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Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,
Quote
of
the
Day.
Actually,
speaking
as
a
former
employee,
none
of
this
(Trump
Media
deal,
subtle
DEI
rollbacks,
etc.)
was
ever
openly
addressed.
Since
the
firm
advertises
its
commitment
to
socially
progressive
causes
–
found
on
multiple
firm-wide
webpages
–
I
thought
this
was
a
tension
that
warranted
conversation.
—
Ryan
Powers,
who
was
recently
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
subtle
about
its
pivot
toward
Trump.”
Chen
concluded
her
piece
by
asking,
“So
is
Powers
heroic,
naive
or
annoying.
Well,
who
says
he
can’t
be
all
three?”
Powers
has
since
changed
his
Instagram
bio
to
read
“Heroic,
naive
and
annoying.”
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Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
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