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FEBRUARY 3–An Olive Garden employee died from burn injuries he suffered after thrusting his head into a deep fryer in what police have categorized as a suicide attempt. The harrowing incident occurred Friday afternoon at the Williamsport, Pennsylvania restaurant where the decedent worked as a cook. In response to a TSG inquiry, Trooper Lauren Lesher, …
Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent his staff a personal memo following a backlash after he attended a VIP party with Donald and Melania Trump at the White House. Cook, 65, went to a private premiere of the Melania documentary on Saturday night, just hours after the brutal death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who …
Listen live to the oral arguments as the Supreme Court hears arguments on U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to oust Federal Reserve governor, member Lisa Cook. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qEUcMI
Apple spent $750B on buybacks for 10yrs and Tim Cook is overrated. by inwallstreetbets “Just imagine Apple had reduced buybacks and spent more on focused R&D in order to deliver on-device AI with more intelligent Siri…. The market cap. would be higher than $4T (Probably, a lot higher than NVDA). Given the fact that Microsoft, …
A NEW SOURCE SAYS ELLA COOK WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED IN BROWN UNIVERSITY ATTACK. WHY HAVE WE HEARD NOTHING PUBLICLY FROM THE OTHER KIDS IN THAT ECON STUDY SESSION.pic.twitter.com/brEeynXlHs — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) December 18, 2025
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supreme-court-declines-to-take-action-on-trumps-request-to-fire-fed-governor-for-now/ The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear oral arguments in January on a request from the Trump administration to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices delayed their decision on the administration’s plea to pause a ruling by …
Is Waymo gonna cook Uber? pic.twitter.com/6nunGtjO7W — Casey Mericle (@CaseyMericle) September 18, 2025 Tesla Robotaxi price: $2.61 Uber price: $12.94 One is the future The other the past$TSLA https://t.co/XqpMYwUl81 pic.twitter.com/wiOGuAlOiM — Dalton Brewer (@daltonbrewer) September 7, 2025
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/bessent-like-fed-governor-made-contradictory-mortgage-pledges US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that President Donald Trump has been using to try to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Bessent’s conflicting agreements obligated him to occupy homes …
BREAKING: The DC Circuit has *rejected* Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board, allowing her to participate in tomorrow's interest-rate setting meeting. Trump's last hope is a quick stay from SCOTUS. https://t.co/wNtfx9GWW2 pic.twitter.com/1eZGAmLjhO — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 16, 2025 NOTABLE: The majority did not opine on Trump's claim of "cause" for …
Trump did not just push the boundaries of power. He forced the courts to decide if the Federal Reserve’s independence now means protecting one of its own when fraud allegations surface. The statute says a governor can only be removed “for cause.” But it never defined the term. That hole in the law is now …
Bro cooking so he don’t get cooked 😭🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/9pcbDNlLfw — The Night Warrior (@WarriorNight007) September 7, 2025
The Federal Reserve is bleeding credibility. Not from miscalculations or inflation forecasts. From rot inside its own walls. Lisa Cook, a sitting Fed governor, is facing three separate criminal referrals for mortgage fraud. Three homes. Three states. Three filings that are inconsistent and fraudulent. The latest: a $361,000 condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts, declared a “second …
Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Donald Trump challenges his ability to remove her from office but only briefly addresses the central accusations that she committed mortgage fraud. Cook did call mortgage fraud accusations “unsubstantiated and unproven” without going into detail. In a statement to CNBC, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte noted that …
“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign.”CNBC Her attorney, Abbe Lowell, framed it bluntly. “Another reflex to bully.” This was not about misconduct. It was about control. Columbia law professor Lev Menand stripped it to …
Trump firing Fed’s Cook pic.twitter.com/BBEgdKZJJL — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) August 26, 2025 Well Trump fires Cook. Now he can replace her with another dovish cuck and he will have enough votes to get as many rate cuts as he wants. This is terrifying shit. https://t.co/rkBClz3rde — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 26, 2025 We’re running an almost …
President Donald Trump said he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she does not resign from her position. Cook, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has come under fire from the Trump administration over allegations about her mortgages. If Trump were to successfully remove Cook “for cause,” he would get the chance …
Trump is not playing coy. On Wednesday he blasted Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook with a blunt demand: “Resign, now!!!” The trigger? A Bloomberg report of a possible mortgage fraud probe, amplified by his allies. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-fed-governor-cook-131136021.html BREAKING: The US Department of Justice says it has received a criminal investigation referral related to Fed Governor Cook …
In a stunning turn, what was once a quick, affordable meal has transformed into a financial luxury for most Americans. Key List: 78% view fast food as a luxury due to high prices 62% eating fast food less often because of costs 46% believe fast food costs as much as local sit-down restaurants Source: https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-consider-fast-food-luxury-high-prices …