Author Archive: Stephen Green
August 20, 2025
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU VOTED FOR THIS: In his first 200 days, Trump 2.0 has overturned Biden ‘climate agenda’ at breakneck speed, report shows – 200 actions to unleash American energy.
President Donald Trump had campaigned on promises to undo many of the Biden administration’s climate policies. He called climate change a “hoax,” vowed to stop offshore wind projects, and promised to overturn former President Biden’s electric vehicle mandates.
Immediately after being sworn into office, Trump went about making good on these campaign promises and more. In 2022, The American Energy Alliance began keeping a tally of all the actions Biden and the Democrats had taken to make it harder to produce oil and gas. Only two years into Biden’s term, the AEA had 125 items on its list. By the time Biden left office, the list had doubled in size.
On his first day back at the White House, Trump signed dozens of executive orders, including his order “Unleashing American Energy.” The AEA started a new list that tallied up the actions that Trump and Congressional Republicans were taking to unleash America’s energy potential. The first edition, released in March, contained 50 actions. Last week, they updated the list for Trump’s first 200 days in action, and the newest list contains 200 items.
Here’s a link to the full report in PDF format.
ROBERT SPENCER: Muslim Leaders Planning Texas Community Say They’re the Target of ‘Islamophobic’ Attacks. “The community might not have sparked so much opposition, however, if its leaders hadn’t been so quick to resort to the left’s tried-and-true tactic of claiming victim status at the sign of the slightest opposition, and if they had been a bit more honest and aboveboard about their intentions.”
SCOTT PINSKER: Meet the Three Democrats Who Murdered Ukraine.
COMMIE POWER-BROKERS: The Working Families Party Are the New Political Bosses of New York City.
WHEN EVEN SALON NOTICES: By taking over DC, Trump may have outflanked the Democrats — again.
Of course, this is still Salon, so you’re subjected to gems like this one: “Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in Washington for reasons of ‘law and order’ is but one more step toward a permanent state of national emergency where the Constitution, voting and elections, and civil rights could be greatly curtailed, if not suspended altogether. On Monday, he seemingly joked about the prospect of curtailing U.S. elections during his Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.”
THE PARTY TOLD YOU TO REJECT THE EVIDENCE OF YOUR EYES AND EARS. IT WAS THEIR FINAL, MOST ESSENTIAL COMMAND: As Trump Kills D.C. Crime, Lefty Claims He’s Provoking Violence.
UNACCEPTABLE: Army Falls Short of 155mm Production Goal.
The Army — in response to diminishing stockpiles as it supported Ukraine’s defense against Russia — set a goal to produce 100,000 155mm artillery rounds per month by this October.
The service opened a number of new facilities to support this endeavor — and as one Army official stated, “We haven’t seen this level of investment in our industrial base since World War II.”
However, the Army is going to fall short of its goal. Service spokesperson Steve Warren told reporters in July that the Army is not expecting to produce 100,000 155mm rounds per month until mid-2026.
The service is currently producing 40,000 rounds per month, Warren said — the same amount it was producing as of September 2024, according to a Defense Department release.
There are a “whole host of reasons” behind the stagnation in 155mm production, said Maj. Gen. John Reim, joint program executive officer for armaments and ammunition and commanding general of Picatinny Arsenal.
One challenge has been the supply chain for production equipment, Reim said in an interview.
“For a lot of this equipment that we need to rapidly expand capacity, it’s not sitting on a shelf somewhere,” and the Army has had to depend on international suppliers, he said. “We’ve [been] experiencing longer than expected lead times with some of that capability, and that has a cascading effect.”
An atrophied defense production base is one obvious sign of national decadence — and not the fun kind.
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Wait a Minute… ‘U.S. Institute of Peace’ Does WHAT???
MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: America’s Counterattack on China’s Growing Influence in the Pacific Islands.
WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE FAKE: ‘Fake Crime Numbers’: Trump Bashes DC Dems.
MORE NUKES IS GOOD NUKES: Google announces first nuclear site to power its data centers.
Big Tech’s foray into nuclear power continues as Google announced the site of its first nuclear reactor today, as part of its 2024 deal with startup Kairos Power. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will be home to the Hermes 2 plant, which will supply Google with 50 megawatts of power under a long-term purchase agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
The Oak Ridge plant is the first in a 500-megawatt deal that comprises multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide power for Google’s data centers in Montgomery County, Tennessee, and Jackson County, Alabama. The Hermes 2 is scheduled to begin operations in 2030.
In a statement, TVA CEO Don Moul said, “Nuclear is the bedrock of the future of energy security. Google stepping in and helping shoulder the burden of the cost and risk for first-of-a-kind nuclear projects not only helps Google get to those solutions, but it keeps us from having to burden our customers with development of that technology.”
If AI does turn out to be a bubble, pray it doesn’t pop until after we get a bunch of new SMRs online.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER: Newsom’s Trump Impression Is Spot-On — Except for All the Winning.
IN JUST ONE WEEK? D.C. Police Union: 8 Percent Crime Drop When Feds Arrived.
According to the union, which represents the Metropolitan Police Department’s 3,000 personnel, carjackings are down 83% since federal control was enacted, while robberies dropped 46%.
Violent crime fell 22% in the seven days since federal law enforcement began patrolling D.C.’s streets, and car theft came down 21%. Assault with a deadly weapon and property crime are also each down 6%.
“While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent,” the union wrote on X, Monday morning.
The D.C. city council passed the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 in December of that year. According to USA Today, the measure was voted down by both the House and the Senate after it was submitted for congressional review in January 2023. Then-President Joe Biden vetoed Congress’ decision, however, and the law took effect in April 2023.
Home rule hasn’t exactly worked out as advertised.
THE NEW SPACE RACE:
Falcon Launch #100 of 2025. For reference on the increase in launch rate from last year, we hit 100 on Oct 20th in 2024 🚀🚀🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/Rs2jlERocD
— Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver) August 18, 2025
August 26 promises an Earth-shattering kaboom: FAA gives SpaceX green light for Starship Flight 10 launch test.
After some amazing progress in 2024, 2025 hasn’t been kind to Starship. I’m keeping fingers, toes, and eyes crossed for Flight 10 next week.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Mail-In Ballot Fraud Fest Is Headed for the Executive Order Guillotine. “The COVID-inspired vote-by-mail rules are still around, even though they weren’t supposed to be. They’re intended to permanently turn our elections into Third World jokes that are gushing fountains of fraud possibilities. Naturally, the Democrats love them. These days, if it’s good for the Democrats, it’s bad for America.”
CHECK YOUR SOURCES:
This account is run by a Pakistani named Abdul, based in Karachi, Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/Usvuykntm6
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) August 19, 2025
MS WHO? A message to our community. “Later this year, MSNBC will take on a new name: My Source News Opinion World (MS NOW).”
You might be wondering, why is this change happening? As part of our move to a new media company, VERSANT — which also includes CNBC, Golf Channel, GolfNow, and SportsEngine — we’ll no longer be part of NBCUniversal and NBC News. This gives us the freedom to chart our own path forward, and we’re excited about where it’s headed.
In fact, we’ve been growing. In the past few months, we’ve welcomed Pulitzer, Emmy, Murrow, and Peabody award-winning journalists into our newsroom, and have been recruiting for nearly 100 new roles. At a time when so many newsrooms are shrinking, we’re investing in more reporting, more coverage, and more ways to serve you.
All I can say is: they’d better be hiring.
MSNBC will have its NBC newsroom fully amputated later this year. What remains to be seen is whether MS NOW can turn a profit when they have to pay for their own news services.
IT IS UNWISE TO ANNOY 4CHAN: 4chan to British Censors: Get Stuffed.
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:
Things we’ve established in 2025:
Democrat cities are crime ridden hellholes, but can be fixed with the National Guard
Diversity is NOT our strength
DEI is literally killing people
Ivy League universities are admitting they were racist and discriminatory
Illegal aliens are… https://t.co/S64FWFCjUn
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 18, 2025
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: School safety is top reason parents use choice to leave public schools.
Bullying is the number one reason parents use choice programs to leave public schools, write researchers Misty Gallo, Colyn Ritter and Patrick J. Wolf. Low middle-school test scores rank second. “When public schools are not equipped to limit exposure to bullying behavior and when the academics of the middle school years are insufficient, parents flee the public schools if and when private school choice programs provide the financial means to do so.”
Even if test scores go down when a student moves to a private school of choice, long-term success odds improve, argues Marty Lueken, director of EdChoice’s Fiscal Research and Education Center.
“Many high-quality evaluations of private school choice, such as those in Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Indiana, and Milwaukee, have found a disconnect: lower test scores, but better long-term outcomes like high school graduation and college attendance, persistence, and degree attainment,” he writes.
How much of the decline after leaving public schools might be attributable to earning honest grades instead of inflated grades?
FIRST THE NATIONAL LEAGUE EMBRACED THE DH AND NOW THIS? Baseball’s Top Dog Touts the Sport’s Biggest, Most Radical Change Yet. Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, is touting the most radical change of all: elimination of the American and National Leagues.