How much did federal (or state) spending on violence prevention play a role? Also, police department staffing is way down, in at least a lot of jurisdictions, right? How does that impact the causal analysis here? I know it's very early days yet for real numbers, but I'm curious about your take.

I troubleshot the issue on Google Gemini, bc my wife's phone was connected and mine wasn't, and we're both in the same house with identical phones. Gemini suggested toggling off and on with Airplane mode, and it reset the connection instantly. Just FYI. May work for some.

Yeah. It only took the FBI two days to catch a dead guy. Record time. Go Kash.

Fair. But is it also the case that Persian Iranians introduce/describe themselves as Persians, rather than as Iranians because of the (legitimate) fear of xenophobia/racism/islamophobia? I mean a German-American abroad is more likely to use American rather than German as a descriptor, right?