Lisa Cook was supposed to be gone by now.
Instead, the Federal Reserve governor Trump has spent months trying to fire just turned his case against her right back on his own administration.
Her attorney Abbe Lowell went through the mortgage allegations Trump says make Cook unfit to serve and pointed out an inconvenient fact: some of the people standing alongside Trump have some awfully familiar paperwork.
And Cook isn’t the only person refusing to fall in line.
Inside the military, service members are speaking out about what Trump is asking them to do, while conscientious-objector applications have surged sixfold since the Iran war began.
Then there’s the mail-voting scheme Trump wants up and running before November.
USPS says the new requirements are already in effect. Postal officials are warning the rushed rollout could be riddled with errors.
So Voter Protection Corps President Quentin Palfrey joins us to answer the question a whole lot of voters have right now: What the hell is happening with my ballot?
And for Who’s Joining the DEFIANCE, fans of The Pitt, we have some good news.
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THIS WEEK ON THE ANT HILL
FRI, AUG 28 — THE DEFIANCE BOOK CLUB — We’ll recap our Thursday book discussion of chapters 1 and 2 of Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum. It’s never too late to join the party! Visit your library or favorite bookstore and pick up a copy of our first book selection. Updates every Friday.
GROW THE DEFIANCE
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