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Trump nominated right-wing Project 2025 contributor EJ Antoni as the next Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. Trump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data—but it won’t work, says EPI Chief Economist @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social: www.epi.org/press/trump-...

epi.orgTrump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data—it won’t workYesterday, Trump announced that he will nominate E.J. Antoni as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Antoni has repeatedly and unfairly attacked the agency he’d be set to run...

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Fundamentally, I agree. The 'smart money' doesn't want China-style economics reporting or you risk killing the golden goose The numbers will be spun, interpreted until 5% unemployment (with 10% black unemployment) will be heralded as 'good news' and revisions will not be spoken of

Here comes the distortion and noise from the sycophants of the Trump regime. The numbers will never reflect real data ever again. His background and alphabet after his name doesn't mean jack shit. This warped Project 2025 author uses a Sharpie too.

Sure it will work. When you control all the levers of power and most of the mainstream media, it will work with ease. The only way you can get caught is if a whistleblower can find an outlet that will report it & that people will believe. But those don’t exist. And it’s completely purposeful.