Dem Governors Erect Wall Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 7:00 am

I’d go with the old “so, walls work, eh”, but, this one is about as good as a 6 foot wall to contain Malinois dogs

Democratic governors scramble to build a legal wall against Trump’s deportation agenda

Democratic governors are racing to erect new legal barriers to President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation strategy, limiting the reach of federal immigration officials in their states.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an order restricting how closely police can work with federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on her first day in office rescinded her Republican predecessor’s executive order that encouraged such cooperation. And in Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker called for a state oversight commission that he created to expand its investigation into immigration enforcement practices, with an additional focus on senior figures in the Trump administration.

On Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul became the latest to make an immigration-related move. She is seeking to end agreements that allow federal agencies like ICE to deputize local police officers for the purpose of carrying out civil deportations.

“We’re sending a strong message to ICE: You will not weaponize our police in the state of New York,” Hochul said.

“Seeking”? Hasn’t ended them? But, you know what? ICE will show up whether you want them or not, and it would work out better if you just handed over illegals caught committing crimes by law enforcement as well as honoring detainers

Taken together, the efforts paint a picture of growing alarm among state-level Democratic executives after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, by federal immigration officers roiled the nation. National polling found voters’ support for ICE’s actions and Trump’s aggressive deportation plans have sharply dropped while the president has signaled plans to pull back on efforts in Maine and Minnesota, where Pretti and Good were killed. A POLITICO poll this week found nearly half of Americans — 49 percent — believe Trump’s deportation effort is too aggressive.

Stop whipping your dipshit, unhinged, moonbat, brainwashed voters into a lather and they won’t get hurt. Interfering with law enforcement is stupid, and you are pretty much giving them the green light to do so.

“What we’re seeing is a direct response to the Trump administration’s lawlessness and the way in which they’ve been operating with impunity,” said New York Immigration Coalition Executive Director Murad Awawdeh. “States as a whole should be embracing their ability to self-govern. They’re exercising their right to state sovereignty in this moment.”

Boy howdy, these Democrats are stupid. All that’s being doing is authorized by federal law, and states have no sovereignty in this matter. As for self governance, don’t take federal money. Also, you made the choice to shelter illegal aliens who are murderers, rapists, and child abusers.

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People’s Republik of Michigan Trying Novel Approach In “Make Polluters Pay”

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 3:03 pm

Will Michigan also shut down all their airports? Ports? Fossil fueled vehicle plants?

Michigan Wants to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change

We’ve known for a while now that Big Oil is freaking out about climate change lawsuits. For months, their lobbyists have been urging Congress to pass a liability waiver so they can’t be sued for climate damages. Recently, the American Petroleum Institute, or API, the industry’s largest and most powerful fossil fuel trade association, declared that ending “abusive state climate lawsuits” is one of its top priorities for 2026.

But if Big Oil was nervous before, they should be feeling absolutely terrified now, following the filing of a new lawsuit last week by Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel. This one uses a different approach, alleging that the fossil fuel industry engaged in anticompetitive conduct, in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.

Most of the climate accountability cases to date have been filed under state consumer protection laws; antitrust is not yet a central part of how people understand our climate crisis. But over the last four years, there has been a revolution in the antitrust field. We’ve seen antitrust laws, long semidormant, applied in areas ranging from pharmaceuticals to fast-food wages to housing costs to health insurance—issues that hadn’t been the focus of antitrust challenges before. Michigan’s complaint demonstrates that Big Oil’s climate conspiracy also fits this framework remarkably well.

Um, ok, but, they can only sue using state law, not federal, and only in so much if they can prove fossil fuels companies, which the state of Michigan uses heavily for its operations, engaged in anticompetitive behavior per the law. Because any attempt to look outside the state could see the suit killed off just like the New Jersey one.

A key purpose of federal and state antitrust laws is to stop businesses from combining “in restraint of trade” to unfairly shut out competitors and deprive society of the benefits of competition. Antitrust laws were designed to protect open, thriving markets. They prevent existing companies from colluding against new entrants in the market, a practice that serves to slow down innovation and freeze technologies in place.

What if it’s government combining to stop the competition of fossil fuels companies and those who sell them and those that use them in their products?

Michigan’s lawsuit argues that Big Oil engaged in exactly this kind of shut-out-the-upstarts collusion against renewable energies—a decades-long conspiracy to, according to the initial filing, “forestall meaningful competition from renewable energy and maintain their dominance in the energy market.”

Can they prove it as it would apply against Michigan companies? Anyhow, blah blah in the article, but, none of the Warmists are giving up their own use of fossil fuels.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…are pine trees that will soon die from carbon pollution driven bark beetles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jo Nova, with a post on the 15 minute city.

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Hakeem Jeffries Threatens To Put Kristi Noem On Ice

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 10:30 am

Is this a Sopronos or Goodfellas reference?

Obviously, there’s more to it

Jeffries threatens quick Noem impeachment push, says Stephen Miller also ‘needs to go’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that House Democrats are poised to launch impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem if President Trump doesn’t remove her from power “immediately.”

“She’s got to go — we are dead serious,” Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol. “She needs to be put on ice permanently.”

Jeffries did not put a date on the launch, but he said he spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday to warn GOP leaders that the effort to topple Noem is imminent.

“If Kristi Noem is not fired immediately, impeachment proceedings will commence,” Jeffries said.

First, good luck with that when the GOP controls the House and Senate, and you will never get the required votes in the Senate even if you get it out of the House.

Second, imagine the caterwauling from the NY Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, etc and so on, if a Republican had said “She/he needs to be put on ice permanently” regarding any Democrat. Everything else said would be ignored, it would be portrayed as a death threat.

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Your Fault: Climate Doom Cause Hot And Cold Extremes

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 7:15 am

There is a reason I started calling it Hotcoldwetdry all the way back in 2011. And why it’s called a cult

Climate Change Is Fueling Extremes, Both Hot and Cold

On a typical winter day, the Arctic air that has gripped much of the United States this week should be a few thousand miles to the north, sitting atop the North Pole.

But as man-made climate change continues to disrupt global weather patterns, that mass of cold air, known as the polar vortex, is straying beyond its usual confines.

The escaped polar vortex is just one instance of extreme weather playing out right now around the world. With so much cold air much farther south than usual, typically frigid regions have become relatively balmy.

They just keep repeating this like a 2 year old who heard daddy say “f***”. On and on and on.

Colder colds. Hotter hots. These are the intense bouts of unusual weather that scientists for decades warned would become more common with global warming.

“This is the thing we’ve talked about with climate change,” said Judson Jones, a Times meteorologist and reporter. “The extremes are going to be more extreme.”

Which is a lie.

Warmists used to say that winter weather and cold were going to go away. Remember this?

Flashback 2000: ‘Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past’ – ‘Children just aren’t going to know what snow is’ – UK Independent

The doomsday cult came up with a talking point to explain winter, namely, that it is also your fault.

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Tom Homan Says Immigration Action Could Soon Draw Down In Minneapolis

By William Teach January 30, 2026 – 7:00 am

But, that would require something commonsense

Border czar Homan says feds plan ‘draw down’ of immigration agents if Minnesota officials cooperate

Border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday morning that he’s looking into a “draw down” of federal immigration officers from Minnesota after city and state officials agreed not to release immigrants who have criminal records and pose risks to public safety, so they can instead be transferred into federal custody.

Homan appeared to try to diffuse the increasingly tense situation in the Twin Cities between federal agents and the public and elected officials, while maintaining the federal government’s hard-line approach in Minnesota.

Homan said he reached agreements this week with Governor Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison that federal immigration officers could conduct enforcement in jails to arrest immigrants with criminal records.

“This is common sense cooperation that allows us to draw down the number of people we have here,” Homan said.

As local elected officials cooperate more on other efforts, Homan said, he’ll withdraw additional federal agents.

It is really that easy. Don’t protect illegals who commit crimes. Give them up to ICE as soon as you know they’re illegals. Honor ICE detainers. That will keep that mass deployments out of cities, where they will end up taking the illegals who haven’t committed any crimes (other than being illegals) in large groups because Los Federales know exactly where they are.

However, Homan also said he plans to stay in Minnesota until “the problem’s gone,” adding that he plans to continue to have conversations with elected officials, police chiefs, business owners and religious leaders to seek solutions. Homan delivered a 20-minute address Thursday morning as part of his first public update since arriving in Minnesota Monday at President Donald Trump’s direction.

Enforcing federal law is fun!

‘Could happen anywhere’: Mayors gather in D.C. to discuss immigration enforcement in their cities

A meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors is typically a chance for political leaders to share ideas on issues like housing, climate change and AI. But attention at this year’s winter gathering in Washington D.C. that kicked off Wednesday kept turning to dealings with the federal government, immigration enforcement in cities and violent confrontations in Minneapolis.

“?Every conversation I’ve been a part of here, no matter what the initial agenda was about, has included questions from mayors saying, ‘What should I do to prepare my community for what might come? How will I know if they’re coming?’” Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told WBUR Wednesday evening.

Simple. Go back to the part about not sheltering illegal alien criminals.

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Bummer: Climate (scam) News Is Written In A Language Most People Don’t Understand

By William Teach January 29, 2026 – 3:00 pm

Obviously, another excuse as to why after 30+ years of spreading awareness most people do not really care in practice

Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand

In the summer of 2023, more than 19,000 people were forced to evacuate as wildfires swept through Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories. Emergency alerts were issued in French and English, but not in the nine Indigenous languages that are recognized as official languages in the territory, forcing some Indigenous families to rely on friends, radio broadcasts, and social media for critical information.

So more leftist white knighting, thinking that the Indigenous in Canada do not understand English or French? Why do leftists always think “minorities” are stupid and incapable?

A new white paper argues that the lack of translated disaster warnings is emblematic of a much broader problem: Climate change information, from emergency alerts to scientific research, is overwhelmingly produced only in English. The research, published by Climate Cardinals, a youth-led climate advocacy organization focused on language access, found that 80 percent of scientific papers are published in English, which is spoken by just 18 percent of the world’s population. The researchers argue that most of the world is excluded from the information needed to understand how climate change is reshaping the planet, including people in positions of power.

Well, it could be that those papers are written by first worlders who have the luxury to care about the climate scam in theory. Most of the 2nd and 3rd world are not exactly doing scientific investigation, you know?

“Language is not just about inclusion, but I think really determines what would count as climate reality,” said Jackie Vandermel, research co-director at Climate Cardinals. “Language is not just about who receives the information, but also what is allowed to even exist in climate governance.”

See? The problem is the language, not that the vast majority of Warmists fail to practice what they preach, showing it is all a lie.

The report puts particular emphasis on the need for Indigenous language translations, including in emergencies like those in Yellowknife. Indigenous languages, researchers note, are increasingly threatened not only by colonialism but also by climate change itself. Forced migration can sever ties to ancestral lands, making it more difficult to teach languages to new generations. At the same time, Indigenous languages embed detailed understandings of local ecosystems and weather not captured elsewhere. Indigenous peoples are also disproportionately exposed to climate impacts, like melting Arctic ice and Pacific typhoons. The result can mean that Indigenous peoples face heightened climate risks and get less access to relevant information while struggling to preserve languages that could be critical to fighting climate change.

Hey, through all the thinking Indigenous are children in need of nannyism, did anyone think to ask them if they give a rat’s ass about the scam?

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 29, 2026 – 1:00 pm

…is a wonderful low carbon mode of travel during heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is This ain’t Hell…, with a post on Thursday thrills.

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Dems Trot Out Bill To Let Citizens Sue ICE

By William Teach January 29, 2026 – 10:30 am

Republicans should counter with a bill that would allow citizens to sue Democrats individually for wasting taxpayer money

Democrat’s bill would let people sue ICE over misconduct

Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley wants to allow people to sue over immigration enforcement officers’ infringement of their constitutional rights, according to a copy of his new bill shared with Semafor.

The bill would allow people who are deprived of “rights, privileges, or immunities” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border Protection to sue the federal government, with the funds paid out of last year’s tax cuts law, which included billions for immigration enforcement.

It’ll be a nonstarter for the Republicans, but will demonstrates the scale of change Democrats now believe is needed.

“ICE and CBP must face consequences if their agents wrongfully violate citizens’ rights to protest and free speech, search people’s homes without a warrant, or deny due process,” Merkley said.

If you click that Semafor link you’ll see that this is meant to bestow US Rights on people who are illegally present in the US, and would end up giving them a legal status. Those suits could take years, meaning that illegals couldn’t be deported during that time period. And if a huge chunk of them are doing this, how many millions would be considered non-deportable? 5? 10? Just like claiming asylum, which are mostly false, but, cannot deport till have their day in court.

It would also allow the unhinged liberal base to sue after their mostly peaceful protests, after interfering with federal immigration authorities.

Of course, there is zero chance this passes. But, what if Dems win the House and Senate in the Fall? Might they nuke the filibuster to pass it?

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People’s Republik Of Illinois Considering A Polluter Pays Bill

By William Teach January 29, 2026 – 7:19 am

If they really cared the state would shut down the airports and ports, restrict citizens from driving fossil fueled vehicles. Instead, they’re trying a shakedown, which will probably get killed in court

Amid National Call to ‘Make Polluters Pay,’ Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill – Inside Climate News

Illinois lawmakers plan to introduce a climate change superfund bill in the state legislature this session, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to make fossil fuel companies pay up for the fast-growing financial fallout of climate change.

As the costs of global warming rise—in the form of home insurance premiums, utility bills, health expenses and record-breaking damages from extreme weather—local advocates are increasingly pushing states to require that fossil fuel companies contribute to climate “superfunds” that would support mitigation and adaptation.

Illinois state Rep. Robyn Gabel, who will introduce the bill in the House, said she is motivated by the growing threat of flooding and heat waves in the state.

“The costs with climate change are going to be extravagant, and it’s going to end up on the backs of the taxpayers, and the oil companies continue to walk away with huge profits,” said Gabel, an Evanston Democrat. “Polluting companies should be responsible for the damage they cause.”

Advocates will rally on Thursday morning in Chicago to support what’s known as the “Make Polluters Pay” effort as part of a national week of action, with climate activists and disaster survivors holding events across the country, including in Connecticut, Colorado, California, New Jersey and Maine. Two states—New York and Vermont—have already passed climate superfund laws.

Yeah, it’s really a slush fund, nothing more, and all the costs will be passed on to the users. Have fun, Illinois people, you voted for this.

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