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Fiendish Thingy

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13. This administration has not earned the people's trust

Reply to Wuddles440 (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:41 PM

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And any statistics they report should be suspect.

But the OP was asserting the numbers couldn’t be trusted because they were revised, as if the act of revision was itself an act of corruption, when it is not.

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How Can Anyone Trust The Numbers Coming From This Administration [View all] gab13by13 Wednesday OP

I don't believe anything, I don't even listen because I know it's gonna be a lie Walleye Wednesday #1

And last year th job count at the end of the year was revised downward by over 600,000 Wiz Imp Wednesday #2

How many times have the numbers been revised upward? gab13by13 Wednesday #7

It doesn't seem Wall Street is buying Trump's bullshit. C_U_L8R Wednesday #3

MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #4

We Can't ProfessorGAC Wednesday #5

Can't... 2naSalit Wednesday #6

The government revises numbers all the time, in every administration Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #8

The largest revision in a decade gab13by13 Wednesday #9

Yup, it's a BFD. Nt Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #10

It is a cause for concern when... Wuddles440 Wednesday #11

This administration has not earned the people's trust Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #13

Agreed! Wuddles440 Wednesday #14

I need to be more clear, gab13by13 Wednesday #12

Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts. LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #15

"Are you saying they aren't really numbers? They're numbers! They're really numbers!" struggle4progress Wednesday #16