Italians Have Hissy Fit Over ICE Being At The Olympics

By William Teach February 2, 2026 – 10:30 am

You know, there’s something missing from this The Hill article. They got close to the reality

Italians protest ICE’s presence at 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan

Hundreds of Italians took to the street to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in the country ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

ICE officers are expected to help with security at this month’s Milano Cortina Winter Games, which has sparked harsh backlash from residents and officials.

On Saturday, protesters gathered at the historic Piazza XXV Aprile, a square that pays homage to the end of Nazi control in Italy 80 years ago. Some demonstrators, however, said current conditions in the U.S. remind them of the fascism present in 1945 and the Gestapo.

“I don’t like what’s happening with ICE. I don’t want that to come here to Italy,” demonstrator Francesco Tattoni told NPR.

Hundreds. What’s the population of Italy?

“Obviously, ICE does not conduct immigration enforcement operations in foreign countries,” the DHS wrote in a Tuesday post on the social platform X. “At the Olympics, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is supporting the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organizations.”

Go back to that “expected to help” link

Homeland Security Investigations, a unit within ICE that focuses on cross-border crimes, frequently sends its officers to overseas events like the Olympics to assist with security. HSI officers are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdown known as Enforcement and Removal Operations, and there was no indication ERO officers were being sent to Italy. (big snip)

Another arm of ICE is Homeland Security Investigations. Agents from HSI conduct investigations into anything that has a cross-border nexus from human smuggling to fentanyl trafficking to smuggling of cultural artifacts. Agents from HSI are stationed in embassies around the world to facilitate their investigations and build relations with local law enforcement in those countries.

That unit typically goes to things like the Olympics due to the large amount of human trafficking that occurs, because these types of gatherings attract the people who smuggle people and drugs. This year is nothing new. Other nations send law enforcement agents to do the same. The US has considerably more resources to do something about trafficking then others, though.

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Washington Post: The Climate Cult Must Adapt

By William Teach February 2, 2026 – 7:15 am

This opinion piece by Alex Flint ignores one huge problem

If the climate movement wants to succeed, it must adapt

The global climate movement recently experienced its biggest setbacks to date. The United States withdrew from the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — which America helped design — and relaxed emissions standards for cars and power plants. Meanwhile, Canada eliminated its consumer carbon tax, and the European Union is scaling back its emissions reductions goals.

The climate movement inherited many of the instincts of the broader environmental movement, including a deep skepticism of development itself. As a result, it finds itself at odds with one of humanity’s most powerful and enduring forces: the desire to improve living standards. When climate advocacy runs counter to that aspiration, it fails to gain durable support.

“Movement”

If the climate movement is to succeed, it must reorganize around a different premise. Its measure of success should not be how much development it prevents but how much development it helps enable — while minimizing climate impact.

Anti-development

Any credible climate strategy must acknowledge that this demand is likely to materialize. Billions of people are still climbing the energy ladder. They want refrigerators, air conditioning, clean water, mobility and modern health care — and those desires are both understandable and legitimate.

Therefore, the climate movement’s task cannot be to suppress demand. It must be to meet that demand in ways that do the least harm to the climate.

Like they’re going to give up demanding Other People give up their own use of energy?

This reframing carries important implications.

First, climate advocacy will be most effective when it is grounded in demand and economics rather than moral appeals alone. People rarely respond to calls for sacrifice when the alternative is a better life. They do respond to technologies and systems that are cheaper, cleaner and more reliable than what they replace.

Look, the piece has 4 more pieces of advice, but, at the end, Alex forgets that this is a cult, and they do not want to change to being rational. Their moral outrage is baked into the actions of the cult. Their climahypocrisy is baked in. Their preaching and Crazy are baked in. Because it is a cult.

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Despite Massive Protests, ICE Arrests 650 In West Virginia

By William Teach February 2, 2026 – 7:00 am

All those protests where a nightmare

ICE arrests over 650 illegal aliens across West Virginia with state, local police backing

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more than 650 illegal aliens across West Virginia during a two-week statewide operation conducted in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and without protests, federal officials announced.

ICE said in a press release Sunday that the operation ran from Jan. 5 to Jan. 19 and involved 14 federal, state and local law enforcement partners.

ICE deployed teams to Charleston, Martinsburg, Beckley, Moorefield, Morgantown and Huntington as part of the operation.

Law enforcement officials arrested more than 650 illegal aliens, including individuals ICE said pose threats to public safety and national security, as well as others who entered the country illegally.

“This operation demonstrates how strong partnerships between ICE and West Virginia law enforcement agencies enhance public safety and the integrity of our immigration system,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia acting Field Office Director Michael Rose said. “By training and supporting our… partners across the state, we’ve expanded local capacity to identify, arrest and process illegal aliens while ensuring these authorities are exercised professionally and consistent with the law.”

Yeah, there were no protests. No caterwauling. No interfering. Just law enforcement working at all levels to get the illegals out of West Virginia, and the citizens of WV being fine with it.

They busted a bunch foreign truckers, and

Another illegal alien arrested during the operation was Ling Yan, a citizen of China also known as Yang Ning, who was previously convicted of two counts of endangering the welfare of children in Ravenna, Ohio.

ICE also arrested a convicted child sex abuser, an individual with drug possession convictions and numerous other offenders during the operation.

I wonder how many got shipped to WV by the Biden admin?

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 1, 2026 – 1:27 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Right Scoop, with a post on Trump explaining to reporters why he won’t help Dem cities with riots

It’s being somewhere warm week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 1, 2026 – 9:24 am

Happy Sunday! Another fantastic day in Returned America. The Sun is shining, finally got 4 inches of snow after the big all day dry slot, and I don’t feel quite as dizzy from this cold today. Pretty sure this pinup is by AI, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Victory Girls Blog: Nurses Union Holds Secret Training Sessions To Combat ICE
  2. This ain’t Hell…: Stupid people of the week
  3. The Other McCain: THIS! THIS! I VOTED FOR THIS! 100%
  4. The Last Refuge: FBI Director Kash Patel Outlines “Probable Cause” in Georgia Election Data Warrant
  5. The Gateway Pundit: Maxine Waters Incites Violent Leftist Rioters in Los Angeles – Threatens ICE, “We’re Going to Fight You Every Inch of the Way” (VIDEOS)
  6. The First Street Journal: People whose jobs are to enforce the law band together to not enforce the law
  7. The Feral Irishman: Dear Virginia… SURPRISE!!!
  8. Sultan Knish: $68 Million Muslim Day Care Fraud Linked to New York Dems
  9. Pacific Pundit: Communist Boston mayor Michelle Wu declares illegal aliens have the “legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter”
  10. neo-neocon: What’s up with all these leftists in healthcare professions who proudly advocate harming MAGA supporters?
  11. Moonbattery: Democrat Party Official Screams Obscenities at Patriotic Girls
  12. Legal Insurrection: Poll: Harris Voters Oppose Men in Women’s Sports
  13. Jihad Watch: New York Times Doesn’t Bother Telling You This Key Detail About Its Favorite Gaza Doctor
  14. IOTW Report: How Protests Happen ‘On The Spot’
  15. And last, but, not least, House Of Eratosthenes has “I Question Whether They’re “Good People””

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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Federal Judge Refuses To End Minnesota Immigration Operation

By William Teach February 1, 2026 – 7:00 am

First, how could a federal court do so? The Constitution and numerous laws give Los Federales the power to conduct immigration enforcement. And then there’s the idiocy that was argued

Judge denies Minnesota’s request for immediate end to immigration crackdown

A judge on Saturday declined to order the Trump administration to immediately scale back its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, rejecting pleas from state officials who said the campaign was stepping on their sovereignty and endangering the public.

Sovereignty? When it comes to any immigration the federal government has all the power. The States are assigned none. Even if Los Federales assign some to the states the feds still are in charge. Democrats made this quite clear during the Arizona SB1070 issue

Minnesota and the Twin Cities had not definitively shown that the administration’s decision to flood the state with thousands of agents was unlawful or designed to force local officials into cooperating with the administration’s objectives, U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez said in her ruling.

Although Menendez acknowledged evidence that immigration agents had engaged in acts of racial profiling, excessive force and other disruptions in nearly all aspects of Minnesotans’ lives, the judge stressed she was not tasked with ruling on any of those claims. Menendez said the Trump administration also had presented plausible arguments for the need for its enforcement operation, dubbed Operation Metro Surge.

“The Court is particularly reluctant to take a side in the debate about the purpose behind Operation Metro Surge,” she wrote. “Not only is it difficult to identify a single motivation for a significant multifaceted operation, but doing so would venture into a uniquely controversial political question.”

Although the judge did not grant a preliminary injunction to end the immigration crackdown, she noted in her 30-page opinion that she was not making a final determination on the state’s claims until the lawsuit is heard fully.

Even if she, a Biden appointee, can find a way to tell Trump to end the operation, she’ll lose on appeal. Like has happened almost every single time a liberal judge has ruled against Trump.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) also emphasized that the decision was not the last word in the case.

“We’re obviously disappointed in the court’s ruling today, but this case is in its infancy and there is much legal road in front of us, so we’re fighting on,” Ellison said in a statement. “We’re not letting up in defending our state’s constitutional powers.”

What constitutional powers? Immigration is in the federal Constitution as a power to pass laws by the US Congress, and, if the duly elected president signs the legislation/Congress overrides a veto it is now up to the Executive Branch to enforce. Nothing in the Minnesota Constitution would override the federal Constitution when it comes to immigration. Keith should know this, but, then, he’s speaking to his idiot voters. Here’s an idea: hand over illegals who were caught breaking the law to ICE and you won’t have to worry about big operations.

Still, Menendez — named to the bench by President Joe Biden in 2021 — concluded that there could be legitimate reasons for the surge, including the administration’s stated goals of cracking down on fraud and undocumented residents in the state.

“The Court can readily imagine scenarios where the federal executive must legitimately vary its use of law enforcement resources from one state to the next, and there is no precedent for a court to micromanage such decisions,” she wrote.

And maybe if Democrat politicians wouldn’t push the little Comrades to do what they’ve been doing out in the streets, harassing federal law enforcement, doxxing them, mobbing them, interfering, etc, no one would be endangered.

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Bummer: UN Faces Financial Collapse

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 3:22 pm

Maybe it should collapse. It served it’s purpose at one time, but, now it’s just made up of Jew/Israel haters, climate cultists, and other wackos, and is a major source of graft and waste, and has been all this for at least 30 years

United Nations faces ‘imminent financial collapse’ without urgent action, UN chief says

The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues — a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to all U.N. member nations obtained Friday by The Associated Press that cash for its regular operating budget could run out by July, which could dramatically affect its operations.

“Either all member states honor their obligations to pay in full and on time — or member states must fundamentally overhaul our financial rules to prevent an imminent financial collapse,” he said.

While Guterres didn’t name any country in the letter, which was reported earlier by Reuters, the financial crisis comes as the U.S., traditionally the largest donor, has not paid its mandatory dues to the United Nations.

Why do we pay the most? We do the most to start with. Let others pay their fare share. Let them pay for UN forces to go into countries and rape and rob.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the United Nations has potential but has not lived up to it. His administration has withdrawn from U.N. organizations like the World Health Organization and the cultural agency UNESCO, while pulling funding from dozens of others.

The U.S. now owes $2.196 billion to the U.N.’s regular budget, including $767 million for this year and for prior years, according to U.N. officials, who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. also owes $1.8 billion for the separate budget for the U.N.’s far-flung peacekeeping operations, and that also will rise.

Pound sand.

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If All You See…

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 2:11 pm

…is horrible fossil fuels driven heatsnow, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gates Of Vienna, with a post on protesting a plastic pig.

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NY Times Apoplectic Minnesota Mostly Peaceful Protest Called “Insurgency”

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 10:30 am

It took two Fish Wrap writers, Greg Jaffe and Thomas Gibbons-Neff, to do this “news analysis”, for which they are upset by the term insurgency. I don’t remember anyone at the Times complaining about the term “insurrection” when a different incident happened

Politicians Are Calling the Protests in Minnesota an Insurgency
The term, used to describe war, poses dangers when applied to American political unrest.

The day after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a U.S. Senate candidate in Maine spoke with his supporters about resisting the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Graham Platner, a Democrat and Marine combat veteran, urged them to join “watch groups,” “rapid response teams” and “intelligence collection networks” to alert citizens and potential targets to the presence of federal immigration agents in their communities.

“Don’t just join a Signal thread and monitor it,” Mr. Platner told the audience in the coastal town of Kittery, referring to the encrypted texting app. “You’ve got to get in a room with people. You’ve got to develop relationships and trust.”

Mr. Platner was talking about a form of nonviolent resistance that employs methods common in war zones like Syria and Ukraine, where civilians built text chains to track and seek shelter from enemy attack drones and fighter jets.

Kinda sounds like an insurgency to me, especially coming from the guy who had the actual Nazi tattoo.

Increasingly, though, Republicans have described the measures he was highlighting as something else: an American insurgency.

“The issue is always revolution, right? That’s what these people want,” Representative Eli Crane, Republican of Arizona and a former Navy SEAL, told the right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on Monday. “They want to fundamentally remake and tear down the institutions and the culture of this country.”

To Mr. Crane, the resistance in Minneapolis and elsewhere added up to “communist insurrection,” and he argued that President Trump should use the U.S. military to reimpose order.

The article next mentions Tucker Carlton, but, he’s gone full wacktard, I don’t listen to him anymore, and Seth G. Jones. Whatever. That’s it. That’s the whole of the argument

They started this garbage early January. Sure looks like an insurgency, eh?

To Emma Sky, who spent years in Iraq advising U.S. military commanders, the masks evoke the state-sponsored sectarian militias that were often sent out by Iraqi strongmen to terrorize civilians. “It is in dictatorships and authoritarian systems that opposition movements are routinely described as terrorists or insurgents, which signals that violence is the appropriate response,” said Ms. Sky, a lecturer at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.

Those who label protesters as insurgents or domestic terrorists and suggest that they must be put down using force or arrest ignore the fact that most insurgencies are resolved through negotiation.

Good grief. Was this actually written by Media Matters? Or the insurrectionists? Don’t attack federal agents and their families at home and they won’t have to be masked.

Anyhow, almost no one is using the term insurgency. It’s usually things like assholes, dipshits, retards, wackjobs. How many called J6 an insurrection? The words was thrown around by tons of politicians and media talking heads. Other terms were “attempted coup”, riot (closer, though most were peaceful), and treason. For a short little action that was over in a couple hours. No one attempted to hold the Capitol. No one seemed to be worried about “dangers when applied to American political unrest”. How long has the crap been going on in Minneapolis? All to protect felons illegally present in the U.S.

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Bummer: Trump’s Fed Pick Could Move Fed Away From Climate Scam

By William Teach January 31, 2026 – 7:15 am

Good news, since the US central bank really shouldn’t be focused on cult beliefs

Trump’s Pick to Lead the Federal Reserve Could Steer Bank Away From Climate Change

stop global warmingThe fight over control of the Federal Reserve has revolved around interest rates and inflation, but President Donald Trump’s choice to be the bank’s next chair could sway how the agency assesses climate risks, too.

In a speech last year to a group of financial leaders that was broadly critical of the Fed, Kevin Warsh called climate change a “politically charged” issue that the bank would do better to avoid.

“Central bankers and bandwagons should be strangers,” said Warsh, who has previously served on the Fed’s board and is currently a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. “It would be better for the Fed’s long-term success to focus on the time-honored and the enduring, rather than the fashionable and the fleeting. I observe the modern central bank to be a bit too willing to traffic in contraband.”

Exactly, they shouldn’t get involved with bandwagons and fads and cults.

Many activists and some Democrats have criticized the Fed for not doing more to address climate change. The European Central Bank, in particular, has taken more steps to try to limit those risks.

In 2023, the Fed and two other agencies issued guidelines for financial institutions on assessing their own climate risks. In October, the agencies withdrew the guidelines, saying they were not necessary because existing rules required banks to examine “a range of risks, including emerging risks.”

How about minding your own cult business?

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