





The phrase Politico is looking for is “illegal aliens.” Heck, they aren’t even going with something like “undocumented Americans”
1.6M fewer US immigrants expected this year amid Trump, GOP policies, CBO predicts
President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, along with those in the GOP megabill enacted this summer, will significantly reduce the number of immigrants in the United States in the coming years, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper estimated Wednesday.
The Congressional Budget Office now predicts that total net immigration will be 1.6 million people smaller this year than it projected in January. Contributing to that downward trend, the Republican tax and spending package Trump signed into law in January is estimated to result in the removal of 290,000 immigrants and the voluntary exit of 30,000 others over the next five years.
What the budget office has not yet calculated is how stemming the influx of immigrants will affect the federal budget. Those estimates are expected next year.
On the upside for Trump and congressional Republicans, cooling immigration is expected to shrink federal spending. But there are negative counterweights for GOP leaders too: Namely, foregone cash from taxes.
The number seems rather low. I guess we’ll have to see how many actually get deported and how many self deport. Also, remember that the border is not being overrun with illegals and fake asylum seekers. There are very few encounters, and most are not being let in.
New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants
On September 5, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency established by Congress to adjudicate immigration applications, made a startling announcement. For the first time since the agency was created in 2003, the agency will create a new class of “special agents,” who will be authorized to carry firearms and arrest people for both civil and criminal immigration and non-immigration violations.
This drastic change in the agency’s mission will instill fear in applicants seeking lawful status with USCIS, further pushing individuals who do not have clear-cut eligibility into the shadows, directly impacting our safety and security. The vagueness of the new rules also creates a lot of uncertainty for U.S. citizens and American businesses sponsoring family members and foreign talent, as well as for the lawyers representing individuals with difficult cases.
If they’ve gone through the standard legal channels, there is no worry. If they are illegal/fake asylum seekers, well, just self deport. Make it easy on yourself.
And things are ramping up in Chicago
It’s worth going and reading the whole DHS thread, which highlights many of the illegals caught, all sorts of very bad people. Who Democrats want to defend.
It’s kinda hard to be Concerned (theoretically) about climate doom when there are so many more important issues, which is why the cult typically polls low when matched against real world issues. It is much harder when the Powers That Be who are pushing the scam are also increasing those problems
‘There are bigger issues in the world today than global warming’
They may not have known it but the five men and five women sitting around the table in a slightly soulless hotel meeting room off the A41 had been carefully chosen.
All were swing voters but critically none had extreme views in either direction on the subject that they were there to discuss: climate change.
The Times gathered this focus group in Watford — and another in the West Midlands — with the research firm Public First to replicate a project first carried out by The Times in 2021.
The question we wanted to answer was: Have the views of swing voters towards global warming and the government’s plans to tackle the issue changed in the intervening period.
It is a question that has increasing political pertinence as the longstanding cross-party consensus on net zero is fraying and the next election is likely to be fought with two major parties — the Conservatives and Reform — arguing against large parts of the net zero agenda.
Four years ago we found the public convinced of the need for action to tackle climate change, prepared to do their bit (up to a point) but worried about the cost. But what about now?
Yeah, now

I wish they had a link to the previous article so we could compare and contrast, but, I can’t find it
But then Khuram, 35, broke the consensus.
“I think there’s bigger issues right now going on in the world, in our own lives,” he said bluntly. “Maybe we look for our kids or grandkids or whatever, but I think really, if there’s people starving today, it’s probably worth spending money on that.”
He added: “There’s more going on in my daily life. If the weather’s good outside I think great, at least the weather’s good today.”
It was as if the dam of what was politically acceptable to say among strangers had burst.
How many of these people are seeing rising crime and their nation taken over by immigrants, especially Islamists? Not happy about arrests for Mean Tweets?
“It’s not a top priority,” said Thomas, 40. “What annoys me with it is a bit like Covid, where the government said, this is what you’ve got to do and they sort of did their own thing.
“So even with climate change, they’re happy to go on their private jets and get where they need to. It’s a little bit hypocritical.” Others agreed.
I’m always happy when people wake up and notice this

It’s not a huge change, but, it is a change away from the climate cult. And they teach this hard in the UK. Their media and politicians go hard on it. The cult is dying.
Is it a good thing or bad thing that SCOTUS has agreed to hear arguments so quickly?
Supreme Court says it will hear Trump appeal on tariffs in key economic case
The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will quickly decide whether most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs — a key part of his economic agenda — are legal.
The revelation follows the Trump administration’s request for the nation’s highest court to take up its appeal of a lower ruling. The Supreme Court placed the case on a fast track and scheduled oral arguments for the first week of its November session.
The White House defended Trump’s tariffs as a legitimate use of presidential powers to protect the economy in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“We look forward to ultimate victory on this matter with the Supreme Court,” wrote White House spokesperson Kush Desai.
A federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 29, that Trump overstepped his authority by using emergency powers to impose new tariffs on imported goods. The court said that power lies squarely with Congress or within existing trade policy frameworks. The court allowed the tariffs to remain in effect until mid-October.
Quite frankly, I’m not sure who I want to win on this. You hate to give Democrats a win against Trump, especially when the point of tariffs is meant to be punishment and reciprocal against all the nations that have tariffs on US goods imported into their countries. But, on the flip side, does the president really have the authority to implement them? It really should be something that Congress should have to pass. Has Congress truly given the Executive authority? Also, considering Biden utterly blew off the Supreme Court on student loan bailouts, Dems should be quiet in the front.
As I’ve said, what Trump should have done was threaten tariffs then negotiate with countries first. Gone to Congress and see if he could get agreement with Republicans and enough Dems to institute reciprocal tariffs, or at least similar. Not like we can charge a 25% tariff of orange juice from Canada. But, what about shoes, where they hit US goods with a 30% tariff? Why do countries get butthurt when the US imposes high tariffs when they do the same?
We could have avoided this, but, no, your ancestor worked in a coal mine and you refuse to give your money and freedom to government
Scientists find a surprising reason why people are eating more sugar
Ice creams, frozen desserts and super-chilled sodas take on a new appeal in sticky summer heat. As climate change drives hotter temperatures, Americans are consuming more and more of them, new research finds, with worrying health consequences.
There is plenty of evidence climate change will shape food availability and quality, leading to shortages, price increases and even affecting nutritional value, said Pan He, a study author and a lecturer in environmental science and sustainability at Cardiff University. But far less is known about its effects on what we choose to eat and drink, she told CNN.
The researchers scoured US household food purchasing data between 2004 to 2019 allowing them to track the same families over a long time. They then compared purchasing decisions with regional weather data, including temperature and humidity.
As temperatures ticked up, people consumed more sugar, mostly in the form of sugar-sweetened drinks such as soda and juice, according to the study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.
For every 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit of warming, added sugar consumption in US households increased by 0.7 grams per person per day, the researchers found, with a marked escalation as temperatures hit between 68 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
Got that? It gets warm so people drink more cold drinks and have sweets like ice cream. Big news there, eh? We can solve this if you would just buy and EV, or, better yet, take the bus
Exactly how climate change will affect humanity’s eating habits, and the potential consequences on health and inequality, still remain unclear, He said, with much more research needed across different parts of the world.
So, the entire article based on a study was….meaningless? Because they really do not know anything? Huh.
So, Cackles sat down on the All Smoke Podcast and was given complete softballs, as expected, and this is what happens when someone who thinks they’re brilliant overthink an answer to an easy peasy question, especially after being in the US Senate and then being Vice President. This is the word salad of word salad
(Breitbart) I believe that the best way the system works is when the power is with the people, to then advocate for their [sic] and have their needs met. So that’s the big macro stepping back, right? One of the ways the system works to do that—that the system should work to do that, is we have elected representation who represent the people in these state legislatures, which is where laws get passed. Or in Congress, which is where the federal laws get passed. And for the system to work the right way, legislators, these members of the state legislature, let’s say it’s a state senator, state assemblymember, or your congressman or your United States Senator, will meet with and they’ll have ways of receiving information from the people about what they want. I think it’s really important always that we know our power to organize around what we need, and sometimes that will take the form of writing letters, sometimes it will take the form of mass protests to make sure the voice of the people is heard by their representative leaders who then have as their responsibility to write up some legislation that meets the needs of the people. And then when they write that up, they take a vote in their body, if it’s a statehouse or Congress, and if the majority of the people there agree with it, it becomes a law. So that’s how it’s supposed to work, and I mean it does connect to what we were talking about earlier which is then reminding folks they have a right and a right to expect that their leaders will hear them and take seriously their needs.
Seriously, I read it, so, you have to. It’s painful. The question was literally “Explain how a bill becomes a law.” We all learned this on Schoolhouse Rock, right? Kamala is of an age where should would have seen this on TV.
It gets even worse when you listen and watch. The absurd hand movements and eyes looking around, like a bad TikToker. And the hosts look like they are sorry they asked.
Kamala Harris explains how a bill becomes a law pic.twitter.com/foXvCtdaCp
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) September 30, 2024
And, elsewhere, in case you missed Kamala’s big call
Is this what they meant by defunding the police? Replacing Americans with foreigners? Oh, and it gets truly better
Minneapolis Swears In First Non-U.S. Citizen as Police Officer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sworn in its first police officer who is not a U.S. citizen, according to reports.
The Minnesota Police Dept. has reported that Lesly Vera, a native of Somalia, was sworn in on Thursday as the department’s first non-citizen officer.
Vera was seen at the swearing-in ceremony wearing a hijab over her head as she took the oath of office and received her badge.
Vera moved to Minneapolis with her parents from their arrival point in Mexico when she was four. She is a legal resident alien and authorized to work, but is not a U.S. citizen.
Oh, this should go well. Start off with a diminutive woman, and, all due respect, we’ve seen the video of how that has worked out with other police departments in the 1st World. Second, you have a Somali, and a goodly chunk of them are Islamic extremists, as we’ve seen in Minneapolis as they demonstrate against Jews, against Israel, and for Islamic terrorist groups, and are the main reason why Islamic extremist and Jew hater Ilhan Omar was elected and keeps getting elected.
You’d think the 1st World, and, especially America, would have learned our lesson about Islamists on 9/11/2001, and wouldn’t want people pushing Sharia law
City leaders say the years-long effort to rebuild the Minneapolis Police Department, while not over, is starting to be seen and felt—nearly two dozen more officers, including new firsts, are on the force following a graduation ceremony. https://t.co/S2ohHr4bZM
— KSTP (@KSTP) September 27, 2024
Should be interesting when she tries to engage a perp (Minneapolis is a 1, meaning only a 0 is worse for crime. Violent and property crime are off the chain) and they rip her hijab off.
(Dana’s power is out, said no real damage from Helene. And any opinions above are mine, don’t blame Dana if you disagree)
No one said the virgins were women. Democrats like Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and AOC hit hardest
IDF confirms Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah killed in Beirut attack
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the IDF’s strike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday, the IDF announced Saturday morning.
Almost 32 years after co-founding the Lebanese terrorist organization, Nasrallah was killed, alongside Ali Karaki, Hezbollah’s commander of the southern front, and other Hezbollah commanders.
Israel’s air force struck Hezbollah’s central headquarters using precise intelligence from the intelligence wing and defense system. The headquarters were based underground, under a residential building in the Lebanese capital.
The strike, which was carried out by IAF aircraft, targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Dahieh, Beirut, as The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday.
“This is not the end of our toolbox,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi said in a statement following the announcement of Nasrallah’s death.
“Those who threaten the citizens of the State of Israel – we will know how to reach them – in the North, in the South, and even in more distant places,” Halevi said.
The gloves came off after October 7th, and Israel really does know how to reach out to the terrorists and introduce them to the afterlife.
דיווחים בלבנון על תקיפה ישראלית בביירות; בעוד זמן קצר – הצהרת דובר צה"ל @Doron_Kadosh @barakbet pic.twitter.com/1Pl05By1S9
— גלצ (@GLZRadio) September 27, 2024
There are other videos of the explosion going around that are much, much bigger, the above seems to be the official one
“Hezbollah’s central headquarters was intentionally built under residential buildings in the heart of the Dahiyeh in Beirut as part of Hezbollah’s strategy of using Lebanese people as human shields,” IDF Spokesman R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari stated in an evening address.
But, the Lebanese weren’t really willing human shields
Lebanese citizens are also celebrating the kotletification of the tyrant Nasrallah.
Well deserved! Party all night 🎉pic.twitter.com/jmyNAnyLWP
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) September 27, 2024
They were also celebrating in Syria. Squad members and many Democrats are certainly mourning today.
And they know this 2 months out how?
New York Times Says to Expect Election Results to Take a While
Expect election results in November to take a while, the New York Times told its readers Friday, a warning that appears to preempt an expectation that Americans should know who wins the presidential election on Election Night.
Before modern technology, close presidential elections often were decided in the early morning of the next day, such as the 1960 presidential election between Robert F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, which some political experts believe was stolen from Nixon.
Now, in the 21st century, close election results still take a similar amount of time or even longer, depending on the state in question. In 2020, election results were not determined until four days after Election Day.
Americans should not expect to know who won the 2024 presidential election on the night of the election because of “intense security measures required for counting mail-in ballots,” the Times reported:
Counting mail ballots takes more time because there are more steps involved. A variety of security measures, including signature verification and ensuring that voters did not also try to vote in person, are required. Election officials must open the ballots and flatten them out before they can be put in a tabulator to be counted.
Weird. Prior to 2016, and especially 2020, it was easy to count mail in ballots. But, are you really believing the Times’ rationale? It sounds more like they are looking for ways to stretch it out to make sure all the cheat by mail ballots get counted.
But, yeah, more are using it, and Republicans are trying to get those who wouldn’t usually go vote to do vote by mail. Perhaps it’s time to go back to the way voting was meant to be?
The problem is not that it could take a little time: it’s that the time stretches on beyond reasonable, and that Democrats attempt to hide what they’re doing as they’re counting.