Posted on 08/02/2025 4:53:02 AM PDT by V_TWIN
President Trump ordered the dismissal Friday of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), hours after the economic data collection agency released a report showing unemployment ticked up last month.
Now-former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, triggered Trump’s fury after her agency announced lower than expected employment gains in July and revised the numbers for May and June downward by a total of 258,000 jobs.
The president accused McEntarfer of manipulating the data and charged that she had done so in the past.
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“This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000,” the president wrote.
Another swamp creature bites the dust. Good riddance.
Economic and employment data always seems to be rigged by the left for political purposes.
Half the reason I posted this was that the NY Post was the only source I could find that was unbiased about the story.
The usual suspects are spinning it as Trump firing her because the numbers made him look bad, not because she manipulated the data.
Whoever the interim is should be able to straighten it out.
“..Economic and employment data always seems to be rigged by the left for political purposes....”
Of course! So what’s the problem here??? /s
It’s all just part of our domestic communist party’s wonderful plan to hoodwink the great “unwashed masses” to their liking. It always came out “good” for their great and awesome messiah; odongo. And as well for thier “sharp as a tack” KingPEDO Pig, the 1st. It was always “bad” for Trump and MAGA. It’s just standard operating procedure to enhance their vile communist takeover. Spit.
If she had posted the real numbers POwell probably would have cut rates.
And left Powell with egg on his face as he used solid jobs info as a reason to keep rates high.....
Given a long BLS record of “ revising” numbers months after the report….seems like a good idea to hire “ experts” that are actually…experts
“McEntarfer, a career federal employee...”
“an appointee of former President Joe Biden...”
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I think I found the problem.
Biden’s jobs numbers also were always “ revised” after a month or more
Way way lower as I recall
But the damage of the overstated reports benefitted his lying about the economy to get reelected
“...seems like a good idea to...”
Also seems like a good idea to chop the BLS into little pieces and get rid of most of it, push much of it on the states where it belongs, and kick all of the unemployed fraud out on the fed level.
Haven’t memorized the Constitution but kinda’ sure “employment” isn’t in there.
A Biden appointee, a liberal democrat, a radial left winger in a position of power.....lie? Deceive?
Nooooo! say it ain’t so Joe.......yeah right. Fire all Biden and Obama appointees. Because they all lie. Why wasn’t she fired months ago? That’s the real question .
The FR TDSers were having giddyfits over the fake job numbers, yesterday.
“…and charged that McEntarfer “faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election…”
I think you could say that without even taking a look at what she put out. A demonrat would lie right out of the gate reflexively.
“It always came out “good” for...odongo”
Odongo’s reign came 2 years after I finished college. Everything sucked for 8 straight years... wages, food/gas/utility prices, job openings, etc. And every day I had to listen to this garbage telling people like me how great it all was because “the numbers don’t lie!”
The only light in the tunnel came in the fall lead ups to the 2012 and 2016 elections. Gas prices dipped a bit to make us feel like the economy was turning around. After Mittens was soundly dismissed, of course, everything went straight back in the toilet for another 4 years.
Justifiable if the evidence of rigging is solid. The data need an open audit.
I’ve been watching politics and jobs reports for 50 years, never seen revisions like yesterday, never, not anywhere near them
I CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN I LAST SAW ANY UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS THAT MADE SENSE -—THAT WERE NOT RADICALLY CHANGED IN MONTHS FOLLOWING
Remember the 9 FED (falling off a cliff) charts from ZeroHedge during Omama’s term, lol.
Yes, I spent two and a half years unemployed starting a month after he was elected. Never thought I would have a problem. I obviously knew jack-squat about age discrimination back then. It was tough. I finally did land a job and everyone there thought I was a jack of all trades national treasure. I was constantly asked if there wasn’t anything I couldn’t do, lol.
The point was everyone knew I was there to work, didn’t matter at what. Machining, research, statistics, testing, analysis, erection. (chuckle)
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