Lewzer fires Fed governor Lisa Cook

Monday, August 25, 2025

President Donald Trump on Monday said he has fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, according to a letter addressed to her posted on his social media " the first instance of a president firing a central bank governor in the central bank's 111-year history. The unprecedented move represents a significant escalation of the president's battle against the Fed, which he has blamed for taking too long to lower interest rates.

Posted by REDIAL at 08:51 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink

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Too black. Too woman.

#1 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-08-25 08:51 PM

Cause for dismissal: Uppity -------.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-25 08:52 PM

I also liked your headline Redial.
From the album Fed Steel In The Hour Of Crypto.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-08-25 08:55 PM

Signing two mortgage documents within two weeks of each other that you list each house is your primary residence, isn't really a good look for a fed governor

#4 | Posted by homerj at 2025-08-25 08:57 PM

"Signing two mortgage documents within two weeks of each other that you list each house is your primary residence, isn't really a good look for a fed governor"

Now do folks with a 10,000 sq feet home when it's the tax assessor, but a 30,000 sq ft home asset when applying for a business loan.

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-08-25 09:01 PM

Mic drop.

#6 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-08-25 09:09 PM

It's always funny when Trumpers accuse someone else in Gov of doing something worse than DJT has already done many times over.

Nearly impossible to do, really.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-08-25 09:36 PM

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