The Hound | Aug. 10
Hi there, It’s Monday. A federal court blocked Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while her lawsuit was pending. The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling in late June, upheld that decision against a direct challenge from the president. This week, Trump did it anyway — sending Cook a letter claiming "sufficient reason to believe" she made false statements on mortgage agreements, the same baseless allegations his allies floated when he first tried to remove her a year ago. 🖊️ Sign the petition to call on the media to cover Trump's renewed effort to remove Lisa Cook not as a "White House considering firing" story, but as a willful defiance of court orders and an assault on the independence of the Federal Reserve...SUBSCRIBE AND JOIN WITH OTHERS TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THIS AND NUMEROUS OTHER ISSUES! This is not a legal gray area. A court order exists. The Supreme Court upheld it. Trump is defying both — dressing his contempt for the rule of law in bureauc...