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The Commissary Problem: “It’s Failed Everywhere” vs. 235 Government-Owned Grocery Stores
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USA TODAY says government-owned grocery stores have "failed everywhere else it's been tried." The Defense Commissary Agency operates 235 of them.
Verdict: false, truth score 0.15 — and the real failures the column never mentions are the more interesting story.
On August 3, 2026, USA TODAY columnist Nicole Russell closed a column on Mamdani's N.Y.C. Groceries plan — five municipal stores, $70 million in capital funds, a 30% discount on a defined basket — with an absolute: this has failed everywhere. The record it describes is genuinely…
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