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On 2025-03-18 07:21, Skeeter wrote:
> In article <vrarpj$1mkop$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>
>> On 2025-03-17 20:14, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-03-17, AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Fentanyl Seized at US-Mexico Border Falls 40%, Lowest Since 2021
>>>>
>>>> By Thomas Seal
>>>>
>>>> March 13,2025 at 12:07 AM UTC
>>>>
>>>> The amount of fentanyl seized at the US-Mexico border fell dramatically since
>>>> January to its lowest level since December 2021, according to new US Customs
>>>> and Border Protection data.
>>>>
>>>> Some 590 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid were intercepted in February,
>>>> down 40% on January's 990 pounds.
>>>>
>>>> To be sure, the drug is so potent that a potentially lethal dose is just 2
>>>> milligrams. But the sharp drop could strengthen President Claudia Sheinbaum's
>>>> hand in the high-stakes dispute over border security with President Donald
>>>> Trump, who imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada in emergency
>>>> orders citing the national security risk of fentanyl flowing over US borders.
>>>>
>>>> Fentanyl Falls
>>>>
>>>> Quantity of fentanyl seized by US at southern border lowest in years
>>>>
>>>> Source: US Customs and Border Protection
>>>>
>>>> The US has temporarily delayed tariffs on goods compliant under its free
>>>> trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
>>>>
>>>> At the northern border with Canada, just 1.14 pounds was seized, higher than
>>>> January but lower than the average figure for the preceding 12 months.
>>>>
>>>> In February US Border Patrol agents reported making about 8,300 arrests along
>>>> the southwest border, a roughly 71% drop from January. It is the lowest
>>>> monthly arrest figure in decades.
>>>>
>>>> Arrests of foreigners seeking entry at legal border crossings dropped by
>>>> about 90% to roughly 3,300, according to Customs and Border Protection data.
>>>> The Trump administration closed off access to ports to asylum seekers and
>>>> ended a smartphone app that allowed about 41,000 foreigners to make an
>>>> appointment to come to the ports to ask for protection each month.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yep.
>>> The libbys kept claiming that Biden needed approval from congress to control
>>> the border.
>>> Really?
>>> Two months under Trump and the crossings have dropped ~95%.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Are those numbers as accurate as claiming $8 BILLION in "waste"...
>>
>> ...(without proving it was waste)...
>>
>> ...when it was actually only one THOUSANDTHS as much?
> 
> So you have something to back this up? Didn't think so.

'Here Are The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes And Inaccuracies—As $8 Million 
Canceled ICE Contract Listed At $8 Billion'

<https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/19/here-are-the-biggest-doge-hoaxes-and-inaccuracies-as-8-million-canceled-ice-contract-listed-at-8-billion/>

Note that it is from that terrible left-wing rag: Forbes <smirk>

But now that we're looking at it:

'Did Doge Close Jimmy Carter’s Office In Atlanta?

Not exactly. DOGE lists $128,233 in savings on “allowance to former 
presidents” after the agency said it closed a nearly 7,700-square-foot 
office in Atlanta. Data from the General Services Administration shows a 
property of the same size leased from President Jimmy Carter’s charity, 
the Carter Center, at $128,233. The GSA provides funds for each former 
president annually, though Carter’s allowance would have ended anyways 
on Dec. 30, 2024, the day after he died.'

'However, while Social Security fraud certainly exists, there’s no 
evidence it takes place at anywhere near the scale Musk and Leavitt have 
claimed. The Inspector’s General office that oversees the agency found 
erroneous payments accounted for less than 1% of total payments between 
2015 and 2023. The office has found improper payments to dead people, 
though on a far smaller scale, and while tens of millions of people over 
the age of 100 who might be deceased remain in the SSA database, it’s 
not clear how many actually receive payments. '

'Did The Government Pay Reuters For “social Deception?”

No.'

'Did Fema Spend $59 Million On Housing Migrants In Nyc Luxury Hotels?

No.'

'Did Samantha Power Earn $23 Million As Usaid Chief?

No.'

'Did Chelsea Clinton Get A Big Paycheck From Usaid?

No.'

'Did Usaid Pay Celebrities To Visit Ukraine—including Ben Stiller And 
Angelina Jolie?

There is no evidence USAID paid celebrities to visit Ukraine.'

'Did Usaid Fund Research That Caused Covid-19?

No.'

'Did Usaid Spend $6 Million On ‘tourism In Egypt?’

No.'