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... Peer pressure isn't what it used to be -- a new study has found more teens feel pressured to be online than they do to smoke, vape, ditch class and even drink.

The poll of 2,000 American children aged 11 to 17 found 44% feel peer pressure to be online or on social media. That's compared to other vices, such as smoking and vaping (31%), ditching class (28%), drinking alcohol (24%), shoplifting (13%) and vandalism (8%).

The top platforms kids said they have felt pressured to be on are TikTok (44%), Instagram (39%), Facebook (37%), Snapchat (35%), YouTube (34%) and Roblox (24%).

Over half (56%) said they've felt left out by friends and peers because they weren't in the same online groups or social media platforms as them. And 36% frequently worry about how many likes, comments, views or reactions they receive on their social posts.

Over a third (37%) admit phones and social media posts frequently cause arguments within their friend groups. ...

(back when AI was just a name for drum machines and synthesizers ...)

@#3 ... Which, by my count, is now the 23rd time in my life a government has searched for "waste, fraud, and abuse", and come up underwhelmed. ...

Yep.

There's also that ~voter fraud~ thing.

Which is not anywhere near as wide-spread as Pres Trump asserts.

From what I've seen, those who have been prosecuted for voter fraud seem to tend towards the GOP.

imo, PM Netanyahu has gone too far.

He seems to be faced with a decision of continuing the atrocities of his war, or face a trial for other less than honorable activities.

@#11 ... A doctor from MS NOW? ...

I agree. That source raises questions.

That aside, I have seen his commentaries during the COVID pandemic, and those commentaries seemed to be more concerned about the health of Americans than politics.

But I do want to note that in the current health environment where the leader of health in the United States is anti-vaccine, yeah, a doctor providing health opinions may be easily elasticized.

Related?

Pres Trump has had issues with SNL for years.

For example ...

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... Since returning to the White House in 2025, President Donald Trump has ramped up immigration detention, with private contractors operating much of the required infrastructure " and reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts after making significant contributions to the president's political operations.

Federal contracting data shows that a small group of private prison operators, charter airlines and security contractors dominated ICE's largest contracts in 2025. Two private prison companies, the GEO Group and CoreCivic received $2.1 billion and $653.5 million in total obligations, respectively, while charter aviation companies including CSI Aviation ($1.1 billion) and Classic Air Charter ($800.2 million) also secured major contracts. Transportation contractor MVM Inc., which moves unaccompanied migrant children and families to detention facilities, received $1.1 billion.

Several of those companies and their executives have contributed to committees affiliated with Trump, according to Federal Election Commission and OpenSecrets data.

- - - The GEO Group PAC, the company's employee-funded political action committee, contributed $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., in 2024.

- - - GEO Group and CoreCivic each donated $500,000 to Trump's 2025 inaugural committee.

- - - GEO Group founder George Zoley and CEO Brian Evans each contributed $11,600 to Trump's joint fundraising committee, the Save America PAC.

- - - Allen Weh, CEO of CSI Aviation, contributed a total of $20,700 to Trump's campaign committee in the 2016, 2018, and 2024 election cycles.

In the first five months of fiscal 2026, CSI Aviation and GEO Group continue to dominate ICE contracting, each holding more than $1 billion in total obligated contracts.

Frank Baumgartner, a political scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said many Americans are unaware of how much the agency spends on immigration enforcement " and how costly that system has become for taxpayers. ...

@#9 ... This situation is going to take a forceful act of Congress. . . and soon! ...

Yeah, do you really expect this Congress to act? When they are adjourned for a couple of weeks?

Along those lines, the Cabinet can also vote to set him aside, but do you really think his Cabinet of toadies would do that?

Has the United States moved into a Oval-Office-Uber-Alles position?

The numbers look similar to Pres Trump's claims of voter fraud.

Lots of bluster, but little substantiation.

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... Only U.S. citizens and some lawfully present immigrants are eligible for Medicaid, which covers health care costs for people with low incomes and disabilities, and the closely related Children's Health Insurance Program. Both programs are administered by states.

Spokespeople from Pennsylvania's and Colorado's Medicaid agencies said, as of March, the states had found no one who needed to be terminated from Medicaid. That was after checking a combined 79,000 names.

Texas has reviewed records of more than 28,000 Medicaid enrollees at the Trump administration's request and terminated coverage for 77 of them, according to Jennifer Ruffcorn, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Human Services.

Ohio has checked 65,000 Medicaid enrollees, of which 260 people were disenrolled from the program, said Stephanie O'Grady, a spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Medicaid.

In Utah, 42 of the 8,000 enrollees identified by the Trump administration had their Medicaid coverage terminated, said Becky Wickstrom, a spokesperson for the state's Department of Workforce Services. ...

... A popular conservative social media figure ...

Interesting the replies and the repliers the topic garners.

Is the GOP denying the right of military members abroad to vote?

@#8 ... And Obama:

"Trump Takes Credit For Taking Out Bin Laden" ...

Under Pres Obama, there was an agreement reached that involved the US, the EU, China and Russia.

What was that multi-lateral agreement about?

Iran's nuclear capability and international monitoring to assure that Iran stayed within the agreement.

Pres Trump, in his first term tore up that multi-national agreement because, well, fmr Pres obama.

Now, will Pres Trump's meanderings in Iran result in a similar multi-national agreement, one that involves the EU, China and Russia?

@#3 ... He's a ------- idiot. ...

At this point, I am not yet willing to jump on that bandwagon.

OK, that aside, Pres Trump does seem to have issues with longer-term planning.

As the article describes, Pres Trump's own policies seem to be working against the goals he has set.

Leading me to ask, does Pres Trump even do a modicum of planning with his plicies?

When Pres Trump speaks of his "weaving" comments, is he really just admitting his possible dementia?

@#5 ... For millions of Americans the only thing that separates republicans from democrats is how they vote. ...

Sometimes your posts are quite humorous.

Is that intentional?

For example ...

@#4 ... Because it's successfully emulating profitable human behavior. ...

Yeah, your #4 is more correct, imo, than your #3.

And that is what has been frighten me about AI of late.

AI is becoming more and more human in its behavior.

I do not regard that as A Good Thing.

Think about it ...

On our current trajectory with AI, it will soon start controlling critical infrastructure. The electrical grid. The flow of oil through pipelines. The hiring and firing of workers.

What are the safeguards that are being put into place?

I do not see AI control of the Country ending up in a happy place.

@#1 ... According to Gilman, there are more conservatives than liberals in the country, but most of them cannot openly voice their opinions in offices dominated by the latter due to threats of dismissal or cancel culture. ...

A Conservative saying that Conservatives are the victims of Liberals.

Quelle surprise.

Pres Zelenski seems to be taking a different approach than Pres Trump.

Pres Zelenski - building new relationships with other nations.

Pres Trump - destroying decades-old relationships (which had been approved by Congress) with other nations.

Pres Zelenski seems to want to bring his nation onto the world stage.

Pres Trump seems to want to destroy the world stage.

Am I the only person who might notice a difference in the two approaches?