#15 | Posted by Maverick

It was still waste, though. Could have been $170 billion, but they wasted twenty of it.

Literally violating their intent!

Anyways, these savings claims have faced significant scrutiny and skepticism. Independent analyses and experts have pointed out that many savings numbers lack supporting evidence and that actual government spending did not decrease overall. In fact, total federal spending rose by about $156 billion compared to the previous year, despite DOGE's cuts.

Assessments highlight that the cost of implementing DOGE's cuts, such as paid leave for furloughed employees, rehiring after court rulings, lost productivity, and legal expenses"could amount to about $135 billion, potentially offsetting a large share of the claimed savings

#15 | Posted by MBlue

Kids have access to their phones 24/7. TV doesn't allow you to access social media, the real culprit here. So TV and radio are far less significant in this equation.

#64 | Posted by BellRinger

It's probably gonna be more like 120 y/o with the way modern medicine is trending. You'd better financially plan accordingly!

^^See? Proved my point!

#48 | Posted by BellRinger

You're an admitted troll, just like Trump is an admitted sexual predator!

Nice self-own, cultist!

#61 | Posted by BellRinger

You are seriously not a serious person, cultist!

Trump has done more in 7 months than Biden did in 15 years in government.
#13 | Posted by boaz

Prove it, cultist! And don't bother with paving over the lawn in the rose garden!

#11 | Posted by boaz

Why are Trump and Congressional Republicans running cover for pedo Joe and Bill Clinton, cultist?!

#46 | Posted by BellRinger

And you're not a serious person.

Republicans can only win by cheating, and they know this maneuver will give them permanent power.

What took them so long?

ET_AL

There's a couple different ways to get around the paywall, including turning off your browser's java script.

There's also the Internet Archive.

Highly recommend everyone read Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt. It is certainly eye-opening.

#11 | Posted by hamburglar

HI LUDDITE!

The claim that "we have not seen trustworthy jobs data for years," that "every month there is a revision," and that estimates are "always wrong," is not entirely accurate, though it does capture some real frustrations about recent jobs data reporting.

Here's what's true:

- Monthly jobs data are always revised. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases initial jobs numbers each month based on surveys. These numbers are updated twice in the following months as more data is collected and late reports come in. This revision process is a standard and long-standing practice.[1][2][3]
- Recent revisions have been unusually large. While revisions are normal, the past few months have seen some of the biggest downward corrections in years. For example, May and June 2025 were revised down by a total of 258,000 jobs, one of the largest two-month changes outside of the immediate pandemic aftermath.[3][4][5][1]
- Annual benchmarking leads to even more significant revisions. Once a year, BLS compares the survey data to more accurate tax records, resulting in potentially large updates. A recent benchmark revision found 818,000 fewer jobs were created in a 12-month period than initially reported.[2][1]

What is not true or is misleading:

- The data are not "always wrong." Initial estimates are subject to error and revision, but that's because BLS tries to report as quickly as possible. Later data is more accurate as more information arrives. This is how all large-scale government statistics work. Revisions don't mean the data was "wrong" in a deceitful sense, just that early estimates came with acknowledged uncertainty.[6][1][2]
- The revision process is not new, nor is it politically motivated. Both Democratic and Republican administrations have seen large revisions. There is no credible evidence that these regular revisions are due to partisan manipulation or that "the people in charge now" introduced this issue. These methods have been in place for decades, well before the current or previous administration.[7][8][1]
- Statisticians and economists universally agree on the value of rapid-release preliminary data, with known caveats. If BLS withheld data until it was near-final, the public and markets would lack timely insight into the economy. The revision process is transparent and well-documented.[2][6]

Context and Reaction:

- Recent very large revisions have led to political accusations and firings, with President Trump accusing the BLS of "rigging" the numbers and firing its chief statistician. However, experts"including former Trump BLS leaders"have publicly defended the agency's professionalism and transparency, stating that such revisions are expected during periods of economic uncertainty and have no evidence of political interference.[8][9][7]
- The drop in employer survey response rates and population trend changes have made estimation harder and increased volatility and revision size recently, which may partly explain heightened criticism and mistrust.[1][7]

IOW, while jobs data is subject to regular revisions"and recent changes were substantial"this is inherent to how surveys work and is not unique to one political party or administration. The BLS's methods are transparent, not a "scam," and designed to provide the public with timely (if imperfect) data, corrected as more information becomes available. There is no evidence that revisions represent deliberate "wrongness" or systematic deception.[3][7][1][2]

Willful ignorance is not a symptom of being in a cult; it's a requisite.

So trump never threatened to withhold aid from ukraine unless they made up dirt on joe biden?
And then he never tried to overthrow election results?
#19 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

Nope, at least not to the cult. And these are exhibits A and B proving Trump supporters are in a cult.

#19 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Trump didn't even use the context of "hired away," he said Epstein "stole" the 14 year old.

There is no hate like Christian love.

And Trump voters will receive a $600 tariff rebate!

Bloomberg reported on Friday that President Donald Trump was among those whose names were redacted from Epstein documents, citing multiple people familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg's Jason Leopold reported that an FBI Freedom of Information Act team conducted a final review of volumes of documents related to late billionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The team was reportedly tasked with redacting the name of Trump, a former friend of Epstein, and other "prominent public figures."

"imaginary starving children."
#83 | Posted by censored

There is substantial and credible evidence from multiple authoritative sources that children in Gaza are indeed suffering from severe malnutrition and starvation in 2025, and these children are not imaginary.

- The World Health Organization (WHO) reports a sharp increase in malnutrition-related deaths in Gaza in July 2025, including 24 children under five who died showing clear signs of severe wasting upon arrival at health facilities. Nearly one in five children under five in Gaza City is acutely malnourished, with many admitted for treatment of severe acute malnutrition. Hospitals and specialized treatment centers are overwhelmed, supply shortages are critical, and the health system is near collapse due to ongoing conflict and blockades[1].

- UN-backed food security groups report that famine thresholds have been met across Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths rising. More than 20,000 children sought treatment for acute malnutrition between April and July 2025, thousands classified as severely malnourished. Gaza hospitals are noting a rise in hunger-related child deaths, with at least 16 children under five reported dead from hunger-related causes since mid-July[2][3].

- The UN World Food Programme and other UN agencies warn that Gaza is on the brink of famine, with more than 500,000 people enduring famine-like conditions and malnutrition levels quadrupling among children under five in Gaza City. The crisis is fueled by conflict, infrastructure collapse, and severe humanitarian aid restrictions[3][4].

- UNICEF and other humanitarian groups also confirm the grim reality of widespread starvation and malnutrition among children in Gaza, describing children as "starving to death" and facing a rapidly worsening nutrition crisis that is greater than ever since the conflict began[6][7][8].

These reports come from independent international health and humanitarian organizations closely monitoring Gaza's situation. They document measurable evidence such as hospital admissions, malnutrition screenings, death tolls with clear physical signs of starvation, and famine-level food insecurity indicators. This overwhelmingly confirms that the starving children in Gaza are real and that the humanitarian crisis is severe and ongoing.

There is no credible reason or evidence to believe that the starvation and malnutrition among children in Gaza are fabricated or imaginary. They are a documented and tragic consequence of the conflict, blockade, and restricted humanitarian access in the region.

Israel's response to 10/7 should have been:
"Thank you sir, may I have another." - JPW
#87 | Posted by BellRinger

How many starving Gaza children have to be shot and killed before 10/7 is avenged by Israel?

America's secret police all in the name of Trump.

Make it make sense, cultist!

As long as TACO keeps kicking the tariff can down the road, it'll only slightly increase in the near term, right cultists?