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The Democratic Difference
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An account focused on highlighting the differences in economic outcomes under Democratic and Republican policies, often with charts.
There won't be one from BLS (they are skipping from September to November), but ADP's private-sector jobs data is updated through October.

adpemploymentreport.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
But at least Trump is super-charging the job market!

Oh, wait.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yes, but if Bessent wants us to focus on the "composite number" since Trump announced his reckless tariffs, we can oblige him:
November 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Full version, with title and alt text:
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Yes (2.4% annual rate in Sept. 2024), but the chart aims to highlight the impact of Trumps tariffs.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An inconvenient chart for Bessent:
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
American businesses created more than triple the number of jobs in the 9 months before Trump returned to the White House than they have in the 9 months since he's been back.

#TrumpRecession
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Related chart:
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
But at least he's bringing down prices!

Oh, wait.
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump's tanking of the jobs market, illustrated:
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And a chart for your Trump uncle:
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Are we winning yet?
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If you're wondering why the relentlessly partisan Trump @dol.gov account hasn't posted anything today about the latest unemployment report, here's a hint:
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
* THE OVERALL PRIVATE-SECTOR LABOR MARKET IS NOT WHERE WE WANT IT
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Delayed September Jobs Report:

Unemployment rose to 4.4%
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you're asking about private ADP number, they've released October already:
adpemploymentreport.com

And here are the ADP totals for the past 18 months:
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Companion chart:
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As we await updated jobs data from BLS in the coming weeks, a reminder that ADP's data on private-sector job growth was updated with October numbers last week.

That ADP data shows the following results over the past 18 months:
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
But at least his policies are boosting job creation!

Oh, wait.
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"a little bit softer"

That's one way to put it ...
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Getting our economy going"

Sure, Rick.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ICYMI yesterday: The latest private-sector jobs numbers came out, and they confirm that Trump has been a disaster for the economy.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Higher quality data series updated yesterday shows similar picture:
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lutnick: "The economy is on fire because Donald Trump's economy is one that says, tariffs, come on, build in America."

Reality:
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
"why we are delighted to run on our record"

Okay ...
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM