The Deep State war is just heating up

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the same strategy will triumph again

WIRED Doxxed DOGE Engineers; Now They Are Being Hunted

David Strom:

The war on DOGE has intensified. 

As Elon Musk and crew start tearing down the Deep State, the Deep State is striking back by calling for DOGE employees to be literally hunted by leftist activists. 

Bluesky is the "nice" and "moderated" social media platform where all the "best people" avoid the nastiness and Nazi-like behavior on X, and they are so concerned about the Nazification of the US by people who are shrinking the grifting Deep State that they are calling for the death of DOGE employees. 

As government employees try to lock out DOGE investigators, outside agitators are ramping up the outside war on government accountability. 

WIRED is the Pravda Media outlet pushing the narrative that government accountability is "infiltration," as if the agents of the elected President of the United States who RAN on DOGE are invaders and the bureaucrats are the legitimate government. Pravda feeds the outside brownshirts the information on who to target, and those brownshirts go out and do the dirty work. 

And this:

If you doubt that the #resistance is working day and night to frustrate government accountability, James O'Keefe has yet another investigative report on a DHS manager explaining how bureaucrats avoid doing what they are assigned. 

But then there’s this: “Sod off, Swampy.”

I was wrong to doubt him, and I'm so glad I was.

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Canada announces US tariffs on hold for 30 days after Justin Trudeau holds ‘good phone call with President Trump’

Trump, 78, and Trudeau, 53, spoke on the phone twice Monday before announcing the agreement, with Canada set to ensure 10,000 troops will be stationed at the northern border and the PM vowing to take steps to crack down on fentanyl smuggling.

Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, and now Canada. Four countries, three days. Biden and his Border Tsar had four years, and accomplished nothing, deliberately.

They couldn't delay construction and await better technology because we were already two years past the deadline for the world to end; that, and there were pockets waiting to be lined

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11 years after a celebrated opening, massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises.

The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border. Though it was hailed at the time as a breakthrough moment for clean energy, its power has been struggling to compete with cheaper solar technologies.

Pacific Gas & Electric said in a statement it had agreed with owners — including NRG Energy Inc. — to terminate its contracts with the Ivanpah plant. If approved by regulators, the deal would lead to closing two of the plant’s three units starting in 2026. The contracts were expected to run through 2039.

The plant appears likely to become a high-profile loser in the race to develop new types of clean energy in the era of climate change.

The Ivanpah plant uses a technology known as solar-thermal, or concentrated solar, in which nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop 459-foot towers. The sun’s power is used to heat water in the boilers’ tubes and make steam, which drives turbines to create electricity.

NRG said in a statement that the project was successful, but unable to compete with rival photovoltaic solar technology — such as rooftop panels — which have much lower capital and operating costs.

Initially “the prices were competitive but advancements over time in photovoltaics and battery storage have led to more efficient, cost effective and flexible options for producing reliable clean energy,” NRG added.

A post on the PG&E website said that Ivanpah’s “technology had worked on a smaller scale in Europe.” But over time, it couldn’t match the lower prices of photovoltaic technology.

The plant has long been criticized for the environmental tradeoffs that came with large-scale energy production in the sensitive desert region. Rays from the plant’s mirrors have been blamed for incinerating thousands of birds. Conservation groups tried to stop construction on the site because of threats to tortoises.

“The Ivanpah plant was a financial boondoggle and environmental disaster,” Julia Dowell of the Sierra Club said in an email.

“Along with killing thousands of birds and tortoises, the project’s construction destroyed irreplaceable pristine desert habitat along with numerous rare plant species,” Dowell said. “While the Sierra Club strongly supports innovative clean energy solutions and recognizes the urgent need to transition away from fossil fuels, Ivanpah demonstrated that not all renewable technologies are created equal.”

There were other early problems. After its much-hyped opening, the plant didn’t produce as much electricity as expected for a simple reason: the sun wasn’t shining as much as expected.

The plant can be a startling sight for drivers heading toward Las Vegas from Southern California along busy Interstate 15. Amid miles of rock and scrub, its vast array of mirrors can create the image of a shimmering lake atop the desert floor, but depending on the angle of the sun and mirrors, it could also be blinding.

If the PG&E agreement is approved, NRG said the units will be decommissioned, “providing an opportunity for the site to potentially be repurposed for renewable (photovoltaic) energy production.” The company did not respond to questions about the projected cost or what would become of the equipment at the site.

What was their first clue?

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It was there when I left the bar — I think

Who needs Florida Man when we have our own Hector Estrella right here in Armstrong Court?

Greenwich man driving car with missing tire on I-95 is arrested for DUI, police say


GREENWICH — A Greenwich man was arrested Saturday night after driving a car on Interstate 95 that was missing a tire and emitting large plumes of smoke, police said.

Hector Estrella, 28, was charged with five offenses, including reckless driving and illegal operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol/ drugs, Connecticut State Police said in a news release Monday.

Police said a trooper saw a car that was missing a tire, failing to maintain its lane and traveling under 30 miles an hour at approximately 11:05 p.m. near Exit 5 on I-95. (Well, at least he was trying to stay at a safe speed)

The trooper who saw the vehicle activated their emergency lights and sirens to initiate a traffic stop, but the driver failed to comply, police said.

The driver exited I-95 southbound at Exit 4 before getting onto I-95 northbound, and the vehicle reached up to 70 miles per hour while failing to maintain a lane, police said.

Another trooper responded, and police boxed the vehicle in, so it came to a stop near Exit 5. Police said they identified Estrella as the driver and noticed that he had bloodshot eyes, poor coordination and smelled like alcohol.

Police said that it also became clear Estrella was not aware he was driving a car missing one tire. (“I was? ¡Dios mío!”)

Estrella, who told police he had consumed alcohol and smoked cannabis before driving, failed to perform standardized field sobriety tests to standard, police said. He was subsequently arrested, police said.

Police said Estrella was further charged with disobeying the signal of an officer, failure to maintain proper lane on a limited access highway and operating a motor vehicle with unsafe tires.(Technically, driving without a tire isn’t the same as driving with an unsafe one, is it? Asking for a friend.)

Bonus material: This is not Mr. Estrella’s first encounter with our men in blue:

Considering that this first incident occurred nine years ago (which is not to say it was the only time he ran afoul of the law since then: these things usually follow a pattern), Estrella clearly shouldn’t have let his learner’s permit expire: definitely a slow learner.

Hector Felipe Estrella, 19, of 9 Armstrong Court in Greenwich was arrested on  for Traveling Unreasonably Fast, Operating without a License, and Forgery 2nd degree.

At about 1:00am on May 8, Greenwich Police initiated a motor vehicle stop on a 2016 Toyota Scion observed traveling 53 mph in a 25 mph zone.

The driver and sole occupant, identified by his expired Connecticut Learner’s Permit as Hector Estrella, was observed to have a second Connecticut driver’s license in his wallet, which was observed it to have the same information printed upon it, except for a date of birth of July 19, 1990.

He should have just grabbed his speculum and inserted it into the only orifice down there; without lubricant, of course, because that's how a real he-man like this would want it

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this is going to hurt you more than it will hurt me

Courtesy of Pierre Delecto, this sorry tale from the land of hairy armpits:

French Gynecologist Suspended For Refusing To Treat Trans-Identifying Man

A gynecologist in southern France has been suspended for a month after saying he couldn’t treat a trans-identifying male [with intact genitalia].

The incident occurred in August 2023, The Times of London reported, when a trans-identifying male entered Acharian’s practice requesting gynecological services. Acharian has said he offered to refer the patient to services better suited to the patient’s needs, using the patient’s preferred pronouns.

“I was only trying to be honest when I said it wasn’t my specialty and I wasn’t competent. I offered to refer her to services that could take better care of her,” Acharian said in December when he was forced to appear before the French Medical Council’s disciplinary board.

The patient, according to Acharian, shouted, “You’re transphobic,” and insulted the doctor’s secretary before leaving the office.

The patient told the disciplinary board: “I was in shock. It was the first time I had suffered this sort of transphobia.”

After the incident, the patient’s partner reportedly left a negative Google review about the doctor’s refusal to treat a biological male. Acharian responded to the review by addressing the “gentleman” and writing that he only treated “real women,” the Times reported.

“I have no skills to take care of men, even if they have shaved their beards and they come and tell my secretary that they have become women. My gynecological examination table is not suitable for examining men,” Acharian wrote, according to the Times.

He later apologized for his word choices, saying: “I reacted spontaneously, out of anger, as I felt I was being attacked unfairly. My words were very clumsy and they may have caused offence. I’m well aware of that and I have expressed my regret on several occasions.”

For this, Acharian was suspended from practicing medicine for one month and will be on probation with the French Medical Council for an additional five months.

“Next Patient”

"Journalism"

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Oh, the horror! Oh, the darkness! Oh, the humanity!

What these mewling reporters and their editors don’t understand is that the majority of Americans think all this is a GOOD thing; scare headlines and purple prose don’t work when the effect is to reassure the people that the man they elected to do this is on the job and working hard. If taking down 8,000 web pages devoted to gay transvestites and child mutilation will “plunge the (former) government into darkness”, then we can, and will, cheer all the harder. More of this, please, and faster.

Trump successfully plunges government into darkness as 8,000 DEI web pages stripped from internet

More than 8,000 web pages from across the government have been taken down as President Donald Trump demands the federal workforce comply with his new orders destroying diversity, gender and equality initiatives.

Many of the webpages contained information about 'climate' initiatives or 'transgender' care. 

Trump's order has seen web pages from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Census Bureau, the Food and Drug Administration, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Veterans Affairs and many more agencies go dark, a New York Times analysis found. 

'CDC's website is being modified to comply with President Trump's Executive Orders,' it says at the top of one of its pages. 

'Sorry — we can't find that page,' reads one web page that is supposed to outline LGBTQ veteran care. 

The pages appear to be related to Trump's executive order, which had a 5 pm Friday deadline,  to terminate any programs that promote 'gender ideology.'

It's unclear if the pages will be returned with edits or have been permanently banished to the darkness of the web.

For a time on Friday evening, the entire Census.gov website returned an error message. Many pages have returned online but its page on sexual orientation and gender identity was still down.

The scrubs come after the Office of Personnel Management sent a two-page memo Wednesday demanding all heads of government agencies comply with measures to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

That memo laid out 'steps to end federal funding of gender ideology.' 

The included the order to 'take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that inculcate or promote gender ideology.' 

Trump also ordered federal employees to remove their pronouns from their email signatures. 

And he required all federal agencies to 'recognize women are biologically female, and men are biologically male.'  

As part of that order, Secretary of State Marco Rubio suspended passport applications that use a gender-neutral marker such as 'X.'

When asked Friday about the removal of 'DEI' information from websites, Trump said, 'It doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. DEI would have ruined our country, and now it's dead.'

It shouldn't cost a dime, because no one in West Virgina earns enough to owe income taxes anyway

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Trump health aide's radical plan to bribe fat hillbillies into slimming down

Obese Americans should have their taxes written off if they slim down to a healthy weight, according to a bold new plan by a former Trump health official.

Robert P Charrow, former general counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the first Trump term, is calling on the new administration to trial the plan in West Virginia.

The [Big Rock Candy] Mountain State has some of the highest rates of chronic diseases linked to obesity and therefore sucks the most money from federally-funded taxpayer programs like Medicaid. 

Writing for the health website STAT News, Charrow said that if West Virginia reduced its obesity rate down from 40 to 25 percent - the same as America's leanest state, Colorado - then no one in the state should 'have to pay individual federal income tax for up to five years.'

UPDATE: Or we could just (also?) eliminate the Food Stamp program, as suggested by Publius in the comments sections. We’d save even more.