anybody else old enough to remember Pearl Jam testifying before congress on this? Just me? Ok… -sneaks off-

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    Again? Am I having a Mandela Effect moment or wasn’t this decided decades ago to no meaningful change?

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      There was a settlement brokered by the US, but multiple States’ Attorney’s General (~30) said fuck that and went to trial. Jury ruled it’s a monoply. So now it goes on to the “find out” stage. I don’t think the jury or AGs will be playin’

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        I bet the jury awards ~one trillion dollars~ and then when they appeal the judge reduces it to $25 Kohl’s cash.

        Edit: I did not know markdown could do that but ok

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            You literally just reminded me about my expired kohls cash. What a shitty rewards program.

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          I thought there was something in the constitution about no one buggering a civil jury trial verdict. Am I right? (yes)