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🚨🚨🚨🚨Without explanation, BLS has indefinitely delayed a key data release used to calculate inflation.
Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key data report with no explanation
There is heightened concern about the future of key government statistics, including politicization and accuracy.
www.axios.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🚨🚨🚨🚨Without explanation, BLS has indefinitely delayed a key data release used to calculate inflation.
Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
Annual Consumer Expenditures data is used to determine the weighting of specific goods and services in the Consumer Price Index for the year ahead. www.axios.com/2025/09/19/b...
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Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
The post Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hold on, these are the "we don't have to bake your gay wedding cake" people?
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This isn't good: "BLS is reducing sample in areas across the country. In April, BLS suspended CPI data collection entirely in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT. In June, BLS suspended collection entirely in Buffalo, NY." #EconSky
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...
Notice of CPI collection reductions
Notice of CPI collection reductions
www.bls.gov
June 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This isn't good: "BLS is reducing sample in areas across the country. In April, BLS suspended CPI data collection entirely in Lincoln, NE, and Provo, UT. In June, BLS suspended collection entirely in Buffalo, NY." #EconSky
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...
www.bls.gov/cpi/notices/...
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NEW REPORT from Rutgers: As of May 2025, the total number of federal wage theft investigators -- 611 -- has reached its lowest level since 1973.
The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.
The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.
May 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW REPORT from Rutgers: As of May 2025, the total number of federal wage theft investigators -- 611 -- has reached its lowest level since 1973.
The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.
The authors estimate that minimum wage workers lose more each year from wage theft than all Americans lose from property theft.
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With Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden during the Library of Awesome exhibit in 2017. She is a Wonder Woman who broke ground for all of us. We will keep her spark of curiosity & intellect alive. Our history - and our progress - will not be erased. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWyN...
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
With Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden during the Library of Awesome exhibit in 2017. She is a Wonder Woman who broke ground for all of us. We will keep her spark of curiosity & intellect alive. Our history - and our progress - will not be erased. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWyN...
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The firing of the Librarian of Congress is worse than many appreciate. The Librarian is appointed for a ten year term by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position is nonpartisan and runs the critically important Congressional Research Service.
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions
President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.
www.npr.org
May 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The firing of the Librarian of Congress is worse than many appreciate. The Librarian is appointed for a ten year term by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position is nonpartisan and runs the critically important Congressional Research Service.
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
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For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
Trump cuts baby 'Safe to Sleep' team. Here's what parents should know
For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
www.npr.org
May 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
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What is an illegally imported idea
April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What is an illegally imported idea
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Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo.bsky.social of @timemagazine.bsky.social asks @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, Carl Benedikt Frey and me "Will tariffs bring back jobs, or lead to faster automation?"
time.com/7276087/trum...
time.com/7276087/trum...
Trump Wants Tariffs to Bring Back U.S. Jobs. They Might Speed Up AI Automation Instead
Trump wants tariffs to bring jobs back to America. They might speed up AI automation instead.
time.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Billy Perrigo @billyperrigo.bsky.social of @timemagazine.bsky.social asks @dacemoglumit.bsky.social, Carl Benedikt Frey and me "Will tariffs bring back jobs, or lead to faster automation?"
time.com/7276087/trum...
time.com/7276087/trum...
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DRP 2.0 + VERA just dropped... but employees in only four DOL agencies are eligible this time. So it's screw them (or screw everybody else)?
Oh btw, RIFs are coming and thank you for your service! 🤬
Oh btw, RIFs are coming and thank you for your service! 🤬
April 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
DRP 2.0 + VERA just dropped... but employees in only four DOL agencies are eligible this time. So it's screw them (or screw everybody else)?
Oh btw, RIFs are coming and thank you for your service! 🤬
Oh btw, RIFs are coming and thank you for your service! 🤬
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Good news: The tariffs are just a bit of short-term pain to get long-term pain.
April 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Good news: The tariffs are just a bit of short-term pain to get long-term pain.
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Today's Headlines
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's Headlines
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Breaking: Mark Mittelhauser, the career head of DOL's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, was escorted out by security today and placed on admin leave.
Will share updates as we learn more. Our best guess? DOGE is out for blood and he was an easy target since all ILAB's grants were cancelled.
Will share updates as we learn more. Our best guess? DOGE is out for blood and he was an easy target since all ILAB's grants were cancelled.
Associate Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs - Mark A. Mittelhauser
Mark Mittelhauser, Associate Deputy Undersecretary Mark Mittelhauser was named Associate Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs on January 16, 2012. In this position, he helps to lead the Bur...
www.dol.gov
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Breaking: Mark Mittelhauser, the career head of DOL's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, was escorted out by security today and placed on admin leave.
Will share updates as we learn more. Our best guess? DOGE is out for blood and he was an easy target since all ILAB's grants were cancelled.
Will share updates as we learn more. Our best guess? DOGE is out for blood and he was an easy target since all ILAB's grants were cancelled.
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Here are the names of the USAID staffers who were killed serving our country.
afsa.org/sites/defaul...
afsa.org/sites/defaul...
March 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Today Secretary Chavez-DeRemer bragged about ending international grants. But as we noted before, they're not "saving" as much as they claim and these programs HELP American businesses & workers.
📢 Go tell it on the mountain or to whoever will listen: This nationalistic propaganda is self-sabotage
📢 Go tell it on the mountain or to whoever will listen: This nationalistic propaganda is self-sabotage
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Today Secretary Chavez-DeRemer bragged about ending international grants. But as we noted before, they're not "saving" as much as they claim and these programs HELP American businesses & workers.
📢 Go tell it on the mountain or to whoever will listen: This nationalistic propaganda is self-sabotage
📢 Go tell it on the mountain or to whoever will listen: This nationalistic propaganda is self-sabotage
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The Trump NLRB has now dropped a case against private prison and detention corporation GEO Group.
The case accused the company of punishing detainees because they protested over pay and conditions and supported strikes.
These detainees work for as little as $1 a day.
The case accused the company of punishing detainees because they protested over pay and conditions and supported strikes.
These detainees work for as little as $1 a day.
US Labor Board Drops Case Over Prison Company’s Treatment of Detained Immigrants
The US labor board has abandoned its case accusing GEO Group Inc. of retaliating against detained immigrants, signaling a different enforcement approach under President Donald Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Trump NLRB has now dropped a case against private prison and detention corporation GEO Group.
The case accused the company of punishing detainees because they protested over pay and conditions and supported strikes.
These detainees work for as little as $1 a day.
The case accused the company of punishing detainees because they protested over pay and conditions and supported strikes.
These detainees work for as little as $1 a day.
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In 2021, state-organized forced labor - including child labor - in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector ended. Since then, workers have been organizing for fair wages, safe conditions & a real voice on the job - creating a path for cotton products that benefit working people, brands & the global market.
March 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In 2021, state-organized forced labor - including child labor - in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector ended. Since then, workers have been organizing for fair wages, safe conditions & a real voice on the job - creating a path for cotton products that benefit working people, brands & the global market.
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Can we talk about just how absurd this is? For the Uzbekistan project, $2M was already obligated back in FY2022. So they "saved" $1.1M. But here's the thing: Uzbekistan is transitioning from a state-imposed forced labor system in cotton production. They are the 6th largest producer globally.
March 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can we talk about just how absurd this is? For the Uzbekistan project, $2M was already obligated back in FY2022. So they "saved" $1.1M. But here's the thing: Uzbekistan is transitioning from a state-imposed forced labor system in cotton production. They are the 6th largest producer globally.