First They Fired the Messenger. Now They’re Installing the Loyalist
The unprecedented same-day firing of the nation’s top labor statistician, and the nomination of a Project 2025 insider to replace her.
On the morning of August 1, 2025, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July jobs report. The economy had added just 73,000 positions, far below forecasts, and earlier months were sharply revised downward, erasing more than a quarter-million jobs. The unemployment rate edged up to 4.2 percent.
Within hours, President Trump took to social media, acc…
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