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In article <vrcb1e$2ti48$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
> 
> 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.'

I stopped at the Forbes part.