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The Quorum Came Back in January. The Court Took the Lock Off in June.
The Board regained a quorum on 7 January 2026 and the Court removed the tenure protection under it on 29 June. Covered separately those are a restoration and a presidential power case. Read together they are one story about the same three chairs, and what lapses when a quorum lapses is the certification a group of workers spent a year winning.
2026-09-07
Financialization / Anti-Weaponization
They Named It After the Wound, Not the Weapon
Every financial collapse gets named after the symptom, never the cause. The 2000 version needed a law. This one needed an appointment, and a one person CFTC is clearing 37 state attorneys general out of the way.
2026-09-01
DOJ / Legal / Financialization
They Could Not Close It. So They Are Staffing It.
CFPB piece. Courts blocked dismantling; the bureau changes hands by statute anyway. What Always Happens series.
2026-07-27
DOJ / Legal / Anti-Weaponization
The Law Has Two Blades.
IRS settlement, Proud Boys dismissals, Blanche confirmation. Discretion as a two directional tool. What Always Happens series.
2026-07-21
DOJ / Legal / Anti-Weaponization
The Defendant Switched Sides.
NRSC v. FEC enforcement vacuum. The agency charged with enforcing the limits argued to strike them down. What Always Happens series.
2026-07-16
Financialization
The Seed Money Is Public. The Pipeline Is Private.
Trump Accounts financialization. Public seed money, private pipeline, unwritten rules at 18.
2026-07-15
DOJ / Legal / Anti-Weaponization
Two Weeks, Two Election Agencies, Zero Referees.
EAC purge via Trump v. Slaughter removal power plus FEC quorum starvation. Merges the SCOTUS increments thread. What Always Happens series.
2026-07-13
Financialization
The Revolution Will Be Financialized
GENIUS Act and stablecoin infrastructure. BlackRock controls 60 percent of US spot ETF Bitcoin; comment window closed publication day.
2026-06-09
Financialization
Whose Face Gets to Be on the Money
$250 Trump bill vs the decade long Tubman $20 timeline. The difference is policy, not bureaucracy.
2026-06-07
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