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— shellshock (@shellshockkk) January 4, 2026
Portland Imposes Paid Leave for Illegals Fighting Deportation
It wasn’t enough to allow illegal aliens to invade by the millions. Democrats force us to pay them to do it.
From Gateway Pundit:
The City of Portland has officially rolled out a new taxpayer-funded benefit: paid “Immigration, Naturalization, and Citizenship Leave” Human Resources Administrative Rule (HRAR) 6.15.
Instead of being escorted out of our country by the scruff of the neck, foreign invaders are allowed legal recourse. The intent is to use their sheer numbers to bog down the system so they cannot be expelled. Meanwhile, Americans are forced by their own government to give them free money.
City officials have now committed public funds to cover paid leave for immigration court proceedings—including deportation hearings while blocking basic oversight, all while the city is facing a $66 million shortfall.
This new privilege even applies to friends and relatives of those facing deportation hearings.
Consistent with Democrat transparency, employees are instructed to shield information regarding who is exploiting this new benefit and even not to communicate details via email.
In other words, Portland created a paid leave category tied directly to immigration enforcement matters while simultaneously ensuring the city cannot meaningfully inquire into why the leave is being used.
As in Minnesota, liberals have rigged the system to be exploited by our Third World conquerors.
On a tip from Dennis G.
Transsexual Pedophile Arrested for Murder and Corpse Desecration
A new year will bring new inductees into the Transsexual Violence Hall of Horrors — like Robin Andersson.
Via Reduxx:
A trans-identified male and convicted pedophile is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a young woman in the residential area of Rönninge, Sweden. Robin Andersson, 26, who recently began calling himself “Vilma,” was arrested on December 30 and detained under suspicion of murder and the gross desecration of a corpse.
Guys who try to pass themselves off as women tend not to be very wholesome.
Andersson had previously attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old girl in 2019 and was found in possession of over 42,000 files depicting child sexual abuse and graphic images of female corpses.
After a token wrist slap, he was set loose again — with special status granted by the government:
As a result of being convicted on charges related to pedophilia, Andersson applied for and was granted certain protections by the state under policies intended to “safeguard” individuals who face threats, violence, or other serious risks to their safety.
Andersson has been afforded victim status. Narrow-minded bigots might disapprove of his behavior, even though love is love.
On a tip from abcanc.
The Future of Vienna Has Been Canceled
Vienna has plenty of history. This crown jewel of Western Civilization was home to both Mozart and Haydn. If only it had a future.
Via Remix News:
According to recent data from Statistics Austria, 40.5 percent of babies born in the capital do not have Austrian citizenship…
That is, they are not Austrian. In parts of Vienna, a minority of children are Austrian.
Muslims outnumber Christians in Vienna elementary schools. Refer to 1980s Lebanon to see how that will turn out.
This data comes at a time when 40.9% of all of Vienna’s population is foreign-born. Over 50 percent have both parents born overseas.
More than half of 1st graders in Vienna schools do not understand German.
Culture is not in the physical location. It is in the people. When a city’s people are displaced, the city ceases to exist. A new city replaces it. This one will resemble Aleppo.
The leftist response to this truly existential crisis is to call for birthright citizenship, snuffing out any hope that Vienna can be saved.
If a nuclear bomb were used to eradicate Vienna, it would not be more thorough. The only difference is that a nuclear strike would not metastasize to wipe out the whole country.
On a tip from abcanc.
New California Battery Tax
As the song goes:
(If you drive a car, car) I’ll tax the street
(If you try to sit, sit) I’ll tax your seat
(If you get too cold, cold) I’ll tax the heat
(If you take a walk, walk) I’ll tax your feet
Taxman!
The Beatles forgot batteries. But the greedy moonbats who rule California didn’t.
Via CalMatters:
Starting January 1, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a product with a non-removable battery – whether it’s a power tool, a PlayStation, or even a singing greeting card. …
Consumers will pay the fee when buying any product with an embedded battery whether it’s rechargeable or not.
The pretext is that even rechargeable batteries end up in the garbage, causing offense to the environment.
Batteries play a major role in green energy moonbattery. They are the main reason EVs are worse for the environment than proper cars. The tendency of EV batteries to burst into flames is what makes them so dangerous to drive, to own, or to transport. You might think moonbats would like batteries. But they like tax revenue more.
On a tip from Steve T.
Open Thread
Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."
I'ts right out in the open. https://t.co/KmvyjIN5xb pic.twitter.com/XFlStXb1BF
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) January 1, 2026
Scottish Wind Farms Paid Not to Generate Energy
Not since Karl Marx has anyone committed such violence to economic sanity as the moonbats who push green energy on behalf of their weather gods.
Scottish wind farms were paid £347m to switch off and not generate power this year – with the cost being added to electricity bills.
Wind farms do not generate power on a reliable basis, so charging for the energy they do not produce makes sense in a psychotic kind of way.
Across the UK, a huge £1.45bn was handed to wind farm developers and for turbines to remain idle.
Nice business, for those with a seat at Big Government’s table.
The SNP [Scottish National Party] Government wants to see thousands more turbines in order to hit its net zero goal but these will likely cost millions more and also blight the countryside.
But think of how much revenue can be raised by charging people for the energy they do not generate.
At times of high wind, the grid gets too congested and can’t transport power from remote areas in Scotland to where it is needed most.
That’s when bill-payers are charged for the turbines to shut down.
To keep the lights on in those areas grid operators must call on gas plants to step in to power up Britain, often at great expense. Nuclear power is also utilised but the SNP are campaigning against this, blocking plans to build new plants in Scotland despite the huge economic benefit.
Nuclear is no good because it is reliable and efficient, which makes it offensive to moonbats.
Scotland is located on the North Sea, beneath which lies an ocean of oil. But oil is also haram in the moonbat religion. So the North Sea is littered for miles off the coast with hideous wind turbines that chop up birds — for the sake of the environment.
On a tip from Steve T.
Ultimate Outrage: Site of World Trade Center Lit Green to Celebrate Islam
Will the Islamo-Marxist Zohran Mamdani be able to pull the entire state of New York down the toilet? With Kathy Hochul in office, the answer may be yes.
From the governor’s office yesterday:
Governor Kathy Hochul today issued the first ever proclamation declaring January as Muslim American Heritage Month across New York State. Governor Hochul further directed 16 state landmarks to be illuminated green this evening in observance this month, and in celebration of the heritage and culture of Muslim Americans.
Too bad she can’t light up the World Trade Center in Islamic green. Muslims destroyed it, while it was full of Americans.
To help Muslims celebrate this victory, the first landmark listed is One World Trade Center, where the twin towers once stood. The depth of treason entailed is incomprehensible.
Don’t be surprised if you see Hochul posing in Islam garb like Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota. The equivalent would be dressing up like a geisha after Pearl Harbor.
As for the Marxist part of Islamo-Marxist, we’ll see if Hochul stands firm on her commitment not to jack taxes even higher as Mamdani demands. It doesn’t seem likely.
On tips from abcanc, RoCar, and Wiggins.