Real quick for folks who asked "What's this memo thing the wingnuts are prattling on about?"
Short answer: It's a dumb-as-dirt smokescreen.
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Short answer: It's a dumb-as-dirt smokescreen.
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After allegedly "recusing himself" from the House's Trump-Russia investigation, Devin Nunes conducted a back-channel disinformation campaign aimed at giving Trump air cover.
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The output from that effort is apparently "The Memo" which alleges that all of the usual enemies somehow abused the surveillance powers known as FISA to eavesdrop on Trump, et al.
Bullsh**.
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Bullsh**.
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This is every bit as dumb as Devin Nunes himself...
...but when you've got nuthin' and you're staring down the barrel of federal indictments, whatcha gonna do?
Naturally, the wingnuts are going full Pizzagate - and naturally, Russian bots are helping.
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...but when you've got nuthin' and you're staring down the barrel of federal indictments, whatcha gonna do?
Naturally, the wingnuts are going full Pizzagate - and naturally, Russian bots are helping.
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There is no there there. If this were a real story, the people feigning outrage wouldn't be racist jerkoffs like Steve King and Sean Hannity.
If there was even a remotely defensible talking point here, Paul Ryan would be on it.
This is crap. Ignore.
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If there was even a remotely defensible talking point here, Paul Ryan would be on it.
This is crap. Ignore.
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