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mcar

(45,840 posts)
2. Yep. And barely a word about the 2025 jobs fiasco
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:12 PM
4 hrs ago

Obama/Biden would have been crucified for that adjustment. MSM barely reported on it, while heaping praise on the phony January report.

sop

(18,023 posts)
3. Bluesky comment:
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:13 PM
4 hrs ago

Other things they no longer care about:

- The President’s declining mental state.

- Influence-peddling by family members.

I’m sure there’s more.

maliaSmith

(180 posts)
4. food costs and inflation
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:49 PM
4 hrs ago

I think Trump and his administration lowered the inflation numbers. Food costs are much higher than 2.8.

popsdenver

(1,941 posts)
5. And, with food prices,
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:56 PM
3 hrs ago

they only factor in the "price", NO MENTION OF 1/3 TO 1/2 LESS CONTENTS.......

SHRINKFLATION......Compounds the TRUE price RADICALLY..........and it is still going on, big time......

The so called Consumer Price Index was doctored by Reagan to NOT include many things that WERE included, and add other things that aren't even worth measuring......THAT is how Republicans deal with statistics and un-tidy figures.......

niyad

(130,805 posts)
6. Give me a fucking break. My grocery bill has risen almost that much
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:22 PM
3 hrs ago

just since January 2025. I have a DAMNED good memory for prices. I have no idea what metrics those idiots use, but it doesn't match reality.

Wiz Imp

(9,432 posts)
7. Looking at the graph, there was a big increase in 2022 (which happened globally).
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:39 PM
3 hrs ago

But in 23 & 24, the graph shows prices were close to flat. Then there is a clear increase in the slope of the graph beginning in 2025 (indicating inflation in this category has definitely increased under Trump)..

Grokenstein

(6,308 posts)
9. The gurgling madman DID declare personal victory "on groceries," so case closed. /s
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 06:46 PM
3 hrs ago

"I won on groceries. Very simple word, groceries. Like almost, you know, who uses the word. I started using the word. The groceries."

If anyone else spouted such gibberish, the press would...oh, you know the drill.

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