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Randy Albelda
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Feminist economist, retired and a lot less tired, weary anti-poverty warrior, puzzler.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Sep 13
Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · Sep 12
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.

Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.

These docs show she did not.
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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
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Robert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · Sep 4
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.

Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
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Reposted by Wayne Martino, Don E. Albrecht, Randy Albelda

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 8
NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · Feb 3
In all the chaos there's been no room to take stock of the fact that Musk also blew up the US Digital Service, which is full of engineers who actually build better and more efficient government tech. They did Covidtests.gov and Direct File. And now it's... presumably gone?
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