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We’ve all been there, in the middle of an objectively bad outcome, and had the same knee-jerk reaction: Blame someone else! Your team lost the big game? Ah, but the refs were clearly biased, and the coach should have taken a time out earlier, and didn’t you see how the other team was cheating ?

Deflect all you want, it won’t change the score. That’s a lesson President Trump has been unwilling to learn.

ICYMI: Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday because he didn’t like facts on the ground it reported about the state of employment in America.

And while it’s tempting to see the words “Bureau of Labor Statistics” and think, ugh this sounds boring , stay with me. Because it’s hard to overstate just how crucial it is for businesses and policymak

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