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Johnny2X2X

(24,345 posts)
9. Under Biden
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 10:44 AM
Jan 2026

I'm old enough to remember when Joe Biden was President and he once missed a jobs report badly, but it still was +160,000 jobs. The news media treated it like a national crisis, "Biggest jobs miss ever, US only adds 160,000 jobs!!!!" It dominated the news for several days, both national and local.

And here we are with 8 months under Trump where the economy added less than that 160,000 jobs combined and it's barely a blip. Job growth has ground to a halt in the US, it's a complete disaster! This is a price that workers will pay, they're losing their jobs, they're having trouble finding new ones, and the new ones now don't have to pay as well because there are more job seekers.

To go 8 months with essentially 0 job growth is unreal. It's a crisis and the media is ignoring it because the media is corporate and administration owned.

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The jackass has created a no fire no hire economy in the private sector. lostincalifornia Jan 2026 #1
4.4% unemployment while the U.S. economy is losing jobs? NoMoreRepugs Jan 2026 #2
I know progree will be around shortly but I think one factor is the "Labor Participation Rate" BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #3
#29 a little ways below /nt progree Jan 2026 #30
... BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #31
could be an effect of mass deportations DBoon Jan 2026 #15
Yes. The St. Louis Fed estimates only a net 57k jobs/month (+/- 25k) need to be created, down from the old 150k number progree Jan 2026 #29
Actually nonfarm payroll employment FELL by 192,000, but were seasonally adjusted upwards to +50,000 progree Jan 2026 #4
Mostly temp jobs, am I right? FakeNoose Jan 2026 #5
Not necessarily. UPS, FedEx & Amazon increases are accounted for by the Seasonal Adjustment. Wiz Imp Jan 2026 #7
I'm guessing all the hirng.... SergeStorms Jan 2026 #26
Looking at the graph Johnny2X2X Jan 2026 #6
The October massive drop (fed "Fork in the Road" disaster) BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #8
Under Biden Johnny2X2X Jan 2026 #9
This tells it all BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #12
"this tells it all" - yes it does. I like that it's percent change, and that it is annualized progree Jan 2026 #20
Brilliant! Thanks wolfie001 Jan 2026 #21
striking Skittles Jan 2026 #27
Yes. April level 159433. December 159526 Wiz Imp Jan 2026 #10
11,625 jobs a month! Johnny2X2X Jan 2026 #16
Yeah, no. I'm not buying it. Texin Jan 2026 #11
Aaron Rupar's video clips of administration talking heads trying to change the subject: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 #13
This one? BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #18
That smarmy imp puts the ass in Hassett peppertree Jan 2026 #22
Data is from the BLS - already gutted of intelligent people by pres dump. mdbl Jan 2026 #14
That - or he has his "supervisors" keep an eye on them numbers peppertree Jan 2026 #23
Links to data series progree Jan 2026 #17
Both payroll employment (+50,000) and unemployment rate (4.4%) change little in December mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 #19
and in a couple of months, it will be revised down further as seems to be the case. nt Javaman Jan 2026 #24
They already had some revisions downward of previous data! BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #25
Compare to Wednesday's ADP report of PRIVATE payrolls: ADP: +41k, BLS: +37k progree Jan 2026 #28
Benchmark jobs data will be released with the next monthly release at the beginning of February. Wiz Imp Jan 2026 #32
🚨 President Literal Asswipe posted job numbers from the report the evening before 😬! progree Jan 2026 #33
"if you REALLY want to be first with the jobs report, check Truth Social the night before" BumRushDaShow Jan 2026 #34
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