When you fire the statistics collection people for true-but-bad news, you guarantee that you fly blind going forward, as people wont tell you bad news anymore.

We simply can’t trust government stats after this.

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    No bro stop looking at real stuff. Look at the files bro pls that’s how we defeat facism trust me bro the files

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      I’d say both is important. It isn’t an either-or situation. It is important to keep signaling how economically devastating a lot of Trump’s policies are, but it doesn’t hurt throwing in other stuff if it helps push trump away from power.

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      I would be so embarrassed if I tried to simp for a global pedophile ring because of my inability to resist making a kneejerk post on the internet.

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        I def read that comment as sarcastic. A little too on the nose for the usual MAGAt bro relative to a typical Lemming. Though I admit I haven’t checked their profile yet to confirm.

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          I interpreted it as general disgust that this is the only thing that seems to have put a real dent in his support from the Republican base. Maybe I’m projecting. Don’t get me wrong, I get why people are upset about it, but it just strikes me as crazy that “oh no, the man who’s a petty tyrant and obviously a rapist and probable pedophile won’t release the files about the pedophile human trafficker” is the straw that broke the camel’s back for so many.