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So we can expect covert mecha-Hitler to run everything

• Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook sued to challenge her removal by President Donald Trump.
• Trump said Monday that he was firing Cook because of allegations that she committed mortgage fraud.
• Critics say that the move undermines the independence of the Fed, which sets key interest rates that affect mortgage rates and other debt rates.

I'll note that the Supreme Court previously required that all firings of federal reserve officials by the President be for cause. So he had one of his henchmen cook up allegations, but couldn't get an indictment for them, and wants to fire her over them just because.

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Regulation is what has made nuclear power as safe as it is — take it away, and nuclear can easily become unacceptably dangerous.

Edit: changed headline to match headline change by NYT.

Original headline & subhead:

New C.D.C. Director Resists Ouster as Other Officials Resign

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is said to have demanded that the director, Susan Monarez, either quit or be fired. Her lawyers say she won’t resign.

Democrats are rightly calling for Kennedy's removal:

I had serious doubts about CDC Director Monarez’s willingness to stand up against RFK Jr.’s personal mission to destroy public health in America—I’m glad that I was wrong.

If there are any adults left in the White House: we cannot let RFK Jr. burn what's left of CDC. FIRE HIM.

Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.

In other words, if your house burns down, or you need rescue after being swept away in a flood, you need to produce proof of citizenship or a visa before you can get help from anybody. Even if your ID was lost or destroyed in the disaster.

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It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.