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NY Times: Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support<\/a><\/h2>\nErika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July\u2019s report showed a weakening economy, and President Trump accused her of \u201crigging\u201d the numbers.<\/p>\n
Nearly the entire Senate supported Erika McEntarfer in 2024 to lead the agency that produces key data on jobs and inflation. The widely respected economist was confirmed on a bipartisan 86-8 Senate vote<\/a>, with support from Vice President JD Vance, who was then an Ohio senator, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, then a Florida senator.<\/p>\nBut Dr. McEntarfer was suddenly caught in the political crossfire on Friday when President Trump lashed out over the agency\u2019s most recent jobs report and fired<\/a> her for releasing monthly jobs data showing surprisingly weak hiring. He called the data \u201crigged\u201d without offering any evidence, and he accused Dr. McEntarfer of manipulating the job numbers \u201cfor political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\nDr. McEntarfer was nominated to her most recent post by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Before that, she earned her stripes at the Census Bureau, where she worked for over two decades under both Republican and Democratic presidents.
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\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNate Silver: Trump’s jobs data denialism won’t fool anyone<\/a><\/h2>\nFiring the BLS commissioner won\u2019t prevent the effects of tariffs. But it will reduce American economic leadership and increase uncertainty for businesses, workers and investors.<\/p>\n
Rolling Stone: \u2018Grow Up\u2019: Conservative Senators, Economists Slam Trump for Firing Labor Stats Chief<\/a><\/h2>\n\u201cYou can\u2019t really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting,\u201d said Sen. Rand Paul<\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – August 2, 2025<\/h2>\n
Republicans in the Texas legislature are working to redistrict the state before the 2026 midterm elections. Although state legislatures normally redraw district lines every ten years after the census required by the Constitution, President Donald J. Trump has asked Texas Republicans to redistrict now, mid-decade, in order to cut up five districts that tend to vote Democratic and create districts Republicans will almost certainly win. Five additional seats will help the Republicans hold control of the House of Representatives despite their growing unpopularity.<\/p>\n
Trump is urging other Republican-dominated state legislatures\u2014those in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio, for example\u2014to do the same thing. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get another three or four or five, in addition,\u201d Trump said to reporters about House seats. \u201cTexas would be the biggest one, and that\u2019ll be five.\u201d
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Trump and the Republicans would not be trying to rig the system if they thought they could win a majority of voters.
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California governor Gavin Newsom posted on social media: \u201c[Trump] is so scared of the American people holding him accountable for his catastrophic actions, he wants Republicans to rig the 2026 elections for him.\u201d Newsom pointed out that it would be easy for California to eliminate its Republican-leaning districts altogether, getting rid of nine Republican seats.<\/p>\n
He posted on social media: \u201cGame on.\u201d
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Fox: Texas GOP’s new map would move Rep. Crockett\u2019s home out of her district, slash Dem seats<\/a><\/h2>\nA gerrymandered map proposed by the Texas GOP would kick firebrand Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett out of her own district and likely add more House seats to the Lone Star’s Republican delegation.<\/p>\n
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Atlantic: Not With a Bang, but With a Truth Social Post<\/a><\/h2>\nThe president is rattling a nuclear saber as a distraction.<\/p>\n
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Todd A Raffensperger: “Hoax” Revisited. Pt. 2<\/a><\/h2>\nOh yes, there was Russian interference.<\/p>\n
I do not believe for a second that Donald Trump and his sycophant Tulsi Gabbard seriously intend to indict former President Barack Obama. That\u2019s really not the point of these and other \u201cinvestigations\u201d that he and his allies in Congress. It\u2019s just retaliation and harassment on a monumental scale.<\/p>\n
But this time, Trump resurrecting the issue of Russian interference may well cause people to take another look at the entire issue.<\/p>\n
Some people may even decide to read the Mueller Report.
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Slate: The EPA Just Issued Its Most Damaging Climate Change Move Ever<\/a><\/h2>\nDaily Kos: Scientists fight back against Energy Department’s ‘antiscientific’ and ‘deceptive’ climate report<\/a><\/h2>\n
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AXIOS: Federal judge defers ruling on Alina Habba’s legal authority<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Politico: DOJ is walking back the White House\u2019s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day<\/a><\/h2>\nIt\u2019s another discrepancy between what White House advisers say and the administration\u2019s legal posture.<\/p>\n
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Egberto: Meet The Press challenges … Lindsey Graham with his past words on Russia & Obama<\/a><\/h2>\n
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But Dr. McEntarfer was suddenly caught in the political crossfire on Friday when President Trump lashed out over the agency\u2019s most recent jobs report and fired<\/a> her for releasing monthly jobs data showing surprisingly weak hiring. He called the data \u201crigged\u201d without offering any evidence, and he accused Dr. McEntarfer of manipulating the job numbers \u201cfor political purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. McEntarfer was nominated to her most recent post by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Before that, she earned her stripes at the Census Bureau, where she worked for over two decades under both Republican and Democratic presidents. Firing the BLS commissioner won\u2019t prevent the effects of tariffs. But it will reduce American economic leadership and increase uncertainty for businesses, workers and investors.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t really make the numbers different or better by firing the people doing the counting,\u201d said Sen. Rand Paul<\/p>\n Republicans in the Texas legislature are working to redistrict the state before the 2026 midterm elections. Although state legislatures normally redraw district lines every ten years after the census required by the Constitution, President Donald J. Trump has asked Texas Republicans to redistrict now, mid-decade, in order to cut up five districts that tend to vote Democratic and create districts Republicans will almost certainly win. Five additional seats will help the Republicans hold control of the House of Representatives despite their growing unpopularity.<\/p>\n Trump is urging other Republican-dominated state legislatures\u2014those in Florida, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio, for example\u2014to do the same thing. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get another three or four or five, in addition,\u201d Trump said to reporters about House seats. \u201cTexas would be the biggest one, and that\u2019ll be five.\u201d Trump and the Republicans would not be trying to rig the system if they thought they could win a majority of voters. California governor Gavin Newsom posted on social media: \u201c[Trump] is so scared of the American people holding him accountable for his catastrophic actions, he wants Republicans to rig the 2026 elections for him.\u201d Newsom pointed out that it would be easy for California to eliminate its Republican-leaning districts altogether, getting rid of nine Republican seats.<\/p>\n He posted on social media: \u201cGame on.\u201d A gerrymandered map proposed by the Texas GOP would kick firebrand Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett out of her own district and likely add more House seats to the Lone Star’s Republican delegation.<\/p>\n The president is rattling a nuclear saber as a distraction.<\/p>\n Oh yes, there was Russian interference.<\/p>\n I do not believe for a second that Donald Trump and his sycophant Tulsi Gabbard seriously intend to indict former President Barack Obama. That\u2019s really not the point of these and other \u201cinvestigations\u201d that he and his allies in Congress. It\u2019s just retaliation and harassment on a monumental scale.<\/p>\n But this time, Trump resurrecting the issue of Russian interference may well cause people to take another look at the entire issue.<\/p>\n Some people may even decide to read the Mueller Report. It\u2019s another discrepancy between what White House advisers say and the administration\u2019s legal posture.<\/p>\n
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\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nNate Silver: Trump’s jobs data denialism won’t fool anyone<\/a><\/h2>\n
Rolling Stone: \u2018Grow Up\u2019: Conservative Senators, Economists Slam Trump for Firing Labor Stats Chief<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – August 2, 2025<\/h2>\n
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\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/p>\nFox: Texas GOP’s new map would move Rep. Crockett\u2019s home out of her district, slash Dem seats<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAtlantic: Not With a Bang, but With a Truth Social Post<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nTodd A Raffensperger: “Hoax” Revisited. Pt. 2<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nSlate: The EPA Just Issued Its Most Damaging Climate Change Move Ever<\/a><\/h2>\n
Daily Kos: Scientists fight back against Energy Department’s ‘antiscientific’ and ‘deceptive’ climate report<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAXIOS: Federal judge defers ruling on Alina Habba’s legal authority<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nPolitico: DOJ is walking back the White House\u2019s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nEgberto: Meet The Press challenges … Lindsey Graham with his past words on Russia & Obama<\/a><\/h2>\n
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