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kairyssdal.bsky.social • 2 days ago

How did this work out for the law firms?

The Trump administration is trying to negotiate with elite universities to strike a "deal." They're feeling the need for a political win after public opinion is in Harvard's corner (much to their surprise).

www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/p...

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marcosantana.bsky.social•2 days ago

Americans are turning on Trump. The protests are peaceful at the moment.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social @meidastouch.com

dabinreece.bsky.social•2 days ago

"How did this work out for the law firms?" Their partners and clients are leaving in droves. And their biggest remaining client (Trump) doesn't have to pay them.

marker-maker.bsky.social•2 days ago

So it's the White House that wants the deal, eh? But Trump is dug-in as far as we know. So I say, "Keep diggin' MF."

saraelizabeth-b.bsky.social•2 days ago

No deal.

alwaysroldy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Here’s my deal if I was them.

comsenseisnotcom.bsky.social•2 days ago

They don't have to LISTEN TO HIM at all! They have the upper hand

mikelark.bsky.social•2 days ago

Worked out great for the law firms that stood their ground, which Harvard should take to heart…

harrylanders.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Trump Announces Deal With Liberty University”

comsenseisnotcom.bsky.social•2 days ago

Haha, as IF they weren't ALREADY in his pocket

eltoninatlanta.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think he’s as much in their pocket as they are in his.

ellisor.net•2 days ago

or Columbia for that matter

jwshikes.bsky.social•2 days ago

If a school cuts a deal, it should be blackballed. It is the road that leads to a dictatorship .

deevhutch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Universities need to stick together, or fall individually.

They will win because TACO.

jqp.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Artist of the Deal backs down again.

itsnotathing.bsky.social•2 days ago

That school, if they make a deal, should close up shop. No one will ever enroll in it again.

coupie99.bsky.social•2 days ago

Did he promise Baron he would get him in to Harvard🤣

epstern.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just another form or example of "facade management." (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/28/us-national-parks-trumps)

williameburns.bsky.social•2 days ago

How did it work for Columbia?

cberlin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agh!!!!!

midwesternliz.bsky.social•2 days ago

How about if they make a “deal” with Hillsdale College? They’re already Trumpist sycophants, so it would surprise nobody.

rowzat.bsky.social•2 days ago

This will happen after Infrastructure week and fixing health care.

deevhutch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two weeks?

rowzat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Two weeks + infinite delay

crackermack.bsky.social•2 days ago

ratherreadabook.bsky.social•2 days ago

Any university that "makes a deal" should be publicly vilified and ridiculed.

pro-tipz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Make a deal with a felon who's had three wives...sounds like a good plan.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•2 days ago

Universities have History departments, just in case they need to review how collaborators fared after WW2.

spectacularsid.bsky.social•2 days ago

Don't give an inch to these goons. They'll just keep demanding more.

virginiaopossum.bsky.social•2 days ago

How's it working out for Columbia?

maxpook.bsky.social•2 days ago

Didn't Purdue just capitulation & agree to cease its DEI policies & programs??...

athenabird.bsky.social•2 days ago

Purdue has been run by Republicans for years

blustar62.bsky.social•2 days ago

Harvard better understand the assignment is to tell Dump to F all the way off

patrickhenry48.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one should trust any agreement with the Trump administration. Fool me once…

sbpnw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Too bad for them they went after a school with an endowment big enough to spend the next million years in court.

kmcm.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank god the lesson of law firms is out in the open

Trump 2.0 likes to project it’s making an “offer you can’t refuse” as bullies & underworld criminals do

notbyme.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe they should negotiate with Dump University. Oh, right, they can’t. One thing people need to understand is the extortionist always comes back for more. It’s the Mafia way. Appeasement is a never ending game.