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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report

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Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report

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News@lemmy.world • 2 months ago

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The president implied that the BLS commissioner, long-time federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."

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@PunkRockSportsFan
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Kill the messenger. This will buy some time.

Just don’t ask about why trump went to that island ok?
- @choking_the_dolphin@lemmynsfw.com
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  You the pedo island where pedos rape kids?
- @Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
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  She did overcount the initial report by 3x
  
  The correction from 200k to 73k is a massive reduction.
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    Initial reports are always crap. There’s little point in even reporting them.

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