Free Chat Friday: October 02, 2026

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The Economy:

CNBC on the September jobs report: "A bit of a disappointment. Expecting 90,000, comes in at 29,000. And we see two month revisions down 60,000 … average hourly earnings — this is a big miss. Big, big miss. We were expecting up three tenth. This comes in at one tenth." pic.twitter.com/F4Op8pY7NC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2026

CNN on the last jobs report before the midterms: "It came in cold — surprisingly cold. Job growth weaker than expected, unemployment unexpectedly went up, and paychecks aren't keeping up with prices. This was disappointing all around." pic.twitter.com/KBGYuWjf9W
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2026

Fox Business host Charles Payne is nearly in tears over the terrible jobs report 😭 pic.twitter.com/Lv0RR3Sfyd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2026