If All You See…

By William Teach August 30, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon bike, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Campus Reform, with a post on health insurance requirements at Washington colleges causing students to owe thousands.

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Bummer: Trump Admin Revokes Palestinian Visas Ahead Of (worthless) UN Meeting

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

Well, yeah, why would we allow terrorists into the U.S.? The Biden admin is no longer in charge

US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law.

A State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss visa issues that are normally confidential, disclosed Friday that Abbas and other officials from the Palestinian Authority were among those affected by new visa restrictions. Palestinian representatives assigned to the U.N. mission, however, were granted exceptions.

The move is the latest in a series of steps the Trump administration has taken to target Palestinians with visa restrictions and comes as the Israeli military declared Gaza’s largest city a combat zone. The State Department also suspended a program that had allowed injured Palestinian children from Gaza to come to the U.S. for medical treatment after a social media outcry by some conservatives.

The State Department said in a statement that Rubio also ordered some new visa applications from Palestinian officials, including those tied to the Palestine Liberation Organization, be denied.

“It is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace,” the statement said.

It said that to be considered partners for peace, the groups “must consistently repudiate terrorism, and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by U.S. law and as promised by the PLO.”

The PLO was designated a terrorist organization by Congress back in 1987, though there have been presidential waivers since 1988 after they recognized Israel. But, still, a terrorist organization. And they’ve sure been Israel and Jew haters as of late, so, yeah, we do not need them here. And how many in the delegation might be members of the Hamas, a State Dept designated terrorist organization? The Trump admin is not playing with these people, and won’t let them in so they can rail against the U.S. and Israel on US soil.

Pro-Palestinian conference panelist calls US ‘evil,’ urges ‘destroying the idea of America’

A panelist speaking at the “People’s Conference for Palestine” in Detroit on Friday called the United States “an evil country” and expressed a need to “destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads.”

Speaking on a panel titled “No Weapons for Genocide: The People Demand an Arms Embargo,” Sachin Peddada, a Ph.D. student in economics and research coordinator at Progressive International, repeatedly ripped on the United States as an “empire” motivated by greed.

In response to a question about how Americans can get more involved, Peddada paraphrased a quote by deceased Palestinian author Bassel al-Araj, saying, “The average American will never understand the plight of the Palestinian person because the state of Israel is a carbon copy of the United States.

“And, therefore, the thing to do is to destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things.”

There were lots of US and Jew haters at the conference, which goes on through the weekend. I hope Marco Rubio is paying attention, and cancelling the visas of those on one. Too bad he can’t boot out Rashida Tlaib, who was a sponsor of the event.

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Cruise Industry Sues Hawaii Over Tourist Tax

By William Teach August 30, 2025 – 7:00 am

Be funny as hell if the cruise ships said “nah, bru, we’re going to change our routes and not bring all those paying customers”

Cruise industry sues to challenge Hawaii’s tourism tax designed to deal with climate change issues

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Hawaii imposing a tourist tax to deal with consequences of climate change seeks to stop officials from enforcing the new law on cruise ship passengers.

In the nation’s first such levy to help cope with a warming planet, Hawaii Gov. Josh Green signed legislation in May that raises tax revenue to deal with eroding shorelines, wildfires and other climate problems. Officials estimate the tax will generate nearly $100 million annually.

The levy increases rates on hotel room and vacation rental stays but also imposes a new 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship’s passengers, starting next year, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. court in Honolulu this week, notes the law authorizes counties to collect an additional 3% surcharge, bringing the total to 14% of prorated fares.

“No other State imposes comparable fees — and for good reason: It has been a fundamental principle since the Founding that the navigable waters of the United States are a common resource, not one to be commandeered by individual States for their own parochial revenue-raising interests,” attorneys representing the Cruise Lines International Association wrote in a motion asking a judge to prevent the state and counties from collecting the tax on cruise ships while the lawsuit is pending.

A Honolulu company that provides supplies and provisions to cruise ships, and tour businesses out of Kauai and the Big Island that rely on cruise ship passengers joined the cruise ship association in the lawsuit.

If those ships do not come to Hawaii, that’s a lot of lost revenue to hotels, vehicle rentals, all sorts of tourist spots, those who do the supplies and provisions, and more.

According to the lawsuit, the cruise ship industry draws nearly 300,000 annual visitors to Hawaii, supporting thousands of jobs throughout the state and contributing more than $600 million a year to the economy.

The tax would make Hawaii cruises too expensive, and potential visitors will choose to vacation elsewhere, the lawsuit said.

The ships won’t pay it, they’ll charge more. And cruise ships do bring a small amount of goods to ports. I wonder if the lawyers will note that Hawaii has a large number of airports for airplanes and helicopters? That they have a large number of fossil fueled boats, buses, and motor vehicles? They should offer photos of the governor and members of their general assembly taking fossil fueled vehicles and flights.

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Boston Will Soon See An Immigration Enforcement Surge

By William Teach August 30, 2025 – 6:45 am

This will surely give Boston (unhinged) Mayor Michelle Wu a big case of the apoplexies

Trump admin plans immigration enforcement surge in Boston

The Trump administration is preparing an immigration enforcement blitz in Boston in the coming weeks, according to a current administration official and a former administration official.

The latest plans, which could still change, would involve a surge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel and represent the latest Democratic-run city to be targeted by President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has frequently clashed with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and criticized the city’s so-called sanctuary policy — which limits local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal agents looking to arrest and remove undocumented immigrants.

The clampdown could come soon after a similar surge in Chicago in September, the former official and current official said. But the operations could also happen concurrently, the administration official said.

“The highest degree of national security and public safety concerns are in sanctuary cities,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters on Friday. “So without getting into specifics, and revealing any operational details, the president has been clear repeatedly that we’re going to be prioritizing enforcement in these sanctuary jurisdictions as a matter of public safety and national security.”

Again, I still wish that immigration enforcement would surge into GOP towns, get the illegals out first. Let the sanctuary cities deal with the crime, costs, and 3rd world mentalities on their own for awhile.

Flooding Boston with immigration enforcement officials would represent the latest escalation in the administration’s campaign against Democrat-led cities, and, following action in Los Angeles and Washington, would continue to blur the lines between the military, policing and immigration enforcement across the country.

Um, Politico: there are laws against people being in the U.S. illegally. Trump is actually enforcing laws passed by duly elected Congresses.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey’s office declined to comment, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Oh, I’m sure they will soon start getting all big and bad about this, telling Trump he’s not wanted and ow they support illegal alien (murderers, rapists, and child abusers).

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Huh: CARB Totally Obsessed With “Racial Equity”

By William Teach August 29, 2025 – 3:46 pm

But, remember, this is All About Science”

California Climate Change Board Obsessed With ‘Racial Equity’

California spends billions annually on a fool’s errand: trying to unilaterally change the Earth’s temperature. “Global warming”—now called “climate change” to explain both heat waves and cold snaps—has been used by the Left for decades now to implement its radical agenda, primarily the redistribution of wealth.

It should come as no surprise, therefore, that California’s climate change fighting agency, the California Air Resources Board, has managed to include another top leftist priority into its agenda: ”racial equity.”

The program is so conspicuous that it has caught the attention of the Civil Rights Division of President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon this week informed California’s Environmental Protection Agency that it is commencing an investigation into its and CARB’s discriminatory hiring practices, which emphasize “equity,” aka affirmative action.

Funny how these uber-white Democrats always think that “minorities” cannot survive without the helping hand of Government. That they are incapable of living otherwise. That every minor Bad Thing is a monstrosity for “BIPOC’s”. Seems, I don’t know, rather racist.

CARB was created by Gov. Ronald Reagan in the 1960s. It was implemented to fight the severe smog experienced in large California cities, primarily Los Angeles. It sought to control the emissions causing the smog, primarily coming from cars.

And it worked well. Then the climate cult took it over and implemented their hardcore Modern Socialist agenda.

The Left then hijacked CARB and turned it into one no longer focused on clean air, but “developing programs and actions to fight climate change.” Its website boasts that by “adopting innovative solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, California has pioneered a range of effective approaches that have set the standard for effective air and climate programs for the nation, and the world.”

These are the same folks who are forcing Californian’s into EVs. People who were never elected. And do not seem to drive EVs themselves.

CARB’s secondary mission, according to its website, is to create “racial equity” and “social change.” It has developed what it calls its “Racial Equity Lens,” which is “rooted in the philosophy of cultural humility, a process of self-reflection and discovery to understand oneself and then others in order to build honest and trustworthy relationships.” It was implemented in order to comply with Newsom’s executive order on racial equity in government.

It is quite ironic that the board that has driven up electricity prices to the highest in the continental U.S., which has a disproportionate impact on minority groups that can least afford it, claims to be concerned about racial equity. I doubt this is the CARB Reagan envisioned when he first sought to curb smog.

What does reducing air pollution have to do with racial equity and social change? In other words, this whole thing is not about science.

The DOJ is now accusing the board of utilizing “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (“DEI” aka affirmative action) in its hiring practices. In Dhillon’s notice of investigation, she cites the board’s “Racial Equity Framework” designed to “shift the culture at CARB from one of white privilege to an actively anti-racist and more inclusive culture that values and affirms Black lives.”

Read the whole thing.

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If All You See…

By William Teach August 29, 2025 – 1:00 pm

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

The blog of the day is 357 Magnum, with a post on a campus lockdown over a black umbrella.

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Newsom Deploys Crime Fighting Teams Across PRC To Fight Non-Existent Crime

By William Teach August 29, 2025 – 10:30 am

Democrats keep telling us there is no big crime going on, like when Gavin’s press release said “Preliminary data suggests property and violent crimes in California were down in 2024.” If I turn my guitar amp down from 10 to 9 it’s still pretty loud, right?

Newsom deploys new crime-fighting teams across California amid Trump crackdown

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) will deploy “crime suppression teams” throughout the state amid President Trump’s crime crackdown.

“When the state and local communities work together strategically, public safety improves. While the Trump Administration undermines cities, California is partnering with them — and delivering real results,” Newsom said in a press release.

“With these new deployments, we’re doubling down on these partnerships to build on progress and keep driving crime down,” he continued.

Teams of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will work with local law enforcement in San Diego, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.

“I want to thank the Governor for being a collaborative partner. The best way to address crime and other top challenges is through partnership and this is an example of that,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) said in a press release.

Probably the best way to address crime is to arrest people breaking the law, charge them, prosecute them, and punish them. Getting rid of Proposition 47, which made anything under $950 basically a slap on the wrist would be a good start. Cops do not even waste time with shoplifting. People are lucky if they even come to take a report, for which is only helpful for insurance claims. Dumping all the far left prosecutors who like to either reduce felonies to misdemeanors or dismiss the charges would help. Dumping the crazy judges who give absurdly lenient penalties would help.

And, you know what would help? If the Democratic Party politicians would stop bashing law enforcement and have their backs, so that cities and counties would not be down by lots of officers. Overall, the state probably needs thousands of new officers. The LAPD is down at least 750 officers, and reports say classes for new officers are half full. San Francisco is short around 500 officers. San Diego is a couple hundred short. CHP is about 16% short.

So, send all those extra officers is not “doing things to people”? Seriously, this is TDS. He can’t just deal with the problems in the People’s Republik Of California, no, he has to Make It About Trump. I wonder if the CHP will actually be allowed to arrest people.

CHP will work through intelligence sharing, crime deterrence techniques, assist in investigative work and increase law enforcement visibility.

So, looks like they won’t really be out there busting criminals. Just being political pawns for Newsom. This is all hilarious, because, they are going to prevent Trump from addressing the crime problem by addressing it themselves? That kind of sounds like a Trump victory. Does anybody really think he would of done that if Trump wasn’t bringing the heat? Newsom saw that Trump’s hard on crime was polling well and decided to steal the idea and claim it as his own.

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Bummer: Almost Half Of Teens Don’t Know ‘Climate Change’ Is Their Fault

By William Teach August 29, 2025 – 7:15 am

I guess the constant fearmongering and putting ‘climate change’ in every school subject, from math to science to history to art and music, has become rather tedious to the youts

Nearly Half of Teens Can’t Identify What Causes Climate Change. Why That Matters

Teens have a shaky understanding of the causes of climate change and the strong scientific consensus around the fact that human activity is driving up global temperatures, according to a report.

Really, once you mention consensus and science in the same breath your argument is over. Science is science. It is fact. Not a bunch of people having the same beliefs. The consensus once was that the Sun went around the Earth, and that the Earth was at the center of everything

A little more than half of teenagers correctly identified in a national survey that emissions from human activity is the biggest contributor to climate change, and less than half knew that nearly all climate scientists agree on that point.

Teens need a strong understanding of the basics of the science behind climate change to be prepared for their futures, said Laura Schifter, a senior fellow with the Aspen Institute, and the founder of its This Is Planet Ed initiative, which produced the report.

Indoctrination fail. And, it’s an utter lie that nearly all climate scientists agree. Hey, maybe the kiddies have noticed that the people telling them that the world is doomed from human CO2 output put out a lot of CO2 themselves?

“What are the things that are going to be shaping our children’s world? Those need to be taught in schools,” Schifter said. “AI is one, climate change is one. People [are thinking about] how to integrate AI into education because they see that as something that will be impacting jobs, the way we interact with each other, and the world in the future. Climate is doing that exact same thing: it’s impacting jobs, and it’s impacting how and where we live.”

Maybe the kiddies aren’t interested in doomsday scenarios anymore?

Despite these misconceptions, other research has found that teens still worry about climate change. A 2022 EdWeek Research Center survey found that 37% of teenagers feel anxious when they think about climate change and its effects, and more than a third feel afraid.

That’s actually down from older folks, so, looks like they are not buying into the doom and gloom anymore.

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LOL: Trump Might Start Large Scale Illegal Alien Operations In Chicago Soon

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

This is guaranteed to create Moonbat Category 5

Trump administration plans big immigration enforcement operation in Chicago as soon as next week

The Trump administration is preparing to conduct a major immigration enforcement operation in Chicago as soon as next week, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning, marking the latest escalation between the president and a Democratic-led city.

President Donald Trump and his aides have repeatedly slammed Chicago over policies that limit cooperation between local authorities and federal immigration enforcement. Chicago grappled with an influx of migrants during the Biden administration following surges along the US southern border and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to transport migrants to Democratic-led cities.

Now, the anticipated operations in Chicago are expected to be at a larger scale, using personnel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and possibly other agencies. Officials are preparing the National Guard to help if a peacekeeping presence is needed, akin to what unfolded in Los Angeles following protests, the sources said.

Preparations for Chicago are already underway, including sending armored vehicles to the city in the coming days and surging federal agents by next Friday, Sept. 5, when, according to two sources, the operation is expected to kick off. Discussions, however, are still ongoing and planning is in flux.

Oh, it will be so fun watching the caterwauling a teeth gnashing when this starts from Democrats.

White House officials have made clear that these plans are distinct from the idea the president has suggested over the past week to use federal law enforcement and National Guard troops to carry out a broader crime crackdown in Chicago, similar to the current surge in Washington, DC.

But, will they? Regardless, I’ll say what I said when Los Federales went into LA: I’d much rather they focus on small town America which saw a bunch of illegals/fake asylum seekers shipped to them by the Biden admin, get them out first. Let the Dem sanctuary jurisdictions deal with all the illegals in their own areas. Watch illegals stream to those cities and overrun them, causing lots and lots of problems, and costing lots and lots of money. Save the big Dem cities for last.

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Climate Crisis (scam) Is Aging People Or Something

By William Teach August 28, 2025 – 4:03 pm

Man, the doomsday cult has really been working overtime lately to come up with some scary new stuff

Heatwaves are making people age faster, study warns

Repeated exposure to heatwaves, which are growing more frequent due to climate change, may accelerate ageing, particularly among manual workers, a new study warns.

Although previous research showed heatwaves had negative effects on the health of older people, it primarily focused on short-term exposure to sustained heat. The new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, assessed the potential long-term impact of heatwaves on health and ageing.

Researchers analysed data from 24,922 adult people in Taiwan with an average biological age of 46 years to assess how heatwaves influenced ageing.

They defined rapid ageing as the difference between biological and actual age and assessed its association with heatwave exposure.

Biological age is a measure of how well the human body functions at the molecular and organ levels compared to its chronological age based on the birthdate.

By analysing patient data from 2008 to 2022, the researchers found an increase in cumulative heatwave exposure was associated with a rise in age acceleration.

The findings suggest people living in places that experience more days of high heat show greater biological ageing on average than those in cooler regions.

Um, it’s not like there’s a massive variation in the climate areas of Taiwan, right? It’s all so tiresome.

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