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Rhiannon12866

(243,403 posts) Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:15 PM Sep 15

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 Sep 15 OP

Trump can turn off her pay. Frasier Balzov Sep 15 #1

I thought the Federal Reserve was created as an independent body... Rhiannon12866 Sep 15 #2

Except her pay comes through the U.S. Treasury. Frasier Balzov Sep 15 #3

Frasier Balzov

(4,559 posts)

1. Trump can turn off her pay.

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Mon Sep 15, 2025, 10:06 PM

Sep 15

So she might be doing her job as volunteer work.

Rhiannon12866

(243,403 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

Sep 15

Frasier Balzov

(4,559 posts)

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

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 11:35 PM

Sep 15

Where a Trump stooge is the Secretary.

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