A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.

A new Census Bureau report establishes that poverty increased over the course of the Biden administration. The data is yet another rebuke to the politicians and commentators who insisted economic conditions under Joe Biden were great.

  • shaiatan@midwest.socialEnglish
    7·
    8 days ago

    I do understand this is from Jacobin (if you ignore they republished it from some guy that hosts most of his stuff on substack).

    I also understand that they unapologetically and uncritically used data from the fucking TRUMP ADMINISTRATION to “prove” their point.

    Even if true, it requires so, soooo much independent verification before it could remotely be taken seriously, let alone used as a hit piece on the former admin. I’m not saying the Biden admin was great - but damn, does this smell suspicious.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      yeah enough people have been fired for not providing data that reads right that using any data that did not come out in 2024 or before is with a big ol grain of salt.

      • shaiatan@midwest.socialEnglish
        31·
        8 days ago

        I don’t know where you’re trying to go with this comment.

        You complained people were down-voting something without knowing it was “left of Bernie”. I pointed out it used Trump admin data, which is… not “left of Bernie” (and frankly not to be believed under any circumstance without validation).

          • shaiatan@midwest.socialEnglish
            21·
            8 days ago

            Ignoring that we’re way, way off track from my criticism of your initial comment, it looks like we’re now into some random criticism of antifa being cooperative with Hitler?

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(Germany)

            That’s the closest I can find to your “quote” (wiki gives it as “After Hitler, our turn!”) Are you trying to do some kind of nihilistic “bOtH SIdEs” here, or am I missing your point?

            If you’re trying to say that even the supposedly more left of Bernie source is complicit, just say that instead of your random comments.