We’re Trying To Make A Silk Purse Out Of A Sow’s Ear
A report from WPTV in Florida. “As of July 28, Palm Beach County has the largest inventory of homes on the market, totaling over 13,000 active homes for sale. A Treasure Coast couple spoke with WPTV about their struggle to sell their property as they plan to make space for a growing family. Brian Delahunty and his wife, Carol, moved to Hutchinson Island from Long Island, New York at the end of 2020 with dreams of living on the beach. ‘When we moved here it was like well, if you like this you better make a deal for today because it will be gone tomorrow,’ said Brian Delahunty. Today, they are trying to sell their beachfront condo and move into a new home in Fort Pierce, but the couple’s newly renovated condo has been on the market since February. ‘I figured time would be a month or two, maybe three… It’s been almost six months now, and it’s just a little frustrating,’ Delahunty said. Homes sitting empty for months at a time is something that’s increasingly becoming more common in our area. ‘Our realtor Joe Tumolo had warned us that the market was a little saturated and that the condos aren’t selling as quickly,’ Carol Delahunty said.”
“WPTV reporter Brooke Chau sat down with their realtor Joe Tumolo about why there are so many homes in the area sitting on the market and dropping in price. ‘Interest rates are the number one reason,’ Tumolo said. ‘Affordability is a real issue. Interest rates, property taxes, insurance—they all add up and wages just haven’t kept pace.'”
The Herald Tribune in Florida. “The Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee’s June findings showed ‘year-over-year declines in median sale prices across all property types and both counties.’ The median sale price on single-family homes dropped 8.1% in Sarasota County — from $495,000 to $455,000 — and 15.2% in Manatee County — from $518,950 to $440,000 — compared with June 2024. Both counties also saw dips in the median sale price for townhomes and condos, with a 3.2% decline from $384,000 to $371,020 in Sarasota and a 9.2% decline from $344,495 to $312,900 in Manatee compared to the previous year. ‘The condo and townhome market is showing more resilience in pricing compared to single-family homes this month, but sales cycles are stretching, and inventory has grown significantly compared to 2024,’ Realtor association President Debi Reynolds said. ‘Buyers now have more leverage, and sellers must adjust accordingly.'”
From WMTW. “The number of homes for sale in Maine in June was the highest it has been in nearly five years. A total of 5,047 homes were on the market in June, up 14% from May and the first time the number has been over 5,000 since October 2020. Prices actually dropped more than 8% in both Waldo and Knox counties. ‘Discussions with realtors across Maine indicate that, for most markets, the added inventory has resulted in buyers and sellers taking more time to negotiate pricing and offer terms,’ said Jeff Harris, president of the Maine Association of Realtors.”
The Aspen Times in Colorado. “Lodging data for Western mountain resorts shows June’s booking pace is up for the first time in six months, bringing an end to the longest streak for declining bookings since 2020. However, behind the data is a sharp decrease in available lodgings for visitors to spend the night. Tom Foley, senior vice president of Business Intelligence for Inntopia and author of the market briefing report said the steep decline in available units is heavily related to a decreasing inventory of paid stay options, which mountain resort communities are seeing for two reasons: More people are choosing to vacation in units they already own — thus making the units unavailable for other renters — and more rental units are being put on the market or undergoing renovations.”
“‘Owners are staying in their units more this year than last, that’s the most common response that we’re getting,’ he said, referring to results from a survey of Inntopia’s partners. ‘A little less common (response), but well up there is that a lot of units are actively being listed for sale. … Owners are actually actively preparing to sell their unit, and so they’ve taken it off the market for that.’ Colorado makes up a large share of the ‘missing rooms.’ Of the 47,000-room decrease compared to last year, roughly 26,000 are coming from Colorado destinations. The difference is that this year it’s considerably more exaggerated compared to the norm. Unequivocally, (decreasing) international tourism is a direct result of U.S. foreign trade policy.'”
News 5 Cleveland in Ohio. “A lender is foreclosing on Downtown Cleveland’s largest apartment complex, after soaring vacancy and a debt-repayment deadline tipped Reserve Square into a hole. Fannie Mae filed a foreclosure lawsuit on July 21 in federal court against an affiliate of the K&D Group, a major Northeast Ohio landlord. The government-sponsored financing giant says K&D is in default – unable to pay off or refinance the debt on the property. ‘We’re out of ideas to fix the problem,’ Doug Price, K&D’s CEO, said during a phone interview. The apartments at Reserve Square are more than half-empty, Price said. The nearly 1,000-unit complex was 93% full about a year ago. But hundreds of international students who were scheduled to move in late last year never showed up, Price said. Other international students left as their leases came up for renewal. ‘A lot of it was the new administration’s stance on immigration,’ Price said, referring to President Donald Trump, who took office in January.”
“Cleveland State saw international-student enrollment drop last year and is bracing for more declines, amid visa crackdowns and federal policy shifts. When that pipeline of renters dried up, it was impossible to fill the void at Reserve Square fast enough. Price said K&D had a new loan lined up late last year but ultimately couldn’t move forward. ‘We were ready to go into closing and then all the vacancy happened, and both of us knew … we would be in default immediately,’ he said of discussions with the lender.”
Insauga in Canada. “A report finds housing prices have dropped by $1 million in some Greater Toronto neighbourhoods since 2022. Those who purchased at peak high prices in early 2022, and even some who bought in 2023, are losing money if they need to sell now. There are several examples of homes selling at a loss, including an Oshawa home that sold for a $510,000 loss, and a Brampton house that sold for a $520,000 loss. Since the Greater Toronto Area’s real estate market peaked in early 2022, some neighbourhoods have seen staggering declines in house prices, a report from real estate listing website Wahi noted. In fact, in 10 neighbourhoods across the GTA, the median sale price of a single-family home fell by 40 per cent in a period of three years, Wahi found. Looking at declines by dollar amount, the median price in 10 neighbourhoods across the GTA plunged by $1 million since spring three years ago.”
The Post in New Zealand. “A lone orange cone cordons off flood-damaged classrooms at Wesley Intermediate, paint flakes off its weatherboards, the windows in the hall don’t shut and some of its classrooms leak when it rains. The school and its principal Rachel Ward-McCarten have done what they can with the little they have to zhuzh it up. ‘We’re trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, to put it lightly,’ Ward-McCarten said. Its roll was meant to grow from 84 children to about 800. There’s now 120. ‘Kāinga Ora were in here doing projects with the kids around what their ideal suburbs would look like, what the housing would look like, all of that. Then there was a change of government and information slowed down.’ The housing project was cancelled about a month ago amid cuts and a repurposing of housing agency Kāinga Ora.”
“Now boarded up state houses set to be demolished for redevelopment litter the area. Some are graffitied, one is burnt out and four sit empty overlooking the school field. ‘There are families that have been moved out with the promise that their house will be rebuilt but it’s all just stopped,’ said Ward-McCarten. ‘Families have lived here for generations and they’ve been moved away and they continue to bring their kids to these schools. These are families that don’t have huge amounts of money at their disposal.’ There’s no point putting Crown money into buildings which might soon be demolished but while they wait for a decision and funding, the buildings continue to age. It was one of five Auckland Large Scale Projects set to be delivered by Kāinga Ora at a cost of almost $2b over the next 20 years.”
News.com.au in Australia. “Rebecca Welsh thought she’d found her dream home. The two-bedroom townhouse in the beachside suburb of Edithvale, Melbourne, appeared to tick all the boxes when Ms Welsh bought it at auction for $795,000 in early 2021. ‘I thought it was great location – it was close to my daughter’s school, close to public transport, close to the beach,’ the 52-year-old told news.com.au. ‘It just had everything. I wasn’t any the wiser.’ Ms Welsh was eager to move straight in and did not get a building inspection, a decision she has come to regret. The following year, she began to notice major issues with the property – and her health. Water was leaking into the kitchen in multiple areas, including through the window, rangehood and ceiling. The house was humid and had a constant damp smell. Ms Welsh was horrified when she discovered the wall cavities were damp and riddled with black mould.”
“The level of mould was ‘likely to have significant health effects to occupants,’ the report said, estimating the cost of mould remediation works to be more than $130,000. The report estimated the cost of repairs – after the mould remediation work – to be more than $200,000. ‘This place is a death trap,’ Ms Welsh said. Having run out of options, Ms Welsh said she was effectively stuck in her defective home, with no end to her ordeal in sight. ‘What do you do? Where do you go and live? I can’t sell, because I wouldn’t get a cent for it. It would have to be bulldozed. Either way, for my own mental sanity, I’ve got to get the place repaired.’ Last year, a report from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute revealed 70 per cent of the estimated 10.9 million homes across the country have some kind of major building defect.”
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‘Owners are actually actively preparing to sell their unit, and so they’ve taken it off the market for that.’ Colorado makes up a large share of the ‘missing rooms.’ Of the 47,000-room decrease compared to last year, roughly 26,000 are coming from Colorado destinations. The difference is that this year it’s considerably more exaggerated compared to the norm. Unequivocally, (decreasing) international tourism is a direct result of U.S. foreign trade policy’
There’s never a good time for a trade war Tom. Don’t everybody try to get out at the same time.
Front range west needs to crash. It crazy what snacks are going for in Gunnison, Crested butte and Teluride. It’s my favorite place on this planet but it’s crazy expensive. I’m going to Taylor Park in 2 weeks for moto off road. TP, is like going back to the 1930’s….love that place!
Gunnison
A favorite place for me too.
‘We’re out of ideas to fix the problem,’ Doug Price, K&D’s CEO, said during a phone interview. The apartments at Reserve Square are more than half-empty, Price said. The nearly 1,000-unit complex was 93% full about a year ago. But hundreds of international students who were scheduled to move in late last year never showed up, Price said. Other international students left as their leases came up for renewal. ‘A lot of it was the new administration’s stance on immigration’
There’s never a good time for mass deportations Doug. How do you like those 5% cap rates now? Note that he tossed the keys on Fannie Mae’s lap.
The apartments at Reserve Square are more than half-empty, Price said.
You sound like a glass-is-half-empty kinda guy, Dougie. Turn that frown upside down & smile the clouds away!
https://www.apartments.com/reserve-square-cleveland-oh/jx3h3x6/
Monthly Rent – $946 – $2,328
Lower the prices?
Cleveland State is a diploma mill.
I guess you mean it’s an “easy school,” not necessarily a scam outfit, I suppose.
These students don’t care. All they want is to set foot on American soil so they can overstay their visa, pop out an anchor baby or two, and afford themselves of all of that sweet, sweet due process.
Cleveland State is a diploma mill.
I would argue 75-80% of all schools are/have diploma mills, depending on the major.
An engineering degree from Football University ain’t a part of the diploma mill scenario, but I am guessing the sociology/Physical education degree might be more likely to fit that description.
“An engineering degree from Football University ain’t a part of the diploma mill scenario…”
Sadly, I’ve met a few ladies who were likely ushered along by professors to maintain the University’s quota.
As of July 28, Palm Beach County has the largest inventory of homes on the market, totaling over 13,000 active homes for sale.
It’s just a gully.
Mortgage rates have reached what appears to be a permanently high plateau.
Personal Finance
Waiting for mortgage rates to fall before buying a home? Here’s why you shouldn’t
For homebuyers waiting for their time to pounce, higher rates make it harder to get off the sidelines
By Deborah Kearns
Updated Saturday July 28
2:11 AM
The dream of dramatically lower mortgage rates in 2025 appears to be just that — a dream.
Despite widespread hopes and initial forecasts that average 30-year fixed rates would come back down to Earth and near the 5% mark, industry experts now say rates are more likely to stubbornly stay put near the mid-6% range for the rest of this year and into 2026.
The latest core inflation reading rose to 2.7% in June from 2.4% in May, helping reinforce the reality that the housing market is stuck in a higher-for-longer rate environment.
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https://qz.com/mortgage-rates-home-prices-housing-market-buyers
Realtors are liars.
Realtors are liars.
“Interest rates are the number one reason,’ Tumolo said”
Nope. It’s prices. And yes realtors are liars…..and/or just plain stupid.
Greedheads expecting 2022 prices with mortgage rates near 7% = Peak Delusion.
The cargo cult belief that interest rates are soon going to drop has led sellers to hold out for prices that are not supported by current interest rates.
When I tell young ones that mortgage rates are hovering around the long term average and are unlikely to drop anytime soon, they pout.
Tell them to study the fundamentals and historical cycles. They’ll realize their deliverance is getting near. And patience! Something the younger gens sorely lack.
Its interesting. I was talking to a super with one of our bigger builders and he said they’re getting a lot of young folk come in and not qualify….not even close. But I remember when I had my mortgage brokerage around ‘06 and ‘07 when there were signs everywhere that the crash was on, and I get these young couples begging me to get them qualified. This was during the “you only needed a pulse” phase. I was successful in talking some of them out of it, and I still get thank you’s to this day.
We inquired with a lender pacific mortgage I believe was the name. Circa 2006. During the phone call I asked the broker what I needed to bring in and he literally told me “Just tell me how much you make, and we don’t verify, That’s It!”. I kid you not.
And when I bought circa 2012, it was the exact opposite. Two years of paystubs, all of my banks accounts including retail mutual funds and retirement investestments (in a special PDF format), certification of my checking account (to ensure that I wasn’t receiving sudden cash from parents, credit reports, the worx. And this was for a 10% down conventional mortgage.
When I bought in 2013 I only brought a check. Probably less than your down payment though.
‘I figured time would be a month or two, maybe three… It’s been almost six months now, and it’s just a little frustrating,’ Delahunty said.
So now the question becomes: how much cash does this FOMO lemming & wifey have to bring to the table at closing to hive off their condo on a buyer? Or do they go the jingle mail route instead? We bitter renters don’t face such quandaries.
It’s kind of funny….it’s the swarm of locusts like them that came South and ran everything up. Is there anyone left in NY? It’s about all I see here in the Carolina’s….NY plates and now Texas plates….every where…..all the time. Crash Carolinas!!!!!
Crash Carolinas!!!!!
I am seeing houses sitting a long time here in NC. No idea of the price but maybe it is starting.
My sister is stubbornly holding on to yesteryears pricing in Raleigh/Durham. 4 and half months on the market and counting. Barely a sniff.
well it’s a good thing that the peak spring selling season is coming………………….oh wait
gosh better start dropping that price.
I’m moving there in 3 years. Tell to hold on for a 40% haircut. 😁
There’s no law against listing at a price above current market value, praying, and waiting indefinitely for a buyer that doesn’t exist to come in and pay your asking price.
‘Kāinga Ora were in here doing projects with the kids around what their ideal suburbs would look like, what the housing would look like, all of that. Then there was a change of government and information slowed down.’ The housing project was cancelled about a month ago amid cuts and a repurposing of housing agency Kāinga Ora…Now boarded up state houses set to be demolished for redevelopment litter the area’
This was the 2 billion peso guberment trust that went bust. There’s lots of photos of the new shanties about to be torn down. They look like crap boxes to me. Central planning!
Corporate greed, unchecked vibrancy, and the “cost of living crisis” have turned Las Vegas from a vacation mecca into a near-ghost town. As in 2008, LV will be at the epicenter of the bursting housing bubble.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vegas-is-not-fun-anymore-9-cups-of-coffee-and-pricier-rooms-are-steering-travelers-away-from-the-vacation-mecca-fc01db0d?mod=home_ln
‘Vegas is not fun anymore’
These journalists are bad for business. The corporates need to take a cue from the IDF and banish them with shoot on sight orders! /sarc
‘Vegas is not fun anymore’
From what the article said, it sounds pricey. I haven’t been there in decades.
IT was expensive 10 years ago, I can’t imagine now
and i’m sure there’s a lot more “diversity” that makes it even less worth the price
I’ve been on a Vegas doom loop kick for a few days now, its fascinating to me. The price quotes for basic items people drop in the comments are jaw dropping. The regulars are mad and don’t want to go anymore.
It’s so bad now that Kroger announced they are laying off a mix of 100 mechanics and truck drivers for that region. Truck drivers are the back bone of the supply chain. Apparently they need a lot less supplies in Las Vegas right now. This is going to be much bigger news soon. They are currently in denial and pretending it is just a soft month but soon it will be a stretch of months and then the tears start.
Casinos and hotels can discount quickly. Not that they will, but they can.
Long live Bob Stupak!
Tapped-out ‘Muricans forced to use BNPL schemes to buy essentials won’t be buying your overpriced shacks, FBs.
Annual “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) transaction volume is expected to reach a record $116.7 billion in 2025.
That would be double the 2022 total and 7 times higher than in 2020.
BNPL use is exploding as consumers are increasingly searching for ways to borrow for spending.
A LendingTree survey showed that ~25% of users now rely on BNPL to buy groceries, up sharply from 14% last year.
Meanwhile, almost 25% of BNPL users missed at least one payment in 2025, up from 15% in 2021, according to Fed data.
Americans are piling on debt like never before.
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1949476483346350323
I tried that once. last year they dropped the price of a M2 mac mini, $100 and applied and was turned down…..NO credit history
well yeah no credit card since i think 2011……so i forced myself to pay in ugh cash.
unamerican, paying in cash
having no credit report
sigh……………….
What is a credit report but one that simply shows how you manage debt.
Paul Krugman muh best economy ever.
A report finds housing prices have dropped by $1 million in some Greater Toronto neighbourhoods since 2022. Those who purchased at peak high prices in early 2022, and even some who bought in 2023, are losing money if they need to sell now.
LMAO. The scamdemic-era FOMO lemmings are going to be cautionary tales for a generation.
This townhouse sold for 35K in 2013. Listed now for 138K. Florida has a long way to go before a bottom is found. The 1.0 bubble collapse was brutal, it will be interesting to see what happens this time.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7268-Lago-Vista-Ct-Pensacola-FL-32506/44691124_zpid/
‘The condo and townhome market is showing more resilience in pricing compared to single-family homes this month, but sales cycles are stretching, and inventory has grown significantly compared to 2024’
This isn’t the first time they’ve reported shacks cratering more than airboxes.
‘mould remediation works to be more than $130,000. The report estimated the cost of repairs – after the mould remediation work – to be more than $200,000. ‘This place is a death trap,’ Ms Welsh said. Having run out of options, Ms Welsh said she was effectively stuck in her defective home, with no end to her ordeal in sight. ‘What do you do? Where do you go and live? I can’t sell, because I wouldn’t get a cent for it. It would have to be bulldozed’
It was still way cheaper than renting Becky.
Ms Welsh was eager to move straight in and did not get a building inspection, a decision she has come to regret.
Imagine how that $400-$500 would have felt now
‘In fact, in 10 neighbourhoods across the GTA, the median sale price of a single-family home fell by 40 per cent in a period of three years, Wahi found. Looking at declines by dollar amount, the median price in 10 neighbourhoods across the GTA plunged by $1 million since spring three years ago’
They have the various sh$tholes broken down at the link if you want the details. I’d bet the Ontario cottage/igloo clusters are worser, half or more.
Re-post from the last thread:
“The market gap is clear. We don’t build starter homes anymore. We don’t build backyard cottages, garage apartments, or other small-scale dwellings. The only products that get built are big, expensive, and debt-dependent because that’s what today’s financing system demands.”
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/7/21/what-happens-when-housing-prices-go-down-because-they-are
Condos are our starter homes now. There are plenty of townhomes too; everyone seems to forget about those. Backyard cottages and garage apartments tend to be rentals, not purchases.
Ugh, no ADU’s please.
It’s really too bad, because my ideal house is a 500-700 sq ft jewel box with all the same fine finishes but none of the bloat. Houses like that have massive curb appeal. But now they’re just seen as slum housing, packed onto a lot.
You might have loved my grandmother’s house.
Why are the retail investor muppets chasing yields in Wall Street’s rigged casino when they can go with the far safer option of short-term T-bills or CDs?
https://www.marketwatch.com/picks/this-6-month-cd-is-offering-5-12-and-9-more-of-the-best-cd-apys-of-july-2025-384f0c7f?mod=home_ln
Canada’s Liberal Party – ideological clones of our own Democrat-Bolsheviks – are similarly all-in on facilitating the globalist-directed mass migration of “refugees,” asylum seekers, ethnic criminal gangs, and benefits spongers, at a ruinous cost to taxpayers and the Heritage Canadian population.
Ottawa’s hotel bill for asylum seekers reaches $1.1-billion
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawas-hotel-bill-for-asylum-seekers-reaches-11-billion/
Tampa flood victims still waiting for local relief, months after Helene and Milton
Nearly a year after hurricanes Helene and Milton washed through Tampa, millions of dollars in local relief remain undistributed, leaving working and middle‑class families in limbo.
In South Tampa, the once‑bustling street where Carson Dobrin raised her two sons is quiet enough that wind chimes are the loudest sound.
“These are my boys’ bedrooms — each had a room, and it was completely destroyed,” Dobrin said, pointing to the gutted walls.
Dobrin has weathered seven storm seasons in her house, but nothing prepared her for the aftermath of Helene. She applied to the Homeowner Disaster Assistance Program and was first approved for $5,000 — then upgraded to $15,000.
“I’m still paying the mortgage on my house, plus I’m renting a home,” she said. “The hold‑up has been really hard.”
Councilman Luis Viera, who calls North Tampa “the working‑class backbone of Tampa,” says the city must expedite the money. Viera notes that many residents were denied federal help after failing income thresholds.
“There are welders, electricians, public‑school teachers, first responders, nurses, people without flood insurance in Zone X, who had everything taken away,” Viera said. “All they want is a shot at a program that gives them something back.”
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/product-pages/nyc/news/2025/07/22/helene-and-milton–tampa-flood-victims-still-wait-for-local-relief
That’s some sound lending Luis.
I”m sorry, why does the government have to do everything?????
they rolled the dice and didn’t have flooid insurance, why is it my responsibility to clean their finances up?
The city is responsible for the streets and such, the house is your problem.
https://i.imgflip.com/1l6n62.jpg
Tampa flood victims still waiting…
CGI Merchant To Hand Miami Beach Hotel To Lender Seeking $69M Foreclosure
Rather than fight off another foreclosure lawsuit against a property it owns, Raoul Thomas’ CGI Merchant Group plans to relinquish an art deco South Beach hotel to its lender.
The owner of a $69M mortgage tied to The Park Central Miami Beach hotel filed a foreclosure complaint in Miami-Dade Circuit Court last week against CGI Merchant, alleging Thomas’ firm defaulted on the loan in March 2023 and has failed to bring it current since then.
In a statement to Bisnow on Wednesday, a CGI Merchant spokesperson said it is working with the lender, an entity linked to hotelier Shadi Shomar, on a smooth transfer of the property.
“CGI believes it has added significant value and CGI worked closely to vet and work with the new owner’s team to cultivate a successful and smooth transfer of ownership,” the spokesperson said.
Thomas purchased the 140-room hotel — which spans four buildings at 620, 626, 640 and 650 Ocean Drive and is also known as Gabriel South Beach — in 2021 for $108M. Deutsche Bank provided a $71M loan for the acquisition, according to property records provided by Vizzda and cited in the complaint.
The Coconut Grove-based real estate investor defaulted on the loan when it matured in March 2023, according to the complaint. The loan initially matured in January, but CGI spent $5M in two separate payments to extend the maturity to March before failing to pay off the mortgage, according to the complaint.
In May 2024, Deutsche Bank scheduled a foreclosure auction for the building, The Real Deal reported at the time, via the Uniform Commercial Code, which allows for a speedier takeover by foreclosing on the ownership entity rather than the property itself.
The auction was eventually delayed as Thomas fought to hang on to that property and the Gabriel Downtown Miami, which was also the subject of a UCC foreclosure push.
There was little movement with the property until February, when Deutsche quietly transferred the loan — still with a $69M unpaid balance — to Park Central Lender LLC, an entity controlled by Shomar.
https://www.bisnow.com/south-florida/news/hotel/cgi-merchant-waves-goodbye-to-another-miami-asset-130264
Just like that Raoul, you gave it away.
How many nights would this hotel need to be booked to break even at $750K/door? The building itself has some nice paint but I bet it’s old inside.
Louisville has changed how vacant properties are boarded up
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg says house fires are down 63 percent in two Louisville neighborhoods because of a pilot program centered around securing abandoned homes in west Louisville.
Over the last year, the city, led by fire officials and Codes & Regulations, have made a simple but substantial change in how they board up vacant homes, trading plywood for see-through plastic.
“It’s hard…It’d be difficult for somebody to really just try to shatter this or break in,” said Jackie Floyd, longtime community leader in the Russell neighborhood.
Floyd says the pilot program to prevent break-ins and house fires in the west end has been effective so far.
“They’re not trying to intentionally set the place on fire, they’re just trying to keep warm, but fire can spread if you’re not careful, especially [to] the next house,” she told WHAS11 Wednesday.
During the first year of this pilot program, the city says it’s reduced vacant house break-ins in the Portland and Russell neighborhoods by more than 20, and we’re told the number of homes that have been broken into multiple times has gone from 17 to 0.
“Installing the clear boarding on these properties, it’s much harder to get in,” Louisville’s assistant fire chief Brian Meurer said to reporters.
Floyd said the progress is great, but added the community still needs more support from the city and property owners to ensure homes never get to the point of deterioration and decay.
LFD says abandoned structures pose a significant risk to the community at large, with nearly 25% of empty building fires extending to neighboring properties.
https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/louisville-abandoned-property-fire-decrease/417-05b49a6c-704f-4078-9288-13861b8dd6a6
There’s photos of this at the link. I can remember these popping up in the 2000’s foreclosure work, but I never installed one. You only need something like this if you have foreclosures sitting around for years.
You only need something like this if you have foreclosures sitting around for years.
I thought there was a housing shortage??????
Maybe instead of sitting on their asses in their patrol cars at Dunkin Donuts the cops could inspect these homes once in a while?
For Pa.’s NIOSH employees, uncertainty remains amid lawsuits and mixed signals
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled through its shadow docket earlier this month that President Donald Trump could move forward with plans to fire tens of thousands of federal workers, U.S. government employees across Pennsylvania braced themselves.
Philip Glover, the national vice president of the district of the American Federation of Government Employees that covers Pennsylvania and Delaware, says thousands of employees have likely been laid off around the country since the ruling, though exact numbers haven’t been shared with unions yet.
But for employees at the Pittsburgh-area campus for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the ruling only added to a sense of uncertainty that workers say has become a constant of employment under the Trump administration.
“It’s been the entire range of human emotion,” Suzanne Alison, a steward at the local chapter of the American Federation of Government Employees and a NIOSH employee, told the Capital-Star after the ruling. “I haven’t talked to a single person who feels like their job is safe.”
For Pennsylvania-based NIOSH employees, nothing has been normal since the beginning of the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce. There were the layoffs of probationary employees (workers who have been with the agencies less than one or two years), buyouts and offers of early retirement, and the reduction in force notices, which alerted employees across both divisions that many jobs would be terminated this summer.
With so many people remaining on administrative leave, many affected mine safety workers are coming into work on a voluntary basis. Brendan Demich, chief steward of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) local chapter that represents the Pittsburgh-area NIOSH employees, and an employee of the coal mine safety division, says morale has dropped.
“It’s really hard to do anything,” he said. “It feels a lot more precarious right now.”
https://penncapital-star.com/uncategorized/for-pa-s-niosh-employees-uncertainty-remains-amid-lawsuits-and-mixed-signals/
Discovery under roadside sign exposes ‘frightening’ reality of deepening Aussie crisis
As Australia’s population continues to expand in record numbers, there is an urgent need to solve the housing crisis sweeping almost every part of the nation.
But doing so is having far-reaching ramifications for the environment, with wildlife fatally impacted by busier roads and an ever-growing problem with waste and illegal dumping as housing rapidly expands into rural areas. Photos supplied to Yahoo News this week lay bare the issue in sobering light.
One image shows a massive pile of litter directly under a sign warning of fines of up to $6,000 for the destructive act. The “frightening” reality, one resident who painstakingly collated the rubbish from the 30 metres surrounding the sign told Yahoo News, is that if he hadn’t picked it up, “it would all still be there”.
The resident, who asked to remain anonymous, told Yahoo that he grew fed up with looking at the piles of discarded items near the sign, so he decided to give it a quick tidy-up.
But the mess took six hours over three days to remove. While this small stretch of Ironbaark Road, which connects Baccus Marsh to Ballan on the outskirts of Melbourne, was clear, thousands of kilometres of road in the region remain covered in litter and illegally dumped items.
“This sort of thing happens on roads all over Victoria,” he said. “I get the sense that people just don’t care.”
Danny Gorog, CEO and founder of council reporting app Snap Send Solve, previously told Yahoo News illegal dumping “signals a bigger issue with waste disposal accessibility and awareness”.
“Whether it’s dumped tires in fields or household waste dumped in laneways, it shows we need better solutions to make proper disposal easier and more convenient. While most people do the right thing, it only takes a few to create a big mess for everyone else.”
The Melbourne resident who is documenting the problem in his local area said that he is “confronted with plastic waste” every time he leaves the house.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/discovery-under-roadside-sign-exposes-frightening-reality-of-deepening-aussie-crisis-223501720.html
Check out the photos. Australians apparently have a big problem with public dumping.
invite the 3rd world, become the 3rd world
Also most nanny states make dumping so expensive and painful that it becomes easier (and sometimes cheaper) and worth the risk to just throw it in a field. (see Colorado).
Some years ago someone abandoned an old mobile home on I-25. They were careful and removed the VIN numbers.
And I bet that other dumpers stopped by later to hide more trash inside the mobile home.
Mark Carney faces the politics of concession
August is coming, and Mark Carney will have to learn how to manage the politics of concession.
The Prime Minister holds power because voters judged him most able to wrestle with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade threats. How will they judge him when he gives ground?
Mr. Carney has been working to lower expectations before a theoretical Aug. 1 deadline for a Canada-U.S. deal. Two weeks ago, he indicated it will probably include some tariffs. Last week, he cast doubt on whether there will be a deal by Aug. 1.
Mr. Trump also suggested a deal might not come – but of course, that’s his way of stepping up pressure. For Mr. Carney, the political danger isn’t just that Mr. Trump might not make a deal by the deadline.
He didn’t actually promise to prevent Mr. Trump from imposing tariffs at all, but rather to strengthen the domestic Canadian economy and diversify trade to cope. But he certainly made it sound like he wasn’t going to swallow a bunch of concessions. And that’s what making a deal entails.
Signing onto a deal that spares Canada’s auto sector from disaster, for example, might also mean swallowing steep tariffs on steel – with Ottawa spending large sums on a bailout package to keep the sector afloat.
“This is the world we’re in for a while. And we need to think about the best way out of this,” Goldy Hyder, president of the Business Council of Canada, said in an interview. “We may need to swallow more than we want to, to get to the place where, I think, the off-ramp is.”
And once Mr. Carney makes any deal, the politics of dealing with Mr. Trump’s threats will change dramatically. It will certainly require making concessions.
That would transform Mr. Carney from a Prime Minister who promises he won’t accept a bad deal to a politician who has to defend its disappointments.
He can promise that nation-building projects will boost the economy, but that won’t lead to orders for Canadian steel for years. In the meantime, there will be added pressure to add industry bailouts to a ballooning deficits.
And Mr. Carney doesn’t have a free hand to wait. Business leaders are screaming for a deal to reduce uncertainty for investors. Once he makes it, Mr. Carney’s political challenge will defending the concessions he accepted.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-carney-trump-trade-deal-us-tariffs-concession/
I really hope that these trade deals are resolved soon. 47 is just too obsessed with them and isn’t paying any attention to anything else. We really need his attention on the immigration front and on the H-1B front.
I just read on X somewhere that Indian H-1bs are making $150K at their jobs in tech, and then they finagle (bribe) to get their wives a nice six-figure job too. No wonder they’re taking over all the nice areas. Evidently the companies don’t care because they’re all staffed with Indian hiring managers who just want to bring in more and more. I guess all we can hope for is that someone is able to stop the imports, and after a couple generations the citizen kids will assimilate into American high-trust values.
In the East Bay city of Fremont CA, foreign born is over 50% and most of it is from India. We literally have cities where the majority of the domestic population has been replaced already. There needs to be more awareness that this isn’t a some day kind of thing, it is already happening.
I know an Indian guy who lives in Fremont.
More awareness, did you say?
The #Noticing will continue…
Christian singer forced to move concerts in Canada
An American pro-life Christian singer with links to supporting the MAGA movement was forced to find alternative venues for six of his prescheduled concerts in eastern Canada after local authorities canceled them at the original sites because of what he called “religious persecution.”
Singer Sean Feucht, who is also a missionary and author, had his planned concert in Halifax canceled by Parks Canada due to “evolving safety and security considerations.”
It came after all six of Feucht’s previously scheduled concerts across eastern Canada were canceled over concerns about public safety, security, and community standards.
“After careful review, and due to heightened public safety concerns, Parks Canada has notified the organizer that the permit has been revoked,” the agency said in a statement Wednesday.
On X, Feucht questioned the cancellation, writing, “You mean the same place where a pride parade was last week they don’t want Christians praying this week?”
“Now that doesn’t sound very tolerant Canada. 🤔”
“Here’s the hard truth: If I had shown up with purple hair and a dress, claiming to be a woman, the government wouldn’t have said a word. But to publicly profess deeply held Christian beliefs is to be labeled an extremist — and to have a free worship event classified as a public safety risk,” he wrote.
“The Let Us Worship movement was born as an organic response to authoritarian COVID-19 lockdown policies — policies that, in Canada, were among the most oppressive in the world. The pandemic may be over, but the anti-Christian bias remains.”
https://www.todayville.com/edmonton/christian-singer-forced-to-move-concerts-in-canada/
Canada’s globalist quisling government has a pathological hatred of Christians, especially those who don’t bow a knee to globalist dogma & agendas.
A few years ago a group of Canadian street preachers tried to hold a pro-life protest, and were promptly attacked by the Soros Scum. The legendary Canada Pan Man gave two of the Antifa thugs a lesson in FAFO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-cYexgTL44
More Canadians may be thinking of a staycation this summer. But has domestic travel become unaffordable?
Whether you’re camping under the stars, jumping off the dock at a lakeside cottage, strolling the coast or exploring a new city, there’s arguably nothing better than a summer vacation in Canada. Assuming, of course, you can afford it.
From accommodations to flights, Canadians may be noticing higher prices on domestic travel this season. And that’s in part because of increased demand, say industry experts who note more Canadians are opting for summer trips at home instead of travelling to the U.S.
For some would-be travellers, the cost is prohibitive or simply too high to justify.
Natasha Beitman Brener, a 33-year-old lawyer in Kingston, Ont., says she was hoping to take a five-day road trip with her mother this summer after getting some unexpected and rare time off between trials.
They looked at locations such as Ottawa, Quebec City and Manitoulin Island, but every single option would have cost between $3,000 and $5,000 for five days once you tack on expenses, Brener said. The Airbnb or hotel alone would have cost $2,000 anywhere, she added.
So, they’re not going.
“It’s not even about being able to afford it, although that’s true, too. But it just seems so crazy when we used to go to Europe for two months in the summer” for $15,000, Brener said.
“We’re the folks buying Canadian, or not American, in the grocery stores and we won’t travel to the States, but we also can’t justify $300 per night for a studio Airbnb.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/affordable-vacation-canada-1.7588565
‘it just seems so crazy when we used to go to Europe for two months in the summer” for $15,000’
Yeah Natasha, you were stealing our jobs and we had to defend yer frozen wasteland for decades while you fly around the world on extended vacations with free healthcare. Keep those elbows up!
Overcrowded conditions plague Otay Mesa and other immigrant detention facilities
San Diego County’s Otay Mesa Detention Center is among many immigration detention facilities nationwide beset by overcrowding – from detainees sleeping on the floor to deferred medical care resulting in hospitalizations, according to research and reports from immigration lawyers.
“A system that was very inconsistent to begin with is now complete chaos,” said Michael Garcia, San Diego County’s chief deputy public defender.
Garcia oversees the county’s immigrant defense program, through which more than 50 attorneys provide free legal representation to women and men detained at Otay Mesa.
“We’re definitely seeing it,” Garcia said of overcrowding conditions. “I get reports from my attorneys when they visit their clients all the time.”
From the outside, the Otay Mesa Detention Center looks like a prison. It’s surrounded by tall barbed wire fences, guards and security cameras monitor every visitor. Windowless walls prevent anyone from the outside from seeing inside.
But the facility is not technically a prison or a jail. Immigration detention is classified as civil detention because people are not being held because of a specific criminal offense. It’s meant to house people waiting to be deported or for their hearing before an immigration judge. Not people facing criminal trials.
“They call it civil detention as a way to differentiate it from incarceration,” said Tracy Crowley, a lawyer with the Immigrant Defenders Legal Center. “But I worked as a criminal defense attorney for years. It’s no different.”
Guards often refuse to call detainees by their names. Instead, they use the last four digits of someone’s case number, according to Sydney Johnson, an associate attorney with Jacobs and Schlesinger.
Johnson has also heard guards refer to detainees as, “body.” For example, “Do you have the body? Or are you transferring the body to legal?”
“It just takes away from their humanity,” Johnson said. “It’s hard to listen to.”
Garcia, who runs the county’s immigrant defense program, said confusion is the primary problem. Almost like the system is not built to process so many cases so quickly.
“It’s so overcrowded that there’s confusion up and down the system,” he said. “Somebody will be told that they’re going to have their credible fear interview on an asylum case, and it never happens,” he said.
Lawyers told KPBS that agents inside the detention center pressure detainees to sign “voluntary departure” papers, which is essentially a form of self-deportation.
“A lot of the clients are just choosing to not fight their case anymore,” Garcia said. “Which is probably by design and exactly what the administration wants.”
All the lawyers KPBS spoke to said they feel guilty whenever they leave Otay Mesa.
“It feels really bad, in a way, to leave knowing that my clients can’t leave,” Crowley said.
Johnson said sometimes it feels like “cruelty is the point.” That the administration wants both immigrants and their lawyers to burn out.
“To encourage people to just give up and go home, and maybe even to encourage attorneys that maybe this isn’t something you can do for a long time because it’s heartbreaking,” she said.
https://www.kpbs.org/news/local/2025/07/28/overcrowded-conditions-plague-otay-mesa-and-other-immigrant-detention-facilities
Overcrowded conditions plague Otay Mesa and other immigrant detention facilities
Guess we need to get some more airplanes in the mix.
I read summer travel is down, so I am guessing some planes should be available and if there aren’t any right now, at the end of summer there certainly will be more planes available.
This is all so silly. This place is literally on the border. Just call them all a Mexican Uber and get rid of them. If they can’t afford the fare, walk them to the gate. Someone needs to be fired if there is a backlog.
Well no, they still have to get their Due Process, which involves at least a real immigration hearing in front of a judge. I think things will speed up once they start hiring more judges with money from the Big Beautiful Law.
The Harvard exit: Why this Indonesian scholar chose to leave
It was not how she imagined her Harvard story would end. But for Maria Cellina Wijaya, known as Celline, her Harvard chapter became a lesson in how quickly a dream can unravel.
On paper, her Boston life was ideal: Harvard credentials, a research-assistant role, a stable salary and a $2,500 stipend from the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP). For many young Indonesians, her path was proof that global dreams were close at hand.
Then she made a choice that stunned her 220,000 Instagram followers: she would “self‑deport.” “That’s such a unique term, ‘self-deport’,” Celline says. “It started in December, when it became clear Donald Trump would return to the White House.”
Within months she withdrew her PhD admission and formally left Harvard Medical School. Now she’s back home in Surabaya, where it feels safer.
When Trump won his first term, I was also living in Boston. I remember how silence fell over classrooms the morning after Election Day. My friends and I were paralyzed with fear. And then stories emerged of minorities being harassed on their usual routes to class.
None of us imagined it could get worse. But it did, and Celline lived through that. Weeks after Trump’s return to office in February, simply walking across campus became risky for international students and immigrants.
“By March, there was a lot of news about ICE officers,” Celline recalls, referring to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “They were roaming campuses, asking for visas, passports, I‑20s [certificate of eligibility for international students].”
In April, Indonesian student Aditya Harsono was detained by ICE shortly after his visa was revoked without notice over a 2022 misdemeanor conviction for graffiti. Across New England, nearly 100 student visas were revoked, some in connection with pro‑Palestine activism, but some for minor infractions like traffic violations.
Students across universities faced visa terminations with little explanation or recourse. Reports describe how public places, parks, museums and sidewalks that once felt open now feel like surveillance zones.
Before boarding the flight home, Celline had secured a research role at Harvard’s School of Public Health and planned to pursue a PhD.
With LPDP funding and a one‑year contract on campus, her path seemed steady, until Trump took office again in 2025. Soon, the National Institute of Health froze new grants and slashed indirect-cost allowances to around 15 percent, down from previous levels of 27-60 percent, effectively reducing federal support for research nationwide.
The slashes led to hiring freezes, paused projects and stalled research for Harvard’s public health teams. For Celline, her friends’ stalled careers were an early warning.
Then came the personal reckoning: she was pregnant and due to give birth in June, when her contract was due for renewal. “If my contract wasn’t extended, I would have to fly back 30 hours back to Indonesia with a newborn,” she said.
Trump’s push to remove birthright citizenship by revoking the 14th Amendment only added pressure. As a J‑1 visa holder with two dependents, she had more at stake than many peers.
“Everyone told me to stay, but I had to take care of my family,” she says. “If we get deported […] that’s just too disruptive, especially to my kid’s life. So I made the strategic choice to leave early.”
Back in Surabaya, Celline welcomed her second child in June and resumed her career as a lecturer in public health at University of Ciputra School of Medicine. She plans to start a residency while teaching, and maybe pursue a PhD in the UK or Australia.
Will she consider returning to the US?
“The landscape has changed. What if the damage Trump has done is already too big?” she says. “It’s too risky. It’s just a highly stressful situation, it’s not good for your psychological wellbeing.”
https://weekender.thejakartapost.com/the-weekend-digest/2025/07/28/the-harvard-exit-why-this-indonesian-scholar-chose-to-leave.html
““They were roaming campuses, asking for visas, passports, I‑20s”
We used to pride ourselves on not being a papers-please country. But that was back when we were a high-trust society. No more. I carry my FedGov badge, Real ID, and passport card with me.
I really doubt ICE would randomly pull you (or anyone over) and demand proof of legal residence. I’m sure those foreign students with revoked visas were known to ICE before they were apprehended.
In April, Indonesian student Aditya Harsono was detained by ICE shortly after his visa was revoked without notice over a 2022 misdemeanor conviction for graffiti.
You’d think a foreign student would know better than spray graffiti, but they all thought they were untouchable back then.
The slashes led to hiring freezes, paused projects and stalled research for Harvard’s public health teams.
My Spidey sense tells me that won’t be any real loss, as most of the findings would not be reproducible anyway.
We don’t need any more Fauci monsters using our money to get an education.
Trump
Protest in Support of Stephen Colbert Bombs with Less than Two Dozen People
Paul Bois28 Jul 2025
The “We’re With Colbert” protest gathered outside CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s West Side and drew so few protesters that it fizzled out within minutes, according to the New York Post. Organizers said they intended it as a nationwide call for “integrity.”
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/07/28/new-york-protest-in-support-of-stephen-colbert-less-than-two-dozen-people/
That’s a good one, Steven Colbert has no integrity.
56 Irish nationals arrested as part of President Trump’s immigration crackdown
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested at least 56 Irish nationals as part of President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration crackdown so far this year.
Of these, 43 have either been deported or are scheduled for deportation. According to data obtained by the Sunday Independent, 35 males and 21 females were arrested. The majority of these were in Boston, New York or New Jersey and were mostly in their 20s overstaying their three-month tourist visas.
As well as the 43 Irish citizens who were deported, the figures show many more are being detained.
Despite President Trump’s claims that his administration is seeking out the “worst of the worst” and that they are attempting to deport “dangerous criminals”, the majority of Irish people deported had no criminal record.
Of the 43, 10 had a criminal conviction, while six were facing a criminal charge, the data shows.
Figures separately provided by Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs showed 43 Irish people have sought consular assistance for deportation related issues in the US so far this year. This is a sharp rise from previous years. There were 15 such cases last year, 18 in 2023, 11 in 2022 and five in 2021.
The figures were provided in response to a series of parliamentary questions to the Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Harris, who said his officials stand ready to provide all possible consular assistance to Irish citizens in difficulty abroad.
“It is important to note that this figure only relates to cases where a citizen or their family has requested consular assistance and does not necessarily reflect all deportations to Ireland or where a citizen is currently being detained by ICE.”
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/56-irish-nationals-arrested-part-32147739
Despite President Trump’s claims that his administration is seeking out the “worst of the worst” and that they are attempting to deport “dangerous criminals”, the majority of Irish people deported had no criminal record.
They keep beating this drum.
I clearly recall Homan saying that if other illegals were caught while searching for the criminals, that they would be apprehended too.
No, even that’s not right. I doubt that these Irish ladies were caught hanging out with TdA and got sucked into some ICE raid. And why are these foreign newspaper *so* bloody interested in supporting their citizen breaking American laws? Times of India is indignant that we haven’t given them the entire store.
Homan is too focused on his Public Safety Threats and can’t seem to say anything else.
Kristi is too interested in her makeup and beach-wave hair. She and Pam should make “get ready with me” tick-tocks — that’s all they’re good for.
Karoline had the right answer — “they’re all criminals” — but nobody trusts Podium Barbie.
Stephen Miller looks and sounds like Dr. Evil so he’s no good either.
47 falls back on “jail prisons and mental institutions” so much I’m starting to doubt his acuity myself.
Marco is ok but he’s a couple steps removed from most of this.
JD is too busy going “on vacation” every which where.
So I think the best action is to give up on messaging, ignore the media, and just go with the laws as written. And those Irish violated visa law. Bye.
I read another article with a white guy saying, ‘they aren’t arresting Irish in Boston.’ They sure are!
32-year-old faces deportation in Elmore County kidnapping case
A man who local prosecutors say is in the country illegally is undergoing deportation procedures in connection with an Elmore County case.
In early January, Yordy Noe Centeno-Melchor, 32, was arrested for allegedly attempting to kidnap a 17-year-old female from the Boy’s Store in Holtville, said District Attorney CJ Robinson. The teen was in the parking lot when Centeno-Melchor allegedly approached the girl and asked her to look at his cell phone. He then allegedly offered her money and told her to get into his vehicle.
Centeno-Melchor could not be reached for comment, and records do not show if he has an attorney in the federal courts.
Centeno-Melchor fled the scene when a bystander noticed something was off and walked over to ask about the situation, Robinson said. Centeno-Melchor was arrested shortly after by the Elmore and Chilton county sheriff’s offices.
“We are not dismissing any charges against Centeno-Melchor,” Robinson said. “If he ever returns to the U.S., he can, and will, be extradited back to Elmore County for prosecution on the charges involving this 17-year-old victim.”
Centeno-Melchor was living in the United States illegally, and the investigation uncovered he had previously been deported or denied entry into the U.S. six times by Immigration Customs and Enforcement, Robinson said.
Centeno-Melchor was charged in Elmore County with attempted kidnapping, court records show. He has been held in the Elmore County Jail under a $100,000 cash bond, issued by Elmore County District Judge Glenn Goggans, since his arrest in January.
The United States attorney’s office for the Middle District of Alabama has issued an indictment forCenteno-Melchor for illegal re-entry into the United States, Robinson said.
https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/crime/2025/07/28/man-32-faces-deportation-in-elmore-county-alabama-kidnapping-case/85398639007/
Deported six times, attempted kidnapping?
This is who Muh Resistance is protesting to keep in the country.
Guatemalan man living in New Bedford sentenced. He could be deported.
BOSTON — A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in New Bedford was sentenced July 23 in federal court for illegally reentering the United States after deportation, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.
Mario Lopez, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to time served, approximately four months, and two years of supervised release. The defendant is subject to deportation proceedings upon completion of the imposed sentence. In May 2025, Lopez pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
Lopez was deported from the United States on Dec. 8, 2010, after an assault conviction in Maryland, according to the release. In 2022, after his removal, Lopez attempted to return to the United States twice but was denied entry. Thereafter, Lopez unlawfully reentered the United States on an unknown date.
n November 2023, Lopez was arrested by local law enforcement in Westport on an open warrant. Lopez was later arrested in March 2024 in New Bedford for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, open and gross lewdness and an open container violation, according to the release. He was arrested again in New Bedford, in December 2024 for operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of property damage, negligent operation and other charges.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/guatemalan-man-living-in-new-bedford-sentenced-he-could-be-deported/ar-AA1JgLZ6
A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in New Bedford
Whaaaat? You mean he isn’t a New Bedford man/dad/member of the community? He’s Guatemalan now? How did that happen?
Why is he being given two years of supervised he released? He has no right to stay on American soil for anything. Get him out.
Wisconsin teens ‘would be alive today’ if alleged drunk-driving illegal immigrant wasn’t allowed in US: DHS
A pair of Wisconsin teens who were killed in a wrong-way drunk driving crash caused by an illegal migrant “would be alive today” if she hadn’t been allowed into the US, President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security raged in an online post Monday.
Honduran national Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila, 30, was drunk and driving her SUV the wrong direction on a highway outside Madison, when she allegedly struck a vehicle and killed the two teens on July 20, according to police. Passenger Hallie Helgeson, 18, died at the scene, while 19-year-old Brady Heiling, who was behind the wheel, ultimately succumbed to his injuries five days later.
“Hallie Helgeson and Brady Heiling had their whole lives ahead of them—and they would still be alive today if it weren’t for Noelia Saray Martinez-Avila—a criminal illegal alien from Honduras,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. But it wasn’t Martinez-Avila’s first rodeo.
She was convicted of driving drunk in November 2020 and has several subsequent traffic violations for driving without a license, speeding, following too closely and inattentive driving, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Due to her rap sheet, Martinez-Avila was supposed to have a device in her car that blocks the engine from starting if the driver has alcohol in their system, according to the local news outlet. However, she didn’t have the device installed at the time of the fatal crash.
DHS also raged over sanctuary policies in Dane County, where Madison is located.
“Unfortunately, this sanctuary jurisdiction has a history of not honoring ICE arrest detainers often leading to the release of murderers and other heinous criminals,” McLaughlin said.
Cops found multiple open beer cans in the Chevy Suburban, which reeked of booze, according to the State Journal. Martinez-Avila also had glassy eyes and couldn’t complete a sobriety test.
A breath test later showed she had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system, according to the outlet.
Martinez-Avila told cops she was heading from Madison to her home in Portage, but couldn’t recall her street name. She initially denied drinking that day, before saying she had two Modelos.
Heiling was initially airlifted from the crash as he fought for his life through multiple unsuccessful surgeries.
“We are weak, weary and heart broken and need to rest,” Brady Heiling’s mother, Jen Heiling, posted online following her son’s tragic death.
Martinez-Avila has been charged with two counts of felony vehicular homicide and impaired driving. ICE has since lodged a detainer to take the alleged killer into federal custody and pursue her deportation.
The illegal immigrant crossed the southern border illegally in February 2018 and was released by the feds after claiming to be two months pregnant, sources told The Post. Her first immigration hearing is scheduled for December.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/28/us-news/two-wisconsin-teens-would-still-be-alive-if-not-for-sanctuary-policies-protecting-illegal-immigrant/
Every D-voter owns this.
Every. Single. One.
North Texans, family members of detainees hold protest outside of Dallas ICE facility
At just 17 years old, Gabriella Perez has a lot to carry. “It should be memorizing school deadlines and not eight numbers to be able to contact their loved ones,” said Perez as she spoke in front of a crowd of people outside the Dallas ICE field office.
“Don’t forget where you come from,” Perez said. “Don’t ever forget to stand up for your people.”
She’s standing up for her dad, who she said was detained by ICE on Wednesday.
“He was on his way to work, and six cars got in front of him and they basically surrounded him,” Perez said.
She said her uncle and two cousins were detained in a separate incident too.
“I have felt followed,” she said. “All the times I’ve heard that immigration was near my house, it was all because they, we were being haunted. I feel like as if I’m a criminal even though I’m a US citizen. I feel like I’m being targeted. I feel like just seeing my whole family being targeted, it’s unfair.”
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/community-holds-vigil-outside-dallas-ice-office-amid-claims-inhumane-conditions/287-6a0417c2-9e91-44cd-8556-4464b9cf7ccc
They’ll get used to the outhouse Gabbie.
“Don’t forget where you come from,” Perez said. “
You mean somewhere south of the Rio Grande? Since remembering this is so important, I suggest going home.
Real Journalists.
Suspect in South Dallas homicide on ICE hold, charged with murder
DALLAS – Dallas police responded to a call for service in South Dallas in the 6200 block of Military Parkway around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 27.
The preliminary investigation determined that when officers arrived, they located an unresponsive victim at the location.
Dallas Fire-Rescue responded and the victim died.
According to the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office, the victim has been identified as 27-year-old Uriel Habram Palafox Rocha. The M.E. report shows Rocha died in his neighbor’s backyard at 4 a.m.
The suspect, 43-year-old Rafael Baez Yanez, was arrested in connection with this offense. He is charged with murder.
According to the Dallas County Jail, Yanez has been placed on an ICE hold and no bond is allowed.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/south-dallas-homicide-investigation-leads-arrest
Medical workers charged for blocking ICE arrest of illegal at California clinic
Two staff members at a clinic in Ontario, California were arrested by federal authorities after allegedly interfering with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest of an illegal alien.
Major media reported that ICE agents went inside the clinic to arrest an illegal who was a patient there. That narrative has been debunked.
Honduran national Denis Guillen-Solis, a landscaper, allegedly tried to evade law enforcement by going inside the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center, where he was not a patient.
“ICE officers conducted a targeted enforcement operation to arrest two illegal aliens. Officers in clearly marked ICE bulletproof vests approached the illegal alien targets as they exited a vehicle,” the Department of Homeland Security posted to X.
ICE agents pursed the man into the clinic to detain Guillen-Solis when two clinic staff attempted to block the arrest, authorities said. He was ultimately taken into federal custody.
“One of the illegal aliens, Denis Guillen-Solis who is from Honduras, fled on foot to evade law enforcement. He ended up near the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center where hospital staff assaulted law enforcement and drug the officer and illegal alien into the facility. Then, the staff attempted to obstruct the arrest by locking the door, blocking law enforcement vehicles from moving, and even called the cops claiming there was a ‘kidnapping,’” the post added.
Criminal warrants were signed off by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym for the clinic staffers, Jose De Jesus Ortega and Danielle Nadine Davila, for allegedly “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal officer involving physical contact” and “conspiring to prevent, by force and intimidation, a federal officer from discharging his duties.”
Ortega was arrested on Friday morning, and Davila was arrested hours later after being considered at large earlier in the day.
“This story is another example of a false narrative peddled by irresponsible members of the media in furtherance of a political agenda to delegitimize federal agents. The illegal alien arrested inside the medical center was not a patient and was not in any way affiliated with that location. He ran inside for cover and these medical workers attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents,” U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli told Fox News in a statement.
https://www.worldtribune.com/medical-workers-charged-for-blocking-ice-arrest-of-illegal-at-california-clinic/
You’ll get used to federal prison after 8 years Jose and Danielle.
La Resistance is beginning to weaken.
You’ll get used to federal prison after 8 years Jose and Danielle.
Let’s hope they get some time, even 6 months would get everyone’s attention. At least it sure as he$$ would prevent me from interfering with ICE.
They are going to make an example of them, especially since it was high profile and in California.
FAFO
Nobody is keying Teslas or bombing Tesla dealerships anymore.
The riots stopped very quickly once 47 called up the Marines.
The courthouse apprehensions have a lot of “activist press” filming the arrests but not impeding.
Protests are weak tea now. Colbert got 25 people. Once in a while there are some one-day boycotts that nobody notices.
TV shows are being cut off (The View will be back).
I mean all they got left is the daily narrative over on X. Marching order du jour: The 15% EU tariffs will be paid by Americas.
‘When we moved here it was like well, if you like this you better make a deal for today because it will be gone tomorrow’…‘Our realtor Joe Tumolo had warned us that the market was a little saturated and that the condos aren’t selling as quickly’
You have to roll with it Brian.
“but the couple’s newly renovated condo has been on the market since February“
Gosh, what could be wrong,
Maybe drop the”ask” down to a bit below the “bid”