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'Stop, my god': Fiery CNN debate breaks out with Trump loyalists over faces on money
Who Gets Printed Is Who Gets ProtectedA Symbolic Fight Over Real PowerCNN staged a familiar spectacle: a panel argument over whether Harriet Tubman should replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration does not plan to move forward with the change. The exchange was loud, predictable, and useful mostly for exposing how eagerly conservative defenders will launder reactionary power as if it were constitutional common sense.The People Who DecideThe actual institutional power here sits with the Treasury Department and, above it, the…
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