Thursday, December 11, 2025

Government Statisticians Gone, Leaving Data at Risk

The ranks of U.S. government statisticians have been gutted in the past year due to layoffs and buyouts.

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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation ... " www.wsj.com/economy/bls- ...

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-- Rachel Maddow (@maddow.bsky.social) Dec 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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So, going according to plan.

No pesky statistics to refute Pres Trump's lies.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-10 06:07 PM

Fat ------ can't even find Venezuela on a map.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-12-10 07:28 PM

@#2 ... Fat ------ can't even find Venezuela on a map. ...

But he did broker a peace agreement in the Armenian-Cambodian conflict.

Trump claims he ended a war -- between countries that are 4,000 miles apart (September 2025)
www.msn.com

... If you haven't heard of the Armenian-Cambodian conflict, that's okay, because neither has anyone else -- other than President Donald Trump, who claims to have ended the supposedly brewing clash.

During the American Cornerstone Institute's Founders' Dinner at the Mount Vernon estate in Virginia Saturday, Trump again rattled off his peacemaking resume, the latest push in his desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

One of the wars he mentioned ending was a conflict between "Cambodia and Armenia."

The president did not elaborate on what allegedly set leaders in capitals Phnom Penh and Yerevan -- which are 4,150 miles apart -- against each other, but he assured the crowd that war "was just starting, and it was a bad one."

There has been no conflict between Armenia and Cambodia. ...




#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-10 07:43 PM

"Trump claims he ended a war -- between countries that are 4,000 miles apart"

No doubt a border dispute.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-12-10 07:46 PM

@#4

Yeah.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-10 10:34 PM

Righties don't care. They have Trump and FOX News to tell them what's up. Nothing is down. Except drug prices are down 20,000%.

#6 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-12-11 04:22 PM

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