Unexpectedly, January Job Creation Numbers Double Expectations

In January, we created 172,000 non-farm jobs while eliminating 42,000 government jobs.

The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs, but to me... um, I feel like adding those "lost" jobs into the "created" column because we want to reduce government "employment." It's a waste that drags down the productive sector of the economy.

BTW, "Biden's Miracle Economy" counted on an exploding government sector to make job "growth" look good in the statistics.

Oh, and most of the non-government jobs "created" went to literal foreigners.

January’s jobs report didn’t just beat expectations — it smashed them.
New data released Wednesday and highlighted by the White House shows private-sector hiring roaring past forecasts, wages climbing, and federal payrolls shrinking to levels not seen since the 1960s -- a combination the administration says underscores the defining traits of President Trump’s second-term economy: more workers in productive industries, fewer in government.
The economy added 172,000 private-sector jobs in January while shedding 42,000 government positions, pushing the unemployment rate down to 4.3%. Overall nonfarm job growth came in at 130,000 — more than double the projections from many economists surveyed ahead of the release. The strength was concentrated squarely in the private sector, particularly construction, where employment jumped by 33,000 jobs. Of those, 25,000 were in nonresidential specialty trades -- the largest monthly gain in five years -- as factory projects, energy investments, and data center construction continue accelerating.
Since the start of Trump’s second term, the White House says 615,000 private-sector jobs have been added, while federal employment has fallen to its lowest level since 1966 --and to the smallest share of the total workforce in recorded history. The contrast is deliberate: expansion driven by builders, manufacturers, and tradesmen rather than by bureaucratic growth in Washington.
Paychecks are moving in the right direction as well. Average weekly earnings for private-sector workers rose 0.7% in January alone. Since Trump returned to office, average weekly earnings have increased 4.3%, with hourly earnings up 3.7%. Prime-age labor force participation has climbed to its highest level since 2001, suggesting more Americans in their core working years are reentering the job market.

Now that Biden has been thrown out of office and is despised by the Democrat Party as well as all patriotic Americans, BLS no longer feels the need to pretend he created a lot of jobs. They continue "revising" his job numbers downward.

Perhaps most politically consequential were the revisions to prior data. According to the White House, updated figures show job growth during the final two years of the Biden administration was overstated by 1.9 million jobs from initial releases to current estimates.

NEW: Job growth SURGED in January, adding 130,000 total non-farm jobs and 172,000 private sector jobs — shattering expectations once again.

The unemployment rate fell. Wages grew. Federal employment is now at its lowest level since 1966.

This is the Trump Economy 📈📈📈 pic.twitter.com/JxyUYGE1c9
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 11, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 11, 2026 01:11 PM (LdBR/)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 11, 2026 01:11 PM (LdBR/)

3 Now to nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at February 11, 2026 01:11 PM (LdBR/)

4 I knew it!

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 11, 2026 01:12 PM (jc0TO)

5 The most unexpected administration in history!

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:13 PM (se8lQ)

6 They'll get adjusted down some but yeah, great news

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:13 PM (PYyV9)

7 But, but, but, tariffs!

Milton Friedman is correct again.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 11, 2026 01:13 PM (0U5gm)

8 They "shot up"?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 11, 2026 01:13 PM (HTa/G)

9 BTW, "Biden's Miracle Economy" counted on an exploding government sector to make job "growth" look good in the statistics.

And Trump's numbers come despite tens of thousands of federal jobs disappearing and the illegal immigrant clean up.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:13 PM (PYyV9)

10 I guess these were the jobs Americans won't do.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 11, 2026 01:14 PM (AlhUl)

11 Counting government employees the same as private sectors employees has always been absurd. They are a net loss to the economy not a gain.

There should be a separate category for them. And there should be a constitutional amendment that the number can never be higher than x% of the total population. Including contractors.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:14 PM (Eh6IB)

12 Of course, this is reminiscent of 2019, when the economy was booming and Trump was cruising to re-election, so something had to be done.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 11, 2026 01:14 PM (0U5gm)

13 The strength was concentrated squarely in the private sector, particularly construction, where employment jumped by 33,000 jobs...

It couldn't be that deporting hundreds of thousands of illegals working under the table in construction might result in more legitimate construction hiring, could it?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 11, 2026 01:14 PM (JCZqz)

14 It looks like some Americans seized some jobs that people thought they would not do.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 11, 2026 01:15 PM (0U5gm)

15 The “news” is saying warm weather is the reason for this. 🤣🤣

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:15 PM (Eh6IB)

16 Overall nonfarm job growth

Why do they still specify this metric?
Farm jobs have went the way of the buggy whip. We have lost so many family farms and the advancement of mechanical equipment has drastically reduced the need for farm laborers.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 01:15 PM (gkpAx)

17
Unexpectedly!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 01:16 PM (y9nCu)

18 It couldn't be that deporting hundreds of thousands of illegals working under the table in construction might result in more legitimate construction hiring, could it?

And, as predicted here by me and others, and Trump said... tarriffs resulted in growth in manufacturing. The left loves to show one graph where one sector of manufacturing dropped, but all others rose.

Its like the hilarious latest spin by the left saying Trump pocketed the money to build the ballroom and its been abandoned. Um, they stop doing construction in the dead of winter during horrible storms pretty commonly LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:16 PM (PYyV9)

19 Ace: "The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs, but to me... um, I feel like adding those "lost" jobs into the "created" column because we want to reduce government "employment." "

Bingo.

One government job equals one negative "job."

If a nation has 1 million government employees (such as totalitarian Warsaw Pact nations during the Cold War) and essentially zero private sector jobs, then actually they are not only at 100% unemployment, they're actually in the negative, and have 150% unemployment.

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:16 PM (se8lQ)

20 Its like the hilarious latest spin by the left saying Trump pocketed the money to build the ballroom and its been abandoned. Um, they stop doing construction in the dead of winter during horrible storms pretty commonly LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:16 PM (PYyV9)

Didn't a “judge” also put a stop to it?

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (Eh6IB)

21 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (Zz0t1)

22 it's excellent news

I think the "lowest since 1966" thing is as a percentage number. So I think we can do better. Get it lower than the ACTUAL number of govt "workers" in 1966.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (emBoF)

23 but now who is gonna write all those regulations no one can understand?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (CWTWj)

24 Maybe we could get the Monkey Pox thing ginned up again...

Posted by: The DNC at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (affD0)

25
the advancement of mechanical equipment has drastically reduced the need for farm laborers.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 01:15 PM (gkpAx)

I got the latest IPhone! Yay!

Plus, using the latest mechanical harvesting technology in agriculture is racist against our little brown brothers!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (y9nCu)

26 Didn't a “judge” also put a stop to it?

no that was the renovations to some other building

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (emBoF)

27 Didn't a “judge” also put a stop to it?

One tried to, yeah.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (PYyV9)

28 That's because tariffs cause inflation.

/s/ I R 2 Economacist

Endorsed!
/s/ Federal Reserve Board

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (HXT0k)

29 The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs, but to me... um, I feel like adding those "lost" jobs into the "created" column because we want to reduce government "employment." It's a waste that drags down the productive sector of the economy.

I miss the good ole days when jobs were only created or saved and counted in a much grander scale making government look splendid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:18 PM (Zz0t1)

30 also, this is only good news for trump so it's not right to report it

Posted by: gnats local 678 at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (CWTWj)

31 "Perhaps most politically consequential were the revisions to prior data. According to the White House, updated figures show job growth during the final two years of the Biden administration was overstated by 1.9 million jobs from initial releases to current estimates."

Wow. That's a euphemism of a euphemism wrapped in a euphemism surrounded by a euphemism and shoved up the ass of a gay euphemism bleeding from monkeypox after getting gang-raped in the prison shower.

Those 1.9 million "jobs" were always complete and total fraudulent bullshit. Just 100% pure lies.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/)

32 New data released Wednesday and highlighted by the White House shows private-sector hiring roaring past forecasts, wages climbing, and federal payrolls shrinking to levels not seen since the 1960s
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But what about your GAFFFFES

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (oZ51P)

33 Why do they still specify this metric?
Farm jobs have went the way of the buggy whip. We have lost so many family farms and the advancement of mechanical equipment has drastically reduced the need for farm laborers.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 01:15 PM (gkpAx)

Because farm labor demds tend to be seasonal? And non-farm mostly does not?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (8zz6B)

34 The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs

172,000 real American jobs while relieving us of paying for 42,000 fake jobs. That's 172,000 jobs in my book.

Posted by: t-bird at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (DD6gL)

35 Overall nonfarm job growth came in at 130,000 � more than double the projections from many economists surveyed ahead of the release.

Economists are fags and their shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (Zz0t1)

36 The “news” is saying warm weather is the reason for this.

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Hiring is temperature related?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)

37 24 Maybe we could get the Monkey Pox thing ginned up again...
Posted by: The DNC

We have volunteers lined up and ready to go!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (Dv3i1)

38
McJobs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (tgvbd)

39 >>updated figures show job growth during the final two years of the Biden administration was overstated by 1.9 million jobs from initial releases to current estimates.

81 Million Voters can't be wrong...

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (gH8T+)

40 It's like that classic strip from the early days of Peanuts, when Linus first has to go to kindergarten, and discovers that not only does he start out with zero knowledge, but he had already been taught so many misconceptions by Lucy that first he has to spend a year "unlearning" everything he thought he already knew, before getting back to zero knowledge and then beginning to actually learn something true.

That's the way it is with government employment. First you need to fire 90% of government workers, and only then can your economy actually start to grow.

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (se8lQ)

41 Haven't heard a word about Bumble's cancer. Is he deteriorating? Is he receiving treatment? I imagine the mix of chemo or radiation treatment and dementia is not a good one. Is he suffering? The squirrels demand answers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (OR60z)

42 Hiring is temperature related?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)

It gets warm out, you show a little leg, one thing leads to another....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (JwNbV)

43 I think the "lowest since 1966" thing is as a percentage number. So I think we can do better. Get it lower than the ACTUAL number of govt "workers" in 1966.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (emBoF)

It’s the lowest number of actual physical employees since 1966. And the lowest % of workers ever.

But I’m skeptical of this since so much “employment” is through contractors. You don’t hire 10 people as govt employees, you instead hire a firm with 10 employees who work exclusively on government contracts. Those 10 people are technically not government workers but they are effectively.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (Eh6IB)

44 What are the worthless GOPe going to do to sabotage the economy just before the midterms?

You know they are just *aching* to hang a faltering economy around President Trump so that they can re-install their Democrat masters in Congress again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (ESVrU)

45 24 Maybe we could get the Monkey Pox thing ginned up again...
Posted by: The DNC

The problem was the awkward question about why it was spreading to children and pets. They'll have to come up with something else.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (99eI0)

46 Trump: "Somalia has come in here -- what they've done to our country, these people -- they've come into our country, and what they've done with that fake congresswoman. She's so bad."

Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN

The leader of the Pedophile Protection Party is trying to deflect attention from his name being all over the Epstein files.

At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles not elect them.

... from a minion of the Pedophile Prophet

Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

47 poopies

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (gKWVE)

48 For 8 years Obama used the month of the housing crash's ballooned bs numbers as the baseline for all comparisons.

"Obama personally created 3000% lower unemployment than the rate was when statistically extrapolated from the exact day a million jobs vanished overnight!"

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (oZ51P)

49 BLS revises 2025 US job growth down from 584,000 jobs to just 181,000 jobs created for the ENTIRE year. So much Trump winning 🙄

In August Trump gutted BLS statisticians because they were not reporting news he liked. Does anyone trust the data, and what are the short and long term economic consequences of false BLS economic data?

82k healthcare + 42k social service are just jobs from government subsidies. The private sector continues to be crowded out and is not a sign of a strong economy at all

Even the construction numbers aren’t that rosy because 25k of the 30k is nonresidential, i.e. data center construction, so no houses are getting built

130k jobs in a month would have been considered mediocre 2 years ago. Now, it's one of the best reports we've gotten in a year. Job gains in 2025 since the April tariffs were 12k TOTAL, statistically indistinguishable from 0.

This isn't a good report. Definitely stagflationary = bad.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (JCZqz)

50
It gets warm out, you show a little leg, one thing leads to another....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (JwNbV)

"I've seen horror movies start this way!"

"I've seen PORN movies start this way!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (Zz0t1)

51 Farm jobs? In January (with a massive polar snow/ice event smack dab in the middle of the month)....WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DIDN'T ADD FARM JOBS?!?!

Trump sucks.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (dIske)

52 Mentioned by someone in the last thread; almost all the job growth is in healthcare and construction. Hopefully that means Americans are now doing the jobs previously held by illegals.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 11, 2026 01:22 PM (lFFaq)

53 Get us back to 2017-2019 labor market, where there were so many Help Wanted signs that even the Help Wanted Sign Company had a Help Wanted sign. THAT'S job creation you see for yourself on the ground, not BS govt stats.

If Trump could bring back that favorable labor market, I'd suck his dick on live TV.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (N8ZBc)

54 Remember "Jobs Created OR Saved"?

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (oZ51P)

55 So the Canadian killer was trans, dear Lord what evil have adults performed upon the innocent.

These evil people, if they do not sincerely repent, need to suffer the agony of their entrails being pulled out, inch by inch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (iu1tv)

56 41 Haven't heard a word about Bumble's cancer. Is he deteriorating? Is he receiving treatment? I imagine the mix of chemo or radiation treatment and dementia is not a good one. Is he suffering? The squirrels demand answers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (OR60z)

There probably is no cancer, the dudes brain is like an over-cellared emmenthaler from seven kinds of dementia, and they need something to say that he has that can keep him out of society but also not spill the beans that yeah, no shit, this guy's been a zombified husk for a decade now.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (JwNbV)

57 Hiring is temperature related?
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2026 01:20 PM (qBdHI)

It gets warm out, you show a little leg, one thing leads to another....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (JwNbV)

***

That has never worked for me. I must be doing it wrong

Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (affD0)

58 The left rages at Democrats over "surrender" on ICE: "Absolutely pathetic"

More than a half dozen progressive Democratic House candidates expressed frustration to Axios that House and Senate Democrats have repeatedly given Republicans the necessary votes to keep the government funded.

Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

59 @IlhanMN

The leader of the Pedophile Protection Party is trying to deflect attention from his name being all over the Epstein files.

At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles not elect them.

... from a minion of the Pedophile Prophet
Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

Trump really needs to get his legal team in action.

They're falling down on the job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

60
Sounds to me the Omar thing is trying to incite some people with that tweet.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (3ek7K)

61 The “news” is saying warm weather is the reason for this.

Didn't we just have "historically terrible record low temperatures in January driven by Global Warming™"?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (PYyV9)

62 what are the short and long term economic consequences of false BLS economic data?
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Dude welcome to 2009, imbecile.

Although I'm pretty sure most of these people are plants. Houseplants.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (oZ51P)

63 And yet it's still damn near impossible to get a job in tech. All because they won't stop the H1b fraud. Ridiculous.

Posted by: resist_we_much at February 11, 2026 01:25 PM (cpys8)

64 Ilham Nur

Projecting too much about Mohammed and Aisha?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 01:25 PM (iu1tv)

65 Remember "Jobs Created OR Saved"?
Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (oZ51P)

See comment #29

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

66 I heard they had some openings at the Washington Post. Maybe that will help the stats.

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (se8lQ)

67 Trump really needs to get his legal team in action.

They're falling down on the job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

The legal teams have clearly been all over the other side of the weasel wording.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (oZ51P)

68 Health care is some of the highest paying jobs. Nurses, doctors, data services, etc. Think of who works in a hospital. Everyone there makes good money.

But Reddit thinks that a bad thing.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (Eh6IB)

69 Trump really needs to get his legal team in action.

Yeah the "Trump is a pedo" thing is out of control, people need to feel the wrath of the truth on this

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (PYyV9)

70 Our new Indian CTO (in a nearly incomprehensibly thick Indian accent): We're going to be hiring a lot of new people.

*next day in meetings*
Us: When will we see headcount increase?
Management: Oh, we won't see any. All our new hires will be in India.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (Yp6az)

71 That has never worked for me. I must be doing it wrong
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (affD0)

That's because when you "show a little leg" the first thing that comes to mind is charcuterie gone horribly wrong.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (JwNbV)

72
That has never worked for me. I must be doing it wrong
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (affD0)

The rigs that could actually support you usually have signs on them that say "No fat chicks."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

73 ...three letter word-JOBS!!

Posted by: Joe From Scranton at February 11, 2026 01:27 PM (oftw2)

74 The Tick or Joey Bidet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 01:27 PM (iu1tv)

75 Panic Ensues After Trump Orders CIA To Give 2020 Election Intel To 'Stop The Steal' Lawyer

The records are to be handed over to Kurt Olsen - now a temporary government employee in the White House - who four years ago was involved in the "Stop the Steal" campaign to determine whether Joe Biden won the 2020 election via cheating.

BREAKING: Georgia election watchdog Garland Favorito of Atlanta-based http://VoterGA.org just told me that the FBI raid of Fulton County's ballot warehouse will show that "Fulton certified [mostly Biden] votes for which they have no ballots. There are 17,852 certified votes for which they have no digital ballot images and likely no ballots." In 2020, Biden's margin over Trump in Georgia was a narrow 11,779 votes.

Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

76 More than a half dozen progressive Democratic House candidates expressed frustration to Axios that House and Senate Democrats have repeatedly given Republicans the necessary votes to keep the government funded.
Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

I’m so old I remember when shutting down the govt was the worst thing imaginable, according the the left and msm.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (Eh6IB)

77 Economists are fags and their shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (Zz0t1)

I blame porn.

Posted by: Or maybe it was D&D. at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (TbWk/)

78 Americans -- doing the jobs Americans won't do.

Wait....

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (se8lQ)

79 See comment #29

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

No. 😋

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (oZ51P)

80 43 I think the "lowest since 1966" thing is as a percentage number. So I think we can do better. Get it lower than the ACTUAL number of govt "workers" in 1966.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (emBoF)

It’s the lowest number of actual physical employees since 1966. And the lowest % of workers ever.

But I’m skeptical of this since so much “employment” is through contractors. You don’t hire 10 people as govt employees, you instead hire a firm with 10 employees who work exclusively on government contracts. Those 10 people are technically not government workers but they are effectively.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (Eh6IB)

This - 1000%

Posted by: Nova Local at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (tOcjL)

81 Management: Oh, we won't see any. All our new hires will be in India.

What a surprise! It is my experience that the only people who tend to hire a wide variety of people based on merit are white men. There are rare exceptions but its been a pattern I have seen er and over in my life: women hire women. Hispanics hire hispanics. Indians hire Indians. Its like they feel a tribal requirement to help "their people"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (PYyV9)

82 Although I'm pretty sure most of these people are plants. Houseplants.
Posted by: ...

Fuck you, buddy! You don't know the horrors I've experienced!!!

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein's Ficus at February 11, 2026 01:29 PM (JCZqz)

83 Posted by: SMOD, I grew up in a middle-class constellation at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

These "investigations" all seem preposterous sometimes.

"Hey. Gimme all the documents that show how you rigged that election."

"How about... no?"

"..... Please?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:29 PM (JwNbV)

84
That's because when you "show a little leg" the first thing that comes to mind is charcuterie gone horribly wrong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (JwNbV)

I've never been a fan of cottage cheese.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

85 But I’m skeptical of this since so much “employment” is through contractors.

Yes, but they didn't just starting to do this. Entire departments have been shut down, massive cuts in departments like Education.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:29 PM (PYyV9)

86 Smack! Smack! Smack!

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Hand bitch-slapping socialism at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (se8lQ)

87
The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs, but to me... um, I feel like adding those "lost" jobs into the "created" column because we want to reduce government "employment."

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It's been estimated that every government job costs two private sector jobs.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (azNOR)

88 What are the worthless GOPe going to do to sabotage the economy just before the midterms?

--

No need to sabotage the economy. They'll do it in various other ways:

1. Not pass the SAVE Act;
2. Not codify any one of Trump's agenda/executive order items into law;
3. Continue being so useless and worthless that we don't even bother to want to burn the gasoline to get to the polls for these cretins who care nothing about our country, culture or values.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (qBdHI)

89 Yeah the "Trump is a pedo" thing is out of control, people need to feel the wrath of the truth on this

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:26 PM (PYyV9)

They won't. They are trying to do a Nixon thing. In 20 years the only Jeopardy questions about Trump will be the Epstein ones. It's what they do. They want Epstein to be his legacy so it crowds everything else out. It won't work but they are going to try.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (oZ51P)

90
No. 😋
Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (oZ51P)

It IS still a free country, ish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

91 I've got Stage Seven Cancer and haven't been able to trust a fart since 1980. And who shit my pants?

Posted by: Joe from DE at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (oftw2)

92 Trimming the size of government will also help reduce inflation.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (O3dBq)

93 71 That has never worked for me. I must be doing it wrong
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (affD0)

That's because when you "show a little leg" the first thing that comes to mind is charcuterie gone horribly wrong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I was envisioning a horrible accident with the local dairy's cottage cheese vat.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (JCZqz)

94 91 I've got Stage Seven Cancer and haven't been able to trust a fart since 1980. And who shit my pants?
Posted by: Joe from DE at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (oftw2)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at February 11, 2026 01:31 PM (O3dBq)

95 A big headwind to the labor market will be AI. Here's an article by an AI dev today that I consider a must-read:

https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening

Adapt or Die. The Singularity approaches, sooner than predicted.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 01:31 PM (N8ZBc)

96 It gets warm out, you show a little leg, one thing leads to another....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (JwNbV)

That's deception, with tact. Just what are you trying to say?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

97 These "investigations" all seem preposterous sometimes.

"Hey. Gimme all the documents that show how you rigged that election."

That's why the feds have begun seizing election and voter records, because they keep being told "no" by states. Who then freak out and start yelling like a whipped dog.

A Michigan judge just told the feds that they cannot grab Michican voting records, we'll see how that turns out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:32 PM (PYyV9)

98 I might have to agree with Omar the first time ever in executing pedophiles.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 11, 2026 01:33 PM (n5tGW)

99 That's deception, with tact. Just what are you trying to say?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 01:32 PM (dK+Kv)

I'm saying it's easy to believe.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:33 PM (oZ51P)

100 We went straight from climate change to AI is king use up all the electricity water and land for data centers because AI is the new new new thing!! Whiplash.

Posted by: nckate at February 11, 2026 01:33 PM (uQzkA)

101 If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

"I don't recommend this idea"
--Senator Nadler

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (PYyV9)

102 In January, we created 172,000 non-farm jobs while eliminating 42,000 government jobs.

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Only 23,300,000 more to go!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (4FdiT)

103 Not sure if it's already been mentioned

@charlescwcooke
·
53m
John Ekdahl was my best friend. He died today of cancer, at 47. I know that some of you knew and loved John, so I thought I’d let you all know. I have set up a GoFundMe for his family, which is linked in this tweet.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (diia5)

104 I might have to agree with Omar the first time ever in executing pedophiles.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 11, 2026 01:33 PM (n5tGW)

Too bad moohamhead is already dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (Zz0t1)

105 Does any statistic matter to the midterms? How well does Trump need to do?

Problem is, we rely too much on numbers and some idealized notion that the facts will make it through the narrative filters.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (VnsnO)

106 I've evangelized AI to the local radio club for about 8 months now. Most of them tell me to FO, but a few are trying it, and one emailed me today whose AI adaptation has now already far exceeded mine.

Gentlemen, AI is no humbug. It's real and it's here now.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (N8ZBc)

107 We went straight from climate change to AI is king use up all the electricity water and land for data centers because AI is the new new new thing!! Whiplash.

Posted by: nckate at February 11, 2026 01:33 PM (uQzkA)

And why? Because they are buying a surveillance state that they can envision, but you can't imagine.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (oZ51P)

108 I might have to agree with Omar the first time ever in executing pedophiles.

There's never been a Muslim nation in the history of the world that killed pedos LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM (PYyV9)

109 Yeah well but Epstein.

Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 01:35 PM (6FbH5)

110 Ilhan Omar is once again projecting stuff on Trump to distract from her crookedness.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 11, 2026 01:35 PM (ix8EF)

111 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

AG Pam Bondi and Thomas Massie get into HEATED EXCHANGE

"HE'S A HYPOCRITE! He voted AGAINST the ban we pushed on deep-fake AI p*rn! Only 2 people voted against it, YOU WERE ONE OF THEM! HYPOCRITE!"

"Did YOU ASK Merrick Garland the last 4 years? Did you talk about Epstein?!"

MASSIE: "I RECLAIM my time! This is bigger than Watergate!"

BONDI: "You don't get to reclaim time when I don't answer the way you WANT!"

https://tinyurl.com/mwtnmsnt

Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2026 01:35 PM (NpAcC)

112 Ilhan Omar: "In Somalia, we kill child molesters!"

Also Ilhan Omar: "I married my brother in Somalia."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)

113 What a surprise! It is my experience that the only people who tend to hire a wide variety of people based on merit are white men. There are rare exceptions but its been a pattern I have seen er and over in my life: women hire women. Hispanics hire hispanics. Indians hire Indians. Its like they feel a tribal requirement to help "their people"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:28 PM (PYyV9)

It’s why Europe and N. America were the only places where things worked and tech advanced. People hired based on can you do the work well. In Africa, India, China, etc it was who do you know. The cousin of the minister of transportation gets the contract to build a road. The cousin knowing nothing about road construction of course. End result is an unusable road with 2/3 of the money stolen

Sadly this is how Europe and America work today as well thanks to our diversity.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (Eh6IB)

114 98 I might have to agree with Omar the first time ever in executing pedophiles.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

In theory, yes, but she's just blowing hot air: There is no stable government in Somalia, no coherent legal system, and nobody's executing pedophiles there. Sure, they're killing each other en masse in tribal warfare, but it's not like there's a stable "death row" or even a functioning prison or court system. She's just trying to come up with verbal "gotcha"s.

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (se8lQ)

115 Being a pdf file is noble and wonderful and love is love and ermagerd tRuMp is a diddy kiddler he should be hanged.

Get the hell out of here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (JwNbV)

116 So the Canadian killer was trans, dear Lord what evil have adults performed upon the innocent.

These evil people, if they do not sincerely repent, need to suffer the agony of their entrails being pulled out, inch by inch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (iu1tv)

He sounds like a troubled youth from the get go. They papered over his problems by allowing him or encouraging him to claim that he was just gender dysphoric. No amount of pain is and suffering is sufficient for the abuse these people are perpetrating on children and the fallout like this.

It was all entirely foreseeable, which makes me think all of these murders are intentional outcomes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (dK+Kv)

117 Can someone get AI to analyze the 2020 election and get back to me?

Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (6FbH5)

118 Ilhan Omar: "In Somalia, we kill child molesters!"
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Because they know where the actual children are.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (oZ51P)

119 Never trust a fart.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 11, 2026 01:36 PM (qFwJc)

120 But think of the poor bureaucrats!

Posted by: steevy at February 11, 2026 01:37 PM (YwEeS)

121 Yes, but tariffs.

Don’t you know somebody has to pay the tariffs.

Never mind that foreign companies and governments pay them, then don’t pass them on to American consumers because it would make their products uncompetitive.

Did we say, tariffs are a drag on the economy? Let us repeat our sophism again.

Posted by: The WSJ Editorial Board Gimps at February 11, 2026 01:37 PM (J4oxo)

122 MASSIE: "I RECLAIM my time! This is bigger than Watergate!"

BONDI: "You don't get to reclaim time when I don't answer the way you WANT!"

https://tinyurl.com/mwtnmsnt
Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2026 01:35 PM (NpAcC)

IF you didn't already know these stupid hearings are a tremendous waste of time, go back and watch the one from last week where Mad Maxine Waters goes off the rails.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

123 Why not do rallies to drive up GOP midterm participation numbers? Have Vance get out there doing rallies in the key districts and states. It'll be good practice for him.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 01:37 PM (gtcuf)

124 Omar can go doink her brother.

Oh, wait.

Posted by: The WSJ Editorial Board Gimps at February 11, 2026 01:38 PM (J4oxo)

125 Is reclaim the world's gayest word? Can you even say it without wanting to lisp?

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:38 PM (oZ51P)

126 Massie should wear big red floppy shoes and put a squeaky red nose on his face.

Posted by: The WSJ Editorial Board Gimps at February 11, 2026 01:39 PM (J4oxo)

127 A Michigan judge just told the feds that they cannot grab Michican voting records, we'll see how that turns out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:32 PM (PYyV9)

Even worse a Trump appointed Michigan judge.
Spit.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:39 PM (Eh6IB)

128 123 Why not do rallies to drive up GOP midterm participation numbers? Have Vance get out there doing rallies in the key districts and states. It'll be good practice for him.
Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 01:37 PM (gtcuf)

Rallies are a double edged sword, especially for a sitting VP.

For every one you bring in and hype up, you piss off ten who get stuck in traffic because of your big dumb entourage wrecking every road in the city.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 01:39 PM (JwNbV)

129 Garland Favorito

Now, that's a name!

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 01:40 PM (gtcuf)

130 Omar says they kill pedos in Somalia knowing FULL WELL they don't have any numbers on the amount of rape, incest and child molestation in that hellhole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)

131 Pay no attention that CAPEX is going through the roof and typically takes time to show up in the economy in terms of new jobs, and products.

Posted by: The WSJ Editorial Board Gimps at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (J4oxo)

132 >>> Ilhan Omar: "In Somalia, we kill child molesters!"

Let me be clear. The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)

133 Condolences to those who knew JohnE.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (k3Cmu)

134 71 That has never worked for me. I must be doing it wrong
Posted by: Lena Dunham at February 11, 2026 01:23 PM (affD0)

That's because when you "show a little leg" the first thing that comes to mind is charcuterie gone horribly wrong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

As the site's Lena Dunham authority, I'd like to compare and contrast a "sexy" photo shoot she did 10 years ago, showing off her legs: https://tinyurl.com/4jb5jfwn

With a recent photo of her. https://tinyurl.com/4zb7n9p8

Seems the runaway inflation of the Biden years didn't spare her.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (JCZqz)

135 All these jobs, it is a tragedy.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (rbvCR)

136
The DoJ covers up uglier stuff than Hillary Clinton's muumuu! Beam me up!

Posted by: The Honorable Zombie Jim Traficant, from beneath his tractor at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (BI5O2)

137 This is the Trump Economy

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He 's just inherited the Obama Economic Miracle Momentum and Magic Wand ... but mostly Magic Wand.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 01:42 PM (4FdiT)

138 That's because when you "show a little leg" the first thing that comes to mind is charcuterie gone horribly wrong.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Now, that's the cruelty I come here for.

Posted by: Delurker at February 11, 2026 01:42 PM (gtcuf)

139 41 Haven't heard a word about Bumble's cancer. Is he deteriorating? Is he receiving treatment? I imagine the mix of chemo or radiation treatment and dementia is not a good one. Is he suffering? The squirrels demand answers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (OR60z)
- - - - - - - - - -
A reminder that Scott Adams reported his cancer soon after Biden reported his. And I had thoughts that it was a Rush Limbaugh-like parody, to try and demonstrate absurdity by being absurd. Using a cancer diagnosis to distract from issues at the time, and spoofing it.

Sadly, it was real, and Scott Adams is no longer with us. On one hand, his mind worked perfectly until the end. I think Scott even noted that he was sorry he couldn't do his show that very day because he knows he was going to pass on.

Compare to Biden's dementia, advanced age, and lack of grifting opportunities to keep the money flowing in for advanced health care.

Posted by: Another Anon at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (4h45B)

140 The economy added 172,000 private-sector jobs in January
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I dunno. These numbers look pretty flat to me.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (oZ51P)

141
OT: Fucking ATT keeps sending salespeople to my shop to ask if I need to upgrade to fiber. Just had the 6th visit in the past year. The complex upgraded to fiber 2 years ago and I'd immediately signed up. You'd think that they would know that.

More likely, they're some random ATT reseller who wants to get me to change over. I've run into those before, where they claim to be ATT but when pressed, they admit that they work for some other fly-by-night company who buys bandwidth from ATT to resell.

The other thing that annoys me is that it's always a lead sales huckster followed by a smiling assistant who just stands there for appearance's sake. They don't have an actual function other than to make the huckster seem to be legit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (y9nCu)

142 Trump himself signed a law to release all the Epstein crap. There are still over a million pages of it to come. I can't understand why Ace and some others are now complaining that they're actually finding evidence in the evidence and reporting it.

Let the truth out, and the chips fall where they may, say I. I don't care who gets burned by the truth.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (N8ZBc)

143 Good news, everyone!

Joy Reid on doing a show at MSNBC: "We weren't allowed to just get up there and lie."

.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (J+Psw)

144 You aren't going to convince the loons that believe Trump is a pedo with facts. They don't live in fact based reality. They HAVE to believe Trump is a pedo, just like they HAVE to believe Trump is a dictator and a Nazi. Nothing short of high velocity metal through through their fevered minds will change them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (pohLc)

145 All these jobs, it is a tragedy.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (rbvCR)

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Jerome Powell hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (6WR0o)

146 As the site's Lena Dunham authority, I'd like to compare and contrast a "sexy" photo shoot she did 10 years ago, showing off her legs: https://tinyurl.com/4jb5jfwn

Seems she needs a lesson from the Charmin bear family........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

147 117 Can someone get AI to analyze the 2020 election and get back to me?
Posted by: fd

"Grok, who won the 2020 US presidential election?"

"Donald John Trump received the greatest number of votes and a majority of electors, but the vote counting was corrupted by fraud in several swing states, so officially Joseph Biden was unconstitutionally declared the winner."

Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (se8lQ)

148 >>> In January, we created 172,000 non-farm jobs while eliminating 42,000 government jobs.

Good. Moving government agencies out of DC to remoter areas, and gutting the DC job workforce, therefore the DC suburban sprawl, is the only way to ever make VA moderately purple again.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (Eng1Z)

149 Ilhan Omar: "In Somalia, we kill child molesters!"

Let me be clear. The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.
Posted by: Barack Obama at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)

So perfect it should be everyone's response to Omar.
Well done.

Posted by: old chick at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (F3Dlr)

150 140 The economy added 172,000 private-sector jobs in January
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I dunno. These numbers look pretty flat to me.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie

I needed this positive Trump news like a hole in the head.

Posted by: Renee Good at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (JCZqz)

151
Joy Reid on doing a show at MSNBC: "We weren't allowed to just get up there and lie."

.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 11, 2026 01:43 PM (J+Psw)

She's going by the "say it enough times, it becomes true" theory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

152 The correct tabulation for jobs added should only calculate private sector jobs and should adjust for increases in adult population.

So if you have
+170K private sector
-40K public sector
10k new adult citizens
10k new adult immigrant citizens

You generated 150k jobs

If you have Biden numbers like
-100k private sector
+200k public sector
10k new adult citizens
100k new adult immigrant citizens

you generated -210k jobs

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

153 You aren't going to convince the loons that believe Trump is a pedo with facts.

You cannot reason someone out of a position that they did not arrive to with reason. This is an article of faith, no matter how much of a mountain of facts you pile on them they will reject it because they know deep down that its true.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (PYyV9)

154 103 Not sure if it's already been mentioned

@charlescwcooke
·
53m
John Ekdahl was my best friend. He died today of cancer, at 47. I know that some of you knew and loved John, so I thought I’d let you all know. I have set up a GoFundMe for his family, which is linked in this tweet.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 11, 2026 01:34 PM
*****
So sad. I didn't know he was sick.
F cancer!
RIP John, you will be truly missed.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (NpAcC)

155 So perfect it should be everyone's response to Omar.
Well done.
Posted by: old chick at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (F3Dlr)

Agreed. It doesn't get much more perfect that that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

156 He 's just inherited the Obama Economic Miracle Momentum and Magic Wand ... but mostly Magic Wand.
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post

I thought Mike Obama had Barack's magic wand?

Posted by: Confused Moron at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (JCZqz)

157 "Grok, who won the 2020 US presidential election?"

"Donald John Trump received the greatest number of votes and a majority of electors, but the vote counting was corrupted by fraud in several swing states, so officially Joseph Biden was unconstitutionally declared the winner."
Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (se8lQ)

Boy. I hope Grok doesn't have any information about Hillary Clinton......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (Zz0t1)

158 You aren't going to convince the loons that believe Trump is a pedo with facts

They don't believe it either.

2 years ago they were saying there were no Epstein files and the right just called anyone they don't like a pedo...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

159 I recall Lena Dunham proudly virtue signaling that she and her boyfriend were not going to get married until gay marriage was legalized.

That happened and suddenly the boyfriend left. I try not to laugh at the misery of others but sometimes you just can't help it.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (99eI0)

160 Even worse a Trump appointed Michigan judge.
Spit.
Posted by: Really??
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Blue slipped vetoes because the Dems have controlled both of Michigan's Senate seats for well over a decade. Last GOP senator from that state was Spencer Abraham and he got cheated out of office in 2000 by Debby Stabenow.

Blue slip policies by the fossil Grassley and the Senate GOP on the Judiciary Committee are why 67 out of the 90 some odd federal district attorney positions are not confirmed despite being appointed. Something similar for district court judges, if no GOP senator is in office in the state, the Judiciary rules require two blue slips returned from the Dems of that state or the nominee never gets a vote.

Another relic, like the current filibuster practices, of Southern Democrats trying to keep segregation going. Both date from roughly the same time period around WWI under virulent racist Woody Wilson.

Posted by: whig at February 11, 2026 01:48 PM (2swu2)

161 He was only 47? Way too young.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

162 "Posted by: zombie at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM "

Nice but that can't possibly be AI.

Posted by: fd at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (odK/5)

163 Boy. I hope Grok doesn't have any information about Hillary Clinton......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

If he does, stay away from Ft. Marcy Park. She'll have your hard drive wiped, like with a cloth!!!!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (JCZqz)

164 They won't. They are trying to do a Nixon thing. In 20 years the only Jeopardy questions about Trump will be the Epstein ones. It's what they do. They want Epstein to be his legacy so it crowds everything else out. It won't work but they are going to try.
Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:30 PM (oZ51P)

So, what do you think of the claim that Steve Bannon was supposed to have been Trump's Bob Woodward?
Valid? Empty rumor? Vile Calumny?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (rbvCR)

165 I recall Lena Dunham proudly virtue signaling that she and her boyfriend were not going to get married until gay marriage was legalized.

That happened and suddenly the boyfriend left. I try not to laugh at the misery of others but sometimes you just can't help it.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (99eI0)

That Dax dude and his blond scrunt girlfriend said the same thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (Zz0t1)

166 They HAVE to believe Trump is a pedo,
_____

It helps them deal with the fact that Ashley Biden wrote in her diary about how uncomfortable she was when her dad would come in the shower with her.

Trump is worse you see, he something somethinged with Epstein who was known to pimp out teen girls to the rich and powerful.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

167 As the site's Lena Dunham authority, I'd like to compare and contrast a "sexy" photo shoot she did 10 years ago, showing off her legs: https://tinyurl.com/4jb5jfwn

With a recent photo of her. https://tinyurl.com/4zb7n9p8

Seems the runaway inflation of the Biden years didn't spare her.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 11, 2026 01:41 PM (JCZqz)

Push her back in the water, she's dying.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (snZF9)

168 Another way to look at this jobs thing.

Imagine if tomorrow the government just gave everyone a job - looking for microaggressions in the work of Shakespeare or watching anime, whatever government workers do.

Does that add anything positive to the economy?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

169 It’s wild how Trump calling the police on Epstein is evidence he approved of what Epstein did. According to the left.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (Eh6IB)

170 They don't believe it either.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (oZ51P)

171 Omar says they kill pedos in Somalia knowing FULL WELL they don't have any numbers on the amount of rape, incest and child molestation in that hellhole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:40 PM (Zz0t1)
----
That's because none of those things are crimes over there.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (ESVrU)

172 helps them deal with the fact that Ashley Biden wrote in her diary about how uncomfortable she was when her dad would come in the shower with her.

—

I’d wager 95% of leftists have no idea that happened.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Eh6IB)

173 It’s wild how Trump calling the police on Epstein is evidence he approved of what Epstein did. According to the left.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (Eh6IB)

It's honestly rather tame in the world of things that the left purports to believe.

Posted by: Barack Obama at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (dK+Kv)

174 Imagine if tomorrow the government just gave everyone a job - looking for microaggressions in the work of Shakespeare or watching anime, whatever government workers do.

Does that add anything positive to the economy?
Posted by: 18-1

Uh...number go up? Good! Liveable wage to support family we don't encourage them to have!

Posted by: Leftist Economist at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (JCZqz)

175 In 20 years either Trump will be considered one of America's best presidents, heralding the end of the decline or the People's Republic Of America will treat him as Emmanuel Goldstein

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

176 That's because none of those things are crimes over there.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 11, 2026 01:50 PM (ESVrU)

I mean, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions Somalia ISN'T "a nation of laws."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Zz0t1)

177 These hearings is the first time I have seen Bondi show real fire.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

178 This is not possible. The leftist woman on The Five told me just yesterday that jobs are gone.

She wasn’t lying was she?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at February 11, 2026 01:52 PM (giIBv)

179 [ helps them deal with the fact that Ashley Biden wrote in her diary about how uncomfortable she was when her dad would come in the shower with her.

—

That was Russian disinformation in Ashley's own writing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

180 But but but but WaPo fired 300 people!!!!

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:53 PM (Eh6IB)

181
OT: and a delivery guy just walked in asking if I'd take a package for my neighbor. No problem, we do that for each other all the time.

Except that it was a Chinese guy who didn't speak a word of English. He had to chatter away on Google Translate in Wu or Cantonese and show me the screen to ask a simple question. Asshole.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 01:53 PM (y9nCu)

182 So, what do you think of the claim that Steve Bannon was supposed to have been Trump's Bob Woodward?
Valid? Empty rumor? Vile Calumny?

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:49 PM (rbvCR)

I'd say empty rumor? I don't know a lot about it but my instincts are generally very sound.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:53 PM (oZ51P)

183
That was Russian disinformation in Ashley's own writing.

One of the more darkly amusing things about Ashley's diary is the FNM kept claiming it was a fake even as Biden had the woman who had ended up with it arrested for theft.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

184 That was Russian disinformation in Ashley's own writing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:53 PM (Zz0t1

In a fake diary that it was a crime to steal.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:54 PM (oZ51P)

185 These hearings is the first time I have seen Bondi show real fire.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

When you're under fire, there's nothing like a good sham congressional hearing to give you opportunity to show how tough you really are.

Posted by: Trey Gowdy at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)

186 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

187 Another thing about Ashley Biden, she's been in and out of rehab for both drugs and sex. While not everyone with her problems was molested by their father its pretty common for those that were

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

188 d wager 95% of leftists have no idea that happened.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Eh6IB)

It's worse. They know and don't care.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (oZ51P)

189 It has all the earmarks.

Posted by: The media we USED to watch at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (cu5hY)

190 >>John Ekdahl was my best friend. He died today of cancer, at 47. I know that some of you knew and loved John, so I thought I’d let you all know. I have set up a GoFundMe for his family, which is linked in this tweet.

That sucks. 47 is way too young.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)

191 helps them deal with the fact that Ashley Biden wrote in her diary about how uncomfortable she was when her dad would come in the shower with her.

—

I’d wager 95% of leftists have no idea that happened.
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Eh6IB)

Probably also unaware of:

Al Gore referring to "the extra chromosome" wing of the Republican party.

Obama talking about 57 states and bitter clingers.

Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment.

Biden's "the only garbage I see are his supporters" comment.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (B4Se1)

192 188 d wager 95% of leftists have no idea that happened.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:51 PM (Eh6IB)

It's worse. They know and don't care.
Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (oZ51P)

It's (D)ifferent when they do it.

Posted by: XTC at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (iXqHn)

193 I'm confused. What has this got to do with Guthrie?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

194
In a fake diary that it was a crime to steal.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:54 PM (oZ51P)

That she went after O'Keefe legally to get back, after he offered it back to her without publishing it's contents.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

195 ""Grok, who won the 2020 US presidential election?"

"Donald John Trump received the greatest number of votes and a majority of electors, but the vote counting was corrupted by fraud in several swing states, so officially Joseph Biden was unconstitutionally declared the winner."
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That is not the answer I get and I used the exact language you posted here.

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (uvB+6)

196 "In a fake diary that it was a crime to steal."

Legally, I suspect that it's a crime to steal, even to steal fakes, but I am not a lawyer. Just sayin.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (N8ZBc)

197 Ace's ads are bound and determined to give me an erection. Trouble is, I can't back out of the ad and resume reading the post. Let's put tech support on this.

Posted by: jwest at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (KtqtS)

198 Probably also unaware of:

Al Gore referring to "the extra chromosome" wing of the Republican party.

Obama talking about 57 states and bitter clingers.

Hillary's "basket of deplorables" comment.

Biden's "the only garbage I see are his supporters" comment.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (B4Se1)

"Me going bowling is like the Special Olympics."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

199 >>> As the site's Lena Dunham authority, I'd like to compare and contrast a "sexy" photo shoot she did 10 years ago, showing off her legs: https://tinyurl.com/4jb5jfwn

I hated her for a long time for toxifying millennial girl culture, falsely accusing a conservative guy at Oberlin of rape, allegedly molesting her sister according to her own memoir, rehoming a dog she emotionally couldn't care for, and stalking Taylor Swift into a friendship and then turning her woke. But now I just pity her.

She tried to get healthy like a decade ago and posted pics of working out. Her fans jumped down her throat about how she was betraying them, and she gave up getting thinner to appease them. Plus she has endometriosis, which is a lot of pain.

IDK. God is helping me heal, I guess. I'm in a much better emotional state just not caring about people like Lena Dunham anymore.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (Eng1Z)

200 How lefty LIVs consume news: Hey I hear like the TV news guy say Trump was in the Epstein files or something before I switched over to Love Island. Obviously he's a pedo!

How lefty HIVs consume news: Hey in my favorite futani anime reddit board someone mentioned Trump was in the Epstein files...I wish I read the rest of what he posted but uh I had some files to d/l. Anyway Trump is obviously a pedo.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

201 I'm confused. What has this got to do with Guthrie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)

Shut it down, people. This thread is DEAD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

202 There is math all over this blog.

Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (+YA9H)

203 Jerome Powell hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 01:44 PM (6WR0o)

Warsh is probably not going to do much better you know, so steel yourself for spending 4 years bitching about him too.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (rbvCR)

204 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

205 "Me going bowling is like the Special Olympics."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

Ha! I actually almost included that.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (B4Se1)

206 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

And I think the comment included "57 states, with 2 to go."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)

207 My memory is O'Keefe refused to publish Ashley's diary because he couldn't be sure of its providence, but one of the other guys there leaked it because they had enough info.

Specifically Ashley had been crashing with a man (probably a sugar daddy). She left a bunch of her things at that man's house when another woman moved in. That new woman found the diary and went to the press but they didn't want to touch it...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

208 >>The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states?

Dude couldn't spell Syracuse...

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (gH8T+)

209 The 57 states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (jc0TO)

210 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

There are 57 Muslim states which is what he was thinking of.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (oZ51P)

211 186 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

wut

Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (+YA9H)

212
Ha! I actually almost included that.
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (B4Se1)

I'm here to help.

*insert clip of Eric Cartman competing in the Special Olympics here*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM (Zz0t1)

213 177 These hearings is the first time I have seen Bondi show real fire.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 11, 2026 01:52 PM
+++
Oh, you mess with her reserved parking space, you'll see some fire!

Posted by: Garage attendants at the Fox News building at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (cu5hY)

214 Hmm...

I having a difficult time reading this report and trying to reconcile a very recent article at ZH:

"Historic Negative Jobs Revisions: 1 Million Fewer Jobs Added In 2025, Only 15,000 Avg Jobs Monthly"

It's quite detailed but seems to conflict with what is posted here.

Can anybody

Posted by: pawn at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (uvB+6)

215 Me going bowling would be a windfall for the aspirin industry for weeks afterward.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (N8ZBc)

216 Shut it down, people. This thread is DEAD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)

There are still boobs to be ogled.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

217 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

I believe it. Just like lefties believe Sarah Palin actually said she can see Russia from her house.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (B4Se1)

218 Ilhan Omar: "In Somalia, we kill child molesters!"

++++

You know what, Somalia sounds like absolute paradise. Why are you even here? Makes no sense.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (5a2+d)

219 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.
Posted by: Really??

The 57 number is the number of muzzie states/countries in the world.

He didn't flub shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (gkpAx)

220 >>> I'm confused. What has this got to do with Guthrie?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 01:56 PM (XeU6L)
Shut it down, people. This thread is DEAD.

This thread is shoved in a septic tank?

(I think that was proven false. But that is such an evocative idea and it won't let me go. In plain sight, and horrifying.

Posted by: LizLem at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (Eng1Z)

221 Where the heck do you live to get a godless commie Chinese guy delivering packages??

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (/QDJu)

222 Damn. RIP John Ek.
I always liked him and his twitter posts.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (xcxpd)

223

There are still boobs to be ogled.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

https://is.gd/tCS5P6

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (Zz0t1)

224 The most dangerous place in the world is between a Republican and their Hearing microphone.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (oZ51P)

225 What ever happened to SyringeGate with the nasty Ilhan Omar creature?

Will noone in the media seize and pounce on this fraud?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (xFfhU)

226 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

wut
Posted by: m
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If one believes something long enough, it becomes fact.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (XeU6L)

227 "In a fake diary that it was a crime to steal."

Legally, I suspect that it's a crime to steal, even to steal fakes, but I am not a lawyer. Just sayin.

Nobody stole the diary. Ashley Biden left it in an old residence.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 11, 2026 02:02 PM (Yp6az)

228 "I having a difficult time reading this report and trying to reconcile a very recent article at ZH:"

Govt stats are BS. I don't believe em any more now than I did 12 months ago.

Want to see how the labor market really is? Send out a dozen applications and see if you get any takers.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)

229
211 186 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

wut
Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM
---

https://youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at February 11, 2026 02:02 PM (cu5hY)

230 There are still boobs to be ogled.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
......

*perks up*

Posted by: wth at February 11, 2026 02:03 PM (UjdFS)

231 I see the CBO released their report on the Trump economy. They said Trump will add $1.4 trillion to the deficit. For reference the CBO said Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act" would DECREASE the deficit by $230 billion when they did that report on it. LOL.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 11, 2026 02:03 PM (Vh9CX)

232 >>Dude couldn't spell Syracuse...
__
Or pronounce "corpsman."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at February 11, 2026 02:03 PM (bNf8H)

233 Biden once said that 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 02:03 PM (ZEPGF)

234 There are still boobs to be ogled.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

https://is.gd/tCS5P6
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (Zz0t1)

There's 'more than a handful' and 'more than an armful'...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (xcxpd)

235 Repost:

367 Love the blog, and have been reading daily for years, but the ads are making it unreadable. I stopped even trying on my phone because of constant page refreshes, and now it's not even worth my time on my desktop.

Posted by: Frustrated reader at February 11, 2026 01:19 PM (85PNt)

When my husband clicks on the comments link, he's getting ads that freeze his desktop computer. He has to shut it down in order to get out of the freeze. Do the computer savvy know if this is related to infected computers or is there an issue with the site?

Posted by: moki at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (wLjpr)

236 >>Or pronounce "corpsman."

Or, navigate a Garden Fence with an Umbrella.

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (gH8T+)

237 Atlanta-based http://VoterGA.org just told me that the FBI raid of Fulton County's ballot warehouse will show that "Fulton certified [mostly Biden] votes for which they have no ballots.

__________________________

Wait, does that mean they cut out the "middle man" of actually creating bogus votes and just added to Biden's total? That's pretty ballsy.

I had suggested that there was the possibility of some states (Colorado, Maine) doing this since those states tried to remove Trump from the ballot illegally and had shown a willingness to step wayyyyy over the red line. Arizona, as well, hinted at that sort of strategy by sending out letters to all the precincts telling them it was illegal to do re-counts at their locations.

But, wow.

Posted by: Orson at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

238 Fence/Gate

Posted by: garrett at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (gH8T+)

239 Me going bowling would be a windfall for the aspirin industry for weeks afterward.
Posted by: gp
---------

Have you tried OmegaXL?

Posted by: John Walsh at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (XeU6L)

240 "They said Trump will add $1.4 trillion to the deficit."

Does that include the recent surprise 50% goose to war spending? $500B all by itself.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:04 PM (N8ZBc)

241 Atlanta-based http://VoterGA.org just told me that the FBI raid of Fulton County's ballot warehouse will show that "Fulton certified [mostly Biden] votes for which they have no ballots.
-------

They were washed away by the plumbing flood!

Posted by: Fani Willis at February 11, 2026 02:06 PM (XeU6L)

242 217 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

I believe it. Just like lefties believe Sarah Palin actually said she can see Russia from her house.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (B4Se1)

++++

I think what he said was he had been to 57 states and thought he had two more to go. He believed that we had 59 states.

Posted by: washrivergal at February 11, 2026 02:06 PM (5a2+d)

243
[i[Want to see how the labor market really is? Send out a dozen applications and see if you get any takers.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:02 PM

don't get me started...

you'll get phone calls from every Kahn, Singh, & Patel in the Bangalore phone book

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 11, 2026 02:06 PM (tljrc)

244 Just heard a national radio news report about the psychotranny by some British fag and they're STILL calling the homicidal-suicidal maniac "a woman."

This is some next-gen gaslighting warfare ppsyops ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM (ZEPGF)

245
I believe it. Just like lefties believe Sarah Palin actually said she can see Russia from her house.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:00 PM (B4Se1)

I was in Denmark shortly after that and they actually believed she said that.

I advised them it was Tina Fey doing a Palin act on SNL and they were stunned.

Reminder: The European media hates you as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)

246 Can't you get a nice vinegar-based douche without the need for a syringe?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM (xFfhU)

247 don't get me started...

you'll get phone calls from every Kahn, Singh, & Patel in the Bangalore phone book
Posted by: AltonJackson at February 11, 2026 02:06 PM (tljrc)

Hello for you. I am Bill. Please to be hiring me. I am job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

248 Can't you get a nice vinegar-based douche without the need for a syringe?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM (xFfhU)

"I know a guy....."

- - - - - - - Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

249 Ironically I bet a fair number of Danes can see Sweden or Germany from their houses...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 02:09 PM (sKqQm)

250
I think what he said was he had been to 57 states and thought he had two more to go. He believed that we had 59 states.
Posted by: washrivergal at February 11, 2026 02:06 PM (5a2+d)

You corroborated my comment 206.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)

251 Ironically I bet a fair number of Danes can see Sweden or Germany from their houses...
Posted by: 18-1
--------

Greenland, not so much.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 02:10 PM (XeU6L)

252 I wonder how this happened?

>>@chriswithans

>>Legitimately terrible news for Democrats.

>>Future Forward *by itself* raised $182 million in 2019-2020 and again in the 2021-2022 midterm election cycle. $384 million total over 4 years. Then it blew the walls off of fundraising in 2023-2024, raising and spending $560 million only to lose all 7 swing states. The money arguably did get Harris 74 million votes and saved some races down-ballot.

>>Now Future Forward has raised almost nothing. Under $10 million last year.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2026 02:11 PM (viF8m)

253 I was in Denmark shortly after that and they actually believed she said that.

I advised them it was Tina Fey doing a Palin act on SNL and they were stunned.

Reminder: The European media hates you as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)

Of course. You punctured their bubble. I imagine they repaired the bubble quickly after allowing your comment to escape.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:11 PM (B4Se1)

254 248 Can't you get a nice vinegar-based douche without the need for a syringe?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 11, 2026 02:07 PM

I have miss Piggy douche with Vinegar & Honey, because I like Sweet & Sour pork.

Posted by: Kermit the Frog at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM (IifOV)

255 I hope Trump starts traveling the country and trumpeting these incredible numbers.

The country needs to hear from him, because the Democrats and the Propaganda Press are talking down the economy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM (QuWCM)

256 I still don't get that Palin thing. Even if she did actually say that, that's just a thing you say to mean something is really close. It's hyperbole.

Russia effectively borders Alaska. They're neighbors. She was the governor of the state that is the closest to Russia. Even just as a joke, from SNL, it didn't work.

It still bothers me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM (JwNbV)

257 The 57 state thing is funny but I mean does anyone believe Obama thinks there are 57 states? It was a flub in the Bushian mold.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:58 PM (Eh6IB)

------------

The thinking at the time was that he was likely referring to 57 Islamic States.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 02:13 PM (ZEPGF)

258 Most underreported story about the midterms is the Democrats are way, way behind on fundraising.

It's like a huge source of their funding just disappeared.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 11, 2026 02:13 PM (viF8m)

259 " Ironically I bet a fair number of Danes can see Sweden or Germany from their houses...
Posted by: 18-1
--------
Greenland, not so much."

I've made radio contact with a couple of Baffin Island operators in the past month.

Baffin Island motto: 'We're Number Two, so we try harder!'

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:13 PM (N8ZBc)

260 Of course. You punctured their bubble.
-----

Ah. A new descriptor, 'Don't be a bubble puncture!'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 02:13 PM (XeU6L)

261 I think the "lowest since 1966" thing is as a percentage number. So I think we can do better. Get it lower than the ACTUAL number of govt "workers" in 1966.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 11, 2026 01:17 PM (emBoF)

It’s the lowest number of actual physical employees since 1966. And the lowest % of workers ever.

But I’m skeptical of this since so much “employment” is through contractors. You don’t hire 10 people as govt employees, you instead hire a firm with 10 employees who work exclusively on government contracts. Those 10 people are technically not government workers but they are effectively.

Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:21 PM (Eh6IB)
==========================
Good point. An enterprising journalist, if such a thing exists, would ask Karoline Leavitt to quantify contractor employment changes over the year 2025.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2026 02:14 PM (QuWCM)

262 "I hope Trump starts traveling the country and trumpeting these incredible numbers."

'And he stopped eight wars!'

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:14 PM (N8ZBc)

263 I still don't get that Palin thing. Even if she did actually say that, that's just a thing you say to mean something is really close. It's hyperbole.

Russia effectively borders Alaska. They're neighbors. She was the governor of the state that is the closest to Russia. Even just as a joke, from SNL, it didn't work.

It still bothers me.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM (JwNbV)

Didn't matter. Tina Fey could have just said "I'm Sarah Palin, and I'm stupid". That's what the lefties heard anyway - because that's what they wanted to hear - because that's what the were told to believe.

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:15 PM (B4Se1)

264 "An enterprising journalist, if such a thing exists, would ask Karoline Leavitt to quantify contractor employment changes over the year 2025."

She'd just call the reporter stupid, like she does with everybody.

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:15 PM (N8ZBc)

265 Another win if considering a reduction in Federal employment.

However, many of the added jobs were in "social assistance" compassing services like home care for the elderly and/or disabled, individual and/or family services, and childcare.

It's a broad category in Labor statistics that focuses on non-profit and for-profit organizations providing aid to individuals and families. Ergo, a certain amount will result in Medicare and/or Medicaid fraud.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM (NFX2v)

266 So this is good. In MA they had a ballot initiative allowing the State Auditor to audit the state legislators (I know, weird, but she didn't have that power before).

The State Auditor is a Dem, but she actually wants to do her job. The governor and legislature told her, first , politely, to f*ck off, then not so politely - they've been calling her a Republican which is the kiss of death in MA.

Anyway, I saw this quote from the auditor and it gave me a chuckle, "I have been asked by fellow Democrats to stop talking about the audit because it is hurting other Democrats. I remind them that it’s the law-breaking behavior of those who have a D near their name that are acting like dictators and not Democrats"

Well to actually understanding the world you live in Ms DiZolgio

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM (sKqQm)

267 nood

Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM (N8ZBc)

268 Of course. You punctured their bubble.
-----

Ah. A new descriptor, 'Don't be a bubble puncture!'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 02:13 PM (XeU6L)

I'm not here to puncture your bubble,
I'm just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle!

Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM (B4Se1)

269 I still don't get that Palin thing. Even if she did actually say that, that's just a thing you say to mean something is really close. It's hyperbole.

Russia effectively borders Alaska. They're neighbors. She was the governor of the state that is the closest to Russia. Even just as a joke, from SNL, it didn't work.
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Palin said, flippantly, that you can see Russia from parts of Alaska when asked about her foreign policy experience. That was the basis of the Tina Fey joke.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at February 11, 2026 02:17 PM (JoLAO)

270 256 I still don't get that Palin thing. Even if she did actually say that, that's just a thing you say to mean something is really close. It's hyperbole.

Russia effectively borders Alaska. They're neighbors. She was the governor of the state that is the closest to Russia. Even just as a joke, from SNL, it didn't work.

It still bothers me.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM

I never understood how Palin's answer to Katie Couric asking her what she reads to get world news was so horribly bad. "I read everything, I have access to a vast amount of media".

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 11, 2026 02:17 PM (IifOV)

271 I hope Trump starts traveling the country and trumpeting these incredible numbers.

The country needs to hear from him, because the Democrats and the Propaganda Press are talking down the economy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2026 02:12 PM (QuWCM)

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Headline from a month ago:

"Trump pushes ‘Trump-a-palooza’ midterm convention as GOP braces for tough elections"

It'll be interesting to see if that is effective and becomes an ongoing event for one or both parties.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Washington Post is Dying in Darkness at February 11, 2026 02:17 PM (ZEPGF)

272 I still don't get that Palin thing. Even if she did actually say that, that's just a thing you say to mean something is really close. It's hyperbole.

About 99% of that list of thousands of "lies" the left attributes to Trump are things he said that were hyperbole.

They just pretend they don't get the joke and he is being serious because it is politically useful for them to do so

Posted by: 18-1 at February 11, 2026 02:18 PM (sKqQm)

273
Hello for you. I am Bill. Please to be hiring me. I am job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 11, 2026 02:08 PM

oh, it's much worse than that

they've taken over the head hunter / recruiting world

last week, I lost my siht and asked one of them if there was anyone in his office what actually spoke English

I haven't heard back from him, I don't think I'll be getting an interview for that job

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 11, 2026 02:19 PM (tljrc)

274 Further, like it or not, a lot of those jobs will be filled behind the scenes by undocumented immigrants, while company management and ownership will be maintained by citizens, especially minorities, and often unionized.

Once the game starts, it's almost impossible to shutdown.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 11, 2026 02:19 PM (NFX2v)

275 She'd just call the reporter stupid, like she does with everybody.
Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:15 PM (N8ZBc)
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Trolling her here doesn't do you much good. Send her a letter or something. Oh, by the way, Unlike Ben Rhodes I've never once heard her call a reporter stupid.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 11, 2026 02:20 PM (QuWCM)

276 229
211 186 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

wut
Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 01:59 PM
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https://youtu.be/vn_PSJsl0LQ
Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at February 11, 2026 02:02 PM (cu5hY)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 02:23 PM (+YA9H)

277 57 Muslim States!!!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at February 11, 2026 02:23 PM (oZ51P)

278 Great numbers.
It's getting that information out to the normies that will make the difference.

Posted by: stv at February 11, 2026 02:24 PM (XMeSM)

279 I'm not here to puncture your bubble,
I'm just here to do the Super Bowl Shuffle!
Posted by: Doof at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM

Lido Shuffle > Super Bowl Shuffle

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 11, 2026 02:25 PM (bFu5X)

280 The Palin thing was branding and it worked. That's what we are up against.

And that's why Trump posted that video.

Because branding works. What has been seen cannot be unseen.

Posted by: ... at February 11, 2026 02:26 PM (oZ51P)

281 226 It’s not a lie if you believe it.
G. Costanza
Posted by: Really?? at February 11, 2026 01:55 PM (Eh6IB)

wut
Posted by: m
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If one believes something long enough, it becomes fact.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (XeU6L)

But, I mean, no, it doesn't.

Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 02:32 PM (+YA9H)

282 267 nood
Posted by: gp at February 11, 2026 02:16 PM (N8ZBc)

Posted by: m at February 11, 2026 02:33 PM (+YA9H)

283
Where the heck do you live to get a godless commie Chinese guy delivering packages??
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 11, 2026 02:01 PM (/QDJu)

Central Calif

Shit, and I had ANOTHER fucking salesperson just walk in the door, this time trying to sell MRO parts. Walked right past the NO SOLICITING sign. Assholes.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 11, 2026 02:33 PM (y9nCu)

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