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bucolic_frolic

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2. FAKE NUMBERS!!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 05:11 PM

Aug 2025

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!

But ......... we don't know the origins of the weak numbers. Other than federal firings and layoffs, AI doing the work of 10 people ... this could have legs to the downside ..........

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I think the numbers are phony so I fired her [View all] malaise Aug 2025 OP

In a max prison wing housing MS-13 gang members. rubbersole Aug 2025 #1

FAKE NUMBERS!! bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #2

Insane malaise Aug 2025 #7

Real simple, he is just full of himself. multigraincracker Aug 2025 #21

Except that a five year old would not be allowed to be president malaise Aug 2025 #22

Yeah, fired her for numbers that support my case to cut rates! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2025 #3

It takes breath-taking arrogance to be the expert for every subject malaise Aug 2025 #5

The numbers hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #4

We know that malaise Aug 2025 #6

Maddow Blog-Trump responds to his failure to create jobs by firing the U.S. labor statistics chief LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #8

Thank you! JohnnyRingo Aug 2025 #25

Trumpy knows best. nt BootinUp Aug 2025 #9

Insane malaise Aug 2025 #10

He just wants to be told the shit he wants to hear. Fact-based reality is dead in this country. Karasu Aug 2025 #11

Good bye retirement funds. Buddyzbuddy Aug 2025 #12

Only Pravda Faux "news" is allowed! UTUSN Aug 2025 #13

Can't wait to see the creative bookkeeping next month Hassler Aug 2025 #14

Just ask to see his sources. multigraincracker Aug 2025 #23

We are in a dictatorship. spanone Aug 2025 #15

The people are finding out who the phony is. Emile Aug 2025 #16

He is increasingly more free-wheeling and unfettered. And the rule of law is seemingly impotent, since DOJ is his. Evolve Dammit Aug 2025 #17

TRUMP CHEATS Jimvanhise Aug 2025 #18

Every Trump accusation is a admission of guilt. Emile Aug 2025 #19

Be fun to ask him his definition of "projection". multigraincracker Aug 2025 #24

He is a criminal crud Aug 2025 #20

Republican side of Congress response on firing.... Gimpyknee Aug 2025 #26

They are why this has happened malaise Aug 2025 #30

The new commissioner of labor statistics. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #27

Cannot admit he's wrong. Absolute Narcissistic Idiot. He'll kill us all if he isn't stopped. rickyhall Aug 2025 #28

This may be even more disturbing than Trump firing the BLS Commissioner Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #29

Yep malaise Aug 2025 #33

One temporarily good thing I found in this article Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #31

The only people that can change his mind about the firing are the Business CEO's. FloridaBlues Aug 2025 #32

He got convicted of having phony numbers .. a number of times. underpants Aug 2025 #34

Trump's Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook (NYT gift article) LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #35