Here is the actual report.

I started reading it but am out of time for now. I’m fairly sure that the 93% number is number of known shoplifting incidents and is unrelated to the value of the items. I’d need to read more to be sure.

I do wonder whether the dollar numbers are inflation adjusted or not. I’m sure that info is in the report.

I don’t get something here. How do they have a facial recognition database that is accurate enough to even begin to attempt this? Yes, most Americans have some form of photo ID but many of those IDs don’t require updating the photo more than once every 10 years. Also, not everyone has a ohoto ID. How can they possibly think this database is good enough to use for determining who should be arrested?

Beyond that, ICE has stated that they are trusting the database even over actual documentation. They say the database doesn’t lie, even if you have documentation saying otherwise…

I’m not trying to be snarky, actually wondering. What sources do you approve of?

And now I’m going to go research the independent because I had no idea about their relationships.

How does this idiot still have a job after the signal chat debockle?

Maybe show them this… The supreme court is considering whether to hear a case that could be used to reverse it’s gay marriage decision from 2015.

This is true almost everywhere in the US.

I always see “did not find”

So, escalation it is, then. I’m guessing this guy was the voice of relative calm and had pushed back on too many times.

I mean, have they won any special elections since they took over the government? It seems like a lot of elections are flipping but maybe that’s selection bias.

Have Republicans won anything recently?

Can we ban the Daily Beast? They are nothing but clickbait. Their headlines are always hyperbole.

In this case, some protesters interrupted Trump’s speech. He stood quietly, waited for the protesters to be escorted out, then pursed his lips and said “That was very efficient … Now, back to Steve (the man he was praising before the interruption.”

I don’t like Trump. He should be in prison for many reasons. We don’t need lies and hyperbole polluting the narrative. He does enough awful things without making shit up.

Fuck the Daily Beast. They’re as bad as anything on the right.

People have been pushing for a $15 minimum wage since 2012. At this point, due to inflation since 2012, that number should be about $21.

That said, adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage has never been above $15 in 2025 dollars. It came close in the 60’s. The current inflation adjusted minimum wage is getting close to the lowest it has ever been since it was first enacted.

a violation of the Presidential Records Act

Fucking DO SOMETHING THEN!

Until Trump faces some consequences for doing illegal shit it doesn’t matter what the law says. Trump is above the law and that needs to change.

Sorry, but savory jellos are just not something I have any interest in. Jello with hard-boiled eggs are a hard “no” for me.

This is some peak 1950s American stuff right here!

The article addresses this. The legislation addresses it in even more detail.

The first three years are just for the department of health to research the problem and develop standards based on available and newly funded research. The next seven years would likely see schools phasing out problematic foods one by one as they find appropriate alternatives and end contracts.

Keep in mind that processed foods tend to be cheaper, too, so trying to maintain the same cost while replacing the processed foods will take time and effort.

I’m going with he’s waiting for the midterms to be over.

The Daily Beast is garbage and should be banned. They write a story to fit their narrative, then toss in a grain of truth. I am pretty left and even I don’t want to read their crap.

Removing doubt will defuse so many future arguments. I definitely see how being asked for a paternity test could hurt but it’s a temporary hurt. Uncertainty could cause long-term hurt and damage any chance of relationships developing in a positive way.