Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress. By @hansilowang.bsky.social - ThreadSky

npr.org • 35 days ago

Unstable federal funding puts at risk the government statistics used to track the U.S. economy and population, officials and data users warn. That's before any cuts by President Trump and Congress.
By @hansilowang.bsky.social

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wethetreeple.bsky.social•35 days ago

All the more reason for citizens to stop paying taxes and progressive states to leave the union.

midlandslikeminded.bsky.social•35 days ago

Didn’t he try to stop the census in 2020?

vjmcq.bsky.social•35 days ago

If you can't track the economy then won't know when it's in freefall. It's not a bug, it's a feature.

morriganmidwinter.bsky.social•35 days ago

This is the point.

carrierep.bsky.social•35 days ago

Can’t tell how horribly he is doing if he cuts off the data that provides that proof.

windybluff.bsky.social•35 days ago

Counting things ended on “Dictator Day 1.” No more information from the US Govt.

ariescubano.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sounds not as an accident but a way to secure the muddy strategy to assure the real data never hits the public! And now a three term president proposal? You have to be too stupid not to see what is going on

brianlefevre-in-co.bsky.social•35 days ago

No data means Trump can say whatever he wants and nobody can fact check him at all.

flyflicker.bsky.social•35 days ago

But if they can't track population, how will Team Trump know when they've gotten rid of all of the non-white people?? Musk might have something to say about this !

klausbusse.de•35 days ago

Data and statistics are the greatest danger of their lies.

Why do you think they stopped tracking maternal morbidity in Texas after the abortion ban?

They’ll try to destroy ALL neutral data sources so they can lie without being confronted with facts.

rfischoff.bsky.social•35 days ago

All the media reports are wrong. It's not possible to "buy" Greenland. It's not a "colony" of Denmark. It's an independent country that's a member of the Danish Monarchy. Here's a Danish Youtuber to explain all of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlK3f1cs_l4

rfischoff.bsky.social•35 days ago

Correction - Danish Monarchy should be Danish Kingdom.

pillsbury37.bsky.social•35 days ago

you can’t make a science based informed decision without information. you just have to go with whatever the bible or your gut tells you

trumpvance1.bsky.social•35 days ago

Defund NPR!

tinkerresist.bsky.social•35 days ago

F U

odetteroulette.bsky.social•35 days ago

What made it unstable? Trump.

lindasternfelt.bsky.social•34 days ago

Data doesn’t matter anymore. He will make up whatever data he needs to support his position.

virbing.bsky.social•35 days ago

Do we need population statistics if there aren’t going to be any more elections?

markfrombethesda.bsky.social•35 days ago

Oh come on. Data were destroyed in 1814 when the Brits burned Washington. So you know, precedent.

akuryo.bsky.social•35 days ago

If they can’t monetize it they won’t care

cavaxtelemanus.bsky.social•35 days ago

It's almost like they want to degrade the flow of information and statistics....

starlightwishes.bsky.social•35 days ago

We know enough to know the economy is at great risk. Muck & Crump promised to destroy the economy. And it looks like they're working hard to do it.

pandamonia2024.bsky.social•35 days ago

WE THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER! Ya all letting a bunch of power grabbing corrupt churches, politicians & the Heritage Foundation, push us around! Ya want this shit to stop? Stop shopping/buying , don’t pay/file Federal Taxes Stop giving them the money to fund this crap cut them off at the source!

derrelldurrett.bsky.social•35 days ago

I was asking @planetmoney.bsky.social about this, but apparently they're not interested in what might be afoot, nor how we'll know when it succeeds.

csriracha184.bsky.social•35 days ago

Until we start investing back in America at a much higher level, our infrastructure will continue to put millions at risk on a daily basis

questionwonder.bsky.social•35 days ago

conDon likes that as just can use his sharpie to write any #

cookiesboy.bsky.social•35 days ago

Coming off the previous administrations most un transparent ways who blatantly lied about every statistic that wasn’t favorable to them. Trump is a breath of fresh air.

allietoday.bsky.social•35 days ago

Trump doesn't want any real facts or statistics! He will just make up his own statistics as he goes along.

earlywinter.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sounds like the Project 2025 folks are getting ready for 2030 census hijinks.

dontcookidontclean.bsky.social•35 days ago

Another day another disappointment. It was always obvious that the Trump admin had no interest in data, so not surprising.

iamdallaslyn.bsky.social•35 days ago

MAGA Republicans want to destroy America.

They love Trump more than the USA. That is not patriotism that is Pride and idol worship.

jeffdemello.bsky.social•35 days ago

🖕🏼🍊🍕💩 and all his vile minions!

nancypjr.bsky.social•35 days ago

Ah… so when the economy tanks he can just tell us how great it is.

keenablum.bsky.social•35 days ago

If the get rid of the information,

they are able to create whatever narrative they want.

dameofdestiny.bsky.social•35 days ago

Like Donald Trump wants his statistics tallied for the record. He prefers to just make them up, since they've never been his friends.

reese0000.bsky.social•35 days ago

the lack of response to official government surveys comes from abuse of satistical data to punish average individuals, rather than to use the data to improve lives

mikemillennial.bsky.social•35 days ago

You will believe the statistics coming out of the White House or you won’t and they don’t care.

erihu73.bsky.social•35 days ago

That's exactly what he wants. If noone really knows what he's doing, he can drain the nation's coffers dry while dismantling it.

tesfaded.bsky.social•35 days ago

Exactly

rachyav.bsky.social•35 days ago

You beat me to that comment!

lilywhitebread.bsky.social•35 days ago

Well, if they can't track anything, then no one will be able to prove how fucked up things are becoming

togeyboi.bsky.social•35 days ago

That is the point...

illoomimate.bsky.social•35 days ago

I also want to remind the Federal workers that you work for the constitution not the administration. Don't take orders that are unconstitutional

illoomimate.bsky.social•35 days ago

So for those of us paying attention to the signs, what do we do to safe guard ourselves from what's coming? Because trying to save everybody is becoming less of an option. I don't want to get caught out in it.

tinkerresist.bsky.social•35 days ago

May I suggest some tough reading; toggle between the Gestapo and the various resistances-every country had them. Get a Go Bag, arm yourself and get a burner phone.

norcalbob.bsky.social•35 days ago

Unreliable data is a feature, not a bug, for the eager authoritarian.

helloworld1978.bsky.social•35 days ago

Without information the electorate is effectively in the dark allowing government to do what they want unchecked

bottletreealley.bsky.social•35 days ago

We already know what the statistics are going to say. Despite what we see in the real world, he’s going to claim historical, monumental, never-before-seen successes as people die around us.

misstrish.bsky.social•35 days ago

I imagine this is one of the first things they'll eliminate. We'll have to work around them, over them, or through them to keep the American public informed.

mt1967.bsky.social•35 days ago

Daddy’s back,,, it’ll be fine. 😩😩😩 I guess when they said burn it all down they meant it… yikes what a nightmare 😫

deeray1977.bsky.social•35 days ago

I mean it’s basically the same republican run Congress that has done nothing the past couple years

majorliz.bsky.social•35 days ago

Exactly. Any future data collection and report can't be trusted or believed. It will be handled by loyalists. Just watch. The jobs report will be as glowing as the trump popular vote count 🤨🤨

rocknpunkdad.bsky.social•35 days ago

So that asshole is going to bankrupt the country just like his many failed businesses.

standroid2406.bsky.social•34 days ago

this administration wants to fabricate a narrative of saving America from everything that isn't MAGA, including any kind of metric. in order to do that they have to destroy the existing data and make up the false reality that suits their needs.

vaina.bsky.social•35 days ago

I think that’s the idea.

lauraj1994.bsky.social•35 days ago

He won't be using data. Heaven forbid the numbers aren't to his liking.

sdolloff.bsky.social•35 days ago

I believe that's on purpose. Who watches the watchmen?

gideonneptune.bsky.social•35 days ago

📌

glennuc.bsky.social•35 days ago

He just said maybe he'll cut FEMA! Cutting Environmental Regulations! Freezes CDC with bird flu pending! Chooses not to believe in Climate Change! Social Security etc. WHY? A Love of Tax Break Money for the Morbidly Rich EVIL!

rainhoward.bsky.social•35 days ago

That's the entire point. If there aren't statistics to point to it's far easier to gaslight you.

blandguy.bsky.social•35 days ago

Seriously NPR? You have any expectation that any government reports will be valid under Trump? Remember the sharpie hurricane? There should be zero trust in any report that could possibly show the administration in a bad light.