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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

#Trump selects #HeritageFoundation economist Antoni to head Bureau of #Labor #Statistics

Trump on Monday said he was nominating economist
#EJAntoni as the new #BLS commissioner, 10 days after firing the statistics agency's previous leader after a weak scorecard of the US #job market, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the figures.

#USpol #censorship #propaganda #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-selects-heritage-foundations-antoni-head-bureau-labor-statistics-2025-08-11/

Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

Bloomberg columnist Matthew Yglesias:

"Antoni’s commentary on economic data over the past few years has been some of the absolute worst around. For the sake of the country I hope this guy is a huge liar and his various statements don’t reflect sincere incompetence."

#Trump #BLS #EJAntoni #HeritageFoundation #economy #AgencyIndependence #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy #idiocracy #kakistocracy


Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai

"Antoni added that the absence of a Trump pick running the agency is 'part of the reason why we continue to have all of these different data problems.'"

Meaning
#Trump’s new #BLS commissioner, #EJAntoni, is going to fix the data.

#HeritageFoundation #economy #AgencyIndependence #censorship #propaganda #dictatorship #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/trump-names-heritage-s-ej-antoni-to-lead-bureau-of-labor-statistics