• Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    ‘Your poll made Trump mad’ is not a valid basis for a lawsuit

    “Wanna bet?”

    – Trump, as he files suit against WaPo.

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        5 days ago

        Makes for nice easy wins to pad the stats that can be used as leverage to get other companies to fold. The Des Moines Register probably one day dreams of having 1% of the resources that a company like ABC or a person like Jeff Bezos has, and they fell like a house of cards. If they couldn’t stand up to Trump, some local newspaper has zero chance.

        And then Trump can just use that as leverage to intimidate the next paper. And the one after that. The message is pretty simple. Whether you’re some giant multimedia conglomerate or some podunk high school rag, if you anger Trump, he can and will go after you for it. It’s insurance to make sure that the rubes don’t get all uppity, thinking they’re too small to be noticed.