So, you’ve probably heard the news: Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer is out because President Donald Trump didn’t like the July jobs report.
Actually, check that: That’s not really the news as it is, that’s the news as it was reported last week when it happened. Something funny occurred on the way from event to publication, however — namely, it got lost that she was a Joe Biden holdover who already had accumulated a fair number of issues regarding the culture and practices she had cultivated at the BLS since her confirmation in 2024.
Just to give you a taste, here are two representative samples from the country’s print outlets of record for both the left and the right, starting with The New York
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