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Automated Summary (Subject To Error)

• President Trump has launched an organized "retribution campaign" against elite American institutions since November 2024, with most targets quickly capitulating

• Major law firms made deals with Trump:

  • Paul, Weiss pledged $40M in pro bono services to Trump-supported causes
  • Skadden Arps promised $100M in free legal work before Trump took action
  • Some firms (Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block) chose to fight in court

• Media organizations have settled or adjusted:

  • ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit for $15M toward Trump's presidential library
  • CBS News appears poised to settle for millions
  • Washington Post and LA Times adjusted editorial content to please the White House

• Universities have complied with demands:

  • Columbia University agreed to nine policy changes to unfreeze $400M in federal funding
  • Many hired Republican lobbyists to maintain good relations with the administration

• Key reasons for compliance include:

  • Financial self-preservation and desire to return to business as usual
  • Extensive financial entanglements between private institutions and federal government
  • Wealthy institutions paradoxically more vulnerable due to multiple pressure points
  • Limited collective resistance as "everybody's looking out for number one"
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[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

The AI summary is excellent, but probably limited its bullet points to what was directly discussed in the article. There are a couple of other points that should be added to the list.

  • Harvard and Yale have also made policy changes and removed employees in capitulation to Trump in an effort to avoid being targeted similar to what happened to Columbia.

  • Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski made a trip to Mar-A-Lago to apologize to Trump for past news coverage and promised to cover him more favorably in hopes to avoid Trump's retribution.