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BREAKING: Massive Jobs Revision Clouds Jan. Gains (w/ Paul Krugman)

2026-02-11 News & Politics
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Catherine Rampell, JVL, and Paul Krugman take on the January jobs report. Follow Paul Krugman on Stubstack at https://paulkrugman.substack.com/

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@speculawyer 2026-02-11

They lied about Epstein contacts, they lied about Renee Good, they lied about Alex Pretti... THEY ARE LYING ABOUT THESE JOB NUMBERS.

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@Falconcar-s4m 2026-02-11

The dictator playbook #1 rule. Control all data OR make all data Untrustworthy by the populace.

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@PaulineFrancis-z4c 2026-02-11

Bravo to The Bulwark for snagging Rampell and Krugman to discuss live on today's news. It's a good thing. Please repeat.

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@CreepingTerror 2026-02-11

The way that America just casually talks about Trump getting the DoJ to prosecute people who annoys him is one of the clearest indicators how cooked America is.

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@Tinseltess 2026-02-11

We are absolutely dealing with a jobs crisis. And everything is turning into independent contracting. No more benefits.

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@curtisevans4100 2026-02-11

The downward revision for 2025 is massive! Obviously they are lying till the last minute about everything.

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@Berypieyouthe88 2026-02-11

I don’t believe it! Amazon, UPS, Home Depot are all laying off workers and yet we somehow got 130,000 new jobs.

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@kevdaag2523 2026-02-11

ICE hired 12000 agents in 2025. So 6.5% of the jobs created last year were inexperienced masked government agents grabbing people off the streets and pepper spraying bystanders. Oh, and also, given that ICE's budget went up by $30B last year, that makes for $2.5M pretty new officer. each of those

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@mvm3016 2026-02-11

I am in my nerdy happy place. Paul Krugman, and Catherine Rampell. More, please.

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@StanleyTolle 2026-02-11

70 disabled and not in support of deporting the people paying for my life and keeping me alive.

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