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In reply to the discussion: U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% [View all]No. You refuse to accept the truth. The BLS jobs data to this point has been 100% honest. And yes I know that to be true. You can refuse to accept it all you like. You are wrong. It is quite frankly enormously offensive that people like you who don't understand how BLS works feel perfectly comfortable maligning the integrity of thousands of honest career civil servants just because of your hatred of Trump.
Nobody hates Trump more than I do, but I know how the Federal Statistical agencies work and know that Trump is incapable of manipulating most government statistics without being called out on it by pretty much every economist in the world.
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U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
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The copy/paste text version doesn't run it into the tag like the Xitter post
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
#4
It's not normally required as a DNS would usually have different variations to refer back to
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
#14
They are using a wildcard certificate for encryption instead of using a proper server name
Tim S
Yesterday
#7
I can't trust BLS info with Trump and Vought in control. Are they being diddled?
CousinIT
Yesterday
#6
Exactly. Previous BLS Admin was fired for allowing unfavorable numbers to be published......
groundloop
Yesterday
#8
BLS data continues to be legit. As 30+ year employee on the CES program I can vouch for that.
Wiz Imp
Yesterday
#15
It's a sample based estimate. As such it is subject to several types of statistical error.
Wiz Imp
Yesterday
#24
That's really hard to predict. But given Trump's complete lack of understanding
Wiz Imp
Yesterday
#30
and like all the other jobs number, it will quietly be revised down in a month or two. nt
Javaman
Yesterday
#16
And the jobs numbers for 2025 were revised to LESS THAN HALF of what was originally stated.
SunSeeker
Yesterday
#31
MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought
LetMyPeopleVote
Yesterday
#32
"Reducing trust in government in general is very bad for progressive causes and ultimately great for the populist right.
mahatmakanejeeves
Yesterday
#33
Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts.
LetMyPeopleVote
23 hrs ago
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