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Now that the law firms gave him “a lot of money” (no doubt a reference to the dollar value of legal fees that law firms he bullied agreed to provide him), he will “use” them how he wants.
#trump #law #capitulation #USA
#trump #law #capitulation #USA
In news from the quivering bowels of Vichy America, a major liberal law firm has agreed to work for fascists and stop hiring so many women, brown people, or members of the LGBTQ community to placate an aggrieved, would-be dictator and keep raking in those sweet government contracts:
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-rescinds-executive-order-after-firm-vows-pro-bono-for-right-wing-causes/
Trump-Targeted Law Firm Caves, Vows $40M in Legal Support to Right-Wing Causes
"President Donald Trump withdrew an executive order targeting a major Democratic-leaning law firm after the firm agreed to provide $40 million in pro bono legal services in support of his administration’s far right initiatives.
“This is unbelievably shameful from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP,” Molly Coleman, executive director at People’s Parity Project, said on LinkedIn. “I’m embarrassed to have any association with this firm that failed to find the courage the moment requires.”
Recently, the White House has escalated attacks on law firms whose attorneys have been involved in legal efforts opposing Trump. Just last week, Trump signed an executive order attempting to revoke security clearances from Paul, Weiss attorneys, restrict the firm’s access to federal buildings, and terminate any of its government contracts. The order reportedly prompted at least one client to sever ties with the firm.
However, following a meeting between Trump and Brad Karp, the chair of Paul, Weiss, the administration abruptly rescinded the order. “We look forward to an engaged and constructive relationship with the President and his Administration,” Karp said in a statement."
So, let's make sure we all understand what's going on here. Trump is brazenly and almost certainly illegally, shaking down a powerful law firm that has literally worked on cases opposing him in the past, and is known from their commitment to diverse hiring practices, and instead of fighting back, or even just taking the loss of government money on the chin, they've decided to *check notes* concede that a former partner who worked on cases against Trump was engaged in "wrongdoing," work pro-bono for the fascist regime, and capitulate to the fascist "war on DEI" - an idea whose ever-expanding meaning appears to be "restore mandated white supremacy in America."
Are you kidding me? Does the larger liberal establishment in the United States have anything resembling a spine to share between them? More importantly, if Americans trapped inside the increasingly ominous, fascist nightmare that is Trump 2.0 can't count on a high profile law firm in the *business* of protecting civil rights and taking on the government, to even stand up for the firm's *own* rights, how can they have faith that anyone in position to defend their rights in a legal capacity, is going to step up to the plate for them? The answer of course, is that they can't.
Folks, you'll get no argument from me if you say that the greater evil in this story is a fascist president who would be king, using the authority of his office to gain revenge on law firms that helped charge him for real crimes, he absolutely committed. As the extorted settlement proves, this too is part of Trump's plot to take complete control of America as a dictator. This isn't legal, and as a federal judge's restraining order in a similar case involving the Trump-targeted firm Perkins Coie demonstrates, complete surrender was not the only option Paul Weiss and its chair Brad Karp had here. By that same measure you can't win if you don't fight, and when losing means capitulating to fascism, a law firm full of civil rights lawyers has a goddamn *responsibility* to resist.
“It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul, Weiss, didn’t just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession,” Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, said on Bluesky."
Friends, I've been talking about and writing about the rise of fascism for over a decade now. And I'm not bragging, because I wish I had been wrong about the signs I was reading around me, but I have largely been right when I insisted we were all heading for a moment like this. Furthermore, I have repeatedly warned that a liberal establishment (no, not you; your leaders, your media, your "liberal" capitalist employers) which would always have the option of simply collaborating with the fascist order, wasn't going to save us from fascist predation. There is no cavalry; the opposition party, the courts, and the lawyers aren't going to stop this. At the rate things are going, I have no idea how long I'll still be able to tell you that we are the cavalry, and the only way this nightmare ends is if we use our bodies en masse to shut down the fascist order and the profits that motivate the guys paying for all this; but it's the truth. If you can do it to Tesla, you can do it to any of them.
#Fascism #Trump #ExecutiveOrder #PaulWeiss #Capitulation #Collaborators #VichyAmerica #antifascism
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-rescinds-executive-order-after-firm-vows-pro-bono-for-right-wing-causes/
Trump-Targeted Law Firm Caves, Vows $40M in Legal Support to Right-Wing Causes
"President Donald Trump withdrew an executive order targeting a major Democratic-leaning law firm after the firm agreed to provide $40 million in pro bono legal services in support of his administration’s far right initiatives.
“This is unbelievably shameful from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP,” Molly Coleman, executive director at People’s Parity Project, said on LinkedIn. “I’m embarrassed to have any association with this firm that failed to find the courage the moment requires.”
Recently, the White House has escalated attacks on law firms whose attorneys have been involved in legal efforts opposing Trump. Just last week, Trump signed an executive order attempting to revoke security clearances from Paul, Weiss attorneys, restrict the firm’s access to federal buildings, and terminate any of its government contracts. The order reportedly prompted at least one client to sever ties with the firm.
However, following a meeting between Trump and Brad Karp, the chair of Paul, Weiss, the administration abruptly rescinded the order. “We look forward to an engaged and constructive relationship with the President and his Administration,” Karp said in a statement."
So, let's make sure we all understand what's going on here. Trump is brazenly and almost certainly illegally, shaking down a powerful law firm that has literally worked on cases opposing him in the past, and is known from their commitment to diverse hiring practices, and instead of fighting back, or even just taking the loss of government money on the chin, they've decided to *check notes* concede that a former partner who worked on cases against Trump was engaged in "wrongdoing," work pro-bono for the fascist regime, and capitulate to the fascist "war on DEI" - an idea whose ever-expanding meaning appears to be "restore mandated white supremacy in America."
Are you kidding me? Does the larger liberal establishment in the United States have anything resembling a spine to share between them? More importantly, if Americans trapped inside the increasingly ominous, fascist nightmare that is Trump 2.0 can't count on a high profile law firm in the *business* of protecting civil rights and taking on the government, to even stand up for the firm's *own* rights, how can they have faith that anyone in position to defend their rights in a legal capacity, is going to step up to the plate for them? The answer of course, is that they can't.
Folks, you'll get no argument from me if you say that the greater evil in this story is a fascist president who would be king, using the authority of his office to gain revenge on law firms that helped charge him for real crimes, he absolutely committed. As the extorted settlement proves, this too is part of Trump's plot to take complete control of America as a dictator. This isn't legal, and as a federal judge's restraining order in a similar case involving the Trump-targeted firm Perkins Coie demonstrates, complete surrender was not the only option Paul Weiss and its chair Brad Karp had here. By that same measure you can't win if you don't fight, and when losing means capitulating to fascism, a law firm full of civil rights lawyers has a goddamn *responsibility* to resist.
“It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul, Weiss, didn’t just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession,” Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket, said on Bluesky."
Friends, I've been talking about and writing about the rise of fascism for over a decade now. And I'm not bragging, because I wish I had been wrong about the signs I was reading around me, but I have largely been right when I insisted we were all heading for a moment like this. Furthermore, I have repeatedly warned that a liberal establishment (no, not you; your leaders, your media, your "liberal" capitalist employers) which would always have the option of simply collaborating with the fascist order, wasn't going to save us from fascist predation. There is no cavalry; the opposition party, the courts, and the lawyers aren't going to stop this. At the rate things are going, I have no idea how long I'll still be able to tell you that we are the cavalry, and the only way this nightmare ends is if we use our bodies en masse to shut down the fascist order and the profits that motivate the guys paying for all this; but it's the truth. If you can do it to Tesla, you can do it to any of them.
#Fascism #Trump #ExecutiveOrder #PaulWeiss #Capitulation #Collaborators #VichyAmerica #antifascism
Trump-Targeted Law Firm Caves, Vows $40M in Legal Support to Right-Wing Causes
“This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession,” the founder of Democracy Docket said.Zane McNeill (Truthout)
So, I've been bullied and have defended others who were being bullied, and the advice I would give ANYONE being bullied is NOT to give in! That just empowers the bully!
Under threat from #Trump, #ColumbiaUniversity agrees to policy changes
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:19 PM EDT, March 21, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
"As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, according to a letter published Friday by the interim president, Katrina Armstrong.
"The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump’s largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school’s academic freedom.
"'Columbia’s #capitulation endangers #AcademicFreedom and #CampusExpression nationwide,' Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York #CivilLibertiesUnion said in a statement.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over the university’s handling of protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. As a precondition to restoring those funds — along with billions more in future grants — federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies."
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #TrumpIsABully #Resist
Under threat from #Trump, #ColumbiaUniversity agrees to policy changes
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 7:19 PM EDT, March 21, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — "Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.
"As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, according to a letter published Friday by the interim president, Katrina Armstrong.
"The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump’s largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school’s academic freedom.
"'Columbia’s #capitulation endangers #AcademicFreedom and #CampusExpression nationwide,' Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York #CivilLibertiesUnion said in a statement.
"Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over the university’s handling of protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. As a precondition to restoring those funds — along with billions more in future grants — federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies."
https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #TrumpIsABully #Resist
Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
Columbia University agreed to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department.Jake Offenhartz (AP News)
#Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against #Trump Is The Only Option
If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.
"Justin Hansford, a Howard Law professor and founder of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, argued that #capitulation had only emboldened Trump. 'The more that they cave in, the more damage that gets done,' said Hansford."
by Jessica Washington, March 15 2025
"Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., capitulated to President Donald Trump and the GOP over the budget this week, sacrificing one of Democrats’ last pieces of leverage as Trump bulldozes the federal government and jails activists. Schumer defended voting yes on the GOP budget that would neuter the legislative branch, arguing that he had no choice but to give in or face a government shutdown. He’s not the first to make that kind of decision.
"Leaders of businesses, universities, and nations across the globe face the same question: Should they fight Trump, or hope that by giving him what he wants he’ll somehow do less harm?
"Far too often, these leaders have chosen appeasement over #resistance — and, in return, gotten nothing."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/15/appeasing-trump-doesnt-work/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/j1U1P
#ResistFascism #ResistTrump #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol
If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.
"Justin Hansford, a Howard Law professor and founder of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, argued that #capitulation had only emboldened Trump. 'The more that they cave in, the more damage that gets done,' said Hansford."
by Jessica Washington, March 15 2025
"Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., capitulated to President Donald Trump and the GOP over the budget this week, sacrificing one of Democrats’ last pieces of leverage as Trump bulldozes the federal government and jails activists. Schumer defended voting yes on the GOP budget that would neuter the legislative branch, arguing that he had no choice but to give in or face a government shutdown. He’s not the first to make that kind of decision.
"Leaders of businesses, universities, and nations across the globe face the same question: Should they fight Trump, or hope that by giving him what he wants he’ll somehow do less harm?
"Far too often, these leaders have chosen appeasement over #resistance — and, in return, gotten nothing."
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/15/appeasing-trump-doesnt-work/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/j1U1P
#ResistFascism #ResistTrump #Authoritarianism #CorporateFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol
"#Russia says talks on annexed Ukrainian land 'non-negotiable'."
#Ukraine
#UkraineWar
#Moscow (AFP) – The #Kremlin on Thursday ruled out giving back Ukrainian regions it claims to have annexed as part of a future peace deal, setting out a major red line as Russian and US officials met in #Istanbul for a new round of talks aimed at normalising relations.
#surrender
#capitulation
#appeasement
#UnitedStates
#Republicans
#election2026
#2026election
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250227-russia-says-talks-on-annexed-ukrainian-land-non-negotiable
#Ukraine
#UkraineWar
#Moscow (AFP) – The #Kremlin on Thursday ruled out giving back Ukrainian regions it claims to have annexed as part of a future peace deal, setting out a major red line as Russian and US officials met in #Istanbul for a new round of talks aimed at normalising relations.
#surrender
#capitulation
#appeasement
#UnitedStates
#Republicans
#election2026
#2026election
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250227-russia-says-talks-on-annexed-ukrainian-land-non-negotiable
Russia says talks on annexed Ukrainian land 'non-negotiable'
The Kremlin on Thursday ruled out giving back Ukrainian regions it claims to have annexed as part of a future peace deal, setting out a major red line as Russian and US officials met in Istanbul for a new round of talks aimed at normalising relations…France 24 (FRANCE 24)
“Albanese: Israel is a ‘mafia’ killing 40 children daily – and lack of political and press coverage is racist”
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes
“#UN #Special #Rapporteur pulling no punches”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/24/albanese-israel-is-a-mafia-killing-40-children-daily-and-lack-of-political-and-press-coverage-is-racist/
#Press #Albanese #Israel #Mafia #BabyMurder #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #CorporateMedia #Racism #BBC #Capitulation #Lobby
by Skwawkbox @skwawkbox
@palestine
@israel
@BBC5Live
@BBCRadio4
@guardian @Independent @thetimes
“#UN #Special #Rapporteur pulling no punches”
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/02/24/albanese-israel-is-a-mafia-killing-40-children-daily-and-lack-of-political-and-press-coverage-is-racist/
#Press #Albanese #Israel #Mafia #BabyMurder #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #CorporateMedia #Racism #BBC #Capitulation #Lobby
Albanese: Israel is a ‘mafia’ killing 40 children daily – and lack of political and press coverage is racist
UN Special Rapporteur pulling no punches Francesca Albanese, the UN’s Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, is relentlessly smeared and attacked by Isra…SKWAWKBOX
“I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.”
Why Ann Telnaes quit her editorial cartoonist job at the Washington Post.
#oligarchy #media #capitulation
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
Why Ann Telnaes quit her editorial cartoonist job at the Washington Post.
#oligarchy #media #capitulation
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free pressAnn Telnaes (Open Windows)