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Rhiannon12866

(242,716 posts) Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:15 PM 13 hrs ago

BREAKING: Appeals court does not allow Trump to remove Fed's Lisa Cook - The Weeknight - MSNBC

Rohit Chopra, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Ankush Khardori, senior writer for Politico Magazine, join The Weeknight to break down Trump’s latest setback to reshape the Federal Reserve. - Aired on 09/15/2025.

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BREAKING: Appeals court does not allow Trump to remove Fed's Lisa Cook - The Weeknight - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 13 hrs ago OP

Trump can turn off her pay. Frasier Balzov 12 hrs ago #1

I thought the Federal Reserve was created as an independent body... Rhiannon12866 11 hrs ago #2

Except her pay comes through the U.S. Treasury. Frasier Balzov 10 hrs ago #3

Frasier Balzov

(4,523 posts)

1. Trump can turn off her pay.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:06 PM

12 hrs ago

So she might be doing her job as volunteer work.

Rhiannon12866

(242,716 posts)

2. I thought the Federal Reserve was created as an independent body...

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:25 PM

11 hrs ago

Frasier Balzov

(4,523 posts)

3. Except her pay comes through the U.S. Treasury.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:35 PM

10 hrs ago

Where a Trump stooge is the Secretary.

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