You also forget that the point is to signal to the base/allies that you are fighting. The fact that the lawsuit didn't immediately get tossed out is a signal that your claims might have merit (even though thats not really how it works)
The Atlantic is (co-?)owned by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Collective
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic#Ownership_and_edi...
I would guess they have some resources too.
> The fact that the lawsuit didn't immediately get tossed out is a signal that your claims might have merit (even though thats not really how it works)
The Atlantic may have not filed a motion to dismiss so they could go to discovery to dig up more info on how the FBI is being run.
They will be silent months later when the lawsuit is quietly dropped. The only thing the readers will remember is how the evil liberals got what was coming to them. These are the people who still think the Muller report "totally exonerated" the Trump administration.
After The Atlantic published their story on the military group chats and were attacked by the Administration their subscription numbers purportedly went up:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government_group...
"There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." — Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
The FBI Director Is MIA - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47813001 (18 days ago)
F.B.I. Director Sues The Atlantic Over Article Claiming Excessive Drinking - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/us/politics/kash-patel-at... (15 days ago)
FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037332 (8 hours ago)
themafia•59m ago
You work at a place that can polygraph you for loyalty? And you're defending anything about this?
tclancy•38m ago
B. Of course _you_ would say that.