California Wants Everyone To Drive Electric Cars. The State’s Energy Policies Make Charging Them More Expensive Than Ever.

 Susannah Luthi (freebeacon.com)    

Soaring electricity prices have nearly doubled cost to charge EVs since 2022.

 "If we electrify all of our end use, where will we get all that power?" Ring asked. "It’s absurd to think we can get that much electricity from wind and solar." 

"As California pushes consumers to drive electric vehicles, the state is also moving away from fossil fuels, making electricity—and charging those vehicles—more expensive.

"California has ushered in a nearly 70 percent spike in electricity costs since 2010 when the state began its big break from fossil fuels due to its cap-and-trade regulations, mandates on utilities to procure higher-cost renewable energy, crackdowns on oil and gas, and taxpayer subsidies for solar panels. And while Californian households use less electricity than residents of other states, their rates are nearly 63 percent higher than the national average.

"Now the price hikes are hitting EV owners, in some cases nearly doubling the charging costs since 2022, even as regulators ready a 2035 ban on the sale of gas-fueled autos. EVs still represent just a fraction of the cars on the road—just over 903,000 of California’s 14.3 million registered automobiles were electric as of 2022. The soaring costs come as President Joe Biden models his own administration’s green energy policies on California’s, with an aggressive target to cut carbon emissions, and push for electric freight trucks and EV sales. But critics of California’s renewable energy push say it’s ultimately an example of the state’s myriad climate policies undermining one another.

" 'Policy choices have driven up electricity prices in California, which is completely inconsistent with their desire to put people into electric vehicles," said Wayne Winegarden, a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute.

"Others say the dilemma is another sign California may be barreling toward a dead end with its goals of eliminating gas and diesel vehicles while powering the electric grid with renewable sources like wind and solar.

" 'To convert California’s transportation fleet to all-electric … you’re going to have to drastically increase electricity supply—and they don’t have any idea how to do it," said Edward Ring, cofounder of the California Policy Center and longtime energy policy analyst." . . .

Watch your back, Mr. President

 

Watch your back, Mr. President - American Thinker   . . ."Consider the incredible planning that went into the 2020 election theft. Massive amounts of planning in multiple states, and executed simultaneously. We all concluded going to bed that evening that this was Trump’s win… and then in the morning it wasn’t. We all saw videos of ballots appearing out of nowhere in the voting centers. Ballot counting centers were shut down and poll watchers told to leave while vote counting still took place. We all either watched or are fully aware of the incredible discoveries revealed in Dinesh D’Souza’s “2000 Mules” that filled ballot boxes with suspicious ballots.

"Yet it happened. And we could do nothing about it. Biden is serving his fourth year." . . .

RFK's leftist running mate Nicole Shanahan; fear her.

 RFK Jr. has a running mate, and she’s a radical leftist - Olivia Murray   . . ."Unsurprisingly, she’s also a financial supporter of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón; according to the official recall movement seeking to remove Gascón from office, Shanahan gave  Gascón at least $175,000 in donations. The man is a Soros-owned DA, and a reliable advocate of abusers and criminals. Among other things, Gascón has enforced, and continues to do so, a number of directives, including: . . ."

Nicole Shanahan

RFK Jr.’s Sister Fears He Will Put Donald Trump in the White House – RedState  "The sister of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted the real reason she is so opposed to her brother's presidential campaign.

"As an independent candidate, RFK Jr. is appealing to both elements of the right and the left with a unique campaign that is centered around taking on America's deep state. 

"The Kennedy family, meanwhile, have repeatedly denounced their relative's efforts and are increasingly concerned that his broadly left-wing positions may siphon votes from Joe Biden. 

"Among them is RFK Jr.'s sister Rory, who explained in an interview with CNN on Monday why she feels it is "dangerous" to support her brother's campaign: 

It is really about siphoning votes from Biden. The polls I am seeing Bobby is taking 70 percent of the votes from Biden and 30 percent from Trump. I feel strongly that this is the most important election of our lifetime. 

Biden Policy Divides at Home and in Israel

Biden and his fellow Democrats have heaped shame on our once-great nation. TD

 Shmuel Klatzkin; The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"In the Middle East, they seek to reward the orgiastic terror of Hamas by making them the ones who finally achieved Palestinian statehood."

. . ."What few know and fewer yet talk about is that access to the holy places, the hospital, the university, and the Mount of Olives were guaranteed in the agreement. Here is the relevant part of the Jordanian-Israeli General Armistice Agreement of April 3, 1949, which testified to agreement to be carried out to see to “resumption of the normal functioning of the cultural and 

"In fact, the holiest place to Jews remained off-limits to them; their homes in the Jewish Quarter denied; and all access cut to the Western Wall and all the other holy sites behind the armistice line.

"You don’t hear in today’s discussion that formerly, Jews had only the most limited access. The Western Wall was along a small alleyway, and Jews were not allowed to hold any prayer services there. This was true of other places of special holiness, The graves of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of Israel, the Cave of Machpelah, had been off-limits as well, long before there was Zionism. Jews could not enter to pray, only climb an outside stair and look in.

"When Israel declared its independence in 1948 it proposed another way, more consonant with the Bible’s love and wisdom:

[Israel] will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions.

 . . ."Strange how some American leaders let guarantees to Israel lapse when it is inconvenient. What is good faith to a Machiavellian?" . . .

The West’s shameful betrayal of Israel gives Hamas the chance to kill again

" ‘Father, I killed 10 Jews! I killed 10 Jews with my bare hands. Check your WhatsApp. Father, be proud of me!” 

"Have we forgotten? Have we really forgotten so quickly the monstrous events of October 7 last year that we genuinely want an immediate ceasefire in Gaza before Hamas has been utterly destroyed as a military force and potential government there? 

"As we watched the British ambassador to the UN raise her hand at the Security Council meeting this week to vote for a ceasefire, alongside the Chinese and Russians, leaving our ally the US in the cold as the only member abstaining, do we not feel embarrassed, even ashamed? I know I do. 

"How proud I would have felt if we had actually had the guts to veto a resolution that is designed to prevent Israel from genuinely exercising her right to self-defence, which Britain and America were so quick to declare they believed in back in October – however, hypocritically, as it turns out. For Israel’s “right to self-defence” is utterly worthless if its forces are stopped from entering Rafah and annihilating the Hamas leadership there. 

. . ."The Israeli lawyer said he repeatedly started asking her about her sex life and when her period was due while she was held alone in a child’s bedroom and chained by her left ankle. She said he would sometimes sit beside her on the bed, lift her shirt and touch her. 

"Then, on the morning of October 24, Muhammad unchained her from the bed and led her to the bathroom, where she undressed and began washing herself in the bathtub. Before she was finished, he returned and stood in the doorway, holding a pistol.

" 'He came towards me and shoved the gun at my forehead," Soussana said during her Times interview. He then hit her, forcing her to remove her towel, groped her, sat her on the edge of the bathtub and hit her again. 

" 'He sat me on the edge of the bath. And I closed my legs. And I resisted. And he kept punching me and put his gun in my face," Soussana said. "Then he, with the gun pointed at me, forced me to commit a sexual act on him," she recalled." . . . 

Our Rashida Tlaib foreign policy; Can Israel ever forgive us?

In 1940 during the Blitz, Winston Churchill's big fear was Germany dominating England and establishing a pro-German government. That happened with Quisling in Norway, and Laval and Petain in France. Now Israel is faced with a pro-Hamas "ally": the United States in the person of Joe Biden, the Democrat Party, and its host of pro-Islamic members such as Rashida Tlaib, AOC, Pramila Jayapal, Ilhan Omar, and enough others to make a considerable anti-Israel faction in Congress. A faction that has brought Joe Biden to heel and caused that feckless man to desert a faithful American friend and ally for decades; an ally surrounded on all sides by people who hate Israel simply because they are Israel. We must place our trust in the hands of the Living God, the Founder of Israel and the Healer of the Valley of Dry Bones who has restored Israel to the land He gave them thousands of years ago. As with Gideon so long ago, God stripped them of all their strength so all that region would know that God alone was their deliverer. The Tunnel Dweller

 Silvio Canto, Jr. - American Thinker

What makes our "abstaining" so pathetic is that Israel is defending itself.  They were attacked on October 7th.  Young women were raped at a music festival.  Families were shot at their homes.  How is Israel going to negotiate with people like that?

Tlaib

"Over at the United Nations, the U.S. showed the world that President Biden is weak. 

"We abstained from a UN vote and threw Israel under the bus because too many voters in Michigan voted uncommitted in the primary. 

"What a travesty. 

"Here is the story: 

The Biden administration declined to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution on Monday that aims to limit Israel’s ability to win its war against Hamas. Washington’s action is short-sighted and counterproductive.

 

The resolution calls for a “ceasefire” in Gaza. Four members of the U.N. Security Council voted in favor of the resolution, while the United States abstained. Israel responded by scrapping plans to send a delegation to Washington. This was the fourth attempt in recent days to pass the resolution, with members of the Security Council haggling over its language.

 "Counterproductive? 

 

"How about stabbing a friend in the back?  Shame on the Biden administration or whoever is writing all of these speeches that the president reads." . . .

Hamas Rejects Biden-Backed Lopsided Hostages-for-Terrorists Deal, Hardens Position As Western Pressure On Israel Increases (legalinsurrection.com)

. . ."According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, “Hamas’ stance demonstrates they’re not interested in continuing the negotiation and deal-making process. This is a regrettable testament to the damages caused by the UN Security Council’s decision.”

“ 'Hamas once again rejected any compromise offer from the Americans and reiterated its extreme demands: an immediate end to the war, a complete withdrawal of the IDF from the Gaza Strip and leaving its governance capabilities in place to enable it to repeat the massacre of October 7, as promised.”

“ 'Israel will not yield to Hamas’ outrageous demands and will continue to strive for all the war’s objectives: releasing all hostages, destroying Hamas’ military and ruling capabilities and ensuring Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel.” . . .

BREAKING: US Abstains As UN Security Council Passes Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire; UPDATE: Gallant Rejects – HotAir   "Oh my. Joe Biden picked this fight, and now he's going to get it -- no matter how useless this UN Security Council resolution actually is. And typically for Biden and Antony Blinken, they blundered their way into the hands of Russia and China." . . . 

Democrats and their tool Biden have turned our once great nation into the Vichy French of WW2, aligning us against our former friends and allies. TD

Douglas Murray Roasts Biden & David Cameron Israel Criticism - And A Purim Message!! (youtube.com) Comment to this video: "I hope it is of some comfort that many people in the UK loathe Sunak and Cameron, and are pro-Israel. Our voice is somewhat smothered by the woke media. You have much support amongst Christians here. Happy Purim, and may the Lord bless you all. "

Israel admits it may not be able to destroy Hamas now US has turned its back (msn.com)

Hamas has already stated – and in this, at least, one can’t fault the group for its honesty – that it is committed to repeating October 7-style massacres as soon as it gets another chance. As its spokesman Abu Obeida has stated, Hamas intends to make Israel “taste new ways of death”. The international community has clearly shown that it is happy to let Hamas have the opportunity, because the immediate ceasefire in the UN resolution is intended to be followed by “a lasting sustainable ceasefire”, in which Hamas would surely survive.

'Squad' member said claims of Hamas rapes were 'propaganda' days after lawmakers saw videos of 10/7 atrocities

Why, Mr. Bowman, did you make the statement you just made? Pictured: Gazans mock and stone the body of an Israeli kidnapped on Oct 6th. How can anybody side with these darlings of the Democrat Party?

"Extreme House Democrats remain so blinded by their Antisemitism and their love of Hamas they will not only ignore horrific crimes committed against Israeli women, but will actively seek to discredit their trauma," NRCC National Press Secretary Will Reinert told Fox News Digital in a statement."

 Story by Joe Schoffstall   "New York Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman called reports of Hamas terrorists raping Israeli women "propaganda" just days after lawmakers viewed a nearly 45-minute video of the bloody Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. 

"A social media post that slipped under the radar shows the 'Squad' member making the remarks during a Nov. 17 rally with dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in New York.

"There was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege," Bowman said in a TikTok post discovered and reported by Politico. "There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women. But they still keep using that lie [for] propaganda."

"Bowman made the contentious remarks just three days after he and other lawmakers were offered a November 14 viewing of the Hamas raid. The 150 House members who attended the screening were left in a state of "shock and disbelief" after seeing the attack, Jewish Insider reported at the time. The House Foreign Affairs Committee hosted the screening.

"Politico further noted that evidence of Hamas raping innocent women grew substantially in the months after the attacks. He also appeared to backtrack on the "propaganda" remarks in a statement provided to the publication." . . .  

White House Absurdly Claims Biden Won't Let GOP 'Defund the Police,' Other Preposterous Nonsense

"Memo to the White House: The GOP has zero intention of "defunding the police" — and you know it."

 Washington Post Fact-Checker Gives Up on Recording Biden’s Lies

The real reason the U.S. is getting involved in this situation is because Joe Biden has an electoral concern. He has to be seen as “doing something” to help the Palestinian Arabs and to interfere with Israel’s efforts to defend itself from Hamas terrorists. This is because his Democrat Party base includes loads of voters who hate Israel and support Hamas.

Biden at his most ridiculous – RedState   "Buck-passing, which embattled Joe Biden has honed to a tee throughout his miserably failed presidency, is one thing; flipping the script on the "Defund the Police" movement and now trying to blame it on the Republicans — and vowing to stop the GOP from doing so — is off-the-charts Looney Tunes. 

"Then again, Joe Biden.

"As exclusively reported by Fox News, the opening sentence reads like satire:

The White House is blasting House Republicans and accusing them of taking steps to defund the police while claiming President Biden will protect law enforcement and support crime-reducing programs. 

"Farcical — on several fronts.

"First, of course, it was Democrat city officials across America who ushered in the insanity of the Defund movement in the aftermath of George Floyd's death and subsequent left-wing riots.

"Second, to suggest that the Republican Party owns record violent crime rates in this country — which run rampant in Democrat-run cities —is preposterous. 

"Then again, Joe Biden." . . .

Which matches up well with what we know about him from the earlier criticism by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served with him under both Presidents Bush and Obama. As Gates memorably said, Joe Biden “has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”  

Now it appears that Joe Biden wants to extend his record of foreign policy wrongness into a fifth decade.

Joe Biden Isn’t a Gaffe Machine – He’s a Total Liar (1945)   . . .It would be easy to dismiss Biden’s stories about being a truck driver, confronting a local drug dealer, or even his exchanges with a friendly Amtrak conductor. Joe's being folksy is how it might be explained if Biden were just the kindly old man down the street. His "tall tales" would seem harmless.

"But Biden isn't the old man down the street – he lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and is the most powerful man in the world. 

"More importantly, in an op-ed defending the free press earlier this year, Biden wrote, "The First Amendment grants a free press extraordinary protection, but with it comes, as many of you know, a very heavy obligation: to seek the truth as best you can — not to inflame or entertain, but to illuminate and educate." 

"He added, "It matters. The truth matters.". . .

Green energy not what Greta Thunberg hopes it is

Thousands of Solar Panels in Texas Destroyed by Hailstorm

Will Tanner on X: "In yet another massive L for 'green' energy boondoggles . . .

In yet another massive L for 'green' energy boondoggles, a massive swathe

 of solar panels in Damon, Texas were taken out by a hail storm

And not only were the expensive panels rendered useless by the

weather, but now they're leaking a toxic compound, cadmium

telluride, into the… pic.twitter.com/vtKqRNxTN4

— Will Tanner (@Will_Tanner_1) March 26, 2024

In yet another massive L for 'green' energy boondoggles, a massive swathe of solar panels in Damon, Texas were taken out by a hail storm
And not only were the expensive panels rendered useless by the weather, but now they're leaking a toxic compound, cadmium telluride, into the… pic.twitter.com/vtKqRNxTN4

— Will Tanner (@Will_Tanner_1) March 26, 2024

Trump's Third Act has begun. It's a beauty.

 Scott Adams on X:  

The predictable Democrat Summer Hoax will add some excitement, but it will be forgotten and debunked by November. 

"Next week, Trump could make over $4 billion when his media company goes public, removing all doubt about his billionaire status.

"And you can stop asking if he would have been better off putting his inheritance in a savings account in the 70s. "I expect Trump to leave a 15% tip for Leticia James and the Democrats because they made his windfall possible by hunting him and censoring him for years. You can call it a bond, not a tip, if you prefer. "When the Supreme Court tosses out the unconstitutional fine, Trump gets most of his "tip" back. "The Democrats planned to cripple Trump financially so he couldn't spend as much on the campaign. Trump turned Leticia James into his best fundraiser. "Lots of interesting developments lately on the topic of the 2020 election. The Simulation wants at least one of those fresh allegations to be a Kraken. "Trump's legal maneuvering is likely to keep him eligible for the election." . . .

The Great Trumpdini strikes again!

 

The Great Trumpdini strikes again! - American Thinker   "Was there ever any doubt Donald Trump would somehow escape the clutches of his nasty, yet so incompetent enemies?  Martha Raddatz can start tearing up again, and MSNBC hosts can dejectedly trudge away from their camera positions outside Trump Tower or Trump National Golf Course.  There will be no sheriff’s deputies coming with padlocks.

"Mr. Trump got his appeal bond reduced, and he can cover the smaller amount.  Oh, and for good measure, he picks up another $3 billion in stocks next week as his Truth Social platform goes public.

"The rest of us just sit here in slack-jawed wonder to imagine what this guy will do next.  I haven’t seen somebody pull out so many aces from his sleeve since the Great Cardini.

"Letitia James will pound the table that “this changes nothing” — Trump still owes all the money from the verdict — but she is wrong.  Trump will have about two years now to go through all the New York appeals, and then probably the SCOTUS as well, to cut that judgment down to size.  I don’t think the New York appeals court would be giving Trump a break here if they didn’t think that much of Judge Engoron’s decision is weak or downright ridiculous." . . .

Reporters Hammer Home What's at the Core of Liberal America's Lust in Seizing Trump's Assets (townhall.com)

The pair invoked Sigmund Freud to analyze liberal America’s insane lust to seize Trump’s assets. They came up with how the Left’s anti-Trump tendencies reek of Soviet-style authoritarianism, infantile regression, and gross disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law—the latter part you probably already knew about. 

WATCH: Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett Lambastes AOC Over Her Juvenile Commentary on Trump's Bond – RedState   . . ."I’m not an expert in AOC-speak, and if I’m being honest, I have no clue what her point is. Watch Jake Tapper's faux-serious face—I don't think he knew either. 

"What exactly is this dramatic risk? Are we in danger? Should we take shelter?

"I was a fan of Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett’s commentary during the Trump impeachments and other matters, but I’ve never heard him quite so sharp as he was in responding to AOC Monday. He absolutely fileted her arguments:. . ."

All Biden's Fault: Hamas Rejects Latest Ceasefire/Hostage Deal, Seals Their Fate

Obama Privately Voiced Concerns That Joe Biden Could 'F--- Things up' (businessinsider.com)

RedState

"Joe Biden abandoned Israel on Monday when he refused to have the U.S. veto a UN Security Council resolution. The resolution called for an immediate ceasefire, which would then stop Israel from wiping out the Hamas terrorists. The ceasefire was not conditional on releasing the hostages, according to the Israeli UN ambassador Gilad Erdan. 

"Republicans, including Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted Biden for throwing Israel under the bus and throwing a lifeline to Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also ripped the move, saying that he would be canceling a trip to D.C. that his aides had planned. 

"So what has all that appeasement of Hamas resulted in? 

"Israel had agreed to a very bad deal in order to try to get the hostages, which included 5 Americans, out. The offer was a six week ceasefire to have an exchange of people. 

It would get out a lot of the hostages, but let a lot of Hamas murderers out who would likely come back into the war against Israel. So not a great idea. 

But even that wasn't enough now, with Biden throwing Israel under the bus and the UN being allowed to pass that disgusting resolution. Now Hamas is responding saying Israel is not responding to any "basic demand" -- that they want a comprehensive ceasefire that has Israel completely pulling out of Gaza and returns all "political prisoners" (Hamas terrorists being held by Israel). 

"So Biden's actions made Hamas even more reluctant to come to the table and deal honestly. Why should they? They know Biden and the UN will continue to pressure Israel. If they hold out, they likely believe that they can do even better and get more murderers released. That's the result of Joe Biden's weakness. Hamas doesn't care if civilians might be hurt in the process, they don't give a darn about their own people. 

"Ambassador Erdan ripped the UN Security Council vote for giving "hope" to Hamas.

"Releasing the hostages should be the first priority of the Council. Your demand for a cease-fire without making it conditional on the release of our hostages harms the efforts to release them and gives Hamas hope of achieving a cease-fire without releasing them. All council members should have opposed this resolution," Erdan said.

"So now what will the left say? Israel was willing to agree to a bad deal, but once again, it's Hamas throwing a wrench into a ceasefire deal. It's Hamas who is always the problem in this equation, yet the Biden administration and the left will continue to attack and blame Israel, while essentially helping Hamas in the process." . . .

Poll: 71% of Palestinians Support October 7 Massacre, Majority Wants Hamas Returned to Power in Gaza

That 71% would be those in Gaza City who we heard cheering at the GoPro views of Israeli families being murdered by Hamas during the actual effort at genocide. The Tunnel Dweller

Cheers for this in Gaza!

 Legal Insurrection (legalinsurrection.com)  "More than five months after Hamas-led savage marauders slaughtered more than 1200 Israeli men, women and children, support for the October 7 massacre is at an all-time high among Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

“Despite the ensuing war, the humanitarian crisis and the atrocities committed against Israelis, the vast majority of Palestinians in the West Bank (71 percent) and the Gaza Strip (71 percent) still viewed the October 7 “offensive”,” the Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported Thursday citing a poll released by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR)." . . .

. . ."The poll figures once against confirm widespread support for Hamas’s genocidal ideology among Palestinians. While Hamas led the October 7 attacks, its terrorist forces were accompanied by ordinary Gazans as they went murdering, torturing and raping their way across the communities in southern Israel.

"Earlier this month, a United Nations team that investigated the crimes committed on October 7, acknowledged that Gaza ‘civilians’ joined Palestinian terrorists in committing horrific atrocities on Israelis.

"Those who breached the “Gaza perimeter fence at multiple points” on October 7 included Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists “other armed elements and armed and unarmed civilians,” the UN report admitted.". . .

Amid Rafah criticism, Israel looking for non-American weaponry - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)  "Israel is currently trying to find a bypass to obtain weapons and raw materials from non-American outlets to overcome the material gaps of critical combat equipment, KAN News reported on Monday morning. 

(saturday-october-seven.com)

"KAN cites a security official as claiming that the "increasing criticism and delegitimization fueled by both Muslim groups and antisemites endanger the transfer of US-backed ammunition and warfare.

"There is concern that the tensions with the US are stimulated by the entry of Israeli troops into Rafah alongside the humanitarian issue in Gaza.[These factors] will affect Americans' willingness to continue assisting Israel with the same intensity."

"There are currently multiple countries that do not provide warfare to Israel and do a "quiet boycott," which states that [these countries] are bound by state laws to sell weapons to countries in conflict.

"For example, Canada stated that they would stop providing Israel with warfare last week, which includes electronic cards and subcomponents used for the Iron Dome and Italy, nor selling Israeli armaments for navy ships." . . .