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Trump’s political hack nominee for the Bureau of Labor Statistics is already monkeying with the data.

The Senate mustn’t confirm him

Robert Reich
Aug 12, 2025
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Friends,

Sorry to intrude on your inbox again today, but I wanted to alert you to something. Trump’s political hack nominee to become the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the most important source of information about jobs, wages, and the economy — has already begun to f*ck around with the data, and he’s not even confirmed yet.

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