“I’m amused,” Attorney General William Barr told CBS News’ Jan Crawford, “by these people who make a living disclosing classified information, including the names of intelligence operatives, wringing their hands about whether I’m going to be responsible in protecting intelligence sources and methods.”
He went on after further questions, “Well, the media reaction is strange. Normally the media would be interested in letting the sunshine in and finding out what the truth is. And usually the media doesn’t care that much about protecting intelligence sources and methods. But I do and I will.”With all the talk today about partisanship, fake news, cogntive dissonance, bias confirmation, and how the entire concept of what is a "fact" has taken on a whole new subjective meaning, it's funny how what we are seeing "right now" exposes so much of it all at once.
Lets be factually clear about two things.
- There is no evidence that the allegations regarding Trump conspiring with Russian hostiles are true. None, what-so-ever. In fact, it was the Democrats (not Trump) who had far more contact (through their employee Christopher Steele) with Russian sources, and far more attempts to influence the election using foreign actors.
- There is overwhelming evidence that the Obama Administration Intelligence team committed egregious acts that have been well documented through IG reports and internal discipline. Moreover, it would appear that we have just seen the tip of the iceberg.
But many in the media refuse to let go of story number one, and literally refuse to engage in story number two. It's no longer a case of the media chasing down leads and reporting on stories, it's a case where the media feels it's their right (if not obligation) to control the news and only provide for the general public what they deem to be important or otherwise just.
They have to realize by now that the Russian collusion delusion story has no more legs. But they continue to push this because it fits their narrative and because that is what they want the public to concentrate on. Russia, Russia, Russia was a big business for them. Hard to let it go. They can deflect with suggestions that it's now about "obstruction" but it's ultimately still the same thing.
They also have to realize that the idea that one Administration defied rules, regulation, and even laws while attempting to put together an investigation into the opposing Party's Presidential candidate (and later the opposing Party's President) is a big deal by all standards. In any other time in our American history, everyone at every news organization would be chasing this down with full force. As it stands, many are not only not wanting to report on it, they want to report negatively about the people who are investigating it.
Suddenly, the Washington Post is suggesting that Democracy dies with transparency, rather than in the darkness. Suddenly CNN doesn't believe it's good for the country to investigate our intelligence. Suddenly, MSNBC believes that Reputations of former Government employees are more important than the truth.
Suddenly the NY Times is worried that a former CIA employee, two time AG, and the guy who once ran the Office of Legal Counsel for the Department of Justice will not have any real understanding of how the government's intelligence is guarded. This coming from the same people who didn't seem to have a problem with Hillary Clinton using her blackberry to email confidential information through a personal server housed in someone's bathroom closet while in hostile territory.
As I tend to end many things these days... you just can't make this shit up. If you did a few years back, nobody would have believed you.
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William Barr is asking questions the media don't want asked
Because Barr's questions have been answered more than once......seems he is only trying to appease the imperial court....nothing else....as to russians interfering....there is no question.....as to trump meeting with agents.....yep again.....just you can't see it....asshole
Kennedy was very secretive about his Addison’s disease; yet he used his father’s influence to get into the Navy. The whole world knew Trump had no bone spurs; yet he used his father’s influence to get out of going into the service. One wanted to serve even at the expense of his health. One is now in office, but only as a grifter.
You make up shit 500 words at a time.
The Washington Examiner is online only.
No one buys it's shit.
The whole world knew Trump had no bone spurs
I don't know that. And neither do you.
I do know there's a reason the Army disqualifies people with even minor foot disabilities.
The ability to walk long distances with 75 pounds on your back is paramount. Solders who can't do that puts their unit in jeopardy.
Get a load of this. He believes that the Obama administration collusion with the Russians, prior to the election in an attempt to damage the Trump campaign?
There is overwhelming evidence that the Obama Administration Intelligence team committed egregious acts that have been well documented through IG reports and internal discipline. Moreover, it would appear that we have just seen the tip of the iceberg.
Beheadings!!!
Roger you pointed out as Evidence of Trumps insanity when he said Hillary sound be lock up.
Are you applying your Standard to Speaker in Name Only Polosi ?
Kennedy was very secretive about his Addison’s disease; yet he used his father’s influence to get into the Navy.
And then proceeded to get his PT boat cut in half by a Japanese destroyer.
Later when Kennedy was running for president his actions were portrayed as heroic. In actual fact, given relative maneuverability of destroyers and PT boats, his actions in handling his boat and crew was gross negligence.
If it wasn't for his father's influence he would have faced a board of inquiry.
Why Are Democrats Obstructing Justice?
It was a shocking acknowledgment from a fierce (and profane) Russian collusion propagandist.
“The Democrats have a clock ticking,” warned CNN analyst Phil Mudd on Tuesday. “If they can’t get things underway before the Department of Justice says, ‘here’s our report on how the [Trump campaign] investigation was initiated, they’re in trouble because the Department of Justice is gonna say, ‘when this thing got started, about the Trump campaign, it was pretty ugly.’ And then we’re off to the races.”
As if that revelation wasn’t enough to panic CNN host Don Lemon, Mudd continued. “I’m going to bet a paycheck when [dossier author Christopher] Steele gets in front of investigators and they say, how can you confirm to us that the information you acquired in that dossier is true, that he is not going to be able to answer.”
Here, Mudd admits two things: One, the attempt by House Democrats to harass Bill Barr over the Mueller report and threaten the attorney general with contempt charges are diversions from the real scandal—the corrupt origin of the Trump campaign probe largely based on a garbage political document. (Calls for impeachment also are a smokescreen intended to distract the attention of the American people.) cont...
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/06/05/why-are-democrats-obstructing-justice/
“Nobody had ever heard of Vietnam. It was too far away. “ Trump 😂😂
Socialism used to be a dirty word in American politics, but in today's Democratic Party, you'd hardly know it. One of the top contenders for the party's presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders, is a self-described democratic socialist. And the breakout star of the current Congress, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ran on a democratic socialist platform to defeat top House Democrat Joe Crowley in 2018.
But it isn't just lawmakers who have embraced the label. Young Americans, particularly those born after the end of the Cold War, say they want the U.S. to become more socialist. A recent Harvard Caps/Harris poll of 1,792 registered voters obtained by The Hill found 56 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds favor a "mostly socialist" system. The same is true of 48 percent of those aged 25 to 34. One Gallup poll last year even found Democrats prefer socialism to capitalism."
Defeated it in WW2.
We have to defeat it here at home.
Roger...
Didn't you get turned down for military service because of flat feet?
For me it was eczema. It didn't take much back in the day to be rejected for military service.
Because Barr's questions have been answered more than once.
No, that would be questions about Trump conspiring with hostile Russians that have been answered over and over for three years. And guess what ace!
He didn't. Flat out zero evidence!
Tell us what you know about the origins of the investigation. If it wasn't Papadopoulos (which we now know it wasn't because they had already been investigating prior to his encounters) then the FBI lied.
Barr wants to know why they "really" started it and why they have been lying about it since day one. Why they mislead the FISA courts. Exactly who from the FBI or who they engaged in other intelligence agencies to engage the Trump campaign. What they did and didn't use the dossier for.
None of these questions have been answered... and just because you don't want to know, doesn't make them illegitimate questions.
The donks tried the same draft crap with Cheney. Lot of good that did
Yep. Epic fail.
I am proud of my Service.
Flat out zero evidence!
Liar....there was evidence, but not sufficient for criminal charges....You said you read the report. Lil scotty and failed to see that!!!!!
@greenwoodpe
We waited for the Mueller report because the Dems said we should and it was the right thing to do. Now the Dems must wait for the Barr report. Anything less would be a violation of their constitutional responsibility. Why Are Democrats Obstructing Justice?
When you are playing poker, holding nothing, keep raising and are sweating buckets on the card table you are playing like the democrats. Remember Obama's "Don't call my bluff"? Justice is calling.
I volunteered
It was a shocking acknowledgment from a fierce (and profane) Russian collusion propagandist. “The Democrats have a clock ticking,” warned CNN analyst Phil Mudd on Tuesday. “If they can’t get things underway before the Department of Justice says, ‘here’s our report on how the [Trump campaign] investigation was initiated, they’re in trouble because the Department of Justice is gonna say, ‘when this thing got started, about the Trump campaign, it was pretty ugly.’ And then we’re off to the races.”
This is all about the political aspect. CNN and Democrats do not give a bigger rip what actually happened. They only care that a particular point of view gets pushed.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
“Nobody had ever heard of Vietnam. It was too far away. “ Trump
True, in 1965 most Americans had never heard of Vietnam and had to use a map to find it when they did.
Liar....there was evidence,
And that evidence would be?
God created war so that Americans would learn geography.
Mark Twain
"And that evidence would be?" CS
Should be good if he answers.
Denny - I have read his report. The executive summary flat out states:
the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.
The spin, the dishonest spin, is to instead quote the section where Mueller has to show his "charging decisions" - in that area of the report, he specifically states that there was not evidence to establish a criminal charge. But that use of words is because it was in that specific portion of the report, and every decision was based on whether there was enough evidence to establish a criminal charge.
I know this is difficult for low IQ people to understand, but Mueller made two statements, both of them true...
He found no evidence that the Trump campaign coordinated or conspired with the Russian hostiles. Therefore, it's logical that he found no "criminal" evidence either.
You can read all 199 pages of Volume I and not find a single instance where Mueller ties anyone from the Trump campaign to either the Russian hackers or the Russian trolling farm. Without tying anyone from the Trump campaign to any of the Russians who broke the law, he does not establish ANYTHING even remotely suggesting conspiracy or coordination.
The fact that Paul Manafort talked to an employee who happened to be Russian, or that Donald Jr talked to a Lawyer who said she had evidence that Clinton was getting donations from Russians... does not get Mueller or anyone else any closer to establishing a conspiracy with the people who broke the law... not unless you tie the Manafort employee or the Russian lawyer to the criminal.
The fact that they live in the same fucking country does not make them co-conspirators. Any more than the fact that there are criminals in the U.S. ties them to you, just because you also live in the U.S
Trump's ignorance is epic.
Trump asked if he's just here to promote his golf course in Doonbeg.
Says he's here "because of the relationship with the UK... I really wanted to do this stop in Ireland because of the relationship I have with the people and with your Prime Minister".
https://t.co/U9OX0LcWI9
Doonbeg is in Ireland, and is not part of Great Britain.
They were discussing Brexit shit for brains.
Stop opening your mouth and inserting your foot.
Roger, dead wrong on George Will.
When you are wrong you do it in a Spectacular form and often.
Adolf Hitler used the name of his political party as National Socialism.
It was not a socialist party. Nor did they have a socialist economy. It was politically motivated.
Commonsense said...
The whole world knew Trump had no bone spurs
I don't know that. And neither do you.
Hey asshole.....at that time....that was a very popular way to get out of the draft....have a doctor write you a note because you had money.....easy to prove.....all you need is an x ray ......simple even for your simple mind.....
Denny - I have read his report
BULLSHIT There is plenty of evidence of interfacing with russians that did not make it to the level of criminal.....are you denying that?????
Before WW2 President Kennedy travelled throughout Germany and openly admired the Nazis. But the left is desperately trying to rewrite history, nothing to see there.
George Will's books is a damning indictment of what American “conservatives” have become.
so lo iq "anonymous" chimes in again
Interfacing with Russians is not a crime, you'd have to be blind or the lowest iq on the planet not to know Hillary was going so far as paying Russians to manufacture dirt on Trump. Well that may be a crime.
And now lo iq is also playing a doctor. Does it as well as everything else.
ROFLMFAO !!!
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/mueller-report-undoubtedly-proves-some-conspiracy-obstruction-but-not-enough-judge-napolitano
Mueller report 'undoubtedly' proves some conspiracy, obstruction but not enough: Judge Napolitano
By Julia LimitonePublished March 27, 2019PoliticsFOXBusiness
The Mueller probe may not be over just yet. Judge Andrew Napolitano said there is positively "some" proof of Trump-Russia conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the 700 page report.
“In the 700 page summary of the 2 million pages of raw evidence there is undoubtedly some evidence of a conspiracy and some evidence of obstruction of justice,” he told FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto Opens a New Window. . “Just not enough evidence.”
Judge Napolitano said that prosecutors ethically are not able to bring charges unless they can prove it without a reasonable doubt. But Attorney General William Barr never indicated it.
It was not a socialist party. Nor did they have a socialist economy.
If you look at the German economy after Hitler came to power it was very much a socialist economy.
The government controlled all means of production.
@Techno_Fog
NEW - General Flynn is getting new lawyers.
Flynn "is terminating Covington & Burling LLP as his counsel and has already retained new counsel for this matter"
Interesting development at this stage...
Interfacing with Russians is not a crime
And what is your point since I never claimed that it was........another asshole shows us all why he is an asshole!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA
Hey lo iq maybe you can understand this. If you were to walk by a liquor store that was just held up there would be some evidence you were involved.
Doesn't mean shit unless it meets a reasonable threshold.
Mueller and his pitbulls didn't meet that though they tried mightily.
Now wait for Barr and the IG and quit trying to obstruct justice.
at that time....that was a very popular way to get out of the draft..
That and 25 cents will buy you a cup of coffee.
Just because something was "a very popular way" doesn't mean Trump use it. He may actually have had bone spurs. You don't know and your TDS doesn't make it true,
George Will's books is a damning indictment of what American “conservatives” have become.
Of course, everyone else changed. Only Will, Kristol, and a hand full of others are the same.
Trump looking and sounding mighty presidential all week while dem speaker and party leader Pelosi pegs the crazy meter.
Judge Andrew Napolitano said there is positively "some" proof of Trump-Russia conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the 700 page report.
Not aware of a 700 page report, and it's certainly unlikely that there is other evidence of conspiracy that Mueller simply chose to leave out.
Funny thing is that rather than point to where there is actual conspiracy, you continue to link other people claiming that there is, but unable to actually point to anything.
And no, Denny... interactions with Russians are not crimes. Nor is listening to someone who says they have "dirt". The DNC and Clinton "HIRED" someone to go listen to Russians and dig up "dirt".
If that is a crime, then Christopher Steele is a repeat felony offender, and everyone who helped pay for the dossier is a co-conspirator.
The reality is that a conspiracy in this case is specific to the criminals who broke the law. That would be the Russian Hackers and the Russian Troll farm. Without a link to either of those criminal groups, you have absolutely ZERO conspiracy.
The idea that you can claim conspiracy because you found contacts with someone who lives in the same country as the criminals is beyond ridiculous. What? You believe that all 150 million Russians are in on it? Jeepers! How dumb is that!?!?! The fact that the media has spun your brain into muck trying to get you to believe this is an amazing act of pure gas lighting.
Some of us are just a bit smarter than that.
Blogger Roger Amick said...
I volunteered
yeah, to serve dishonorably on mahogany ridge,where the only casualty was your liver and that was self-inflicted.
you're a draft dodger alky. one SO dishonorable you even steal valor from the members of your family who DID serve, on holidays like memorial day just to show off.
you're the very last guy on this blog who should be criticizing ANYONE for avoiding military service.
The question for Roger stands...
Was he ruled ineligible for military service or did he serve?
They don't have Trumpism stage four like you.
Blogger C.H. Truth said...
The question for Roger stands...
Was he ruled ineligible for military service or did he serve?
the only thing the alky has to hang his hat on is that he supposedly took a military aptitude test where he claims he scored in the 99th percentile qualifying him to work on a nuclear sub or something.
big fucking deal.
i took the same test as a senior in high school proctored by a marine and an army soldier, sand also scored in the 99th percentile as did all the other good students in the senior class. based upon your score you were given a list of potential things you qualified for, but there were no guarantees, and your chance of ending up in the infantry was just as high.
the exam itself was basically bullshit, and was couched in a bigger recruitment effort. we were less than 10 years out of vietnam so none of us really had any interest. we sat through the recruitment pitch and took the test because it was required. not a single classmate enlisted, and the only guy i know of that had any interest in a military career was a guy one year ahead of me who wanted to get into west point. i have no idea if he even made it.
the alky never came close to the military, anymore than he's a historian, a 137 IQ, an "A" civics student, a crack shot, or a competent political pontificator.
these are all alcohol fueled fantasies. nothing more, nothing less.
he has no life so he has to make it up. even mail order finally figured it out.
if you ever shut down this blog he's dead in 6 months, tops.
My draft number was over the point where I would have been drafted.
I had passed the qualification test for the nuclear power enlistment. But at the time they gave 4F for flat feet.
I hardly drank at that time.
Personal attacks are discouraged.
Unfit for service.
Congrats Roger.
75th D'Day Anniversary
CNN pays deepest respect to USSR losses.
What idiot hacks.
Hillary attempted to join the IS Marines, but, didn't because they were sexist.
I had passed the qualification test for the nuclear power enlistment.
you and everyone else who took that test, alky.
it was a ruse to boost enlistment. you obviously fell for it since you tout it all the time.
post-vietnam enlistment sucked recruiters were telling you whatever you wanted to hear to get you to sign up.
next you'll be telling us you were guaranteed to become a four-star general in 12 months.
Roger, even Mail Order tired of your B.S.
Dude sorry your life has been a vapid existence .
next you'll be telling us you were guaranteed to become a four-star general in 12 months.
6 months if he joined as an officer!
Democrats are planning to host a Capitol Hill event featuring psychiatrists who will warn that President Trump is unfit for office based on his mental health.
The event will be led by Dr. Bandy Lee, a Yale School of Medicine psychiatrist and editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, a book that argues psychiatrists have a responsibility to warn the public when a president is dangerous. The position is controversial because psychiatric associations urge members never to diagnose patients they haven't personally evaluated, saying it undermines the scientific rigor of the profession.
But Lee and others who agree with her stance say that their description of the president's behavior, of his showing mental instability and dangerousness, shouldn't be interpreted as issuing a diagnosis.
“The president's condition has been visibly deteriorating to the point where there's a lot of talk right now about his mental state beyond mental health professionals," Lee said. "It no longer takes a mental health professional to recognize the seriousness of the current presidency."
The date for the town hall hasn't been set but would be held "imminently soon within the next couple of weeks," said Lee, who said the event was meant to be bipartisan. Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., who has called for Trump's impeachment, confirmed the event was in the works, but said it would be more likely to occur in July because lawmakers have a full plate in June with spending bills.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/democrats-plan-capitol-hill-event-to-put-trumps-mental-health-under-fire
you and everyone else who took that test, alky.
Really????? The only thing you passed was was the ice cream bar in HS......BWAAAAAA!!! Another loser salesman who thinks his shit don't stink......asshole...
CNN pays deepest respect to USSR losses.
Gee......and you have a problem with that??? BTW.....didn't see that anywhere asshole....me thinks that is another BULLSHIT statement.....BWAAAAAAAA!!!! You and Lil Scotty are sure on a roll today.....
What a Great Day for America on the World Stage. President Trump was at his best.
u're the very last guy on this blog who should be criticizing ANYONE for avoiding military service.
Brave words for someone who didn't have VN hanging over his head when he was of draft age, never served or volunteered for ANYTHING.....chickenshit is won't even post the town he lives in but sure can sit on his old white ass and criticize like trump the idiot....!!!!
What a Great Day for America on the World Stage. President Trump was at his best.
He certainty was. (and Denny can be a pain in the ass).
Gee......and you have a problem with that???
Yeah the USSR's secret agreement to split Portland with the Nazis help start WWII.
While France fell and Great Britain evacuated Dunkirk the USSR stood by.
The USSR refused to fight Japan.
Need I go on?
Another Day of Educating Denney on all topics.
(and Denny can be a pain in the ass).
I thank the lord I'm not a miserable, ambulatory, geriatric like fatty is
e USSR's secret agreement to split Portland
PORTLAND???? BWAAAAAAAAA!!! The russians only suffered 27 million killed in WW2......yeah they stood by ass hole and goat fucking idiot....Still wondering when those NYT reporters will be banned from CNN like you posted.....LOLOLOLOL
I thank the lord I'm not a miserable
You are just a miserably stupid loser.....you win!!!!!And our big man pauline steps in with another of his infamously stupid insults.....feel better now???? BWAAAAAAAA!!!!! Sure glad you are still paying into SS,,,,,makes my life much easier.....
Denney Fiercely defended Socialism , now he Defends Communist .
No respect by him for the US Troops.
Poland (fucking auto-correct_
Denny Fiercely defended Socialism , now he Defends Communist .
the goat fucking asshole again proves his mental retardation....Thanx again asshole
nd Great Britain evacuated Dunkirk the USSR stood by.
Yeah they just stood by as germans invaded poland and threatened their border.....nothing like revisionist history of the moronic right and the goat fucker.....
The russians only suffered 27 million killed in WW2..
Many which Stalin killed. A lot through command incompetence. Stalin purged the professional officer corps in the 20's.
Stalin killed 6 to 7 million of his own Soldiers and Civilians .
Many which Stalin killed
And germany killed 27 million soldiers and civilians I win.....
The 2 of you don't have enough brain power to blow a wet fart.....BWAAAAAAA!!!!
Yes cramps, stalin was a horrible man...and did horrendous things to his own people.....Only Hitler attempted to start his own race of super beings....something that still goes on in your party that supports the Nazi's of the US.....
Nice White Flag Denney.
A box of rocks got more brains than you, goat fucker....now go slink away and show me how tornados are driven by cold air.....you dumb fuck....
I posted that link twice , learn to read.
Tired of spoon feed Denise correct data.
You really are a stupid lazy fuck there sport....take your spoon and cram it up your ass .....you probably will enjoy your self fucking since no one else will.,.....BWAAAAAAAA!!!!! Your link is a figment of your stupidity.....LOLOLOLOO
ADP job creation data will be very disappointing slowest growth in years.....!!!!
And germany killed 27 million soldiers and civilians I win.....
Clearly this is the most insecure, pathetic thing you ever said Denny.
Clearly this is the most insecure,
Clearly pales in your hatred of women, gays and your lack of understanding anything science.....Thanx for your stupid, unfounded opinion,......what you do best!!!! BWAAAAAAAAA!!!
You do realize that when you end your post with BWAAAAAAAAA it loses all credibility. Right Denny?
Stalin killed more people than Hitler ever did.
Mao topped them all.
Let's see the world's leaders of Mass Murder are Socialist and Communist.
Let's see the world's leaders of Mass Murder are Socialist and Communist.
Why do you constantly make shit up goat fucking asshole??????/
it loses all credibility. Right Denny?
What ever you post has now credibility.....you win this round McPeabrain asshole...
Denney who has killed more then the named Communist and Socialists?
Hey you right wing assholes.....why aren't you complaining of wasting tax payer money dragging trumps spawn around europe....The sure can afford there own way and all of you cramps, goat fucker et al just sit on your hands and allow the waste to continue...
By David Nakamura ,
Toluse Olorunnipa and
Amanda Ferguson June 6 at 4:59 PM
As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — tried to keep the revelry going during an impromptu pub crawl in Doonbeg, Ireland, where they bought rounds of Guinness for the locals and reveled in the adoration of a village where the Trump family owns property.
“It’s exciting when Trump comes into town, isn’t it?” Eric Trump declared Wednesday evening amid the festivities.
Not just Trump, but the Trumps — decidedly plural. As the president has hopscotched on official duties between three European nations this week, his four adult children — also including daughters Ivanka and Tiffany — have been prominently involved in many high-profile moments.
They sat for the white tie dinner with Queen Elizabeth, toured the Churchill War Rooms, attended the 75th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day invasion in Normandy and, for the Trump sons, checked in on the family business at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, where the president is spending two nights before returning to Washington on Friday.
Look it up yourself, asshole....its not heard to find goat fucker.....I'm tired of correcting every thing you post...limiting to the 2 categories which btw are wrong, your post just shows me how naive and stupid you are!!!!!!
Lol, I have the facts Dumb Denney.
Yep.....you get your facts by sticking your hand up your goats ass and pulling!!!!!!
Oops.....seems the GDP forecast for 2nd quarter is now 1.2% very obamaesque !!!!
Unexpected jobs number will probably get an interest rate decrease......
displayed as job seekers wait in line at a job fair in Los Angeles, California.
The numbers: Private-sector employers hired just 27,000 people in May, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. That badly missed the forecast of 175,000 jobs from economists surveyed by Econoday.
What happened: Small business slashed 52,000 jobs in May, ADP said. Medium-sized firms added 11,000, and large companies added 68,000.
Goods-producing industries shed 43,000 jobs, mostly concentrated in a 36,000 loss for construction; while the service sector added 71,000.
“The economy’s weakening,” ADP architect Mark Zandi said on CNBC this morning. “This number overstates the case,” he added. It’s important to note Zandi used the exact same words last month in describing an upside surprise.
“Growth is slowing, and it’s slowing very sharply," Zandi added. “Business capex is dead in the water.”
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