as if millions of statisticians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Trump: "An outlier is a person that doesn't have a chance"
(That's not what 'outlier' means)
(That's not what 'outlier' means)
August 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
as if millions of statisticians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
also, this is very Soviet, except that Stalin then arrested and executed the statisticians
The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
August 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
also, this is very Soviet, except that Stalin then arrested and executed the statisticians
We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Lecacy media...
April 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Lecacy media...
McGowan: He seems to be getting rid of statisticians and climate people and weather experts and scientists and anyone who doesn't agree with what he wants to tell or what he wants to say.
August 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
McGowan: He seems to be getting rid of statisticians and climate people and weather experts and scientists and anyone who doesn't agree with what he wants to tell or what he wants to say.
Statisticians need to create a full of shit index from this
May 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Statisticians need to create a full of shit index from this
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
The chances are so low that Donald Trump wrote this that we no longer have research scientists and statisticians able to calculate it
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The chances are so low that Donald Trump wrote this that we no longer have research scientists and statisticians able to calculate it
Russia's political leaders keep claiming they have the #1 economy in Europe, but their own statisticians at Rosstat show that Russia's civilian economy is catastrophically collapsing.
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Russia's political leaders keep claiming they have the #1 economy in Europe, but their own statisticians at Rosstat show that Russia's civilian economy is catastrophically collapsing.
Don’t listen to statisticians when they say a place makes a mean burger
May 19, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Don’t listen to statisticians when they say a place makes a mean burger
I have a joke about statisticians but it's too mean.
March 17, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I have a joke about statisticians but it's too mean.
gay statisticians consider lesbayesian priors
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
gay statisticians consider lesbayesian priors
We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Legacy media...
April 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
We all know it’s true. Reputable statisticians agree it happened. There are lawsuits in Nevada & New York that continue to assert massive voter fraud. It’s just difficult for the story to get any traction on traitorous Legacy media...
Clearly its time to get NEW new statisticians!
October 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Clearly its time to get NEW new statisticians!
Statisticians/don’t know nothing/‘bout my demo
I can tell that the Standard Discourse Millennial is implicitly younger than I am because Wilco barely ever comes up
September 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Statisticians/don’t know nothing/‘bout my demo
give the bls statisticians a gundam
July 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
give the bls statisticians a gundam
He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."
August 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
He's promising to protect the integrity of the data by firing statisticians who follow established methods of data collection and processing whenever those methods yield numbers that don't please the boss.
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
14 new shows a year about medical doctors. Zero shows ever about medical statisticians. WTF!?
September 27, 2024 at 5:36 PM
14 new shows a year about medical doctors. Zero shows ever about medical statisticians. WTF!?
At the statisticians' party every guest gets a plus or minus one
July 31, 2026 at 8:14 PM
At the statisticians' party every guest gets a plus or minus one
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
SCOOP: After the Census Bureau issued a highly unusual report tied to a President Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau’s parent agency, the Commerce Department, cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, @npr.org has learned
www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
www.npr.org
August 31, 2026 at 11:27 PM
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
Did the people concocting this policy talk to actual doctors or statisticians?
USA: A school district in Tennessee said doctor’s notes will no longer excuse a child’s absence.
"The policy states that after just 3 absences, schools will start intervention. If the student misses school for 8 or more days, they will be referred to juvenile court."
"The policy states that after just 3 absences, schools will start intervention. If the student misses school for 8 or more days, they will be referred to juvenile court."
School district says doctor’s notes will no longer excuse child absences
A school district in Tennessee said doctor’s notes will no longer excuse a child’s absence.
www.fox19.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Did the people concocting this policy talk to actual doctors or statisticians?
I think he is saying they will purge BLS of any disloyal statisticians.
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I think he is saying they will purge BLS of any disloyal statisticians.