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2. Rachel Maddow is not impressed with these numbers

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Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:22 PM

Friday

"Previous estimates showed the US economy generated 584,000 jobs in 2025, the first year of Trumpâ€™s second term, which was deeply discouraging.

Now, the picture is far worse: The newly revised, final data shows that the U.S. economy actually added only 181,000 jobs..."

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— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) 2026-02-13T01:47:18.910Z

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MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Feb 11 OP

Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts. LetMyPeopleVote Feb 11 #1

Rachel Maddow is not impressed with these numbers LetMyPeopleVote Friday #2

Biden created 8x more jobs in his last year than Trump did in his first year. LetMyPeopleVote Friday #3