Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 9/8

[SVPete]

U.S. Interdicts Drug Traffickers’ Floating Refueling Station

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/07/us-interdicts-drug-traffickers-floating-refueling-station-n4956983

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) continues to eradicate maritime drug trafficking as part of a massive crackdown on cartel crime in the Western Hemisphere.

The Los Choneros narco-terrorists were using the maritime refueling station as part of their network to carry out their deadly criminal activities, according to SOUTHCOM on Monday. While U.S. Central Command attracts most of the attention and glory right now because of the Iranian conflict, the U.S. military in this half of the world is also engaged in important operations. Criminal cartels and their drug trafficking operations have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans.
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The SOUTHCOM post said that Ecuadorian authorities will be taking charge of the individuals whom U.S. forces removed from the refueling station.

The official post from Southern Command ended, “After clearing the vessel and disembarking the crew, U.S. forces sank it. JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.”

Time for Proggies to add Ecuador to their list of Latin American countries they hate.

[SVPete]

Muslim police chief of Detroit suburb told his subordinates that wife-beating isn’t a “formal” criminal offense

https://notthebee.com/article/muslim-police-chief-of-detroit-suburb-told-his-subordinates-that-wife-beating-isnt-a-formal-criminal-offense

The former police chief of Hamtramck, Michigan, is in hot water after investigators have dug into allegations against the Muslim chief for how he ran his department.

Court records show that Hamtramck Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri personally engaged in a "pattern" of domestic violence in his own household, and told officers that wife-beating isn't a "formal" crime.
Here's Real Clear Investigations:

The voting fraud scandal bubbled to the surface last year when former city manager Max Barbarino blew the whistle on mail-in ballot malfeasance he witnessed, as well as alleged criminal misconduct involving the city's Muslim police chief, who was recently forced to resign ...

In addition, the suit describes a 'disturbing pattern of domestic violence from Altaheri.' On two occasions in 2024, Altaheri was said to 'hit and punch' the mother of his child. He allegedly ordered responding officers not to write up incident reports, arguing, 'You guys here in Michigan don't handle things the correct way; you guys make everything formal,' suggesting such cases should be handled through mosques following the tenets of Sharia law, which does not proscribe wife-beating as a crime. Altaheri, who did not respond to requests for comment, is also accused in the suit of punching a man 'in the head at a hookah lounge in Dearborn [Mich.].'

Altaheri, who is of Yemeni descent, previously served as a New York police officer where he co-founded the NYPD Muslim Officers Society and the Yemeni American Law Enforcement Officers Association. He also headed the NYPD's Office of Equity and Inclusion, where he led efforts to hire more Muslims on the force.

My emphasis. Did anyone in NYC vet this guy any farther than his ethnic and religious background?

[SVPete]

9th Circuit Shoots Down Rogue Judge’s Bid To ‘Defy’ Dobbs Decision

https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/04/9th-circuit-shoots-down-rogue-judges-bid-to-defy-dobbs-decision/

A federal appellate court shot down on Thursday a rogue judge’s bid to “defy” the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision permitting lawmakers to regulate abortion policy.

In a newly released order, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused an August ruling by Idaho-based Senior District Judge B. Lynn Winmill. The Clinton appointee seemingly infringed on Idaho’s pro-life law by holding that the 14th Amendment’s due process and equal protection clauses “establish a narrow but fundamental right to abortion when a pregnancy threatens the woman’s life or health.”
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Idaho law allows exceptions for abortion in rare circumstances such as rape, incest, and danger to a mother’s life. According to the Family Research Council, however, Winmill’s ruling seemingly expands that last exception by adding a woman’s “mental health (not just her life, as the law stipulates).”

Backed by Alliance Defending Freedom, Labrador filed an emergency application for stay last week asking the 9th Circuit to temporarily pause Winmill’s decision. The Republican attorney general argued that the Clinton appointee’s injunctions “defy” the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and “prevent Idaho from enforcing its democratically enacted laws to protect unborn babies and their mothers.”
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In its two-page order, the 9th Circuit said that Winmill’s decision is momentarily stayed “pending briefing and oral argument on Appellants’ Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal.” The temporary pause “does not reflect the Court’s views on the Emergency Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal,” the court added.

Defiantly ignoring USSC decisions seems to be SOP for Dem-appointed judges, lately.

[SVPete]

Mikie Sherrill's Sanctuary Policies Exposed As On-The-Run Illegal Alien Injures Dem Mayor's Wife

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/07/mikie-sherrills-sanctuary-policies-exposed-as-on-the-run-illegal-alien-injures-dem-mayors-wife-n2206624

Sometimes, as they say, you get what you pay for. In this case, New Jersey Democrats got exactly what their “sanctuary” policies enabled: more illegal alien mayhem.

The story: an illegal on the run from ICE crashed into a vehicle driven by a Democrat mayor’s wife in early September, totaling both vehicles and leaving her with injuries.

How would you expect Dems to react? With gaslighting and blame-shifting, of course. Here, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) says it’s all the fault of law enforcement, not the suspect:

Dems blaming law enforcement for enforcing the law has become a standard talking point for Dems.