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'The president said Jerome H. Powell's "termination cannot come fast enough"' 4/17/25 [View all]
When asked Tuesday by a reporter about whether he intended to fire Powell, Trump said: “I don’t want to talk about that because I have no intention of firing. None whatsoever. Never did,” Trump added.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/22/trump-fed-powell/
He who controls the past controls the future: He who controls the present controls the past. - George Orwell
1984’s brilliant insight is that gaslighting is not a feature of Totalitarianism, it is its wheelhouse. If the Führer is always right, the past must be rewritten to make it so
1984: After the chocolate ration is reduced from 30 grammes per week to 20, the Ministry of Truth puts out a bulletin announcing that it has been increased to 20 grammes. Another triumph of the Insoc Administration.
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