i like that trump has basically made segregation a condition of everything he touches. - ThreadSky

jamellebouie.net • 3 days ago

i like that trump has basically made segregation a condition of everything he touches.

This is wild. Trump says he’s withdrawing his executive order targeting the Paul Weiss law firm because they acknowledged “wrongdoing.”

They’re also going to provide “$40 million in pro bono legal services over the course of President Trump's term to support the Administration's initiatives”

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yonaa2.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s his lifeblood

theclintpodcast.bsky.social•2 days ago

#ETTD

jimhealdmusic.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hopefully they will renege on their agreement, just as Dumpster fire does on all his.

olddragoon.bsky.social•2 days ago

In other words, he committed blackmail.

rocknrollghost.bsky.social•3 days ago

Mesmerizing

faefromthefield.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bowing to nazis makes you Vichy scum

seeyouinnj.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s the most honest thing he’s done.

expterodactyl.bsky.social•3 days ago

Legal pre civil rights Jim Crow segregation may return

neptuniandemocracy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bullshit fascist going down

salamurai.bsky.social•3 days ago

I haven't been able to follow all of the general crimes of the current administration.
he actually used an executive order to bully a business? that's wild.

susanwadc1.bsky.social•3 days ago

This will encourage his bad behavior.

cpinx.bsky.social•3 days ago

WTAF?

mlporter.bsky.social•3 days ago

And Magat Congress and Senate going along with him!

bigg95973.bsky.social•3 days ago

He’s lying about the meeting too

mrxexon.bsky.social•3 days ago

He touched the tar baby... And tracked it all through his house.

I'm from the south. Seen this movie before...

fasterhorses.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gawd big law firms are corrupt, craven and disgusting. Glad I was a solo practitioner

avj73.bsky.social•3 days ago

He's just trying to bring new meaning to "white shoe" law firm.

saratara.bsky.social•2 days ago

Totally besides the point, but his truth account has multiple personality syndrome

sirbrandonthomas.com•3 days ago

a fucking joke. seriously.

cassandrashuman.bsky.social•3 days ago

Another quid pro quo. This is lawyers paying trump to not close them down.

turnbasedcarl.bsky.social•3 days ago

His personal racism has become policy.

nowsentient.bsky.social•3 days ago

Caving fucks

gmsoros.bsky.social•3 days ago

What???
That’s bribery by a law firm

kalekai.bsky.social•3 days ago

White washing

1cleverusername.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Firms should not choose who to hire based on political affiliation…”
And yet Trump wants everyone working for the federal govt to sign a “loyalty pledge” to him.

wheezer2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

More like support trumps legal bills

wheezer2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pussies.

evantoes6.bsky.social•2 days ago

Holy Fire Sale, all ethical morality must go, Batman! Wonder if #47 realizes that he and his gang are just mortal men and any changes they may finally push through will be short lived relatively speaking. There are generations of principled civic minded people whose long standing work will remain.

bullwinkles.bsky.social•3 days ago

Paul Weiss, Hitler's law firm.

leesarenae.bsky.social•3 days ago

Brad Karp is the Chairman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Big law, and yucky people.

cats-n-apples.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every one of them should leave, they should dissolve the company and regroup to target only trump regime members

carolsweinstein.bsky.social•2 days ago

Whores

steveknapp.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s kissing the ring and some. The lowest circles of Hell are going to get mighty crowded.

jayschool.bsky.social•3 days ago

Vito Corleone-level shit, right there.

toddbeeton.bsky.social•3 days ago

What the actual—-???

sgw73072.bsky.social•2 days ago

MAGA thinks America was great when Jim Crow existed. Every single person of color needs to understand that this is the era they point to as "great". As far as I'm concerned it was just a matter of time before Trump found ways to eliminate civil rights rules people faught so hard to get

singlemalttheory42.bsky.social•3 days ago

martincares.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump’s directive seems to override this, saying that when issuing new solicitations or contracts,civil agencies should no longer include the provision and clause about the prohibition of segregated facilities.

blackgoldbloggr.bsky.social•3 days ago

My how the wealthy, powerful, and self-righteous have fallen...

blueallylove.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/dechastelaine.bsky.social/post/3lkrg2iwvbs2r

maggiepcanada.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not a set of working testicles or ovaries in that huge firm.

tink51.bsky.social•3 days ago

So their paying $40 million to suck Dick Taters...well, dick?

jessbheart.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's a weird thing to be happy about .. but i get the same thing with his overt transphobia... i know exactly who hates me, who's indifferent and who's actually trustable.

cvilletgr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Surprised that Trump didn't demand that the law office post "White" and "Colored" over its water fountains.

The partners of that firm could quit and live on Easy Street. Instead, they fold.

Real portrait in courage, they, bending the knee to President Bull Connor.

writeon1.bsky.social•3 days ago

A good time for a major speech by Barack Obama, who was a Senior Lecturer of Constitutional law at the University of Chicago before he went into politics.

writeon1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Extortion. "the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats." "coercion can take the form of threats of violence, economic harm, or abuse of official power."

I'm no lawyer, but this looks an awful lot like it.

slamp51.bsky.social•2 days ago

Their avarice knows no bounds! In DEI, Not that they were going out of their way to make their teams diverse (most associates come out of top law schools which believe it or not look more Asian than white), so don’t tell me they will hire white kids from lower ranked schools to end DEI!

jwdickerson.bsky.social•3 days ago

Threats followed by extortion. Feels like weaponization.

polksalad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Blackmail, pure & simple. Borderline fraud. Quid pro quo. Lawyers ignoring the law and playing politics. Very dangerous for everyone involved.

john-sup.bsky.social•3 days ago

...I'm not an attorney, but, this seems likely to create a conflict of interest, and may violate certain ethics regulations? Can GC weigh in here?

jkurr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Bootlickers

joced.bsky.social•2 days ago

May they rest in hell together. Gross

gianttigerkitty.bsky.social•3 days ago

$40 million pro bono in legal work to help destroy America. JFC. I hope the rest of their clients leave.

jakedotworld.bsky.social•2 days ago

This damn fool really never got over Obama making fun of him at that dinner.

elijahemery.bsky.social•3 days ago

One thing I am curious about is the terms of the 40$ million deal. They’ve promised to represent veterans—could they represent veterans suing the administration?

denam.bsky.social•3 days ago

No because the whole point is that he doesn't sign the order again

elijahemery.bsky.social•3 days ago

I would say if it’s anything resembling a contract the contracts clause comes into play but we already know what this admin thinks of the law

denam.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wouldn't even there because the pro bono is explicitly to support the administration

mdlp.bsky.social•3 days ago

Not that his stupid tweet or whatever you call them on his scam service carries any force of law but it also says “any other mutually agreed projects” which sure makes it sound like they’re going to have to beg for his approval for each pro bono case they pick up.

yourjelly.dev•3 days ago

and he's acts like a mobster they will never get out from under that debt to him, no job will be satisfactory to be counted towards the debt nor will he pay it otherwise

pacificatiler.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder how they rationalized throwing Pomerantz under the bus with their integrity?

ayallgood.bsky.social•1 day ago

#Extortion

lewgoct.bsky.social•3 days ago

He learned at the knee of his father.

thatmillie.bsky.social•3 days ago

So they’re gonna do $40M of advocating for veterans fired by DOGE?

rvroomie.bsky.social•3 days ago

Were the knee pads a gift, or did Weiss buy them himself?

luxetips.bsky.social•3 days ago

As a lawyer this is insane! I can’t believe they just rolled over.

oasisbysea.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's in these moments as democracy around the world turns to fascism and most people just shrug. I realize we never really had a democracy to begin with, just countries run by and for corporations.

alexb4u.bsky.social•3 days ago

They didn't admit to any wrongdoing. What they did was cave to Trump's bullying (just as almost all of corporate America has). These big mega law firms have no morals. It's just about the money.

castor-and-pollux.bsky.social•3 days ago

His EO was a shakedown. Extortion is now a presidential duty. Thanks John Roberts!

johndavidson105.bsky.social•3 days ago

ethiccalbeef.bsky.social•2 days ago

GLAD TO BE RID OF THEM

morgan-2025.bsky.social•3 days ago

Please say this statement from the law firm is fake.

raggededge.bsky.social•3 days ago

There is just nothing legal about any of that.

whollybabble.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not in my household. EVERYONE is welcome!

posttim.bsky.social•3 days ago

Quite literally an affirmative action resolution to address a claim of historic patterns of discrimination. And framed that way—even using equal opportunity.

leonessa1122.bsky.social•2 days ago

Do they have pee tapes on these folks or what?

artcat1.bsky.social•3 days ago

I believe that in WWII, this was called "collaborating."

paginini.bsky.social•3 days ago

What's wrong with these people? Are they all in epstein's address book, or something?

paginini.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good lord.

lilmsmisanthrope.bsky.social•3 days ago

Paul Weiss pledges $40 million in 'pro bono' services to his administration. When a law firm transitions from target to servant through an eight-figure offering, we witness not justice but tribute to the ancient art of converting enemies to vassals through thinly disguised payments.

joolzmadcat.bsky.social•2 days ago

In the UK we have laws about this sort of discrimination

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/legal-threat-to-us-firm-in-london-over-u-turn-on-helping-trans-man

wotdabney.bsky.social•3 days ago

Was it butter or mayonnaise, do you think?

humanspareparts.bsky.social•3 days ago

remembering his pitch to Black voters in 2016: “what the hell do you have to lose?”

woltz.bsky.social•3 days ago

His segregationist impulse his only defining quality, dated and stunted in expression, like the rest of him.

The only silver lining, I guess, is that 40 million in legal fees is a pittance.

infinitebelly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pro bono supporting our nations veternans? Cool, maybe they can help the ones fired from the VA to get their jobs back

yelanchi1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Paul Weiss shameful.

venerablebidet.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should bill at 10 million an hour and spend the whole time photocopying their asses

drmick.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's a proud, unabashed racist

bambinamomma.bsky.social•2 days ago

Everyone should send Paul Karp a pair of knee pads. He will probably need a lot of them with all the kneeling he and the rest of his lawyers will be doing.

leftcoastnv.bsky.social•2 days ago

Just a fucking mob shakedown on presidential letterhead. Amazing.

eleonu.bsky.social•3 days ago

Knowing firms like this, it is a sick joke to think that they are too diverse.

rod-learmonth.bsky.social•3 days ago

"...to support the Administration's initiatives” is the thing.

keblevins57.bsky.social•2 days ago

jfc

broccolee.bsky.social•2 days ago

They probably were offered insider stock trading info so when Trump does his tariff yo-yoing - they can pump and dump and make a lot more than the $40 mil in pro bono they are bestowing on that orange tinged convicted rapist tax cheat election interfering felon nazi

claybobo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Participating in the fall of democracy. Now there's something to be really proud of.

drewbamboo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Total mob move

patryan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Blackmail

chetgaines.bsky.social•3 days ago

it's a nazi coup i'm not even exaggerating

kamik7.bsky.social•2 days ago

And it’s not an administration, it’s a regime.

broccolee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Junta

midwestallochthon.bsky.social•2 days ago

can't remember your commentary on the migrant bussing programs or whether you commented, others have also made this link, and forgive me if you're already aware, but another comparisons for "they're segregationists"

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