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Bluesmurf's avatar

"Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett was on Fox News this morning saying, “we’ll maybe be able to concoct something, but we’ll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October.”

All this DATA exists and all they have to do is pull it together - they are all such liars hoping that the "public" won't know anything about data, how it is collected, how it is stored, and for how long. Really? We have "data" from decades ago. Does anyone really believe that the employment and jobs and economic data disappeared in the 42 days that the government was shut down just because there were no actual people there that would gather it up and put together a report?

I will bet you that the report is automated and that it is sitting there, but the data output is so bad that they are using people's lack of knowledge in this area to keep from releasing it.

Well, that isn't going to stop the data from November from coming out and it won't look good either because unemployment is up, wages are stagnant or down, purchasing power continues to decline as prices continue to rise, the Big Ugly Bill that cuts SNAP and Medicaid is getting closer to implementation - with everyone cutting, gutting, and shutting to anticipate loss of revenue and profits for the richy rich. Inflation has been on the rise since the "Day of The Tariff" in May... and more ugliness.

Read more about what's coming from the Big Ugly Bill here: "Articles By Bluesmurf!" - https://bluesmurf.substack.com/p/articles-by-bluesmurf

Scroll down to the articles in July that break down the provisions in the Big Ugly Bill that will NOW be put into the budgets that are being passed - Or taken out, as it were.

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Michele Ashton's avatar

Isn't concoct a word you use when you're trying to think of a LIE??

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Bluesmurf's avatar

Yes. It means to make something up. "an elaborate story, especially a fabrication." (From the Dictionary) - a fabrication is a "lie!" so yes, they think they might be able to lie about what the October numbers are. Is this transparency? To lie about facts out in the open and in our faces? Probably...

the real "fabrication" or "concoction" they are cooking up is that the "real" numbers don't exist because when the tree fell in the forest and there was no one there to hear it, it didn't actually make a sound....

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Michele Ashton's avatar

This was kind of a rhetorical question! But others might have needed the clarification - so thanks for that! And I'm not being facetious.

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JOHN SMITH's avatar

I have a friend who just got a increase in health insurance from $850 to $3900 and is considering moving to south America country to get the health care she and her husband need. That is not making any American better.

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Brian Wendorf's avatar

Ken fucking Starr! Not surprised but goddamn the hypocrisy as ever is off the fucking charts. Fucking fuck fuckity fuck fuck. Shit. Ok...back to work. Fuck.

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Pot Stirrer Politics's avatar

I’ve heard the opinion that we are reincarnated time after time, to learn lessons, to gain empathy, whatever lessons You and the Universe agree on. They say then you choose your lifeline, your family and you CHOOSE it specifically FOR the lessons you need; like you’re looking at a college brochure.

If ever I’ve heard some straight up bullshit before—I was raised evangelical, so I HAVE. There’s no way in the infinity of time that I would CHOOSE to exist in the same timeline AS fucking Donald “the Pedo in chief” trump and every. single. associate/enabler. Fuck every gottdammed one of them. #burnitdown #releaseallthefiles. #arresttheguilty

#potstirrerpolitics

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Gigi Flor's avatar

Note 11: I requested deletion of my Starbucks account yesterday and cited the reason as solidarity with the striking baristas. (And besides there’s plenty of local shops where I can get much better coffee on the go.)

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Sandy O's avatar

My MAGA friends health insurance went from $460 to $4600. He even tried to blame Obama, but I corrected him. I still feel bad for them (as well as others) as there's no way they'll be able to afford it.

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Ann Franklin's avatar

He’s a filthy, MONSTER. This involved children!

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Sherri W Harden's avatar

So now thanks to Jeanne “filthy rich and top shelf healthy and can eat anything anywhere at any time” screwed the America’s neediest population-that strata of our population will die of hunger and/or fatal healthcare situations. WTAF!!!!!!

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Carol's avatar

Oh my immortal soul! The Pope - what a dish!😳

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Judy Cross's avatar

How is it possible that everyone can't see how corrupt our government is? I, for the life of me, can't understand how they can believe the lies. Trump calls the Epstein files a hoax and won't even talk to the girls that were sexually abused. How can you call something a hoax when the evidence is staring you in the face? The women in Trump's domain who want the Mar-a-lago look better think twice. They might end up looking like Trump. That would be like putting a rubber stamp on your forehead, saying I support pedophiles. What look would they want next until they look like a creature from the black lagoon? If, and when, the Epstein files are released, I'm sure they will be of no use. They will probably be so redacted that all we would get is black pages. Trump isn't smart enough to know that there are other ways to get the information. Sure it will be harder and longer, but those that are determined will know the ways to get them. Then Trump can take his hoax and shove it where the sun doesn't shine. These girls need justice for what was done to them and not a person posing as the president preventing it. I would think that everyone and all parties should be questioning why he is trying so hard to prevent the facts from coming out. If you are not guilty, you would want to clear your name, but, if you refuse to do that it looks like the outcome is different from what he is saying and promised to do when he was campaigning. Of course, almost everything he campaigned on were lies, as he has proven.

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io bonini's avatar

Hey SP’s…Another day, Another WTF…Thanks Sam & Adam for wading thru this “American shit house” for us. How many showers do you all have to take a day?

Come on SP’s all this about not having “the DATA” about every little thing. Like unemployment numbers? Do we really need it? We can’t believe anything these criminals tell us. We can see with our own eyes, hear with our own ears and talk with ACTUAL living humans that we know about what’s REAL. And WHY are we still taking any so called “orders” from unelected Nazi’s who wear their black robes during the day and their white robes with hoods in the evenings, and who take their marching orders from their rich handlers, and who go and speak at Nazi rallies (heritage foundation) and spew their religious Christian crap there. And why does anyone listen, read or believe anything from the mainstream media propaganda anymore? Fact Check everything. Whoa there…sorry about that SP’s I’m still pissed off about the f-ing traitor senators. *Word on the street is that the 2 Nevada senators got money from American airlines and the airports, cause Los Vegas is losing money, and well Uncle Fester needs to take his meds….OMG…Burgie time and some IB Profin might fix my ranting…Hang in there SP’s, and try to stay sane, it’s getting harder to do that by the day.

*link to article regarding this:

https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/11/nevadas-centrist-senators-took-some-heat-before-shutdown-deal-now-getting-some/

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

Note 3 Response: Now now boys, no fighting until I get done with my work! Settle down and play nice!!lolol

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JavaJunkyMonkey's avatar

Lolol Big time crash.

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