Reportedly, Republican Senators are mad at Trump’s hand-picked Fed chair Jerome Powell:<\/p>\n
On the call, several GOP senators were sharply critical of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell[,] saying he had gone too far in demanding Congress approve sweeping economic relief[,] and that he went out of his lane in making his demands publicly known, according to two sources. [CNN\/Politics<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
First, I had to infer those commas, above; without them, the intent of the sentence is reversed, and that didn’t make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n
That said, Chairman Powell should retort that, since there’s no one in that lane<\/strong>, he felt it was his duty to try to direct things.<\/p>\n
A little humiliation for those damn idlers in the Senate.<\/p>\n
While it’s difficult to predict exactly which debacles will result from the pathology of magical thinking<\/em> that has spread throughout the legion of GOP<\/strong><\/em> Senators, it’s not particularly surprising that they’ve spurned their top line responsibilities in favor of installing a partisan justice. Just as their tax reform promises were never fulfilled, and their belief that the virus will disappear has proven false, they have a belief that their political souls will be saved if they can just get Judge Barrett confirmed to SCOTUS<\/strong>, that all will be well. Even in the face of polls that say that most Americans believe the winner of the upcoming election should nominate the next Justice.<\/p>\n
Magical thinking<\/em>. It’ll destroy the souls of the GOP Members of Congress. And it’ll destroy the lives of countless Americans, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reportedly, Republican Senators are mad at Trump’s hand-picked Fed chair Jerome Powell: On the call, several GOP senators were sharply critical of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell[,] saying he had gone too far in demanding Congress approve sweeping economic relief[,] and that he went out of his lane in making \u2026 Continue reading