1/22/26: SCOTUS To Defeat Trump On Fed, DOGE Election Fraud, FanDuel Lies, MN Family Teargassed

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Krystal Ball 0:04
A new year doesn't ask us to become someone new. It invites us back home to ourselves. I'm Mike Della Rocha, host of Sacred Lessons, a space for men to pause, reflect, and heal. This year, we're talking honestly about mental health, relationships, and the patterns we're ready to release. If you're looking for clarity, connection, and healthier ways to show up in your life, Sacred Lessons is here for you. Listen to Sacred Lessons with Mike Della Rocha on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Saagar Enjeti 1:37
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So we had some significant oral arguments at the Supreme Court over whether or not Trump can fire Lisa Cook, who is on the Fed Board of Governors. We can put actually this tear sheet up on the screen, which explains some of the backstory here. So it says the Supreme Court appears likely to allow Lisa Cook to remain on the Fed board. The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to block President Trump from immediately firing Democratic-appointed Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board, a move that would prevent Trump from exerting greater influence over the powerful central bank that guides the economy. Nearly all of the justices asked skeptical questions of Solicitor General D. John Sauer during roughly two hours of arguments taking issue with most aspects of the government's case,
Unknown 2:54
that the president had met the legal bar to remove Cook while a lawsuit challenging her removal plays out. Such agreement, they go on to say, is rare on high profile cases at the deeply polarized court. You guys may remember the backstory here. So the Trump administration was alleging there was some like mortgage application issue where she checked the wrong box and said a secondary home was really the primary residence. Apparently on other documents, it had been accurately portrayed as the secondary residence. This is a tactic they've used against multiple of their political adversaries. And they said that because they found this issue with this mortgage application, that gave them cause to be able to fire her because due to the way Congress set up the Fed,
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It says you have to have cause and provide notice before you fire any of the members of the board.

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