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Wow. Trump announces he is firing the U.S. Labor Statistics Commissioner for reporting that jobs numbers are weak under his watch. This is what dictators do.

The totally groundless firing of Dr. Erika McEntarfer, my successor as Commissioner of Labor Statistics at BLS, sets a dangerous precedent and undermines the statistical mission of the Bureau. For a full statement opposing this move, read: friendsofbls.org/updates/2025/8…

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire. It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

Bill is the king of understatement. There have been countless BLS revisions, and many BLS Commissioners, but only ONE sitting President has fired a BLS head. You do the math.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” George Orwell, 1984

Firing the head of a key government agency because you don’t like the numbers they report, which come from surveys using long established procedures, is what happens in authoritarian countries not democratic ones. This is surely not the most serious threat to our democracy that

The American flag as a sewer here really summarizes what he's done to the place, I'll give them that.

a very confused Trump mixes up jobs and dollars: "Right after the election, she had an $800,000 or $900,000 massive reduction."

INBOX: Ways and Means Democrats Ranking Member Rep. Richard Neal blasts jobs report and Trump's tariff hikes. (This came out before Trump fired the BLS commissioner).

Mad about jobs report inaccuracy? One reason it has gotten harder in recent years is declining survey response rates. There was an unpaid advisory group of statistical experts that was working on solving that problem at its last meeting... before Howard Lutnick disbanded it.🧵

Trump fired head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer after she published a weak jobs report that showcased damage to US economy. This is a playbook used by authoritarian leaders. Danger of ‘smile file’ politics prevents correction to flawed policies.

When Ceaușescu did not like the numbers he was getting, he changed the numbers & the messenger at the start. That’s why he had no clue, by the end, what the reality was - every stat, number & fact were false & inflated. Everything was delivered to him hyper inflated. 1/2

Exactly this. Living through a real time transformation of/attack on US democracy.

Destroying institutions that provide independent analysis is a hallmark of dictatorship.

My God. This is the White House Rose Garden after Trump’s “overhaul.” Stripped, paved, lifeless. Everything Trump touches dies

This thread explains why we’re on a precipice.

The most corrupt White House in history: This is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy nytimes.com/2025/08/02/us/…

Reporters - please have some self respect. Trump literally said he didn't like the numbers and fired the BLS Director. White House sanewashing afterwards is just you getting played.

The economy is on the precipice of recession. That’s the clear takeaway from last week’s economic data dump. Consumer spending has flatlined, construction and manufacturing are contracting, and employment is set to fall. And with inflation on the rise, it is tough for the Fed to

Sanewashing. Why report this so uncritically?