Every word in the Sacramento bee article was true:
"…scolding the lawmaker for attacking local journalism and labeling the suit an “unproductive distraction” and “a misuse of the judicial system.”
OK, that does it. Now Nunes is going to have to refile that suit 30 foot higher, and build it using reinforced rebar and hardened concrete!Please, TPM, tell us who are Nunes’ attorneys on this suit and can we have a backgrounder on them? (And, as an adder, who’s paying them?)
Is this the new GOP tort reform?
Devin Nunes is an unproductive distraction and misuse of the human race.
these geniuses:
https://gizmodo.com/devin-nunes-lawyers-falsely-claim-reporter-bolded-cocai-1833901776
Interesting article yesterday showing that the main complaint that his lawyers are raising comes from a misunderstanding of Twitter. They used a couple of search words for Twitter and when they came up highlighted, claimed that McClatchy was being rude by highlighting those words.
Here you go, Steven Biss, with quite the history: Discussion: Nunes Strikes Again: Congressman Files Suit Against McClatchy For $150 Million - #37 by av8r
I highly recommend Wonkette’s dramatic reading of this suit.
That is funny. Shows that this team its the old-school meaning of hacks.
The publisher of the hometown newspaper that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is suing for $150 million released a scathing statement on Tuesday, scolding the lawmaker for attacking local journalism and labeling the suit an “unproductive distraction” and “a misuse of the judicial system.”
An excellent description of the SOP for the entire GOP.
That’s funny. At it’s conclusion:
Mean tweets to his office using the hashtag #YachtCocaineProstitutes have not been returned.
Meanwhile that hashtag was apparently trending on twitter most of the day.
The publishing company added: “Logically, California is a more appropriate location to try this case since Mr. Nunes represents a constituency in California, McClatchy is based in California – for 162 years – and The Fresno Bee is the Representative’s hometown newsroom. We find it ironic that, rather than sue in his home district, he chose Charlottesville as the location for his suit, a town associated with Thomas Jefferson, a founding father who was a strong advocate of the First Amendment.”
I’m gonna guess this means that Virginia’s anti-SLAPP law is substantially weaker than California’s.
Yes. California’s is the strongest in the country, and includes provisions for dismissal even before discovery but still with the plaintiff having to pay defendant’s attorney costs. Total forum-shopping happening here.
Go McClatchy! One of the nation’s few holdouts of corporations with journalistic cred!
What did Devin’s Cow have to say about it?
the article in question — about investors in a winery that Nunes co-owns doing cocaine and hiring sex workers during company charity event
Well, Devin apparently needed to find something new to do with his time now that Trump has no use for him and his party boat is shut down.
She was apparently in no mooode to comment.
That’s the point. Isn’t it?