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The longest continuous temperature record proves CO2 does not drive climate change

If rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is the primary driver of recent warming, we should expect relatively uniform warming across the months of the year. Carbon dioxide is a well-mixed gas; its radiative effect does not change strongly from one month to the next. The world’s longest continuous instrumental temperature record tells a different story.

The Data and The Method

The Central England Temperature (“CET”) series, maintained by the UK Met Office, runs from 1659 to the present and is the longest continuous instrumental temperature record available. For each calendar month, I calculated the linear trend over two periods – 1659–2025 and 1850–2025 – and expressed the result as degrees Celsius (°C) per century. This produces twelve independent rates of change that can be compared directly. Because the same month is compared with itself across centuries, many of the practical difficulties that affect long temperature series (instrument changes, site moves, time-of-observation bias) are held constant.

Full record: 1659–2025

When the monthly rates of change are plotted for the entire 365-year period, a clear pattern appears. March is one of the strongest warming months, roughly 0.45–0.5°C per century. June shows the weakest, around 0.05°C per century – more than eight times slower. Winter months (December–February) and October also warm relatively quickly; late spring and early summer warm far more slowly.

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Hasan Piker Files $72.5 Million Lawsuit Against CNN’s Scott Jennings for Allegedly Portraying Him as Calling for Lynching Black Americans

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker filed a $72.5 million defamation lawsuit against CNN commentator Scott Jennings in federal court on Tuesday, accusing the pundit of airing a manipulated video and falsely portraying him as advocating the lynching of Black Americans.

The 38-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, centers on an August 11 episode of Salem Media’s The Scott Jennings Show and social media posts with clips.

Jennings played an edited clip of Piker and told listeners that the streamer was “out there calling for Black voters to be lynched” and referenced “the Piker plan of returning our country to lynchings.”

In another post, he wrote that Abdul El-Sayed’s “best pal and campaign partner says the USA should resume lynchings against black people.”

Piker is seeking at least $27.5 million in compensatory damages, $45 million in punitive damages, and a jury trial.

The footage comes from a 2024 livestream, during which Piker reacted to a debate between two Black political commentators on criminal justice policy.

According to the complaint, Piker was sarcastically mocking a conservative participant who had criticized progressive prosecutors and “woke DAs.”

Laughing, Piker said something to the effect of “He said, ‘We need more Klansmen, okay? Can we go back to a better time when lynchings were happening? This is what I like as a Black man. Also, there’s no real racism in America.’”

The lawsuit alleges that the version Jennings aired was a roughly 42-second compilation drawn from multiple streams, cropped and rearranged to omit the words “He said” and the surrounding sarcasm that made clear Piker was attributing the remarks to someone else rather than endorsing them.

Jennings then added a caption presenting the line as a direct quote from Piker: “LET’S GO BACK TO A BETTER TIME WHEN LYNCHINGS WERE HAPPENING.”

The complaint states that Jennings “did not merely mischaracterize something Mr. Piker said. He took a false, fabricated, and manipulated video of Mr. Piker, added a made-up quotation that Mr. Piker never uttered, and then made accusations that went beyond even what the manipulated footage purported to show.”

Piker’s attorneys argue that the statements were presented as factual assertions about what he said rather than rhetorical commentary, and that Jennings ignored a prior request for a retraction.

The suit alleges defamation per se, defamation by implication, and false light, arguing that the accusations damaged Piker’s reputation, threatened his streaming income and sponsorships, and caused emotional distress.

As of Tuesday evening, Jennings had not publicly responded to the lawsuit. He had also not deleted the posts.

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Not again! Another senior cop in the GTA charged with serious criminal offences

Not again. Yes, again!

Another senior police officer in the Greater Toronto Area has been criminally charged with several serious offences. The charges include:

  • possessing property obtained by crime
  • possessing for the purpose of trafficking
  • breach of trust
  • breach of trust in accessing data
  • unauthorized use of a computer
  • possessing a counterfeit stamp
  • AND attempting to obstruct justice

Sgt. Kin Pong Wong, 44, who recently worked as a front-line patrol sergeant for the York Regional Police Service, was arrested on Oct. 23. His arrest followed an investigation by both York and Peel Regional Police.

In a news release, York Regional Police noted that Wong has been employed with the force since 2009 and that he has since been suspended with pay. (Isn’t that another descriptor for “paid vacation”? But we digress…)

Granted, Peel Police are assisting this investigation into a York copper. But given the torrent of police corruption stories of late, is anyone 100 per cent satisfied that this investigation will be fair and square? At the end of the day, this is yet again another story of police investigating other police. Isn’t this an inherent conflict of interest from the get-go?

Rebel News recently dropped by York Regional Police headquarters in Aurora, Ont., looking for answers. For starters, we experienced a feeling of déjà vu. The last time we visited headquarters was back in February, regarding the Project South investigation. This was the shocking investigation in which several members of the Toronto Police Service were charged with serious crimes ranging from bribery and drug trafficking to extortion and even conspiracy to commit murder. (Police told CP24 the charges against Wong are not related to Project South.)

Both the York and Toronto brass hosted the presser, and Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw reiterated that moving forward the cops would be committed to “transparency” and “accountability” to restore public trust.

Really?

Because when cameraman Lincoln Jay and I showed up to attend the presser, we were denied entry. We were even threatened with arrest for filming OUTSIDE police headquarters!

For starters, does that seem “transparent” and “accountable” to you? Apparently, only members of the government-funded media were allowed to attend.

Secondly, this “law” that we were allegedly breaking by filming outside a police station? There is no such law. It’s just a bogus rule that the cops use to intimidate people, and it’s completely unenforceable. So again, we must ponder: where’s the “transparency”? Where’s the “accountability”?

At the end of the day, the Wong matter boils down to yet another disturbing story of a police officer allegedly breaking the law, resulting in police policing police. And so it is that we must yet again defer to our favourite Latin phrase: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Translation: Who guards the guardians?

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Hero Off-Duty FBI Agent Shoots Dead a Crazed Venezuelan Illegal Alien Who Was Firing into Chicago Homeless Camp, Previously Caught and Released by Biden

An off-duty FBI agent driving home in Chicago on Monday night stopped and fatally shot a 27-year-old Venezuelan illegal alien who was firing a gun toward people in a homeless encampment, according to multiple federal law enforcement sources who spoke to Fox News.

The alien, identified as Oscar D. Corrales, had been caught at the southern border in October 2023 and released into the United States under the Biden administration.

Corrales also had a prior arrest in California but was reportedly released by law enforcement despite an ICE detainer.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reports:

Multiple federal law enforcement sources tell Fox News that the man who was shot and killed by an off-duty FBI agent in Chicago last night was a Venezuelan illegal alien who was seen shooting into a homeless encampment. Per sources, the FBI agent was driving alone when he saw 27-year-old OSCAR D. CORRALES shooting at people in the encampment, and the agent stopped and shot CORRALES, killing him.

Fox is told CORRALES was previously caught and released at the southern border by the Biden administration in October 2023, and he has a previous arrest in California in which he was released from custody with an ICE detainer ignored.

Corrales sustained multiple gunshot wounds, including to both legs, his chest, and right flank.

He was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital less than an hour after the shooting.

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Arrested Assistant Principal Resigns After 12-Year-Olds’ Softball Brawl That Left A Dad Unconscious

A youth softball game in Sugar Land, Texas, turned violent Saturday, and a father is still in the hospital with a broken jaw, a fractured skull and three brain bleeds, according to his attorney. Police arrested Kiarious Marshun Hall and his wife, Jazmine Hall, after the fight at Imperial Park during a game between two 12-year-old select teams, ABC13 reported.

Charging documents say the dispute began over Hall’s behavior while the opposing team was at bat. Hall told officers another man from the Timbergrove Thunder approached him and said he “couldn’t cheer before the players pitched the ball.” Hall’s daughter plays for Illusions Gold 2033.

Investigators say witness video shows what happened next. Court records state Hall struck another father in the face with a metal water bottle, knocking him unconscious, then swung the bottle at a second man before the confrontation turned into a brawl. Hall claimed the men had “elbowed and poked his chest” and that he acted in self-defense, but court documents say the video does not show that.

The second man, grandfather Gary Greaser, told ABC13 he stepped in to disarm Hall after seeing the first man struck. “I said ‘You can’t do this.’ I took him, I wanted to disarm the guy, because he’s going to do it to somebody else,” Greaser said. Court records say video allegedly shows Jazmine Hall then running into the fight and pushing Greaser, and both falling into nearby bushes before bystanders separated everyone. Greaser needed seven stitches in his chin, suffered extensive scrapes and has a broken hip. “It’s medieval times like we’re going to smash each other in the head with something,” he said.

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Investigation Launched Into Federal Judge Who Hurled Racial Insults at Lawyer Over His “White Mediocrity” – Said He Was Intimidated by “Black Excellence”

A Texas-based federal judge’s abuse and racial insults toward a lawyer have sparked a judicial investigation.

A lawyer filed a misconduct complaint against US District Judge Ada Brown, a Trump appointee, for berating him with racial insults during an April 2026 hearing in Dallas.

Bloomberg Law reviewed court transcripts that revealed Judge Brown directed shockingly abusive racial insults toward attorney Ezra Young.

Ezra Young represented a black female professor who was suing over the denial of tenure.

During the hearing, Judge Brown, a black and Native American woman, berated Young and repeatedly referred to him as a white man even though he is Latino.

“I think what’s happening here, quite candidly, is you are very intimidated for some reason, Mr. Young, with Black excellence, in light of your White mediocrity. Yeah. Right?,” Brown said, according to the transcript obtained by Bloomberg Law. “You should write that down. I mean, you — I’m — you look like a White man, right?”

“I’m not White, Your Honor,” Young replied, explaining that he is Latino.

“Well, you are White-presenting; is that fair to say?” Judge Brown said.

Young told the judge that he is a “fair-skinned” Latino. Judge Brown insisted that Young had “White privilege.”

“You’re the White savior, come to save all the stupid Black lawyers in Texas who need your help, from New York,” Judge Brown later said, according to Bloomberg.

Ezra Young said he believes Judge Brown could be suffering from a mental health condition. Judge Brown was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Judge Brown responded to Ezra Young’s complaint in a 76-page response and defended her racial attacks.

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New Evidence Allegedly Ties Trump to 11 Sexual Assaults Related to Epstein

The House Judiciary Committee Democrats have released a trove of evidence regarding allegations of sexual assault, including a new rape allegation, against President Donald Trump in relation to Jeffrey Epstein that the lawmakers say has been deliberately covered up by the Department of Justice.

The 50-page report, released Monday, contains testimony from 11 women who either accuse Trump of rape or sexual assault or say that they had been offered to Trump for sex by Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell, with most cases happening in the 1990s.

The accounts were pulled together through interviews conducted by the committee, as well as FBI records and the portion of the Epstein files that have been released; the evidence was cross-referenced for timelines and corroboration of testimony between alleged victims. In all, the evidence sharply contrasts Trump’s claims that he was merely an acquaintance of Epstein, and instead paints a picture of Trump as a serial sexual assault perpetrator who collaborated closely with Epstein to find and traffic victims.

“These women have spoken to investigators and, in some cases, testified under oath, yet Trump’s Justice Department has shut down investigations, deliberately withheld evidence and, through Todd Blanche, prevented Ghislaine Maxwell from discussing a survivor whose account implicated Trump,” said the committee’s ranking member, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland). “Trump’s Justice Department appears to be covering up these crimes to protect the President.”

Five women said that Trump raped or assaulted them while Epstein was present or was in his company, as detailed in the report. The report also reveals, for the first time, Trump’s alleged rape of Beatrice Keul, who has previously said that Trump groped her.

Keul said that she was recruited to attend the Donald J. Trump American Dream Pageant in November 1993, and was approached by Trump at an event in the Plaza Hotel, which he owned at the time. She says that her passport was taken away when she entered the pageant, and that Trump promised her favors, including saying that then-modelling agent Paolo Zampolli — who was recently fired from a high-level position within the State Department — would “take care” of obtaining a visa for Keul, who is from Switzerland.

The report notes that Trump promised Keul that he could get her admitted to New York University — a promise that Epstein often made “to lure in and then control his victims,” the report says.

After that conversation, Epstein approached her, introducing himself as “Don’s best friend.” As Trump looked on, Epstein also made promises to Keul, including that he would arrange for her to travel to Mar-a-Lago for a party. “You know I can take care of you. We organize many parties with Don,” Epstein allegedly told her. Keul says that Trump raped her later that day, after sending an associate to invite her to a hotel room for a meeting; she described the rape as “brutal.”

The report corroborates Keul and Trump’s meeting with accounts from other women who say that Trump and Epstein used the pageant as a “hunting ground” to prey upon women.

The Democrats also collate other assaults committed by Trump in relation to Epstein, including numerous occasions where Trump allegedly forcibly kissed or groped a girl or woman while Epstein was present, as well as compiled evidence on the alleged assaults of young girls like the case of “Katie Johnson.”

The report establishes several patterns of behavior by Trump and Epstein in relation to victims.

The report notes, for instance, that Trump called Keul several months after the alleged assault to reiterate his offer for favors. Similarly, Trump also sent a postcard to model Stacey Williams, who briefly dated Trump, several months after allegedly assaulting her in Epstein’s presence to invite her to Mar-a-Lago.

The report notes that Epstein had a practice of calling foreign models to visit them in Florida, and that: “Trump and Epstein seemed to share the same playbook for recruiting and abusing women, all the way down to the university they promised admission to and the timing of their follow-up phone calls.”

The Democrats also found that at least five women “related extremely similar facts regarding how Trump and Epstein were fiercely competitive in their pursuits of women and girls, and several related similar instances where Epstein showed off ‘his women’ to Trump but then reprimanded and punished them when Trump initiated or attempted to have sexual contact with them.”

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Canada’s Liberal Government Pushes Bill Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Unwitting Dementia Patients

Canada’s Liberal government has introduced legislation that would allow doctors to euthanize unwitting dementia patients.

The bill, introduced Tuesday, would allow Canadians to request euthanasia in advance, meaning doctors could carry out the procedure after a patient becomes incapable of providing informed consent.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser said the legislation would ensure that people diagnosed with incurable illnesses could have their wishes respected even if their condition deteriorates.

He insisted that the government would introduce safeguards to prevent patients from being pressured into ending their lives.

The proposal marks another expansion of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, which allows the euthanasia of vulnerable and seriously ill patients.

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UK Announces Tax Hikes on Savings and Property Income as Welfare Spending Rises

The left-wing Labour Party government will raise fresh taxes on savings and property income as spending on welfare and foreign subsidies will continue to grow, recently installed Chancellor John Healey told the House of Commons on Wednesday.

Unveiling his autumn budget, Chancellor Healey said that he would be increasing tax rates on income made from savings and property by two per cent starting in April to 24 per cent, 44 per cent, and 49 per cent depending on income level.

“I am increasing the rates of tax on income from property and savings by a further two percentage points from April 2027, with no change to tax on income from dividends and tax on income from employment,” he said. The Chancellor also said that he would be increasing tax on bank profits over £100 million ($133m) from three to six per cent.

Yet, Healey did not take the opportunity to slash welfare spending, which is now predicted to reach £431.3 billion ($574bn) per year by 2031, The Telegraph reported.

This comes as estimates forecast that direct welfare payments to migrants will hit £21 billion ($28.5bn) a year by 2029, and Reform UK has predicted the cumulative lifetime cost of the so-called Boriswave migrants who arrived between 2020 and 2024 will be £622.5 billion ($828bn) for British taxpayers.

In addition to ploughing more money into Britain’s ballooning welfare state — and thus into the pockets of many recently arrived foreigners — Chancellor Healey also announced a further £10 billion ($13.3bn) in British support for Ukraine in economic and military aid

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Clinton Judge Denies DOJ’s Bid to Force California to Remove 20,000 Ballots Mailed to Non-Citizens

US District Court Judge David Carter, a Clinton appointee, denied the Justice Department’s effort to force California to remove 20,000 ballots mailed to non-citizens.

The Justice Department recently sued California and Los Angeles County over 20,000 suspected non-citizens registered to vote who have already been mailed ballots.

First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said that voter rolls were compared to USCIS immigration, Social Security and passport records.

On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court denied the government’s appeal because the DOJ improperly skipped over the district court judge so the DOJ was forced to attend a hearing on Tuesday with Judge David Carter.

On Tuesday evening, before he issued his decision, Judge Carter warned First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli and told that it would be wise that “any threats” to California elected employees “cease immediately.”

On Wednesday evening, as expected, Judge Carter denied the Justice Department’s request for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO).

The Judge said that the Department of Justice can prosecute the individuals.

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