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rampartd

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1. " one of President Donald Trump's top economists,"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 06:56 AM

Yesterday

i needed a little refrsher.....

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/15/nx-s1-5542126/stephen-miran-fed-reserve-board

this matter of fed independence is the "investiture" issue of our time. trump is here appointing "bishops," and he will appoint the next fed chair.

i might be better to have no fed chair at all than one beholden to trump. DO NOT CONFIRM .

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