One more step, in the guidelines to becoming a dictator, that Trump took today!

[Crepitus]

Hey man facts and figures don't lie!

tRump fired his bathroom scale many many years ago...

 

[Luckyone]

TDS, until there’s a cure, just laugh

TDS is reporting facts that affects us and the population?

Hahaha

You have joined Trump’s Minions

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I've rarely seen so much TDS here. I mean the guy watches Madcow ffs.

 

[Monoculturalist]

President Trump fires BLS commissioner after July jobs report​

President Trump said in a social media post Friday afternoon that he directed members of his administration to fire Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the BLS on Friday published the July jobs report that contained what it called "larger than normal" revisions to data from May and June.

Controlling the information given to the people, is one of the steps that Dictators need to control the population.

The dictator’s dilemma: The distortion of information flow in autocratic regimes and its consequences​

This is what Trump is now trying to destroy!

AI Overview

The United States has a long-standing reputation for its robust system of collecting and disseminating labor and economic statistics. Agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are key players in this effort.
Here's why the US is seen as a leader in this field:

• Established history: The BLS, established in 1884, has a long history of collecting high-quality data on various aspects of the nation's economy, including labor force participation, wages, prices, and productivity. Similarly, the BEA, founded in 1972, provides crucial data on national, regional, industry, and international economic accounts, including the widely-cited Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Comprehensive data collection: The BLS and BEA collect data through a combination of surveys, censuses, and administrative records, producing a broad range of statistics on employment, unemployment, wages, inflation (measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI)), and productivity, among other indicators. For example, the BLS conducts the Current Population Survey (CPS) to gather labor force information from households.
• Accuracy and Impartiality: BLS data aims to be relevant, timely, accurate, impartial, and accessible to all users. The BLS is committed to independence from partisan interests, ensuring its data's credibility and reliability.
• Impact on Policy and Decision-Making: U.S. economic data significantly impacts policymakers, researchers, businesses, and the public. This data informs critical decisions related to monetary policy, tax and budget projections, and business investment plans, among others.

Here is an example of the opposite, by a country run by a Dictator:

Putin’s War on Truth​

Trump continues to follow the guidelines for becoming a dictator.

For those supporting Trump, I hope that you enjoy (and can live with) the cutting off of data, statistics, and facts in order to support fake truths that Trump wants you to believe.

I don't think Biden fired the BLS commissioner while in office, but his administration did make significant revisions to job numbers during several months.

While I agree that the distortion of info is a typical characteristic of dictatorships, a comparable behavior under Biden was the push for a "disinformation tsar." Disinformation, as defined by the previous administration, was rather broad and tended to be politically convenient for the Dems back during COVID.

To be fair, our government has a long history of propagandizing. Even the food pyramid turned out to be a lie.

 

[Winco]

Don't be stupid Astro. Just admit you don't really know how things work, and
you just keep throwing BS against the wall and see if it will stick.

Here's Meister.
His best attribute is telling others how much he knows and how little anyone that NOT on Cult Team trump, how stupid they are.

When Meister posts something intelligent, it will be his first time.

C'mon Missy, you got to improve your game.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Meister is old and failing, like his silent pal, but fun to read some of the time.

 

[JohnDB]

It SEEMS like a "killing of the messenger "

Much as I don't want to agree... he is right....almost.

What Trump is most upset about I'd the May and especially June revisions. 250K in total jobs downward revisions.

Unacceptable estimating.
That's a guesstimate of 25-50 % inaccurate.
There are better methods of estimating jobs without having to do such large revisions later

 

[ElmerMudd]

Economic scientists have a consensus that a lot higher number of jobs were created, yet the number reported was much lower which benefits leftists like those who appointed this dame.

Trump fires the head of the bureau of labor statistics after a reduction in the jobs numbers. The same head of BLS lowered Biden's 2024 job numbers to the second largest downward adjustment in history,
MAGA was on this site saying Biden inflated jobs numbers as proven by the the BLS continually lowering the numbEr of jobs created in a month.
Now, this same guy adjusts Trump's numbers down and he is fired. Unfricking believable. This is not a democracy.
If anyone, in government, does not do what Trump wants they are fired or prosecuted,
This happens in North Korea and Russia. WHAT HAVE WE BECOME.

 

[ElmerMudd]

Yeah you get stuff wrong that much you get fired

Did he get it wrong when he adjusted Biden's 2024 annual jobs numbers down the second most in history.
Look at yourself; you define truth as anything that helps Donald Trump and lies, anything that hurts Trump.
That is sick.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Undermining public data because it doesn’t fit his narrative is what authoritarian strongmen do. This isn’t strength. It’s paranoia.

 

[Mac-7]

Trump did not like the weak employment numbers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html

In another age this would cause an outrage.

Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.

Anything Trump does not like is rigged or fixed.

It is a lie.

How do you know she wasnt a political appointee and lib political activist?

 

[Zincwarrior]

Tell the Emporor with No Clothes something he doesn't want to hear, and see what happens.

Unfortunately private entities keep stats too.https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/manufacturing-pmi-at-48-july-2025-manufacturing-ism-report-on-business-302519014.html

 

[Zincwarrior]

She rigged the data to hurt Trump. She deserved to be fired.

Dipshit its the same time every month.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Thread 'Labor Department Admits Hundreds of Thousands of Biden Jobs Were Fake'

May 12, 2025

I have posted about this previously because several people/organizations noted the numbers were phony.

Now, we have the Labor Department confirming that they were correct.

The Biden administration claimed to have added almost 400,000 jobs from July through September of last year, but new data released this week suggest none of those jobs ever existed. Despite constantly gaslighting by the mainstream media, Americans knew the economy was in poor shape and these latest numbers prove it.

Month after month, the government bean-counters under former-president Biden published overly...​

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Trump fires head of Bureau of Labor Statistics because he’s an authoritarian despot and fascist thug.

 

[scruffy]

Dipshit its the same time every month.

No comment.

 

[struth]

Did he get it wrong when he adjusted Biden's 2024 annual jobs numbers down the second most in history.
Look at yourself; you define truth as anything that helps Donald Trump and lies, anything that hurts Trump.
That is sick.

No he got it wrong when he first claimed 818k jobs that weren’t there to begin with

 

[luiza]

Trump did not like the weak employment numbers.
In another age this would cause an outrage.
Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.
Anything Trump does not like is rigged or fixed.
It is a lie.

Garbage .
The figures are arranged and manipulated all of the time .
But recently excessively .

This has been seized on by Mr Trumpfy as it all helps to devalue the US Dollar ---- a key requirement in front of a total financial system Re-Set .

 

[Care4all]

Yeah you get stuff wrong that much you get fired

Oh Bull crap!

The whole reason they are so OFF initially is because they do NOT have the staff anymore to give you more accurate preliminary numbers early.

Elon Musk and DOGE fired a third of the staff.

This very low 75000 jobs created for July that Trump is having a tizzy fit over, is likely only 15000 job created, and much much worse than the bad 75000 preliminary number once they have the time to do the accurate counting.

The final numbers are accurate and have a paper trail....they can be checked and are double checked.

Just screaming like Trump that the numbers are fake or a hoax when dozens of staff have checked and double checked before they even give them to the Head Lady that Trump fired on his created lie.

Wake up!

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

There is no standard measuring stick....
They use fuzzy math to make the determinations.
I would not be surprised at all if Trump is exactly correct about his accusation.

What do you mean they use fuzzy math?

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

She rigged the data to hurt Trump. She deserved to be fired.

This statement would be hilarious if it weren't so pathetic.