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    The Irony of the Google Antitrust Suit

    Donald Trump and Bill Barr are biting the hand that fed them.
    by Franklin Foer Oct 21, 2020 3 minutes
    Source: Drew Angerer / Getty

    Attorney General Bill Barr’s rush to file an antitrust suit against Google two weeks before the end of an election seems suspicious. At the very least, the suit reflects President Donald Trump’s stated desire to punish imagined enemies in tech companies for their imagined biases against the right.

    If the case is cynical, however, it also marks a magnificent turning point in American political economy. Whatever corrupt thoughts tinge the suit, they do nothing to vitiate this fact: The antitrust suit, which alleges that Google has abused its

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