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Really, talking as a former worker, none of this (Trump Media deal, delicate DEI rollbacks, and many others.) was ever overtly addressed. For the reason that agency advertises its dedication to socially progressive causes – discovered on a number of firm-wide webpages – I assumed this was a stress that warranted dialog.
— Ryan Powers, who was just lately fired from Davis Polk over his political op-eds, in response to critiques from Vivia Chen of the Ex-Careerist, who wrote in a recent article that “it’s not like Davis Polk has been delicate about its pivot towards Trump.” Chen concluded her piece by asking, “So is Powers heroic, naive or annoying. Properly, who says he can’t be all three?” Powers has since modified his Instagram bio to learn “Heroic, naive and annoying.”

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