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1. Devin Nunes' lawsuit is the perfect encapsulation of how fucked up things are in the USA right now.

Nunes is literally suing a fictional cow.

His lawyer also represents a guy who believes NASA is operating a child slave camp on Mars.

And yet...

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2. ...Nunes lawsuit is getting treated VERY seriously.

It's was promoted three times in less than 24-hours by THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

A "reporter" from the Daily Caller asked Trump about it in the Rose Garden

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3. Coverage in mainstream pubs is more skeptical, noting the case is unlikely to succeed.

But the coverage does not flatly state that the case is A COMPLETE JOKE

The core claim, that conservatives are being censored on social media IS TOTALLY MADE UP

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4. The entire process is designed to exploit conventions in journalism. A Rose Garden press conference merits coverage. This convention didn't anticipate the president calling on right-wing operatives asking Qs about an unfathomably absurd lawsuit popular.info/p/suing-fictio…
5. The unhinged right is not a new phenomena. I've been following it for years. Alex Jones has been around. But I never thought it would be openly embraced by the White House

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