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It’s just like his approach to COVID — the problem is never that people are suffering, the problem is that the government is bothering to keep track of how many people are suffering.

This is a perfect example of how an unfettered presidential removal power can undermine accountability (despite unitary executive theory claims to the contrary). How can you hold the President accountable for economic conditions if the President can keep us from knowing about those conditions?

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump I was just informed that our Country's "Jobs Numbers" are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala's chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can't be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the

If you were looking for ONE THING you could do to undermine confidence in the US economy, this is EXACTLY what you would choose

the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies

Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.

When Israel partly eased restrictions in May, it began operating a new Israeli- and U.S.-backed aid distribution system run by a private group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, largely displacing traditional aid agencies. This system has so thoroughly ignored conditions on the ground that it raises the question of whether Israel has been intentionally engineering starvation in the strip.

The aid provided by the G.H.F. is inadequate by several standards. The group’s ration boxes, according to nutritionists, are unbalanced and lack nutrients that are essential for starving populations, especially children. A malnourished child requires specialized food such as Plumpy’Nut, a peanut-based therapeutic formula — not pasta or lentils, which the G.H.F. offers instead. The most severely malnourished need intensive care in a hospital. To prepare food included in the ration boxes, people also often require fuel and clean water, both of which are in short supply in Gaza.

We need to find out more about who is behind the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

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Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Okay you can officially get ready for an attempt to cook the books.

incredible essay

"If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel decided tonight that every Palestinian child in Gaza should have breakfast tomorrow, it could undoubtedly be done."

Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza

Famine expert Alex de Waal, on the disastrous aid system established in May backed by Israel & the US through the GHF:

"This system has so thoroughly ignored conditions on the ground that it raises the question of whether Israel has been intentionally engineering starvation in the strip."

"Of course, Trump could agree to let his name out or sign a privacy waiver. Or, when he—and everybody else named in the files—eventually dies, most of their privacy rights will disappear."

The FBI Redacted Trump’s Name in the Epstein Files The bureau’s FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted....

From FOIA expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social:

"Here’s the bottom line: The FBI's behind-the-scenes decision-making suggests that the chances of aliens resurrecting JFK are greater than Trump’s name ever being unredacted from the Epstein files."

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Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

Senate Democrats Estimate DOGE Caused Billions of Dollars In Government Waste A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

Elon Musk’s giddily uninformed strike force of Peter Thiel acolytes cost the government $21.7 billion, according to a new report from Dems on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
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Big news in today's #jobs report are the revisions. The labor market is much weaker than originally reported the last two months. While payrolls grew 73k in July, May and June data were revised down a total of 258k to 19k and 14k, respectively, bringing 3-month average growth down to 35k.
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CNN points out that June turned out to be the weakest month of jobs growth since December 2020 -- the last full month of Trump's first term

Trump's Sloppy Effort to Distract From Epstein Mess Creates a 'Ticking Time Bomb' Donald Trump’s advisers worry his effort to turn attention away from the Epstein scandal — his threat to jail Obama — will blow up in their faces.

"One Trump administration official adds that 'people aren’t buying it.' The official notes they have received messages from high-profile Trump allies and MAGA-aligned influencers insisting that this 'Obamagate' reboot will not get them to move on from Epstein."

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This labor market is in trouble. Healthcare are social assistance are pretty much the only sectors hiring. This is NOT healthy. **Just +73,000 job gains in July** Healthcare +55,000 Social assistance +18,000 Retail +16,000 Finance +15,000 Hospitality +5,000 State gov't +5,000 Transport/warehouse +4,000 Construction +2,000 Professional and biz services -14,000 Federal gov't -12,000 (down -84,000 since January) Manufacturing -11,000 Local gov't -3,000 Information -2,000

the just out July jobs report is not good news for the economy

Budapest mayor questioned by police for organizing banned LGBTQ Pride event When he arrived at Hungary's National Bureau of Investigation for questioning, Mayor Gergely Karácsony told his supporters that freedom for Hungarian society was at stake.

The liberal mayor of Hungary's capital is questioned by police over accusations of helping organize an LGBTQ Pride event that the country's right-wing populist government had sought to ban.

Senate Democrats Estimate DOGE Caused Billions of Dollars In Government Waste A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

Today's Morning Memo @talkingpointsmemo.com:

Senate Democrats Estimate DOGE Caused Billions of Dollars In Government Waste

Plus: Jeffrey Clark, threats against judges, and DHS heresies.

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The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in soft, too.

NEW: The labor market is worse than previously thought, with the latest data showing the U.S. created about 106,000 total jobs in the past three months, the weakest pace of growth since the onset of the 2020 pandemic.

The job market is showing signs of weakness as Trump's tariffs take effect U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply lower.

U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs in July, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday, as the unemployment rate inched up to 4.2%. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply lower.

US job growth missed expectations in July, government data showed Friday, while revisions to hiring figures in recent months brought them to the weakest levels since the Covid-19 pandemic.
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NEW: FEC records show Elizabeth Fago donated $1 million to MAGA Inc, the Trump super PAC, in April.

She attended a fundraising dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on April 4.

She lobbied Trump to pardon her son, who had pleaded guilty to tax crimes.

3 weeks later, Trump issued the pardon.

June was revised down from 147k to 14k, May was revised down to 19k. So we've created just 106k jobs since April, compared to over 100k in each of the first four months of the year. That's a really big revision!

DUN-DUN-DUN -- Maria Bartiromo and company react with stunned silence to a "disappointing" jobs report showing only 73,000 jobs were created in July

Among the guests at Bove’s confirmation party was Jeffrey Clark.

In 2023, Clark was criminally charged alongside Bove’s former client, Donald Trump, for their alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Today, DC Bar regulators recommended that Clark be disbarred.

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Crowd of people at Butterworth’s for Emil Bove’s confirmation party Photo: Alex Swoyer on Twitter

Bove in a suit gives remarks in front of American flag at Butterworth’s Photo credit: Mike Davis/Article 3 project on Twitter

Todd Blanche gives remarks at Butterworth’s. He’s wearing a suit and speaking into a microphone next to Bove Photo credit: Mike Davis/Article 3 project on Twitter

Drinks at the party included “A Bove & Beyond” Photo credit: Mike Davis/Article 3 project on Twitter

Last night, Emil Bove celebrated his confirmation as a federal appeals court judge at Butterworth’s, the MAGA hot spot in D.C.

The Article III Project hosted the party, with guests including Steve Bannon, Jack Posobiec, Judge Jeanine, Todd Blanche, Chad Mizelle, Ed Martin, and Jeffrey Clark.