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IronLionZion

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5. Is this after they cooked the books?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:37 AM

Feb 11

Because the new MAGA person in charge of labor statistics might give us some spectacularly unbelievable numbers.

MAGA will give us some scapegoats to blame (they're stealing our jobs!) I miss the Biden days of "nobody wants to work anymore".

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'We have to revise our expectations': White House downplays coming jobs report [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 11 OP

How much pain can one country stand? bagimin Feb 11 #1

"illegals" Skittles Feb 11 #2

I assure you: they are not revising THEIR expectations, they are revising OURS bucolic_frolic Feb 11 #3

If they are allowing some bad employment numbers Farmer-Rick Feb 11 #7

It must be really bad. How can it not be bad? Their livetohike Feb 11 #4

Is this after they cooked the books? IronLionZion Feb 11 #5

DON'T PANIC!!! DemMedic Feb 11 #6

And then the report comes out Miguelito Loveless Feb 11 #8