Did Sen #ElizabethWarren just call #KevinWarsh a #DonaldTrump #SockPuppet? 🤦♂️😆
I hope this Fed Chair confirmation hearing gets better.
ABC News: Top Stories | Trump's Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh to testify before Congress amid Powell probe
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President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—former Fed governor Kevin Warsh—will testify before the Senate amid a bipartisan backlash spurred by a criminal probe into Powell’s alleged false testimony about an office renovation. The investigation threatens to delay or derail Warsh’s confirmation, prompting Republican Sen. Thom Tillis to withhold a vote until the Justice Department resolves the case, while Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren warns that Warsh could become “Trump’s sock puppet,” a charge dismissed by Republican committee chair Tim Scott. Warsh, a Hoover Institution fellow and partner at the Duquesne Family Office, served on the Fed board during the 2008 crisis and is known as a former “hawk” who has recently advocated lower rates, a stance complicated by soaring inflation following geopolitical tensions with Iran. Powell has said he will remain chair until Warsh is confirmed, though Trump has threatened to fire him if he stays past his May 15 term end. The nomination arrives as the Fed wrestles with high inflation and a tepid labor market, forcing a delicate balance between rate hikes to curb price growth and cuts to spur hiring.
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The New Republic | Does the SEC Care Whether Hegseth Is Killing Iranians To Get Rich? by Timothy Noah
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Timothy Noah (April 20 2026) reports that a Financial Times investigation – based on three anonymous sources at BlackRock – alleges Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to use privileged information about an imminent Iran war to profit by buying a multibillion‑dollar “Defense Industrials Active” ETF, an investment prohibited to a sitting secretary of defense because it holds shares of companies such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing. BlackRock rejected the request on technical grounds, and a Pentagon spokesperson called the story “entirely false.” Noah notes that Senator Elizabeth Warren has formally asked the SEC to probe the matter, citing the law against even attempted securities fraud, and that House Oversight members have urged Hegseth to preserve all financial records. The piece also outlines Hegseth’s strained personal finances – a $19,000‑per‑month mortgage on a $3.4 million estate, modest net‑worth, costly divorces, and past allegations of financial mismanagement – which could explain a desperate move toward insider trading. Noah concludes that the alleged paper trail at BlackRock should be easy to locate, and calls for a thorough investigation to determine whether Hegseth’s actions constitute illegal insider activity.
Read more: https://newrepublic.com/article/209247/warren-hegseth-iran-insider-trading
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Senators Urge Judge To Scrutinize Live Nation-Ticketmaster Settlement With Justice Department
#News #Politics #AmyKlobuchar #ElectionLine #ElizabethWarren #JusticeDepartment #LiveNation #LiveNationTicketmaster #Ticketmaster
https://deadline.com/2026/04/senators-live-nation-ticketmaster-settlement-1236861769/
61 likes, 10 comments - voteinorout on April 14, 2026: "#ElizabethWarren criticizes #DonaldTrump’s federal budget, saying it cuts funding for cancer research and nutrition programs while directing massive spending toward the military, putting priorities at the center of the #Budget debate. Warren framed it as a values question, saying the budget includes “cuts to cancer research and food for little babies” alongside about $1.5 trillion in Pentagon spending. Federal budgets typically allocate hundreds of billions annually to defense, making it one of the largest spending categories, while discretionary funding decisions determine levels for research, health, and nutrition programs. — Our federal budget is a statement of our values. What's in Donald Trump's budget? Cuts to cancer research and food for little babies. And $1.5 TRILLION to the Pentagon to be sucked up by defense contractors and Trump's forever wars. Follow @senwarren for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".
“California needs leaders who can walk into a room with Donald Trump and his administration and be able to run circles around them, and that is why Katie Porter is the best choice for Governor of California.” #katieporter #elizabethwarren
- @elizabethwarren Follow @KatiePorterCA for more.
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37 likes, 1 comments - voteinorout on April 12, 2026: "“California needs leaders who can walk into a room with Donald Trump and his administration and be able to run circles around them, and that is why Katie Porter is the best choice for Governor of California.” #katieporter #elizabethwarren - @elizabethwarren Follow @katieporterca for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".
Elizabeth Warren Calls Amazon MGM’s $40 Million ‘Melania’ Bid ‘Bribery in Plain Sight,’ but Studio Says It Did Nothing ‘Improper’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #News #ElizabethWarren #Melania
Times of India | $950 million bet before Trump's announcement? US senators urge probe into ‘unusual’ oil trading
US senators Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse are urging the CFTC to investigate suspicious oil trading activity preceding President Trump's Iran conflict announcements. They highlighted significant, well-timed trades on March 23 and April 7, suggesting potential insider trading based on non-public government information.
International Business News: Two US senators have called for a federal probe into suspicious oil trading activity that took place shortly before major announcements by US Presiden.
Democratic Senator #ElizabethWarren said it was "troubling that Chinese companies are hiring Trump-connected lobbyists to influence independent decisions about American #NationalSecurity," calling for answers on who made the decisions & what CFIUS's risk assessments of the deal found.
#Trump #law #China #FARA #emoluments #SelfDealing #corruption
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