Sarah Longwell
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stories or whatever.
And then there are stories that are stories for the American people.
The Renee Good story is a story for the American people.
They understand that one.
They can watch it.
They can see it.
The Fed chair one is one that we will talk about and get exercised about.
And it matters a great deal.
But you will not get the American public to be like, my day-to-day life is really impacted by who the Fed chairs.
They don't know who the Fed chairs and they can't explain to you what the Fed does.
I had to Wikipedia the Fed earlier today and I'm a political expert to be like, let's make sure I understand all of their powers and what they do because I don't off the top of my head.
Also, as though that's just like a normal way to engage.
I hope so.
I'm here for I'm I am here for Scott Besson, gay man with rage who keeps throwing punches, who lives in a Barbie dream house.
Just as a broader context for the Fed, the thing to understand is that Trump is wrecking the economy with his tariffs, and so he is looking for a different lever to improve things while his tariffs, like, get to work, right?
Like, he knows he's destroying the economy, so he wants to run it hot, and he wants lower interest rates so he can run it hot.
So he's trying to bully the Fed into making this decision, and the fact that Jerome Powell is one of the last people
just, like, regular, serious people left in Washington.
God, I got to say, I don't know.
I had been pretty down since the Rene Good thing.