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[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

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

"Wanna bet?"

-- Trump, as he files suit against WaPo.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Strangely he's going after The Des Moines Register. Sound like a small newspaper company.

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours 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.

[-] SmarfDurden@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Bezos: let’s settle for a few million to your ~~bribery~~ inauguration fund

[-] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

No need to strike out the word bribery any more. Not like they even bother trying to hide it.

[-] DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago
[-] FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I highly doubt Donald would let anyone hold his fries.

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