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Great costumes and signs from #NoKings in Delaware, OH, and Columbus, OH @indivcentraloh.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Another blow to government statistics (and perhaps an admission that they don't want the truth to be measured).
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump admin cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to access enough food
The Trump administration has canceled the USDA’s annual food insecurity survey, ending an effort to track how many Americans struggle to access enough food.
www.usatoday.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Come visit the Business and Economic Statistics table at the JSM Expo! @bes-section-asa.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal
August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Welcome to Day 2, #JSM2025 attendees! Today's program is jam-packed. With technical sessions, the First-Time Attendee Orientation, EXPO 2025, and the Opening Mixer and Invited Poster Session, there is something for everyone⁠—seize the day! tinyurl.com/33rsh7kx #statssky
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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To receive monthly updates on the federal statistical agencies, sign up for our #CountOnStats newsletter: amstat-ms.informz.net/AMSTAT-MS/pa....

See the June update here: amstat-ms.informz.net/InformzDataS....

The updates are summarized from our monitoring page: bit.ly/FedStatMonitoring.
June 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Thanks everyone who atteended the #nokings protests yesterday and signed the Stop SB1 petition!

We're now reaching the final week of petition signings. If you haven't signed yet, and don't know where to go, DM this account and we can help.
June 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Collecting signatures for the ballot initiative to repeal Ohio SB1 at the Asian Festival in Columbus. It was a great day to collect! @stopsb1oh.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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May 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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propublica.org
Trump’s halting of data collection could have effects that last far beyond his time in office.

Even if a future administration seeks to resurrect some of the curtailed efforts, the 2025-29 hiatus will make trends harder to identify and understand.
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose…
www.propublica.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Columbus, OH #TeslaTakedown. 500+ came out today. @columbusfreepress.bsky.social @rickneal.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @nbc4i.com @teslatakedown.com @dispatch.com @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @foxnewsradio.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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When the Indivisible town hall is so big the traffic shows up in Google maps. Yet our Ohio senators and representatives didn't accept the invitation to speak to this crowd (and only one, a Democrat, even sent a statement) . #icotownhall
March 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Trump Administration may be on track to put its thumb on critical GDP data: “Doing so could potentially complicate or distort a fundamental measure of the U.S. economy’s health.” Via AP.
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Register Today! ASA B&E Section Web Course on Time Series by Dr. Tucker S. McElroy (amstat.users.membersuite.com/events/2e04b...)
February 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM