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fromAbove the Law
3 days ago

Capitulating To Trump Seems To Be A Sore Subject For Lawyers At Firms That Capitulated To Trump - Above the Law

It's been a little over six months since Donald Trump fired off a retaliatory executive order threatening to shut down Paul Weiss's ability to do business as a global law firm, which the firm immediately followed with sycophantic groveling. Paul Weiss offered the administration $40 million in free legal services - ostensibly for conservative-friendly charities - but we've since learned that they've taken on a role papering up work for the Commerce Department in a questionably legal arrangement.
US politics
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fromBig Think
4 days ago

How censorship turns ordinary men into martyrs

Attempts to suppress speech often amplify the suppressed message, creating martyrs and increasing interest and belief in prohibited ideas.
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fromIndependent
1 week ago

Aer Lingus manager feared 'Streisand effect' if it got injunction over sacked pilot's 'campaign of disruption' on social media, WRC told

Aer Lingus feared that seeking an injunction to stop a pilot posting about his dispute would trigger the Streisand effect.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Trump's attempt to quell the Epstein list rebellion further ignites the MAGA movement

The Streisand effect occurs when attempts to suppress information lead to greater public interest.
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

How U.S. Customs and Border Protection Accidentally Sent a JD Vance Meme into the Viral Stratosphere

Upon Mikkelsen's return to Norway, he claimed that CBP agents threatened a $5,000 fine if he didn't unlock his phone, revealing a meme of JD Vance.
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