![]() ![]() As Harder told the Hollywood Reporter, he is taking cases from “higher profile clients” and “doing it at a higher frequency.” Harder’s reach has extended well beyond the network of sites formerly known as Gawker Media (following the purchase of the company’s assets out of bankruptcy by Univision, it is now known as Gizmodo Media Group). Daulerio, and closing the company’s flagship web site, has made him a go-to litigator for powerful people who don’t like critical coverage. Harder, has echoed his patron’s sentiment, telling the Hollywood Reporter last month that “I believe very strongly in a free press.” Yet Harder’s success in bankrupting Gawker Media and its founder Nick Denton, hounding former Gawker editor A.J. Thiel’s legal proxy, the Beverly Hills entertainment attorney Charles J. “It’s precisely because I respect journalists that I do not believe they are endangered by fighting back against Gawker,” he told the New York Times. Hair matters.Silicon Valley billionaire and Donald Trump delegate Peter Thiel has defended his legal attack against Gawker Media by claiming the company “routinely published thinly sourced, nasty articles that attacked and mocked people.” At the same time, he has insisted that reporters should not be alarmed by his role in destroying an independent media outlet. While starring in "The Apprentice," the president took $70,000 in legally questionable hair care-related tax deductions. Trump is also famously vain - he reportedly had the White House replace its energy-saving bulbs with incandescent lights because he thought his hair looked better under it. Trump has never been known as a patient guy, so perhaps it's no surprise that in the midst of a contentious post-election legal battle and flailing pandemic response, and facing a series of post-presidency lawsuits, hair care has fallen off his to-do list. According to Wolff's book, the particular shade of orange Trump sports is dependent on how long he can stand to keep the dye on his head - which is why his hair sometimes fluctuated between flesh-toned and forest fire. The creamsicle-shaded hair is as synonymous with Trump as "Build the Wall" and "You're fired" and "Sad!" And while other presidents, like Obama and Clinton, also went gray at the end of their terms, this change seems more sudden and specific. In 2018, author Michael Wolff claimed Trump's pate was a combination of a draconian skin stretching procedure called a "scalp rotation" and over the counter hair dye (Just for Men, if you're wondering). In 2016, Gawker published a 3,500 word exposé on its machinations, claiming that a hair clinic housed in Trump Tower was responsible for his locks. ![]() His hair itself is something of an engineering feat and its staying power (and frankly, attachment to his head) has been a longtime mystery. ![]() Trump, at 74, has managed to hold on to his hair color - and his hair - much longer than most men his age. ![]() It's a physical demarcation between Old You and New You. Changing your haircut or color is a way of taking back ownership over yourself and your feelings. As anyone who's gone through an embarrassing, heart-wrenching breakup will tell you, it is not unlike losing the presidency (probably). ![]()
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