Devin Nunes, Republican congressman from California and Trump lapdog, is suing Twitter for a deeply hilarious reason.
The thrust of the Nunes’ lawsuit is that two parody accounts — @DevinNunesMom and @DevinCow — defamed Nunes with the assistance of the third defendant, strategist Liz Mair. Twitter is also named in the suit for just letting it happen. It also mentions “shadow banning,” a false claim frequently made by conservatives on Twitter that the platform suppresses their tweets.
The entire filing is about 40 pages and can be read here, but below is a selection of the parts that made us el oh el the most. Read more…
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