The Whipping Post Take on Santa Maria Times
SACRAMENTO SQUAWKS AS TRUMP PULLS THE PLUG ON OFFSHORE WIND FANTASY!
California's perpetually aggrieved environmental zealots are dusting off their law books to sue President Trump's administration, apparently upset that taxpayers won't be forced to fund giant bird-ble
6/23/2026 · Inspired by “California intends to sue Trump administration over deal to end offshore wind project” via Santa Maria Times
Well, bless their little progressive hearts. The Santa Maria Times reports that California's perpetually litigious state officials are preparing to sue President Trump's administration because he dared to scrap some pie-in-the-sky offshore wind project. Apparently, in the Golden State, 'progress' means blanketing our beautiful coastline with industrial-scale turbines the size of small skyscrapers, all in the name of 'green energy' that mysteriously costs more and delivers less reliability. One can almost hear the caterwauling from Sacramento, where bureaucrats are no doubt gnashing their teeth over the loss of another opportunity to impose their costly, inefficient — and frankly, quite ugly — vision on the rest of us.
The real story here, which our mainstream media friends conveniently overlook, is the sheer cost and impracticality of these green pipe dreams. While California politicians preen about their climate credentials, President Trump is busy securing real energy independence and affordability for American families by *not* squandering billions on boondoggles that would spike electricity bills higher than Gavin Newsom's approval ratings in a good year. It seems common sense and fiscal responsibility are the true enemies of the state's ruling class, especially when it comes to any project that doesn't involve funneling taxpayer dollars into favored 'renewable' industries.
This isn't about saving the planet; it's about control and virtue signaling. The Trump administration, in its infinite wisdom, recognized that plonking towering windmills off the Central Coast was an economic and environmental non-starter – not to mention an eyesore. But for California's entrenched left, any decision that doesn't expand the regulatory state and inflate public spending is simply an 'attack.' Perhaps they're just upset that they won't get to slap another 'Made in China' label on our energy infrastructure. Frankly, the only 'wind' around here worth harnessing is the hot air emanating from Sacramento's press conferences.
So, as California's political class prepares for another frivolous lawsuit, the rest of us can breathe a sigh of relief that a sensible adult is finally in charge federally, prioritizing energy security and economic prosperity over performative environmentalism. Let them sue; it'll just be another expensive distraction from their failure to fix the state's actual problems, like the soaring cost of living and collapsing infrastructure. They'd rather fight windmills, literally, than fix a single pothole.
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