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   Chris Ahlstrom to Ken   
   Re: Borowitz: Trump Appoints George Sant   
   04 Aug 25 11:25:50   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.politics.trump, rec.arts.tv   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Ken wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > Hank Griffen wrote:   
   >> WASHINGTON—In what Beltway insiders are calling one of the most stunning   
   >> political comebacks in American history, on Sunday Donald J. Trump picked   
   >> the disgraced former congressman George Santos to lead the Department of   
   >> Labor Statistics.   
   >> "This is such an honor," Santos told reporters. "I really didn't think I'd   
   >> get pardoned before Ghislaine."   
   >> The new DLS chief hit the ground running, revising upward the job figures   
   >> from every month of Trump’s presidency.   
   >> “The American economy added a million new jobs in May and a billion new   
   >> jobs in June,” Santos declared. “President Trump is creating jobs like   
   >> crazy—he even gave me one.”   
   >> The unprecedented surge in job growth has been key to Trump’s sky-high   
   >> approval rating, which Santos said currently stands at 140 percent.   
   >   
   > Obviously your post is made in jest.  One thing that is *not* funny   
   > however, is the lack of accuracy in the jobs report for several months.   
   > One could do better by throwing darts at a target.  Either the process   
   > is flawed, or the director is flawed.   
      
       AI Overview   
      
       The initial BLS jobs report can be inaccurate due to a number of factors,   
       including delayed or missing data from respondents, seasonal adjustments,   
       and revisions based on more complete data. While revisions are normal and   
       expected, the size of recent revisions for May and June were unusually   
       large, leading to criticism and accusations of political manipulation.   
      
   It's not an either/or, I think. Maybe there was pressure to release good   
   numbers early on.   
      
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