Photos courtesy of ABC NewsOn Friday, after Trump was shown the revised job numbers revealing the economy was not nearly as strong as he had been touting, Trump promptly fired the messenger. In this case it was Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a career civil servant who had won broad, bipartisan support in her Senate confirmation.Trump’s move was not only petty and vindictive, it was a message to future holders of that and other positions: Fudge the numbers my way, or you’ll suffer the same fate.But Trump isn’t just interested in controlling the messaging and numbers going forward. He’s also keenly interested in rewriting the past, all in a bizarre yet dangerous effort to justify his removal of an official for, essentially, doing her job.Trump told three bald-faced lies in service of that effort, most of which the media has failed to correct. So let’s
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