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muriel_volestrangler

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8. The reason is: we lawyers need a cushy job in the regime, and we need to show our butt-kissing potential to the full

Reply to In It to Win It (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 10:20 AM

Yesterday

This suit is not about an expectation of winning; it's a form of propaganda, to rile up the MAGA idiots against the NYT (and any other media that hasn't taken a blood oath of loyalty to the Rapist), tie the NYT up in legal work, and get more lawyers who will be parachuted into regime legal positions (they need a steady stream of these, since those currently in post will have to resign due to scandals at a steady rate).

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