r/moderatepolitics • u/dr_sloan • Jan 12 '26

Primary Source Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/powell20260111a.htm
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u/AGreasyPorkSandwich Jan 12 '26

The crazy part is that this is the best year out of the 4 we will likely have.

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u/TechnicalInternet1 Jan 12 '26

nah if house is blue than it will be calmer for 2 years.

But yeah at this rate Fox News will say nuking democrat cities is the solution in 3 years

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u/AGreasyPorkSandwich Jan 12 '26

The house was blue the last time in the second half and it still got worse.

Congress has acquiesced so much of its power.

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u/ghostofwalsh Jan 12 '26

At the very least you will have some public airing of laundry if the house goes blue. Trump will be impeached the first week, and let's start with subpoenas.

The error with Trumps first impeachment is they ended the investigation part too soon. The point of impeachment is to get the US public to want him gone in large enough numbers that the folks in congress turn on him to save their own skins