President Joe Biden appeared to forget — at least momentarily — about his well-documented love for ice cream during a brief exchange with host Ryan Seacrest on &#8220;Dick Clark&#8217;s New Tear&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve.&#8221;
Both the president and First Lady Jill Biden chatted with Seacrest during the holiday special on Sunday evening, and the former &#8220;American Idol&#8221; host lobbed a series of softball questions their way.
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Ryan Seacrest asks Joe Biden what he has been eating. 
Biden: &quot;I&#39;ve been eating everything that&#39;s put in front of me! I&#39;ve eaten pasta, which I love. Eaten a lot of chicken, chicken parmesan&#8230;&quot;
Then Jill Biden has to remind Joe: &quot;And ice cream!&quot; 
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At one point, Seacrest asked the president to share some of the holiday foods he had been enjoying as he had traveled first to Camp David and then to St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands, over the last week.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been eating everything that&#8217;s put in front of me!&#8221; Biden replied. &#8220;I&#8217;ve eaten pasta, which I love. Eaten a lot of chicken, chicken parmesan, I&#8217;ve been eating all Italian foods basically —&#8221;
&#8220;And ice cream,&#8221; Jill Biden reminded him, interrupting.
&#8220;And ice cream,&#8221; the president repeated, then added, &#8220;Chocolate chip ice cream.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-between-bites-of-ice-cream-brags-the-economy-is-strong-as-hell-ice-cream-prices-are-up-13-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">love for ice cream</a> is very well-documented — and has often drawn criticism when he has stopped to enjoy the sweet treat even as crises loom around him.
During one such instance in October of 2022, the president touted his &#8220;strong as hell&#8221; economy between bites of ice cream — despite the fact that inflation had raised the price of the dairy treat by double digits.
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BIDEN, eating ice cream: &quot;Our economy is strong as hell&quot; <a href="https://t.co/x5dyCg14l3">pic.twitter.com/x5dyCg14l3</a>
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&#8220;Just one more economic question,” a reporter pressed the president. &#8220;Are you concerned about the strength of the dollar right now?&#8221;
&#8220;I’m not concerned about the strength of the dollar, I’m concerned about the rest of the world,&#8221; Biden replied as he attempted to chew. &#8220;Does that make sense? Our economy is strong as hell. The internal — inflation is worldwide, it’s worse off everywhere else than it is in the United States. So the problem is a lack of economic growth and sound policy in other countries, not so much ours.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s worldwide inflation, that’s a consequence of —&#8221; Biden then walked away from the reporter without finishing the sentence.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ice-cream" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s ice cream</a> posted an anti-American message on social media as the nation celebrated its 247th birthday Tuesday.
&#8220;Ah, the Fourth of July,&#8221; the company claimed in a statement. &#8220;Who doesn&#8217;t love a good parade, some tasty barbecue, and a stirring fireworks display? The only problem with all that, though, is that it can distract from an essential truth about this nation’s birth: The US was founded on stolen Indigenous land.&#8221;
&#8220;The U.S. exists on stolen land,&#8221; the statement later added. &#8220;We have to acknowledge that—today and every day.&#8221;
&#8220;Just announce the ESG flavor already lmao,&#8221; one popular Twitter account responded.
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Just announce the ESG flavor already lmao <a href="https://t.co/4NXvxEty1D">https://t.co/4NXvxEty1D</a>
&mdash; The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1676379431634599936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) tweeted: &#8220;Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s, your once-good ice cream now sucks. You just guaranteed that I (a once-loyal customer) will never again consume a single pint of it.&#8221;
&#8220;When you suggest &#8216;returning&#8217; the land on which our country has been built for centuries, what exactly do you imagine?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Expungement of property rights? Repatriation of most Americans to Europe?&#8221;
Political commentator Joel M. Petlin pointed out apparent hypocrisy from the company when he shared a screenshot of a news article that said: &#8220;Jewish students call for Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s to evacuate &#8216;illegally occupied&#8217; Vermont land.&#8221;
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&#8220;Speaking of stolen land, the Abenaki Nation would like to have a word with @benandjerrys about the land under their headquarters that they are occupying in Vermont,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They really should commit to returning this stolen land, and naming their next flavor *Shameful Hypocrisy Crunch*&#8221;
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Speaking of stolen land, the Abenaki Nation would like to have a word with <a href="https://twitter.com/benandjerrys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benandjerrys</a> about the land under their headquarters that they are occupying in Vermont.
They really should commit to returning this stolen land, and naming their next flavor *Shameful Hypocrisy Crunch* <a href="https://t.co/3OddasrfEt">https://t.co/3OddasrfEt</a> <a href="https://t.co/xk7oKmPOoy">pic.twitter.com/xk7oKmPOoy</a>
&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/1676408670484062210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Attorney and columnist Kurt Schlichter tweeted: &#8220;Good. The conqueror should get the spoils. If that makes you sad, that&#8217;s even better. My land acknowledgement is this: &#8216;We won. Too bad.'&#8221;

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Ben & Jerry’s Posts Anti-American Message On July 4th; Critics Blast Their Hypocrisy

Ben & Jerry's Posts Anti-American Message On July 4th; Critics Blast Their Hypocrisy

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Few issues elicit bipartisan support anymore, but one universal cause of distress across America this week is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ice-cream">Klondike</a> announcing that its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/food">iconic dessert</a> Choco Taco is being discontinued after nearly 40 years.
A rep for Klondike, owned by Unilever, confirmed that the product would no longer be available after July due to increased demand for its other products.
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Klondike&#39;s Choco Taco Discontinued After Almost 40 Years. <a href="https://t.co/U3ZCZMn7sw">pic.twitter.com/U3ZCZMn7sw</a>
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“Over the past two years, we have experienced an unprecedented spike in demand across our portfolio and have had to make very tough decisions to ensure availability of our full portfolio nationwide,” a Klondike representative said, as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/klondike-discontinues-choco-taco/2022/07/26/6c151fe4-0cf7-11ed-88e8-c58dc3dbaee2_story.html">reported</a> by The Washington Post. “A necessary but unfortunate part of this process is that we sometimes must discontinue products, even a beloved item like Choco Taco.”
The novelty dessert item consisted of vanilla ice cream in a taco-shaped waffle cone which was partially covered with milk chocolate and topped with peanuts. It was invented by Alan Drazen in 1983, the publication noted.
Choco Taco was available at Taco Bell locations briefly in February in celebration of Klondike’s 100 year anniversary.
Fans on Twitter were devastated to find out that the Choco Taco would be going away. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) jokingly told his 1 million Twitter followers that he’d be taking drastic measures to save the classic dessert offering.
“NEWS: Tomorrow I am introducing legislation to invoke the Defense Production Act to mandate the continued manufacture of Choco Tacos,” Murphy <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1551766436447719425">wrote</a>. &#8220;Please call your Senator and demand they co-sponsor.”
“If Choco Tacos are gone, what’s next? Hershey Pies? Salt and vinegar potato chips? Baseball? AMERICAN DEMOCRACY? I tell you: this is how it starts,” bestselling author Stephen King <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1552050401951846402">wrote</a>.
&#8220;Discontinuing the Choco Taco has been the worst thing to happen to the Hispanic community since the word Latinx,&#8221; someone else wrote.
“The Choco-Taco wasn’t discontinued under Trump’s administration. Something to think about while voting in the primaries,” one person <a href="https://twitter.com/sirwinsk/status/1551958147425636353">joked</a>. 
&#8220;The Choco Taco is the best mass-produced ice cream product ever. Unacceptable. Appalling. Outrageous,&#8221; another fan shared.
“Look we can all remember it fondly, but like a lot of things that have died — it wasn’t as good as we remember,” another person mused. “Realistically: the shell was often too pliable, the ice cream was mostly flavorless air, and the sweetest ingredients were the memories.”
News of the Choco Taco’s demise came just days after ice cream maker Good Humor confirmed they were halting production on Toasted Almond Bars, another dessert favorite. Good Humor also blamed production problems on its decision to cut less popular novelty items in favor of better sellers.

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Twitter Melts Down Over Klondike’s Iconic Choco Taco Being Discontinued: ‘Unacceptable. Appalling. Outrageous’

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New Yorkers</a> are taking a bite out of tech billionaires by purchasing $10 <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/ice-cream">popsicles</a> shaped like the wealthiest men in the world.
Art collective MSCHF — the same group that faced backlash last year for making “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lil-nas-x-satan-shoes-sell-out-in-seconds">Satan Shoes</a>” with rapper Lil Nas X — began selling popsicles bearing names like “bite Bezos” for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, “munch Musk” for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, “suck Zuck” for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, “snack on Jack” for Alibaba founder Jack Ma, and “gobble Gates” for Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according to <a href="https://qz.com/2187189/billionaire-shaped-popsicles-allow-you-to-eat-the-rich/">Quartz</a>. MSCHF is also offering its products across Los Angeles.
Despite promoting slogans like &#8220;Eat the Rich,&#8221; MSCHF appears to be making bank. The popsicles are twice as expensive as normal ice pops, according to Quartz.
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New Yorkers can take a bite out of capitalism by munching on popsicles shaped like the heads of billionaires Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Jack Ma, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg near McCarren Park in Brooklyn <a href="https://t.co/oD8JEZhkeW">pic.twitter.com/oD8JEZhkeW</a>
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Nevertheless, the anti-capitalist frozen confection enthusiasts seemed to enjoy getting a bite of the action. “They’re not great people,” a customer told Quartz, “but for me it’s an experience. I love this type of thing. I think this is really cute.&#8221;
“I could really take a bite out of all of them easily,” another customer remarked. “I don’t think anybody in the whole world should be a billionaire,” she continued, saying that Bezos is “taking over all business, and small businesses can’t survive anymore.”
Billionaire business magnates are often the subject of progressive ire. As the United States became awash with social justice activism during the summer of 2020, activists set up a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-set-up-guillotine-in-front-of-jeff-bezoss-d-c-home-call-for-amazon-to-be-abolished">guillotine</a> in front of Jeff Bezos’ home in Washington, DC. One of the demonstrators said on a bullhorn that “it is still exploitation and when they become threatened, and we have no voice, the knives come out.”
Other protesters marched through Beverly Hills, California, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/activists-set-up-guillotine-in-front-of-jeff-bezoss-d-c-home-call-for-amazon-to-be-abolished">chanting</a> slogans like “eat the rich” and “abolish capitalism now.” In St. Louis, Missouri, protesters attempted to intimidate residents of a gated community, but were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-armed-st-louis-residents-stand-guard-over-property-as-demonstrators-enter-residential-neighborhood">met</a> by lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey guarding their property with their firearms.
Disdain for billionaires also exists among many Democratic lawmakers. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stop-projecting-elon-musk-blasts-elizabeth-warren-for-saying-hes-freeloading-off-everyone-else">asserted</a> on Twitter last year that the “rigged tax code” ought to be changed so that Musk will “stop freeloading off everyone else.”
Musk — who has since announced that he will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-the-red-pill-how-elon-musk-came-to-embrace-the-republican-party">begin</a> voting for Republicans — <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1470848958897471497">replied</a> with a series of knockout blows. First, he suggested that Warren “stop projecting.” Then, he said Warren reminds him of “when I was a kid and my friend’s angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason.” And finally: “Please don’t call the manager on me, Senator Karen.”
Musk also <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1472754632325795843?">revealed</a> that he had shelled out over $11 billion in taxes — possibly the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/investing/elon-musk-tesla-stock-sales/index.html#:~:text=A%20record%20tax%20bill&amp;text=But%20that%20will%20still%20increase,ever%20paid%20by%20any%20individual.">most</a> any individual American has paid in a single year. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) was not satisfied, however, and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1445165585969528835">argued</a> that it is “long overdue that the richest of the rich pay their fair share.” After Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) pushed for a tax on unrealized capital gains, Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1452792781726961668">noted</a> that “eventually, they run out of other people’s money and then they come for you.”

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/detroit">Detroit</a>-based vegan ice cream shop has come under fire for its policy to refuse to serve armor-clad <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police">police officers</a>.
Cold Truth owner owner Tim Mahoney shared his store&#8217;s new policy via an Instagram story Thursday. The post showed a Detroit Police car parked on the wrong side of the street in front of the shop with a caption that read, “we can tolerate the parking however you please, but we will not serve anyone wearing body armor.”
Mahoney followed up later with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/facebook">Facebook</a> post that clarified the position.
“Cold Truth is a family/community ice cream spot. There are times when various units come through and are outfitted in heavy duty tactical gear, it is disturbing and unsettling for some of the families in our space,” the post <a href="https://www.facebook.com/coldtruth313">said</a>. 
“In the last 24 hours It has come to my attention that the City of Detroit outfits EMS and FIRE with armor and this is not my concern. It’s the heavy duty military dress that I’m hoping the city can find a way to minimize in our public spaces.”
Screenshots of the original post caught fire online, which resulted in dozens of readers flooding the establishment with one-star reviews, ABC affiliate WXYZ Detroit <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-ice-cream-shop-defends-online-post-saying-police-in-body-armor-wont-be-served">reported</a>. 
“We’re definitely getting national people kind of coming in and weighing in and calling and stuff like that,” owner Tim Mahoney told the outlet. “It&#8217;s unfortunate people are spending their time doing this.”
The ice cream shop owner said they’ve never turned law enforcement away.
“(We&#8217;re) not anti-police,&#8221; Mahoney continued. &#8220;We just think the militarization of the dress and the cars being blacked out, it’s intimidating.”
“I am vehemently against the heavy tactical gear and I want to be apart of the conversation that minimizes that,&#8221; Mahoney said. “It&#8217;s just the uniform, it&#8217;s the Kevlar, it’s that dress. We ask that after the shift, please come by.”
Detroit Police Department Chief James White blasted the shop for its stance in a statement. 
&#8220;Law enforcement is a dangerous profession,&#8221; White wrote. &#8220;Body armor provides our officers protection and is an essential part of the police uniform. It is the desire of each and every member of the Detroit Police Department to fulfill their duties as a law enforcement officer and at the end of their shift return home to their loved ones.&#8221;
Many members of the community seemed to side with the police.
“You know, police officers wear body armor for the same reason firefighters and paramedics do,” one Facebook comment with almost 500 likes says. “People shoot at them, and they need to be protected. And if you ever saw pictures of the armor military personnel wear, you would know that it is not the same. But, you hate cops, so you should just admit that.”
“As some who has lived in Detroit all my life and I’m not talking about the surrounding areas of Detroit, as a black female with black brothers/sisters, as someone who has protested police brutality, as someone with family in some of the worst parts of Detroit. I’m tired of y’all fake woke liberals,” another person wrote. 
“We literally have one of the deadliest zip codes in the country just a few weeks ago multiple police cars were lit up on different days. If them walking around with gear on to keep safe makes you uncomfortable go back to the suburbs. If you live in Detroit you should know downtown is wild in the summer period.”

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I scream, you scream, we all scream — especially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a> — at the rising cost of ice cream.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm">released</a> a whopper of a Consumer Price Index report showing that year-over-year <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/inflation">inflation</a> rose 8.6% in May 2022 — breaking a 40-year record.
Most Americans will pay attention to the <a href="https://twitter.com/jackikotkiewicz/status/1535240341787496450?s=20&amp;t=2NzGo7wlBTuyhWO2nKwLCg">fact</a> that in the last year gas rose 48.7%, fuel and oil were up 106.7%, and meat, poultry, and fish rose 13.1%. Biden, however, may start to better understand Americans&#8217; economic woes when realizes that <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.htm">his prized ice cream has gone up 9.6%</a> in price year-over-year.
The report will undoubtedly cause more stress for the president as he struggles to stay afloat in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/poll">polls</a>, but also because the self-described &#8220;ice cream guy&#8221; will now have to pay more money for one of his favorite foods — like all Americans.
On June 2, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/joe-biden-messaging-struggles/index.html">reported</a> that Biden was grappling with how to be a president because, unlike when he was second-in-command under President Barack Obama, he simply cannot discuss &#8220;serious&#8221; topics while purchasing frozen dairy treats.
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/joe-biden-messaging-struggles/index.html">opined</a>: &#8220;The country is pulling itself apart, pandemic infections keep coming, inflation keeps rising, a new crisis on top of new crisis arrives daily and Biden can&#8217;t see a way to address that while also being the looser, happier, more sympathetic, lovingly Onion-parody inspiring, aviator-wearing, vanilla chip cone-licking guy &#8212; an image that was the core of why he got elected in the first place.&#8221;
It seems that the state of the union has been a bit of a downer for the president who was looking to leisurely enjoy his late 70s.
&#8220;He has to speak to very serious things,&#8221; one White House staffer told CNN, &#8220;and you can&#8217;t do that getting ice cream.&#8221;
Yet — strangely enough — if Biden had spent more time getting ice cream in a store, then he would likely see the cost of his cone increasing with each trip.
Maybe then he would begin to understand that rising costs are hurting the American people and forcing them to change their eating habits and other behaviors.
On Monday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/americans-changing-the-way-they-buy-groceries-as-inflation-soars-study-finds">reported</a> that a recent BMO Real Financial Progress Index, a quarterly survey from BMO and Ipsos, revealed that 42% of surveyed adults &#8220;are changing how they shop for groceries,&#8221; including &#8220;opting for cheaper items, avoiding brand names and buying only the essentials.&#8221;
The president has maintained that economic anxiety is occurring because — as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-on-jimmy-kimmel-live-blaming-republicans-praising-himself-and-rambling-incoherently">told</a> Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday — he has not been able to communicate all the wonderful policies that he has enacted for the American people.
It is unclear how Biden would like to be communicating, but it is reasonable to assume that he does not want to start calling small business managers smarta**es as he did in 2010.
As vice president, Biden visited Kopp&#8217;s Frozen Custard Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As the video below shows, he entered the store and yelled, &#8220;Where&#8217;s the ice cream?&#8221; After being reminded it was a frozen custard store, he said, &#8220;Oh, where&#8217;s the custard?&#8221; and began to help himself to the tasty product behind the counter.
Upon checkout, Biden asked, &#8220;How much do I owe you?&#8221; The store manager jokingly replied, &#8220;Lower our taxes, and we&#8217;ll call it even.&#8221; The vice president seemed rankled by the comment.
Biden walked away but moments later returned, and said: &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you say something nice instead of being such a smarta** all the time?&#8221;
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Interestingly enough, Biden also allegedly made a similar comment to White House reporters this past week. On Wednesday, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/06/08/biden-to-media-be-better-00038244">reported</a> that there &#8220;is growing frustration by the president and his family that he is not receiving the kind of generally more positive coverage they believe he deserves.&#8221; The outlet added that Biden took the time to blast reporters aboard Air Force One for not giving him more credit on his economic recovery efforts in an off-the-record meeting.
Some of that credit includes his ability to feel the American people&#8217;s pain, apparently. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/06/07/white_houses_jean-pierre_the_economy_is_in_a_better_place_than_it_has_been_historically.html">often repeats</a> that Biden &#8220;understands very personally&#8221; how rising prices can impact a family&#8217;s budget. The president himself has <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1509590256462532615?s=20&amp;t=2NzGo7wlBTuyhWO2nKwLCg">said</a> he &#8220;grew up in a family like many of you where the price of a gallon of gasoline went up, it was discussed at the kitchen table.&#8221;
Of course, gas prices were <a href="https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2022/02/22/president_biden_just_told_a_monster_whopper_that_both_sides_missed_817680.html">mostly flat during his childhood</a> and that time period in his life was more than 60 years ago.
If he is looking to connect with the American people in a better way about inflation, perhaps he should start paying more attention to rising ice cream prices.
Better yet, he can start enacting actual policies that shrink government spending and which will slow down inflation — including lowering taxes as requested by that Kopp&#8217;s Custard manager.
The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The Cost Of Joe Biden’s Ice Cream Has Risen 9.6%. Maybe Now He’ll Start Paying Attention To Inflation

Bureau Of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index Shows Inflation Rose 8.6% In May 2022, Ice Cream Rose 9.6% Under President Joe Biden

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Democrat President Joe Biden was caught shopping and going out for ice cream on Tuesday after White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to struggle to answer what exactly Biden was up to today.
&#8220;The president has nothing on his schedule today aside from the PDB,&#8221; a reporter said. &#8220;Can you shed any light on how he&#8217;s spending his day?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, let&#8217;s see, um, this morning I think he had some policy meetings, uh, also a PDB meeting,&#8221; Psaki said. &#8220;Uh, he, um, later this afternoon, uh, I think is doing some remarks review. There&#8217;s some days that we spend some time doing internal meetings and discussions, uh, with policy experts, with policy leaders, um, and that&#8217;s that&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening today.&#8221;
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Jen Psaki struggles to explain why Biden’s schedule is so empty today. <a href="https://t.co/Xh00o8jD8G">pic.twitter.com/Xh00o8jD8G</a>
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Reuters reporter Jeff Mason later tweeted out photographs showing Biden wandering around Washington, D.C., visiting at least one boutique store and going to an ice cream shop.
&#8220;@POTUS ⁩visits a boutique store on Capitol Hill called Honey Made,&#8221; Mason tweeted. &#8220;Products at Honey Made include RBG and ⁦@KamalaHarris ⁩mugs and oven mitts.&#8221;
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.⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>⁩ visits a boutique store on Capitol Hill called Honey Made. <a href="https://t.co/cYq3xTiqr7">pic.twitter.com/cYq3xTiqr7</a>
&mdash; Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1486050042683310086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Products at Honey Made include RBG and ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KamalaHarris</a>⁩ mugs and oven mitts. <a href="https://t.co/pinVLfCg62">pic.twitter.com/pinVLfCg62</a>
&mdash; Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffmason1/status/1486050903161454594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The President made a quick pitstop at the ice cream shop this afternoon after a visit to neighboring boutique Honey Made, where he admired necklaces on the wall for &#8216;my wife,&#8217; examined a coaster with a German shepherd on it, and picked up a Kamala Harris mug,&#8221; The Washingtonian <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/01/25/president-joe-biden-makes-ice-cream-stop-at-jenis-in-capitol-hill/">reported</a>. &#8220;Early pool reports are vague, however, on what Biden ordered at Jeni’s other than it was a cone with two scoops—&#8217;light colored flavor on bottom, darker ice cream on top.&#8217; POTUS waved the cone at pool reporters before heading off in his motorcade.&#8221;
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And now a stop for ice cream. <a href="https://t.co/PFAOL6OUq9">pic.twitter.com/PFAOL6OUq9</a>
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Ice cream. <a href="https://t.co/P84JGtxtbk">pic.twitter.com/P84JGtxtbk</a>
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After his activities, a lid was called at 3:06 p.m.
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Today, Biden went shopping, got ice cream… then called a lid at 3:06pm. <a href="https://t.co/yup5i8T31u">pic.twitter.com/yup5i8T31u</a>
&mdash; Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1486079925916516362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2022</a></blockquote>
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During Tuesday&#8217;s press briefing, Psaki also addressed Biden calling Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a &#8220;stupid son of a b****&#8221; during an event yesterday.
Biden made the remark when Doocy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-called-doocy-after-calling-him-a-stupid-son-of-a-b-doocy-reveals-what-he-said">asked</a> him, “Do you think inflation is a political liability for midterms?”
“It’s a great asset, more inflation,” Biden responded. “What a stupid son of a b****.”
“The President, the President called Peter, and [Peter Doocy] confirmed this, so this is only why I’m speaking to this, and if you have private conversations with the president, I will assure you I’m not going to convey that on your behalf,” Psaki said. “But Peter spoke to this, the President called him, he conveyed to him that it was nothing personal man and also acknowledged that all of you are going to ask him a range of questions. So I think that speaks for itself.”
Psaki did not say that Biden apologized for calling Doocy a “stupid son of a b****.”
Related:
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<li><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-faces-backlash-over-profane-outburst-at-reporter-concerned-about-inflation-loving-the-return-to-civility">Biden Faces Backlash Over Profane Outburst At Reporter Concerned About Inflation: ‘Loving The Return To Civility’</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-different-cnns-stelter-runs-interference-for-biden-cussing-at-journo-even-after-trump-tweet-resurfaces">It’s ‘Different’: CNN’s Stelter Runs Interference For Biden Cussing At Journo Even After Trump Tweet Resurfaces</a></li>
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This report has been updated to include additional information.

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In a world where masks are required, prompting acts of desperation, it was only a matter of time before it came to this: On the evening of January 1, in the city of Godoy Cruz in the western Argentine province of Mendoza, a young woman, for reasons unknown, entered an ice cream parlor where she was apparently instructed to put on a mask, and without a mask on her, stripped off her dress, leaving her in her bra and underwear as an entranced father who was already in the parlor with what looked like his three adolescent daughters tried his darndest to pretend he was not interested.
“In the CCTV footage, a father and his three daughters are seen approaching the counter to place their order as the woman enters the parlour, apparently in her undies,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10365009/Woman-strips-underwear-use-dress-facemask-ice-cream-store-Argentina.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported, adding, “However, the half-naked woman is told to put on a mask while she tries to tie her black dress around her head. The woman apparently protests as the father decides to lift his mask over his nose to avoid being told off as well. She then gives up trying to tie the dress and leaves the store after being refused service.”
According to Cronica, the woman was accompanied by 10 other people, none of whom had a face mask; she allegedly told the staff at the parlor, “Don&#8217;t ask for my face mask, I&#8217;m putting it on.” Cronica added that the group purchased 11 ice creams after someone found a mask.
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According to the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/argentina/coronavirus">British government,</a> “In all parts of Argentina you must cover your nose and mouth with a face mask or other garment in shared spaces, both indoors and outdoors. You may only remove your face mask outside as long as you keep a 2-meter distance between yourself and other people. Each jurisdiction/province might have different approaches to this rule. Make sure to check what rules apply in your jurisdiction.”
The Buenos Aires Times <a href="https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/regional-governments-express-unease-at-rolling-back-of-facemask-rules.phtml">reported</a> in September:
<blockquote>At least three regional governments in Argentina are not planning to immediately adhere to the Casa Rosada’s planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions, especially those regarding the use of facemasks while outdoors, with several others contemplating similar action. 
Officials from the provinces of Córdoba and Salta, as well as the Buenos Aires City government, have said in recent days that they do not support a move to remove the obligation for citizens to use face coverings while outside, considering it to be too early. A number of others – including the provinces of Río Negro, Jujuy and Mendoza – are also considering whether to follow suit.</blockquote>
The U.S. Embassy in Argentina <a href="https://ar.usembassy.gov/covid-19/">adds on its website</a>:
<blockquote>The Department of State has issued a Level 3 (“Reconsider Travel”) advisory for Argentina for U.S. citizens due to COVID-19.  The Argentine Government announced that effective November 1, 2021, foreign tourists are permitted to enter, but must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days before their arrival in Argentina. Please see “Entry and Exit Requirements” below for further details and continue to monitor this website for additional updates.  If you have not yet done so, be sure to register at <a href="http://step.state.gov/">step.state.gov</a> for emergency updates. 
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 (High Level of COVID-19) Notice for Argentina.</blockquote>

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Four members of the House of Representatives asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to examine Ben &amp; Jerry’s halt on ice cream sales in certain parts of Israel.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-ben-jerrys-targets-israel-we-wont-sell-ice-cream-in-judea-and-samaria">The Daily Wire</a> reported earlier this year, Ben &amp; Jerry’s — which often endorses left-leaning policies — decided to stop selling its products in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The company, wholly owned by Unilever yet retaining its own Board of Directors, said that it is “inconsistent with our values” to sell in “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
The <a href="https://jewishinsider.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/29094120/Unilever-Congressional-Letter_Final.pdf">letter</a> to SEC chairman Gary Gensler — signed by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — argued that the company’s policy is inconsistent with many state laws:
<blockquote>We have been informed that, Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s has halted the sale of its products in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We also understand that the actions by Ben &amp; Jerry’s disregards numerous United States’ state laws, which requires a state to divest from companies that participate in such boycotts. To date, Arizona, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Texas have taken steps to divest of Unilever&#8217;s common shares. Additionally, 30 other states have enacted &#8220;anti-BDS&#8221; laws, all of which may consider divestiture in response to public appeal.</blockquote>
The lawmakers also noted that Unilever’s federal filings neglected to acknowledge the business risks of divesting from certain parts of Israel:
<blockquote>It is also our understanding that Unilever may have violated Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to material omissions in the 6-K. Given the potential negative impact of such material omissions, which is why we believe the SEC should ask Unilever to revise the “Principal Risk Factors” section of their 6-K to fully and accurately disclose the potential material adverse consequences to the company based by the claimed independence of the Ben &amp; Jerry’s Board of Directors, and the specific potential effects of the Ben &amp; Jerry’s boycott.
We have also been informed that the 6-K filed by Unilever fails to include specific language that details the potential adverse consequences to Unilever created by the Ben &amp; Jerry’s boycott in its “Principal Risk Factors” section.</blockquote>
Indeed, New York’s Common Retirement Fund <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nys-huge-pension-fund-yanks-over-100-million-from-ben-jerrys-parent-company">announced</a> in October that it would jettison its $111 million in Unilever holdings.
“After a thorough review, the New York State Common Retirement Fund will divest its equity holdings in Unilever PLC,” said New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a Democrat. “Our review of the activities of the company, and its subsidiary Ben &amp; Jerry’s, found they engaged in BDS activities under our pension fund’s policy.”
In August, franchise owners also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/backlash-from-inside-ben-jerrys-franchisees-losing-money-want-israel-boycott-gone">asked</a> Ben &amp; Jerry’s to rescind the boycott.
“There is a danger that the pursuit of social justice will descend into political correctness or result in the adoption of overly simplistic solutions by people who share a single view of the world that misconstrue complex problems in which multiple claims of justice are implicated,” the letter stated. “The imposition of such narrow prescriptions does not advance social justice or the pursuit of a values-led business in any meaningful way.”

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A lawsuit details the efforts of Taylor Company — the firm that manufactures McDonald’s ice cream machines — to maintain its monopoly over repairs.
Two years ago, a startup called Kytch created a device that circumvents the need for franchise owners to solicit help from Taylor repairmen — who, according to the lawsuit, are notoriously slow. 
Kytch’s <a href="https://securityledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210510-complaint-kytch-v-tyler-gamble-tfgroup-llc-and-taylor-company.pdf">lawsuit</a> alleges:
<blockquote>For almost two decades, it appeared that Taylor’s broken machines would never be fixed. Until a small California tech startup called Kytch, Inc. cracked the code in April 2019. During product testing and development, Kytch used a proprietary combination of hardware, software and machine learning to demystify the finicky machines.
Kytch soon uncovered a repair racket whereby Taylor designed flawed code that caused the machines to malfunction. Whether Taylor intentionally designed these flaws or merely did not care enough to ensure bug-free code will become clear during discovery. Either way, Taylor’s web of partners profited millions in repair fees for the malfunctions that it manufactured.</blockquote>
In response, Taylor made several attempts to obtain Kytch devices.
<blockquote>Because Kytch Solution reduces the need for Taylor service technicians to repair the machines, Kytch’s leadership was not surprised when Taylor attempted to obtain the Kytch Solution. First, one of Taylor’s distribution managers tried to purchase a device, but Kytch’s security protocol flagged and blocked the purchase. Then, a lawyer employed by Taylor’s outside counsel attempted to purchase the Kytch solution. Kytch blocked the second attempt. After that, two private investigators associated with Taylor used aliases and dummy email addresses to get their hands on the device. Once again, Kytch canceled the orders.</blockquote>
The lawsuit alleges that after the unsuccessful attempts, Taylor solicited Tyler Gamble — a leading McDonald’s franchisee — to acquire a Kytch device. 
On July 30, however, Kytch was granted a temporary restraining order against Taylor by a California judge. Taylor was forced to turn over any Kytch devices in its possession and is now restricted from using information potentially gleaned from its dissection of the machines.
“We are optimistic that the truth will prevail,” Kytch co-founder Melissa Nelson told <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ymbp/why-the-mcflurry-machine-company-just-got-hit-with-a-restraining-order">Vice</a>. “It’s disgusting that such lengths were taken to steal our trade secrets, destroy our business, and to stand in the way of modernizing kitchens. Kytch is just a small piece of the broader right-to-repair movement. But our case makes clear that it’s past time to end shady business practices that create hundreds of millions of dollars of unnecessary repair fees from ‘certified’ technicians.”

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‘Ice Cream Machine Broke’: Lawsuit Details McFlurry Machine Manufacturer’s Desperate Attempts To Keep Its ‘Repair Racket’

Brigham&#8217;s Ice Cream recently changed the name of one of its flavors, dipping into the debate around the ice cream topping called &#8220;jimmies&#8221; amidst allegations that the term contains racist origins.
Brigham&#8217;s Ice Cream is a New England brand that started in 1914 and previously included an ice cream flavor with the name &#8220;Just Jimmies.&#8221; The company discreetly changed the name to &#8220;Just Sprinkles&#8221; at some point last year.
&#8220;Jimmies&#8221; is the New England/Boston-area word for chocolate sprinkles, although the term can also refer to all types of sprinkles. Some have claimed that the term &#8220;jimmies&#8221; has ties to the Jim Crow-era, specifically because the sprinkles are brown in color or because the name might be referring to Jim Crow, the main character of the 1830s minstrel song that became synonymous with racist culture.
The fact-checking site <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmies-etymology/">Snopes</a> has stated that the claim that the name comes from Jim Crow themes is &#8220;unproven.&#8221; In a 2009 post, Snopes concluded, &#8220;No valid reason exists to suppose that ‘jimmies’ carries a racist meaning or had a racially-charged origin. However, it’s difficult to definitively disprove the claim because the term’s entry into the English language is downright murky.&#8221;
Brigham&#8217;s Ice Cream&#8217;s website includes a discussion of fun facts about the company, and one archived <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090227001231/http:/www.brighams.com/ice_cream/facts.asp">post</a> explains the history of the candy topping.
The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090227001231/http:/www.brighams.com/ice_cream/facts.asp">website</a> states that &#8220;jimmies&#8221; were created by Just Born Candy Company and named after an employee, James Bartholomew, who worked at the company in 1930. &#8220;Bartholomew operated a machine that produced Born&#8217;s latest invention, tiny hot-dog shaped chocolate sprinkly things. But what to call them?&#8221; The website continues, &#8220;[founder Samuel] Born briefly pondered that question before deciding to accredit the name to the producer, Jimmy Bartholomew. The new product was named JIMMIES, which is still a trademarked name, but no longer made by Just Born.The dictionary definition for JIMMIES used to be &#8216;decorative things.&#8217; They have also been called toppettes, shots, fancies, trimettes and sprinkles.&#8221;
Just Born&#8217;s claims of inventing the &#8220;jimmies&#8221; has been questioned, as well, due to <a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jimmies-etymology/">reporting</a> that newspapers included advertisements of the candies in 1921 — two years before Just Born asserts the toppings were first created.
<a href="https://patch.com/massachusetts/lynnfield/hood-removes-jimmies-name-ice-cream-flavor">Patch</a>, a service that connects residents to happenings and information about their local communities, included an article detailing the change in the community of Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
HP Hood, Brigham&#8217;s parent company, explained the reasoning behind the shift. Hood spokesperson Lynne Bohan said in an email, &#8220;While the origins of the word &#8216;jimmies&#8217; is unclear, Brigham&#8217;s made the decision to change the name to ensure the brand reflects our values and meets our consumers&#8217; expectations &#8230; Just Sprinkles remains the same flavor/recipe that Brigham&#8217;s fans know and love.&#8221;
The sprinkles are not the first food item to have its original branding questioned. Last month, Quaker Oats changed the name of their breakfast foods label to &#8220;Pearl Milling Company&#8221; from &#8220;Aunt Jemima.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aunt-jemima-unveils-new-name">The Daily Wire</a> reported at the time, “Quaker announced in June of last year that it would be retiring the famous brand following the Black Lives Matter protests that spread across the nation following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.&#8221;
While the origin of the term &#8220;jimmies&#8221; remains unclear, the move might demonstrate how companies are taking preemptive action to offset potential conflict or criticism over product names.

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Ice Cream Brand Discreetly Changed Name Of Flavor After Questions Raised Over Possibly Racist Origin

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