Two Moves You Missed This Week That Quietly Shook U.S. Democracy

This week, while headlines focused elsewhere, two major actions tested the limits of presidential power and the integrity of American institutions.

📌 First, President Trump moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook—despite longstanding legal protections for the Fed’s independence. She’s now asking the Supreme Court to block the firing, warning that this could open the door to political manipulation of the money supply.

📌 Second, Trump signed a memo directing prosecutors to seek the death penalty in all appropriate cases in Washington, D.C.—even though the District abolished capital punishment in 1981. The memo encourages routing cases into federal court to bypass D.C.’s democratic will.

These two moves may seem unrelated, but together they signal something deeper: the erosion of institutional guardrails that once separated politics from prosecution, and stability from strongman control.

⚖️ This episode dives into:
– The legal and constitutional stakes
– Historical parallels from Andrew Jackson to James Wilson
– Why these moves matter for economic stability, local governance, and justice
– What citizens should watch, demand, and defend next

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