Grassley Says No To Dems On Boat Strike Hearings

By William Teach December 19, 2025 – 7:00 am

Wait, Democrats are still climbing this garbage hill?

Grassley rejects Senate Judiciary Democrats’ demand for boat strike hearing

All Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have demanded a public hearing on the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign over “serious concerns” the strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, a request the panel’s head has already denied.

In a letter dated Wednesday and sent to committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the lawmakers say they want a chance to question Justice Department officials who gave legal justification for U.S. military airstrikes on suspected drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean.

“Since September, the Trump Administration has summarily executed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes on alleged drug smugglers in vessels at sea,” they write.

Well, there you have it, drug runners in international waters. Time to move on

“This committee must address the serious concerns that these strikes may violate U.S. criminal laws, and that Department of Justice attorneys who gave President Trump and [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth legal cover to summarily execute suspected criminals have violated their ethical obligations,” they add.

Grassley rejected the request Thursday, arguing that the Justice Department’s legal opinion, drafted this summer ahead of the boat strikes, already lays out the administration’s “lawful authority” to carry out the attacks, Courthouse News reported.

“I personally made sure that both the majority and minority sides of the committee got access to the Office of Legal Counsel’s well-written classified opinion explaining the administration’s lawful authority to conduct these strikes,” he told the outlet. “Since these are military operations, primary oversight would fall within the jurisdiction of the Senate Armed Services Committee.”

Obviously, Democrats are losing their sh*t over blowing up foreign drug running boats for some reason. Is their Trump Derangement Syndrome that strong?

‘No evidence of war crimes’ in boat strike, Senate Armed Services chair concludes

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker on Thursday said there’s no evidence war crimes were committed when the U.S. military killed survivors of an initial attack on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea in September.

The Mississippi Republican — who issued his most detailed statement to date on the Trump administration’s military campaign against alleged drug gangs — said he is satisfied with the information his panel has received from the administration about the Sept. 2 episode and that the military strikes “were conducted based on sound legal advice.”

“I have seen no evidence of war crimes,” Wicker said. “It is in the best interest of our national security to support our men and women in uniform when they act based on advice from senior legal advisers.”

And of those look like fishing boats? Do fisherman usually drive them full throttle out in international waters?

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Japanese Citizens Sue Government For $1,000 Yen Each Due To Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach December 18, 2025 – 3:26 pm

Huh, finally some Warmists suing for actual cash damages, instead of trying to get the government to force Everyone Else to comply

Japan Faces $6-a-Person Lawsuit Over Climate Change Risks

More than 450 people are suing Japan’s government and seeking damages of 1,000 yen ($6) each, alleging one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters isn’t doing enough to combat global warming.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday at the Tokyo District Court, argues the nation’s climate targets aren’t ambitious enough to meet global commitments to limit the Earth’s temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

Japan’s pledges to cut emissions by 60% by 2035 from 2013 levels fall short of what’s required and “threaten our lives,” according to a summary of the complaint from the Climate Justice Litigation Office, a group that helped organize the case.

So, if the government gives them the $6 each will they go away and forgo all future suits, and just leave the rest of us alone? Seriously, there are way worse things to worry about in Japan, like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes….oh, right, the cult says ‘climate change’ causes those now.

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If All You See…

By William Teach December 18, 2025 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert from too much carbon pollution, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Cold Fury, with a post on Jamie Raskin being broken.

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Trump To Sign EO Changing The Status Of Marijuana

By William Teach December 18, 2025 – 10:30 am

As I’ve said many times, I really do not care if people smoke marijuana. I don’t, I do not find getting high to be fun. I also do not care for getting drunk. But, it really is no big deal, as long as there are restrictions like not smoking in public. I do not care to smell it

Trump expected to sign order reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, according to two sources familiar with the planning, in one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.

One source cautioned that while the plan is for the order to be signed Thursday, the timing could shift.

The order is expected to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Schedule I applies to substances with “no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse” — the agency’s most stringent classification, which is also for heroin, LSD and ecstasy in addition to marijuana.

The DEA uses Schedule III for substances “with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.” Other Schedule III drugs include Tylenol with codeine, testosterone, anabolic steroids and ketamine

Um, they’re all pretty controlled, and, didn’t Matthew Perry die from ketamine? He sure seemed hooked.

Moving the drug to a lower schedule would not change the fact that it remains illegal for recreational use at the federal level. But it could open the door to more research into marijuana and expanded medical uses. It might also lower the tax burden for state-licensed marijuana dispensaries in the dozens of states that have legalized the drug, since federal law bars businesses that sell Schedule I substances from taking some tax deductions.

The big question here is “does a president have the statuatory authority to change a drug’s schedule position?”

The Biden-era Department of Health and Human Services also recommended bumping marijuana down to Schedule III. The Justice Department, the DEA’s parent agency, proposed a rule to reschedule marijuana last year, but the process became mired in over a year of legal and administrative wrangling, leaving the drug in Schedule I status.

It really either needs to be done by a vote in Congress or through the rule making process from HHS or DEA. What will Trump’s EO state? Will it simply make marijuana a Schedule III, or start the review process? I guess we’ll see.

Oh, and will Democrats and the rest of the Never Trump now be against marijuana?

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Trump Admin Killing Off Colorado Climate (scam) Research Center

By William Teach December 18, 2025 – 7:15 am

It could probably stick around if it hadn’t become an arm of the cult

Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center

stop global warmingThe Trump administration plans to break up Colorado’s National Center for Atmospheric Research, the largest federal climate research lab.

Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced the plan Tuesday in a statement on X.

“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado,” Vought wrote, linking to a story from USA Today, which was first to report on the administration’s effort. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.”

The move would be a major setback for climate research in the United States, at a moment when the United Nations and other world leaders have said time is running out to prevent the most devastating effects of global warming.

And that right there is why it needs to go away, as it is all about keeping the scam going, rather than just gather and publishing data in a scientific manner. It’s like if Scientology put out press releases saying how great Scientology is and that everyone needs to be forced to comply with the force of government.

In response to NBC News’ inquiry about the plan for NCAR, a senior White House official took aim at Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat.

“Maybe if Colorado had a governor who actually wanted to work with President Trump, his constituents would be better served,” the official said.

The official described NCAR as “the premier research stronghold for left-wing climate lunacy” and said that breaking it up would “eliminate Green New Scam research activities.”

Good.

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Trump Admin Says Going After Foreigners Who Gained Citizenship Unlawfully

By William Teach December 18, 2025 – 7:00 am

Is this a shot at Ilhan Omar? How many are there that did this?

Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship

The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip some naturalized Americans of their citizenship, according to internal guidance obtained by The New York Times, marking an aggressive new phase in President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The guidance, issued on Tuesday to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices, asks that they “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” in the 2026 fiscal year. If the cases are successful, it would represent a massive escalation of denaturalization in the modern era, experts said. By comparison, between 2017 and this year to date, there had been just over 120 cases filed, according to the Justice Department.

Under federal law, people may be denaturalized only if they committed fraud while applying for citizenship, or in a few other narrow circumstances. But the Trump administration has shown a zeal for using every tool at its disposal to target legal and illegal immigrants, leading activists to warn that such a campaign could sweep up people who had made honest mistakes on their citizenship paperwork and sow fear among law-abiding Americans. (snip)

“It’s no secret that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ war on fraud includes prioritizing those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship — especially under the previous administration,” said Matthew J. Tragesser, a U.S.C.I.S. spokesman. “We will pursue denaturalization proceedings for those individuals lying or misrepresenting themselves during the naturalization process. We look forward to continuing to work with the Department of Justice to restore integrity to America’s immigration system.”

They either have quite a bit of information on immigration fraud, possibly within a community that seems to hate America and wants to change the nation, or this really is targeted towards Ilhan Omar, who would get caught up in the process.

Of course, the way the Crazy Judges are acting, how many will be denaturalized? They protect illegal aliens with deportation orders who are actual criminals from being deported.

There are about 26 million naturalized Americans in the country, according to the Census Bureau. More than 800,000 new citizens were sworn in last year, most of whom were born in Mexico, India, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic or Vietnam, U.S.C.I.S. statistics show. Most people stripped of their citizenship revert to being legal permanent residents.

So, they do not get booted anyhow. I’m thinking this is all about Ilhan Omar. Also, this is going to add one more thing for Democrats to rage about.

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Climate Doom Threatens Christmas Classics Or Something

By William Teach December 17, 2025 – 3:00 pm

Which is more annoying, the hate ICE stuff in manger displays or climate cultists thinking global boiling is the reason for the season?

Climate Change Is Threatening Christmas Classics

As snowflakes fall lazily from the sky, you cozy up by the fireplace and take a sip from a steaming cup of hot chocolate, humming the jaunty songs you can’t seem to get out of your head the entire month of December.

But as temperatures rise, this quintessential winter holiday scene is transforming (in the Northern Hemisphere at least). The snowstorm you were picturing is actually more likely to be a chilly rain in many areas. Cocoa crops around the world are failing, making chocolate drinks and desserts increasingly expensive. Global warming is even coming for Rudolph, recent research shows.

Climate change is threatening Christmas and winter traditions—and in some cases, holiday trends are fueling it.

Christmas Crops: Holiday spirit in December is underpinned by a multitude of global supply chains churning throughout the year. And I’m not just talking about markets that support presents like clothes and electronics; many of the most lucrative Christmas commodities are grown.

So, to save you time, chocolate, Christmas trees, and reindeer are doomed

Meanwhile, Frosty the Snowman and the white Christmas you may be dreaming of are also disappearing amid rapid warming. The chances of having at least one inch of snow on Christmas Day—the metric for what the National Weather Service deems a “white Christmas”—are “gradually decreasing across the Southern United States, and this trend is slowly moving north,” according to the federal government. It’s important to note that snow was never that common on Christmas Day for many states, Time magazine reports.

I’m shocked that this would happened during a typical Holocene warm period during an inter-glacial period. These people are just nuts. Can’t they just be cultists within their own little circle, like other cults?

Will the Song “White Christmas” Become a Clarion Call for Climate Change Action?

As each Christmas approaches, one song permeates the airwaves across the United States and elsewhere: White Christmas. According to the Guiness Book of World Records, “White Christmas” is the #1 selling physical single of all times with over 50 million copies sold.

Many know those iconic opening lyrics:

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.”

This American holiday classic, written by Irving Berlin and recorded by Bing Crosby in 1942 during the depths of World War II, conveyed in its time the nostalgia of a simpler past and the hope for a better future.

But contexts change and, with them, so can meanings. Today, we face a new and different type of global menace, severe climate change which, according to a recent World Economic Forum report, could result in an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses by 2050.

These same people surely whine about Christmas displays in public spaces, but, also take long, fossil fueled trips for Christmas.

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Islamist Canadian Lawmakers Blocked By Israel From Entering West Bank

By William Teach December 17, 2025 – 10:30 am

Too bad Israel didn’t simply deny them entry to Israel altogether, but, apparently they went to Jordan and were going to enter from there, because the Canadian lawmakers hate Israel. Canada is basically being erased in favor of a Caliphate. The nation has voted to recognize the Palestinian state, which helps Hamas, and prosecuted people for blasphemy against Islam. Remember when Mark Steyn was referred to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, BC Human Rights Tribunal, and Ontario Human Rights Commission for writing an article critical of Islam?

Israel blocks Canada lawmakers at West Bank border crossing

Six members of Canada’s parliament travelling from Jordan were denied entry to the occupied West Bank on Tuesday by Israeli authorities who accused the delegation of being sponsored by “a terror entity.”

Jenny Kwan, an opposition lawmaker with Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party, told AFP that one MP, Iqra Khalid of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party, was “pushed multiple times” by an Israeli border officer.

The lawmakers were on a trip sponsored by Canadian-Muslim Vote, a charity group.

Israel’s embassy in Canada told AFP in a statement that the charity receives funding from Islamic Relief Canada, a subsidiary of Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW), which has been “listed as a terror entity by the State of Israel.”

Who were the six?

(JPost) The six MPs were Fares Al Soud (Liberal), Iqra Khalid (Liberal), Jenny Kwan (New Democratic Party), Sameer Zuberi (Liberal), Aslam Rana (Liberal), and Gurbux Saini (Liberal).

Some members of the delegation are part of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. The NCCM members reported having to each sign a form declaring they acknowledge they are a threat to public safety, which they declined to do. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories agency claimed that the group arrived “without prior coordination.”

So, just showing up was the reality? Huh.

Several of the MPs have taken strong anti-Israel stances. In October 2025, Zuberi said those who have served in the IDF should be screened to ensure they have not been involved in any breaches of international law before entering Canada. Rana joined a bill pushing for the end of Canadian weapons to Israel.

So, they were screened for working with designated terrorist groups, and denied entry.

Meanwhile

London mayor tried to block London vigil for Bondi victims, Hanukkah event, says CAA Gideon Falter

On Sunday, London Mayor Sadiq Khan attempted to block the London vigil for Jewish victims of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre, according to Campaign Against Antisemitism’s CEO Gideon Falter.

The event in Parliament Square was intended to commemorate the tragedy in Australia and the second night of Hanukkah.

However, Falter said that Khan tried to stop the vigil, even though Khan had stated earlier in the day that he would do everything in his power to keep London’s Jews safe, and had asked police to step up to cover Hanukkah events.

It’s just the word of one person, but, you can easily see Khan attempting to block the vigil.

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EU Backing Down Off 2035 ICE Vehicle Ban

By William Teach December 17, 2025 – 7:15 am

Don’t think the elite in the climate cult will give up, though. They love dictating how the peasants live their lives, while they themselves drive large fossil fueled SUVs and limos

EU set to ease 2035 combustion-engine ban amid auto industry pressure

The European Commission is expected to propose easing the European Union’s effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035 this Tuesday, as Brussels weighs how best to balance climate ambitions with growing pressure from governments and an auto industry facing fierce global competition.

The move, still being finalised ahead of its unveiling, could see the ban pushed back by up to five years or softened indefinitely, according to EU officials and industry sources.

The 2023 law requires all new cars and vans sold in the bloc from 2035 to be CO2-emission-free.

Any revision would mark the EU’s most significant rethink of its green transport policies in recent years, reflecting concerns from major member states such as Germany and Italy, and from automakers struggling to keep pace with lower-cost Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers and US rivals.

Money talks, and the sales of EVs are collapsing in the EU, plus, no one is saving money since the governments are slapping all sorts of taxes and fees on them to make up for the loss of road and gas taxes. And let’s not forget there are multiple layers between the citizens of European countries and the rulers on the European Commission, who basically dictate policies for EU countries.

“The European Commission will be putting forward a clear proposal to abolish the ban on combustion engines,” Manfred Weber, president of the European Parliament’s largest group, the European People’s Party (EPP), said on Friday. “It was a serious industrial policy mistake.”

Not all governments agree, however, as Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged the Commission to hold firm, warning that weakening the policy could undermine Europe’s efforts to build a globally competitive EV industry.

Would this be the same Pedro Sanchez who took a long, fossil fueled flight to COP30 in Brazil? I wonder if he travels in an EV?

Automakers are pushing to continue selling combustion-engine vehicles alongside plug-in hybrids, range-extender EVs and cars running on so-called CO2-neutral fuels, including e-fuels and advanced biofuels made from waste products. Von der Leyen said in October she was open to such alternatives.

“We recommend a multi-technology approach,” said Todd Anderson, chief technology officer at fuel-systems supplier Phinia, adding that the internal combustion engine would “be around for the rest of the century.”

Have they asked the citizens of the various European countries their thoughts? Or, are they irrelevant to the EU big wigs?

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Bummer: Trump Adds 5 More Countries To Travel Ban List

By William Teach December 17, 2025 – 7:00 am

One of the memes in Liberal World is he did this because of losses Trump has taken, to deflect from blowing up the drug runner boats and his “mean tweet” about Rob Reiner, but, really, Trump seems to do things for 2 reasons: they are things he believes in, and he also likes making liberals unhinged

Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries

Trump saying hello to Judge Sara

President Trump on Tuesday expanded travel restrictions to include 20 more countries, just weeks after he promised to do so when authorities arrested an Afghan national in the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington.

The revised policy, which takes effect on Jan. 1, fully blocks travel for individuals from five additional countries — Syria, South Sudan, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso — and also for people with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. The Trump administration also added partial travel restrictions for individuals from 15 additional countries, predominantly in Africa. With the expansion, there are now more than 35 countries with U.S. travel restrictions.

Mr. Trump first instituted a travel ban on 12 countries, including Afghanistan, in June and vowed after the shooting last month to “permanently pause migration from all third world countries.” Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said she recommended to Mr. Trump “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.”

Taken together, Mr. Trump’s new policy substantially expands his crackdown on legal forms of immigration, with the administration either fully or partly limiting travel from nearly 20 percent of the countries in the world. The revised policy also greatly expands the restrictions on individuals from countries with partial bans.

“This expanded proclamation really slams the door on nearly all noncitizens from the listed countries,” said Doug Rand, a former top official at the Department of Homeland Security in the Biden administration.

Good. The U.S. should not be letting in people who are a threat to the U.S. No one remembers 9/11 anymore. Or the other terrorist attacks. Or knows all the attacks that still occur. We shouldn’t be letting in people who bring no value, who are going to be problems, who expect the U.S. to take care of them.

But critics of Mr. Trump’s immigration policy said the moves were the latest manifestation of the president’s disdain for immigrants, particularly those from nations in Africa and the Middle East.

“We shouldn’t be surprised that President Trump is continuing to push our immigration system back toward an era when the United States enforced racial quotas,” said Andrea R. Flores, a former White House immigration official in the Obama and Biden administrations. “He has consistently singled out certain nationalities as scapegoats, and immigration law grants him too much discretion to discriminate based on his preferences.”

This Biden administration?

More: CBS News says the number is much higher

President Trump on Tuesday more than doubled the list of countries subject to his travel ban or to heavy restrictions, bringing the total number of nations affected by the sweeping set of immigration and entry limits to 39.

The first iteration of the travel ban Mr. Trump issued in June included 19 countries, fully barring the entry of immigrants and travelers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. It also partially suspended the entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.

The proclamation signed by Mr. Trump on Tuesday added seven countries to the list of states facing full entry restrictions: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Laos, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Syria. It imposed partial entry limits on immigrants and travelers from another 15 countries, including Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominica, Gabon, Gambia, Malawi, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Tonga, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Mr. Trump’s proclamation also enacted an entry ban for those traveling with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank. The restrictions on travelers from Turkmenistan were eased, after Mr. Trump said that country had improved its information-sharing with the U.S.

Problematic countries.

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