The director of the agency that produces the nation's jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat ...
I've leave it to the smart people to explain how terrifying Trump's nomination EJ Antoni to run BLS is. But the garbage in-garbage out problem seems important. Trump is implementing Heritage 2025's policies, all of them. Now Antoni will tell us those policies are working when they aren't.
-- emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social) Aug 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Electronic - Vivid (2000)
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[Verse 1]
My imagination wants to see
The vivid colours of reality
There's a place out there beyond my grasp
A revolution in a looking glass
I've got to get this problem off my chest
I'm sick and tired of being second best
I'll rearrange my credibility
A fundraiser for a restless sea
[Bridge]
Don't ever doubt me
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