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I have no proof, but this just figures. It's entirely plausible that google gave some heavy-duty major dark money campaign donations and have used the return on their investment to avoid being broken up. Maybe I'm just cynical and the corporations and ultra-wealthy wouldn't really do anything like that all the time. They are ultra-greedy, though.


You should probably learn how courts work so you can construct hypotheses that are consistent with observations. In this case, that the outcome was due to the ruling of a "liberal" judge, and not because the government withdrew its case.


> Sergey Brin ($154 billion), the co-founder of Alphabet and seventh-richest man in the world, joined Musk, Bezos and others in being seated behind Trump during the swearing-in.

You aren't cynical. Big tech absolutely bent the knee and are now wearing red kneepads.


Correct. Trump has a lot of influence over liberal, Clinton appointed, judges.




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