My favorite Bondi comment was on the stock market, and how why aren't we talking about that. I mean maybe because she is the AG, and she is testifying before the ustice Committee, so WHY would she be discussing the stock market?
Regarding explanations for the recent drop in crime, Henry Grabar has a interesting piece in The Atlantic on this topic - “The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country” (1/21/26) - in which he theorizes that the massive post-pandemic community investments under Biden played a significant role in reducing the crime rate. I’m including an excerpt below, but I recommend people check out the full piece (links are at the end).
“There are many plausible explanations for the recent crime downturn: sharper policing strategy, more police overtime, low unemployment, the lure of digital life, the post-pandemic return to normalcy. Each of these surely played a role. But only one theory can match the decline in its scope and scale: that the massive, post-pandemic investment in local governments deployed during the Biden administration, particularly through the American Rescue Plan Act, delivered a huge boost to the infrastructure and services of American communities—including those that suffered most from violent crime. That spending may be responsible for our current pax urbana.
Naturally, every local leader likes to say that their police department is making the difference. But in this case, every happy family is not alike: Police staffing and strategy vary widely from place to place, so an exceptional local police chief can hardly explain gains that are so widespread. ‘What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic,’ John Roman, a criminal-justice researcher who heads NORC’s Center on Public Safety and Justice at the University of Chicago, told me. He credits ARPA with sending billions to local governments to use as they saw fit, and defines prevention in the broadest possible sense. ‘Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers, social workers, local nonprofits. Local-government employment rolls increased almost perfectly inverse to the crime rate.’”
My favorite Bondi comment was on the stock market, and how why aren't we talking about that. I mean maybe because she is the AG, and she is testifying before the ustice Committee, so WHY would she be discussing the stock market?
Regarding explanations for the recent drop in crime, Henry Grabar has a interesting piece in The Atlantic on this topic - “The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country” (1/21/26) - in which he theorizes that the massive post-pandemic community investments under Biden played a significant role in reducing the crime rate. I’m including an excerpt below, but I recommend people check out the full piece (links are at the end).
“There are many plausible explanations for the recent crime downturn: sharper policing strategy, more police overtime, low unemployment, the lure of digital life, the post-pandemic return to normalcy. Each of these surely played a role. But only one theory can match the decline in its scope and scale: that the massive, post-pandemic investment in local governments deployed during the Biden administration, particularly through the American Rescue Plan Act, delivered a huge boost to the infrastructure and services of American communities—including those that suffered most from violent crime. That spending may be responsible for our current pax urbana.
Naturally, every local leader likes to say that their police department is making the difference. But in this case, every happy family is not alike: Police staffing and strategy vary widely from place to place, so an exceptional local police chief can hardly explain gains that are so widespread. ‘What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic,’ John Roman, a criminal-justice researcher who heads NORC’s Center on Public Safety and Justice at the University of Chicago, told me. He credits ARPA with sending billions to local governments to use as they saw fit, and defines prevention in the broadest possible sense. ‘Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers, social workers, local nonprofits. Local-government employment rolls increased almost perfectly inverse to the crime rate.’”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/great-crime-decline/685695/
https://apple.news/AxZeHw9XFT0WRLYXggc1DUQ
Yeop and Trump is allowing really good guys like Andrew and Tristan Tate...{sarcasm}