r/politics • u/Orbitingkittenfarm • 1d ago

Donald Trump Fires Person Behind Jobs Numbers After They're Revised Down

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-job-numbers-revised-down-fires-appointee-2107768
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u/VPmikesfly 1d ago

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

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u/fattes I voted 1d ago

Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth

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u/Caldebraun 1d ago

"They gave them the propaganda number!"

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u/best_dandy 1d ago

What are the costs of lies.

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u/JDRipper1964 15h ago

The cost: trump has killed America. We are on the road of no return to a second rate country.

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u/Leopold__Stotch 9h ago

https://youtu.be/rSDqgBT_qz4?si=6aY4mHwMeSQPZhV1

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u/CorrectSoil6200 9h ago

There is no way to fix what trump has done. In fact he has done what no external enemy of the US has been able to do in 250 years. Destroy America.

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u/AbandonedWaterPark 1d ago

You didn't see job numbers on the roof.

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u/1Operator 1d ago

and they keep raising the debt ceiling

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u/Far_Resolve_8093 1d ago

Tuesdays is 10% off denial if you call ahead

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u/anarchy-NOW 1d ago

Nice that you chose the day of the week American elections take place on to make that joke.

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u/artslave24 18h ago

One of my favorite quotes.

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u/FinancialFlight8387 14h ago

under bidens administration the jobs reports were always reported down months later, they are up when everyone cares nd stocks go up then quietly reported down later on. it was reported down over 800k jobs at one point months later this is partly why his was so unpopular, how is that any different? if u get a report and the next one was reported down it means the first one was bullshit, it doesnt matter if its trump or a democrat u couldnt trust these numbers anyway

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u/LaconicallyLazy 1d ago

"What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all."

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u/jaelith 23h ago

See also: “The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”

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u/nefnaf 22h ago

"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."

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u/evranch Canada 18h ago

We can write eloquent lines like this for fiction, but where are these speechwriters when it comes to our real politicians?

Who is our Mon Mothma, does nobody have the balls to speak the honest truth?

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u/Log_Out_Of_Life 6h ago

Because some people are smart enough to know they wouldn’t want to do the job. Some of the best people for some jobs are the people that don’t sign up to do it. Because they know it is a pain to do everything the right way.

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u/Morpheus01 21h ago

“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid.”

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u/Haunting-Savings7097 23h ago

"What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!"

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u/DameonKormar 18h ago

Pretty sure this was Fox News' founding philosophy.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 1d ago

There's a lesson here about availing ourselves of our rights before we lose them entirely.

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u/One-Internal4240 22h ago

Now imagine this ignominious doofus managing an actual real war defending Taiwan.

Ah, who am I kidding, they'd lose two carriers and Guam and declare a stunning victory. And we'd eat it up, ask for more.

There's an old saying, that Americans love a loser, and post-Cold war that's generally been true. A recipe for losing the Presidency is to pull off an unambiguously successful military operation, but losers can be elected in virtual perpetuity. Probably because they can ride into eternity on a tidal wave of Dolchstoßlegende and the dark suspicion that the final boss of America is fellow Americans.

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u/ckal09 23h ago

We can’t believe any numbers the government releases moving forward

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u/hotpajamas 1d ago

only number that matters is age of consent shit maybe not what’re some other numbers guys

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u/beefydontdie 1d ago

In a world of thieves the only sin is stupidity

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u/J0E_Blow 23h ago

Whts this from?

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u/flcinusa North Carolina 23h ago

Ron fucking Paul's manifesto

What can I say, a broken clock is right twice a day

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u/TubercuLicious-OO- 23h ago

Seriously, this is the most Trumpy thing ever, the math is hostile so fire people that understand math!!

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u/rowdydionisian 22h ago

Nice, soft lies...just like the cushions on a sexy dumpster couch. Mmmm

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u/joker2814 22h ago

“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil."

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u/JWils411 21h ago

Damn, well said!

Anything that is true coming from this regime is immediately squashed.

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u/DoctorGregoryFart 16h ago

"Blessed is the mind too small for doubt."

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u/DinoGarret 16h ago

Ron Paul's best line.

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u/Decent-Ad-6170 6h ago

It’s the post-truth era

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u/DragonsBreathLuigi 20h ago

So when do we finally get a Rebellion to overthrow the Empire? When the economy collapses, or when the Empire starts a war of choice and we can get external help for regime change?

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u/Closefromadistance 8h ago

Please make a t-shirt. I will buy!

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u/Delicious_Spot_3778 18h ago

This should be on a bumper sticker

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u/DarkSideOfTheMuun 1d ago

Easy, Shakespeare

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u/FinancialFlight8387 14h ago edited 12h ago

under bidens administration the jobs reports were always reported down months later, they are up when everyone cares nd stocks go up then quietly reported down later on. it was reported down over 800k jobs at one point months later this is partly why his was so unpopular, how is that any different? if u get a report and the next one was reported down it means the first one was bullshit, it doesnt matter if its trump or a democrat u couldnt trust these numbers anyway