In the Matter of Lisa Cook

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-the-matter-of-lisa-cook

29•chmaynard•5mo ago

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y-curious•5mo ago

I brushed off the "DEI hire" stuff as typical rhetoric but this is the first time I feel that it may be justified. My brain went to, "well, we all make mistakes in academia and grow up in the industry" at first. Then I realized these papers are from 11 years ago, and she's no spring chicken.

SirFatty•5mo ago

Posted in the wrong place, I'm guessing?

nutjob2•5mo ago

It's funny, because people don't level the same accusations against white people, or can't, by definition.

Any use of 'DEI hire' is racist, because it assumes incompetence by default for one group but not for another.

y-curious•5mo ago

Yeah, you're right. I won't level that accusation, but I will rephrase to say "I did not believe the accusations of incompetence and now I do"

xerp2914•5mo ago

The whole DEI/incompetence accusation is pretty rich if you look at the people Trump has appointed? From Twitter influencers to Fox News hosts - it's the most unqualified cabinet in American history.

cosmicgadget•5mo ago

Who else is incompetent based on this metric?

y-curious•5mo ago

I don't know, I have a pretty pale view of politicians in general. Probably 90% of them? Hackernews treating me like I'm a MAGA #1 fan because I judged someone disliked by the right is a good reminder to stay out of political discussions online

throw0101c•5mo ago

> I won't level that accusation, but I will rephrase to say "I did not believe the accusations of incompetence and now I do"

Under that criteria perhaps Trump should (also) fire Hegseth, Patel, etc.

nutjob2•5mo ago

Bravo. I can see now that I was correct in every respect.

y-curious•5mo ago

The tribal, hyper aggressive rhetoric makes it hard to have a good faith conversation sadly. You "slam dunked" me bro, you win! Go team left wing! I'm in shambles

SirFatty•5mo ago

"Trump says that she committed mortgage fraud.."

That's rich...

JohnTHaller•5mo ago

Fraud recognizes fraud?

AnimalMuppet•5mo ago

Fraud removing fraud from office because of fraud might ought to think twice...

cosmicgadget•5mo ago

> But even the Court specifically carved out protections for Fed governors, saying that they can only be removed “for cause.”

And soon we will find out if this was a warning or a recommendation.

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In the Matter of Lisa Cook

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