and resilience planning, per a release.

You know that the people at WRIC are card carrying members of the cult when they write that last paragraph with no hesitation. Without any sort of vetting. With zero skepticism. What’s the long term? We keep hearing that, but, it hasn’t materialized. Those weatherization programs just seem to be slush funds for donors. Affordable housing? What does that have to do with the RGGI? A lot of buzz words and phrases which are mule fritters.

RGGI is a multi-state cooperation meant to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that harm the environment, with the goal being to combat climate change. Its members include the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

So, 50, 34, 46, 38, 47, 43, 40, 44, 48, and 42 for most expensive energy states. Virginia will surely jump from 22.

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LOL: Someone Ran A Pro-ICE Billboard In San Francisco Before Super Bowl

By William Teach February 4, 2026 – 7:00 am

This has caused much gnashing of moonbat teeth, as American Sovereignty (never heard of them) ran ads

Pro-ICE Ad Appears in San Fran Before Super Bowl: ‘Defensive Player of the Year’

A new ad in San Francisco praising the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) is getting plenty of attention from residents and visitors in the run-up to Super Bowl weekend.

In total, three ads rotate on a digital billboard a few blocks from Pier 39, one of the main gathering spots for tourists arriving for the Super Bowl this week.

“There are three advertisements displayed in a cycle on the digital billboard at Jefferson and Mason streets,” KRON 4 reports. “One reads, ‘Defensive player of the year: ICE,’ and shows an ICE agent holding a trophy. Another reads, “Cheering because the home team finally started investing in defense,” with ICE agents shown in riot gear lined up along the border wall.

A third advertisement shows football players on one half with the words “They can’t win without defense,” and on the other half, ICE with the words ‘Neither can America.’”

I wonder if some left wing loon judge will rule that the banners must to taken down for some nebulous reason? Or if some left wing loons will damage the billboard, all while SF police officers look on? If the billboard owner will receive a bunch of death threats?

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Hotcold Take: This Cold Snap Feels Worse Because Of ‘Climate Change’

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 3:00 pm

This is an Associated Press article which originally had the headline

How Climate Change and Human Psychology Make This US Cold Snap Feel So Harsh

as we can see at the US Today. The Boston Herald has the same, as do many many others. For some reason the AP change it to a less cultish one

Why this US cold snap feels bone-shattering when its not record-shattering

The brutally frigid weather that has gripped most of America for the past 11 days is not unprecedented. It just feels that way.

The first quarter of the 21st century was unusually warm by historical standards – mostly due to human-induced climate change – and so a prolonged cold spell this winter is unfamiliar to many people, especially younger Americans.

Because bone-shattering cold occurs less frequently, Americans are experiencing it more intensely now than they did in the past, several experts in weather and behavior said. But the longer the current icy blast lasts – sub-freezing temperatures are forecast to stick around in many places — the easier it should become to tolerate.

“We adapt, we get used to things. This is why your first bite of dessert is much more satisfying than your 20th bite,” Hannah Perfecto, who studies consumer behavior at Washington University in St. Louis, wrote in an email. “The same is true for unpleasant experiences: Day 1 of a cold snap is much more a shock to the system than Day 20 is.”

I suppose we should have seen this coming as a way to justify the cold as being not really that cold, it’s mostly in your minds because carbon pollution is making it warmer but also causing snow storms and cold weather.

Charlie Steele, a 78-year-old retired federal worker in Saugerties, New York, considers himself a lover of cold weather. In the recent past, he has gone outside in winter wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and has even walked barefoot in the snow. But this January’s deep-freeze is “much, much colder than anything I can remember,” he said.

Steele’s sense of change is backed up data.

There have been four fewer days of subfreezing temperatures in the U.S. per year, on average, between 2001 and 2025 than there were in the previous 25 years, according to data from Climate Central. The data from more than 240 weather stations also found that spells of subfreezing temperatures have become less widespread geographically and haven’t lasted as long — until this year.

Four whole days! Can we compare this to data from the previous Holocene warm periods? That would rather be required in order to do Science. Meh, that doesn’t matter to the Warmists, because this is a cult.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 1:09 pm

…is a lizard that will be stunned when carbon pollution causes the temperatures to plummet, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on the UK vs freedom.

Not sure what happens overnight, but, I notice that some mornings the CPU use at the server spikes, as may the RAM, so I restart a bunch of times, and things suddenly are fine for the rest of the day.

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Fed Judge Soon To Be Overturned Blocks Ending TPS For Haitians

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 10:30 am

Yet again a liberal judge strikes

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians

A federal judge has paused for now the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitians. The status, known as TPS, allows holders to live and work in the US and was set to expire after Tuesday.

In a harsh 83-page opinion, US District Court Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia on Monday granted the request by five Haitian TPS holders to temporarily block the termination while the case works its way through the courts.

The plaintiffs are challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s termination, arguing the agency didn’t conduct the necessary review of whether it’s safe to return to Haiti before deciding to terminate the protection. The suit also alleges the agency’s decision stems, in part, from President Donald Trump’s “racial, ethnic, and national-origin animus towards Haitians.”

Reyes slammed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem for referring to certain immigrants, including Haitians, as “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies” on X in December. Plus, the judge wrote, Noem “ignored Congress’s requirement that she ‘review the conditions’ in Haiti only ‘after’ consulting ‘with appropriate agencies.’”

The thing is, the TPS was given an 18 month extension, which is the norm for a TPS period, which ends today, February 3rd, 2026. It’s right there in the name: Temporary. It’s not permanent.

Haitian immigrants became eligible after an earthquake rocked the country in 2010. The designation has since been renewed multiple times as the country faces a host of crises, including widespread violence by armed gangs, food insecurity, displacement and a leadership vacuum after the president was assassinated in 2021.

This has been going on for 16 years. How many are assimilating? How many are basically stuck in their 3rd (4th?) world shithole mentality? Why does no one else want to take them in? Why does the Dominican Republic have a big wall between the DR and Haiti? Heck, maybe it’s time to let the DR take over running the whole island so they can civilize the other part.

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Oklahoma Legislature Goes After Climate Cult Law Suits

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 7:15 am

Hopefully more Republican states will follow

Oklahoma Bill Targets Climate Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

A bill filed ahead of the Oklahoma Legislature’s 2026 session aims to significantly limit civil lawsuits against oil and gas companies, particularly those alleging responsibility for climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

Senate Bill 1439, filed by Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, with Rep. Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, is titled the Energy Security and Independence Act. The measure would prohibit most civil liability claims against companies that lawfully produce, manufacture, and sell fossil fuels, unless plaintiffs allege specific violations of environmental or labor laws.

The legislation defines a “covered civil liability action” broadly, explicitly including lawsuits based on claims of fraud, misrepresentation, deception, or failure to warn when those claims are tied to climate change, its alleged effects, or greenhouse gas emissions.

If enacted, the law would sharply restrict the ability of cities, counties, or individuals to pursue climate-related litigation against oil and gas companies operating within Oklahoma, so long as those companies are complying with existing laws and permits.

Good. No one has tried this in Oklahoma that I’ve seen yet, but, it’s only a matter of time before an astroturfed group of kids or some city or county tries a shakedown suit, all while the plaintiffs continue to use fossil fuels themselves.

Meanwhile in Europe

Court rulings order Dutch and German governments to strengthen climate plans

The Dutch and German governments have been ordered to beef up climate change plans in potentially landmark court rulings.

The Dutch government has been told to bolster its adaptation and emission reduction plans, after a court ruled it had violated the European Convention on Human Rights and discriminated against residents of the Dutch-Caribbean island of Bonaire by failing to protect them from climate change.

Meanwhile in Germany, the federal government has lost its appeal against a ruling that its Climate Action Programme does not align with legal requirements.

Most of the citizens are tired of the climate crap which is causing their cost of living to skyrocket.

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LAPD Won’t Enforce California’s Mask Ban Law

By William Teach February 3, 2026 – 7:00 am

Huh

Let’s check ABC LA

LAPD will not enforce California’s federal agent mask ban

It’s a California law, federal law enforcement officers are banned from wearing masks while on duty, but the Los Angeles Police Department doesn’t plan to enforce it.

Police Chief Jim McDonnell said that, while he is frustrated by the way immigration enforcement has been handled, one armed agency approaching another armed agency to create conflict doesn’t make sense.

Chief McDonnell said that the state’s federal mask ban is not a good public policy decision, and it wasn’t well thought out.

The ban on face coverings, known as the “No Secret Police Act,” was introduced following immigration raids across Southern California that began last summer.

The Trump Administration is also challenging the ban, which went into effect on January 1.

There were a few whines from the Chief about the way things are being done regarding illegal immigration, and, he’s pretty much a politician at that rank, but, he knows there is zero chance the LAPD would be able to enforce the law on federal agents. You know most of the other law enforcement agencies in the state have zero intention of enforcing the law. It would be a losing proposition. Attempt to arrest federal officers in the course of doing their jobs while letting actual criminals go because they know prosecutors won’t prosecute? And potentially being arrested themselves for interfering? Especially when most of the officers will be Conservatives, even in very liberal cities.

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We’re Saved: Snowboarder Totally Trying To Save The World

By William Teach February 2, 2026 – 3:06 pm

It’s a small story, but, big enough for NBC News to cover it, which perfectly encapsulates what members of the cult do

How snowboarder Bea Kim fights climate change through her words and wardrobe

Without snow, there would be no snowboarding.

So, Bea Kim is fighting climate change with her words … and her wardrobe.

Whether the 19-year-old snowboarding star is speaking at the United Nations or thrifting for clothes to reduce the pollution caused by the fashion industry, she is making an impact one word — and one article of clothing — at a time.

“I couldn’t watch it happen and not say anything about it,” Kim said on an episode of NBC Local’s “My New Favorite Olympian.” “But also, I realized how quickly the danger of losing snow and losing winter and losing the future of my sport was and how real it really was becoming.”

Kim — who grew up in Palos Verdes, California — has traveled the world for snowboarding, a journey that will soon take her to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina.

Traveled the world, eh? On bike? Sailing ship?

She became a member of the climate advocacy organization Protect Our Winters, joining a group of outdoor athletes who became climate advocates to speak about climate change’s impact on winter sports and to push for clean air, clean water and a healthy planet.

And all of them traveling by fossil fuels

Kim’s other passion is thrifting — shopping for used clothing and goods at secondhand stores, garage sales or flea markets.

OK. Talking a lot and buying used clothes.

“I know each person has their own kind of sustainability goals and we’re all very imperfect advocates,” Kim said. “None of us are perfect in the way that we live our lives. I travel the world. My carbon footprint is enormous. But thrifting and secondhand shopping is definitely one way that I try to combat that a little bit.”

A little bit. Perfect phrase for most members of the cult of climastrology.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 2, 2026 – 2:01 pm

…are palm trees that will soon grow in the Arctic, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Moonbattery, with a post on moonbattery in Nashville means no power.

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