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![]() Trump defends firing labor statistics chief after weak jobs report thehill.com/homenews/administration/5434438-trump-defends-firing-labor-statistics-chief/ Trump fired the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics because they reported employment numbers he didn't like. He basically shot the messenger. The BLS head doesn't just come up with the numbers on their own. She has a whole department of researchers and economists to come up with the best numbers they can in real time, while most of the data hasn't even come in, yet. But Trump thinks he knows better, and fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, claiming she deliberately "rigged" the numbers to make him look bad and make Kamala Harris look better. Meanwhile, Trump is confused at how percentages and prices work. Trump makes laughable claim about drug prices www.nj.com/politics/2025/07/trump-makes-laughable-claim-about-drug-pricesand-is-immediately-ridiculed.html On Tuesday, Trump claimed that he could lower drug prices by 1500%—a mathematically impossible number since it suggests drug companies would be paying the consumer to take the drug. Many critics immediately roasted the president on social media platform X, explaining that Trump’s math was not adding up.
“This is something that nobody else can do. We’re going to get the drug prices down, not 30 or 40%, which would be great, not 50 or 60,” Trump said on Tuesday. “No, we’re going to get them down 1000%, 600%, 500%, 1500%.” “Numbers that are not even thought to be achievable because I’ve used a certain talent that I have and convinced the drug companies that have no choice,” he added. |
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Trump, without offering any evidence, insinuated the downward revisions were a politically motivated attack. He promptly told his team to fire Commissioner McEntarfer, much to the dismay of many economists. Her predecessor, Trump-appointee William Beach, called the decision "totally groundless." He also said it "sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the statistical mission of the Bureau."
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This IS SPARTAAAAAA!!!!!!
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![]() After years of getting the numbers wrong. Someone finally took accountability and fired the inept person in charge of giving correct reports. If someone can’t do their job , you fire them and replace with someone that can. DUHHH… |
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Trump is still ahead in a positive way compared to all the incompetence of J Biden while he was in office! |
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https://www.newsmax.com/us/labor-department-commissioner-of-labor-statistics-fired/2025/08/01/id/1220991/ |
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Edited by
Toodygirl5
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Wed 08/06/25 03:01 PM
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J Biden is a Criminal not Yet charged of all his crimes while in office. |
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Edited by
Toodygirl5
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Wed 08/06/25 02:59 PM
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Wake up Dems. you still in the Dark. |
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J Biden is a Criminal not Yet charged of all his crimes while in office.
If Biden is such a criminal, then why did the Congressional Republicans and Trump's DOJ fail to even come up with charges against him? Instead, he's got Tulsi Gabbard to pretend Barack Obama committed treason (he didn't). Gabbard’s Misleading ‘Coup’ Claim www.factcheck.org/2025/07/gabbards-misleading-coup-claim/ And even the sycophant Gabbard has nothing on Biden. |
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It's not stopping at the BLS. Trump is getting his Energy Secretary to revise climate reports.
Energy secretary says Trump administration may alter past National Climate Assessments www.yahoo.com/news/articles/energy-secretary-says-trump-administration-213814206.html U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week the Trump administration plans to review and potentially alter the nation's climate science reports.
In a Tuesday appearance on CNN's The Source, Wright told CNN host Kaitlan Collins the National Climate Assessments have been removed from government websites "because we're reviewing them." "We will come out with updated reports on those and with comments on those," Wright said. No surprise. Trump showed he didn't care about government data when he marked up that hurricane map with his Sharpie. ![]() |
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Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hegseth-fires-general-whose-agency-s-intel-assessment-of-damage-from-iran-strikes-angered-trump WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iranian nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official.
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. Hegseth also fired Vice Adm. Nancy Lacore, who is chief of the Navy Reserve, as well as Rear Adm. Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command, another U.S. official said. No reasons were given for their firings, the latest in a series of steps targeting military leaders, intelligence officials and other perceived critics of Trump, who has demanded loyalty across the government. The administration also stripped security clearances this week from additional current and former national security officials. Here we go again: Trump cannot tolerate any dissent, anywhere in the country, that might imply he's not perfect. |
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The story I linked earlier was apparently taken offline, so this updates the link, but reiterates the story. Trump is a crybaby and has his lapdog Pete Hegseth fire anybody who doesn't truly believe the fantasy that The Donald sputters during his "weave"
Three-star general Jeffrey Kruse ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/three-star-general-jeffrey-kruse-ousted-as-defense-intelligence-agency-director/ar-AA1L2Pxe?ocid=BingNewsVerp "The firing of yet another senior national security official underscores the Trump administration's dangerous habit of treating intelligence as a loyalty test rather than a safeguard for our country."
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