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  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Friday: GoDaddy CEO donates $1,000,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund

    Monday: Trump takes office

    Tuesday: Senate confirms new FTC chair

    Wednesday: FTC announces a settlement with GoDaddy where the FTC will withdraw the case and GoDaddy agrees to a $125,000 penalty paid over the next five years

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      47 minutes ago

      $125k over five years is stupid. That’s $25k a year for five years.

      GoDaddy made 4.481B last year.

      For math nerds, that’s 179,240 times the penalty.

      • ShepherdPie
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        23 hours ago

        More likely the US government will pay them $125k for their trouble in this “political witchhunt.”

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          16 hours ago

          Tangent to the original discussion, but Trump is currently suing the Justice Department for raiding Mar-a-lago (back when we actually had hope that this man would be held to account for his crimes). When he takes office, he could ostensibly direct the Justice Department to settle the case and pay him a settlement.

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      I guess they’re all paying Trump to make sure a Lina Khan will never get there …