They manufacture a significant portion of the transport hardware that makes up the backbone of the internet. They also just acquired Infinera who had another sizable chunk of that market.

Obvious lies only work on idiots. All you need is a quick glance to know he’s not a paragon of masculinity.

There is nothing manly about that sad sack of bones and lard.

I guess, but that’s not why this is news, is it?

Theoretically. I doubt he would. Still, even in that case he has to make a significant time investment. I could reasonably be called an expert in my chosen field but I’d still be justifiably angry with you if you intentionally made me use the skills I’ve learned in my field under threat of financial or other legal repercussions.

Too much work. Let’s just make em a foot shorter and call it a day.

Sure, but you shouldn’t have to. Your response makes it sound like the person who appears to be getting money stolen from them is acting unreasonably when they are most certainly not the party acting that way.

I don’t think anyone can do anything without fear of prosecution anymore. That’s a big part of this administrations strategy. Merit of a lawsuit has no bearing on the situation if it costs you hundreds of thousands of dollars to prove your innocence.

In a similar vein, I once cut off my nose and my eyelids because I knew that my ex wife would get very uncomfortable anytime she looked at my disfigured face. It’s more painful for me than it is her but I’m a petty idiot who doesn’t understand consequences so I still think it was worth it.

Just replace your "if"s with "when"s and you’ve got a solid prediction of the future

Go back in time and release the list during the 4 years that Biden was in charge of the DOJ. They had their chance to be open about this case and they did functionally the same shit Trump is doing here.

I understand your point but guns are a great equalizer for anyone who isn’t a young, strong male. Gun vs gun is more equal than fist vs fist or whatever else would be happening instead.

Is that why we’re gutting science funding and actively encouraging all our scientists and engineers to flee the country?

They can pay taxes too

Liberals are what passes for the left here, yes.

but he’s gonna find the left isn’t quite as stupid as he thinks.

I wish I shared your optimism. Nothing in my experience of life tells me that betting on the left, especially their elected representatives, to not do something stupid is a good plan.

We’re still accelerating towards the cliff. Mitigation starts with taking our collective foot off the gas, both literally and metaphorically, but that is so far out of the realm of possibility that we might as well be talking about actual magic.

Keep hiding then. I’m sure that will work out great

Russia can’t even fully exploit their neighbor. What the fuck are they going to do to the whole world?

You’re not wrong but everyone seems to think that’s someone else’s job. We’re not going to see actual change until people like you and I start fixing pipes ourselves.