I'm sorry to hear you are going through this. I really hope it's not as bad as it sounds.

My boss has threatened me and another co-worker with firing because of not meeting the arbitrary production targets, which are honestly useless - when one woman can constantly publish updates with the boilerplate language saying we couldn't find information, and those count as much as an update with real information, they are BS. Anyways, we are both still here over a year later, the veterans as my colleague calls us.

Maybe it's just an empty threat. You said he seemed to be threatened by you, maybe it's a way to take you down a notch? It sounds like the CEO supports you. In small companies, as you said this is, the CEO may make the ultimate decision.

I'd definitely continue to job hunt. Hopefully something better will come your way soon. You do need to get out of there, but, obviously, it's much better if you leave with something else lined up.

I hope things work out in your favor.