Short Take Politics

Federal reserve narrative busted

Political irony: Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook has been the target of weaponized law enforcement as our President attempts to fire her for acting independently. The justification is that she allegedly claimed two primary residences, securing a tax break for which she was unentitled. Reality is she was truthful on her mortgage application and Bill Pulte, the MAGA bureaucrat charged with investigating her actually did the same thing and now has to pay back taxes on his second home for taking exemptions he didn’t deserve. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed-governor-cook-declared-her-atlanta-property-vacation-home-documents-show-2025-09-13/

MAGA won’t waste this crisis

Stephen Miller, White House Chief of Staff, is busy blaming the left for fomenting violence in the face of Charlie Kirk being killed for allegedly not being far right enough. Most political violence and mass shootings in this country over the last 20 years firmly come firmly from the right, from Kirk’s shooting to January 6 and Oklahoma City. Antifa remains a false construct used to justify violence, just like blaming crime on immigrants. Neither narrative holds true in the face of statistical evidence but there are always anecdotes that can be used to prove a point. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/stephen-miller-charlie-kir…

What was in the accused killer’s head?

We might not ever know but dialogue from a Discord server might offer context. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/kirk-killing-suspect-online-chat…