@#1 ... The president responded, in part, "Well, I haven't been overly interested in it. It's a hoax that's been built up by those, way beyond proportion ...

In other words, Pres Trump seems to have a real concern about the Epstein files.

But why?

He seems to all but admit that they contain his name. Now he is saying his name was "planted" in the files, so his name may not be mentioned in the files in the best of light.

More from the article...

...Trump was asked in Turnberry, Scotland, "You had said you had not been briefed that your name was in the Epstein files, doesn't the AG have to tell you?"

The president responded, in part, "Well, I haven't been overly interested in it. It's a hoax that's been built up by those, way beyond proportion. Those files were run by the worst scum on earth. They were run by Comey, they were run by Garland, they were run by Biden. Those files were run for four years by those people."

"The whole thing is a hoax. They ran the files. I was running against somebody that ran the files. If they had something they would have released."

Trump also referenced discredited and uncorroborated claims in the Steele dossier, a collection of unverified intelligence reports compiled in 2016 by former British spy Christopher Steele. ...

@#3 ... Trump said that the wind turbines had ruined the view from the 18th hole of his Ayrshire golf course. ...

So, that seems to be Pres Trump's main concern in his diatribes regarding windmills?

That they ruin the view from his golf course?

So, the higher-end jobs may be OK?

More from the cited article ...

...Overall wage growth remains "healthy and above inflation," Indeed noted, even though many low- and middle-wage jobs have experienced pay increases at or below the pace of inflation.

What Kinds Of Jobs Have The Fastest-Growing Wage Growth Since Last Year?

Jobs in electrical engineering topped Indeed's list of fastest-growing wages with a "much higher-than-average annual advertised pay growth of 6.3%" Wage growth of electrical engineering jobs was followed by legal (5.1%), marketing (5.1%), project management (4.6%), mathematics (4.5%) and IT operations (4.4%).
...

Here is the part of the cited article that caught my attention..;

...As "jobs at the low-to-middle end of the pay spectrum" are likely feeling the crunch of reduced purchasing power, wages of higher-paying jobs have typically grown the fastest in the past year, though Indeed notes annual growth among those jobs have receded in recent months....

@#27

Thanks for that correction of my comment.

Appreciated.

@#16 ... Another way to state title is "Wage Gains Outpace Inflation for Most Americans" ...

What world of arithmetic do you live in where 40% is "most?"

@#21 ... #14 | Posted by LampLighter"

Danforth ...

While I am quite honored that your current alias seems to try to associate my post with Danforth, I will state once again...

I have only posted with one alias on this most august site: LampLighter

But I do thank-you once again for raising your view of my comments to the level that Danforth has attained.

I sit here honored at that.

And, fwiw, my inspiration when I decided to use the LampLighter alias...

@#21 ... it is self-evident by virtue of the numbers posted. ...

So, your current alias seems to admit it has nothing to substantiate its comment.

Good to know going forward as I read its other future comments that may just continue to be apparent made up stuff.

@#16 ... Another way to state title is ...

Stated with no substantiation.

Why might that be another way to state the title?

Maybe, that is why MAGA wants to give tax benefits to the uber-wealthy, so that Social Security benefits earned, and paid for up front, by workers can be curtailed.

@#13

Also, maybe explain why your current alias used "core inflation" in its comparison, which excludes price increases for food.

@#13 ... So, basically, the 'poorest' are the ones that are benefitting the most from Trump's policies. ...

Please go into detail how the numbers your current alias presents shows that outcome.

@#15 ... She's trying to curry favor and get back into favor with Donald Trump and has concocted these theories to do so, ...

Maybe?

Likely?

An interesting commentary ...

@#12 ... here's a whole document full of things she's found. ...

I notice that there are no links to the evidence she said she has found.

@#10 ..The Steele dossier ...

What else yer current alias got?

Asked differently, does your current alias really want to hang its hat on that failed MAGA assertion?

@#8 ... We already have proof that it was manufactured ...

What was the "it" that your current alias claims to have been manufactured"

And then, as a follow-up question ... got links to substantiate that opinion?

thx.

@#10 ... Trump, EU's Von Der Leyen Cite Conflicting Details on Trade Deal ...

That does not seem to be limited to the EU ...

@#10 ... It's just like Trump said. ...

Possibly.

... Trump could cheat at golf on Fifth Avenue and not lose any votes. ...

My concern about this all rests not on the golf course, but more in the Oval Office.

What is Pres Trump doing to the Oval Office?

Selling it for his own personal benefit?

@#1 ... cups of steaming, milky chai ...

Oh, I do enjoy a good cup of chai.

More from the OpEd:

... Under an awning festooned with balloons, aunties in bright salwar kameez and hijabs unpacked foil-covered plates of Samosas and homemade sweets -- aggressively passing them out along with cups of steaming, milky chai.

The blazing sun on this July afternoon didn't stop locals from dropping by this corner of Kensington Plaza, at the heart of a Brooklyn neighborhood often called Little Bangladesh. Here, the vibe was decidedly more block party than political rally, even though the largely South Asian crowd had gathered to celebrate two electoral victories in their diaspora: Zohran Mamdani's stunning win in the Democratic New York mayoral primary, and that of his ally in the city council, Shahana Hanif.

But they were also there to commemorate something bigger than the victories of two political candidates.

The host of the event, Kazia Fouzia, the 56-year-old director of organizing for Desis Rising and Moving (DRUM) Beats, which works to improve political engagement among working-class South Asians, took to the mic to declare in English and Bangla, "This is a celebration for our community."

That was something, Fouzia said, that she heard often the night of the primary, when people packed the same plaza, erupting in cheers as they watched Mamdani's victory speech projected onto the brick wall at Walgreens. "This is the victory of the Bangladeshi auntie who knocked on door after door until her feet throbbed and her knuckles ached," Mamdani told the crowd that night. ...