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Nancy Pelosi’s net worth before Congress: $785,000 Nancy Pelosi’s net worth after Congress: $133,000,000 She beat the market by 17,000%.. lol pic.twitter.com/lR7RGVvEnW — Thrilla the Gorilla (@ThrillaRilla369) December 17, 2025 This is what Corruption looks like on a chart! pic.twitter.com/jvFNb4u8nO — MauiTony 🌺 (@maui_tony) December 17, 2025
Which would explain the even larger jump in the “Not Seasonally Adjusted” section. Teachers are not included in the Seasonally Adjusted figures. h/t ValenTom
by Mike Shedlock BLS math is often peculiar. This month is a real doozie. Four charts. Data from the BLS Household Survey, chart by Mish Private vs Government Employment Notes Data is from the Household Survey as is the Unemployment Rate The BLS says wage and salary government employment rose by 785,000 The BLS says …
by confoundedinterest17 It turns out that Powell’s “emergency” 50bps rate cut was – drumroll – another major policy mistake by the Fed. Or it is Presidential election interference by The Biden/Harris Administration giving Cacklin’ Kamala as talking point? Moments ago, the BLS reported that at a time when prevailing consensus was for jobs to continue their recent downward slide …
The Cloward-Pivening of America continues unabated, thanks to well-funded enemies of America and an impotent (and well-lobbied) legislature. On Monday, Fox News reported that a record 302,000 encounters with illegal migrants occurred in December, which marks 785,000 encounters since Oct. 1, according to a source within Customs and Border Patrol. According to the report, there were ‘just’ 74,000 encounters in the same month …