Posted on 10/23/2026 2:35:41 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs.
After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.
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I wonder how bad it actually is right now in 2016.
The Strait of Hormuz is open, traffic, on average, is about 70% of what it was before the war against Iran started, but industry experts also say about 80% of the oil coming out of the Strait is going to East Asia, and the U.S. and the “west” is benefitting very little.
Still no $5k DOGE checks. The Trump administration stopped providing data on numbers for mass interior deportations to prove the claims they make.
Still no investigations of the Jan 6th Committee, still none for the claimed 2020 elections steal.
Gas and food prices are still high. Diesel in September 2026 reached the highest average price ever.
Yeah... is it much worse in 2026 than we are being told?
Time once again for America First, not rent-a-cop for the Middle East.
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“Mainstream media and financial analysts are reporting that the U.S. economy added just 116,000 net new jobs in all of 2025, a staggering 90% reduction from the 1.21 million jobs originally indicated by the sum of initial monthly reports.
While early benchmark revisions released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) initially adjusted full-year 2025 job growth down to 181,000, subsequent monthly adjustments and backward tracking further lowered the final tally to 116,000.
The media’s framing and the data surrounding this development reveal several key takeaways:
• A Historic 90% Downward Revision: Financial commentators, such as Steve Rattner noted that the massive discrepancy means the vast majority of the job growth Americans thought was happening in 2025 was completely wiped away by posterior data corrections.
• Worst Year for Hiring Since 2020: The final tally of 116,000 stands far below the historical annual average of roughly 1.5 million nonfarm payroll additions, reflecting a near-stagnant labor market for that calendar year.” - Google AI
If only we had Kamala reciting poetry for us about the passage of time...
If only we had Kamala reciting poetry for us about the passage of time...
If only we had Kamala reciting poetry for us about the passage of time...
If only we had Kamala reciting poetry for us about the passage of time...
If only we had Kamala reciting poetry for us about the passage of time...
Maybe we need a good GOPe RINO for POTUS. / sarc
The revised math doesn’t make sense. Someone is faking it.
The jobless claims are the lowest in almost 60 years. Adding 116k new jobs wouldn’t make that happen.
Add in that the number of federal jobs has been slashed to 1960’s levels. That means the private sector is growing and FedGov is shrinking. If there weren’t ‘new’ jobs there wouldn’t be the very low unemployment. Further, while inflation now is related to diesel fuel prices and fuel prices, most other prices have quit the crazy inflation that represented Joe Biden.
The best thing for the US is to eliminate the IRGC, free Iran, and get a peace deal in the Russian Ukraine war internationally. The best domestic policy would be a federal balanced budget amendment, that prevented sitting congresspeople from ever running for federal office again if the fail to have a balanced budget (unless declared war).
Steven Rattner...
“Rattner is chairman and chief executive officer of Willett Advisors LLC, which manages the personal and philanthropic investment assets of Michael R. Bloomberg. In addition, he is a contributing writer for the Op-Ed page of The New York Times and the economic analyst for MSNBC’s Morning Joe. He previously served as counselor to the secretary of the Treasury and led the Obama administration’s successful effort to restructure the automobile industry, which he chronicled in his book, Overhaul: An Insider’s Account of the Obama Administration’s Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry.”
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/steven-rattner
Oh yes, 2025. That was the year that we eliminated hundreds of thousands of leeches from the government payrolls, wasn’t it?
Why do you keep posting the same thing over and over?
Unemployment rate between 4 and 5 % is considered “full” employment. It’s been around 4.1 and 4.2% for more than a year.
Am I redundant to call this guy a Leftist liar? 🤥
If true, then the Fed should slash interest rates in half. Not BY a half, but IN half.
Excellent find. Rattner is the quintessential Deep State Liberal insider.
Excellent find. Rattner is the quintessential Deep State Liberal insider.
I think we always knew that the complete shutdown for Covid, and the money printed and pumped into the economy, would have repercussions down the road. I think the aftereffects are finally hitting us. And it’s not just us. This is a world-wide problem.
You can check the BLS yourself. Private sector jobs were up about 700K for the year. Yes, it wasn't quite 1.2 million that was originally reported but it sure as hell wasn't the 116K that this guy cites after the revision downward.
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