Opening Arguments

OA657: Devin Nunes Defamation Suit Against Rachel Maddow Survives Motion to Dismiss. HOW!?

Everyone's favorite 1st Amendment understander Devin Nunes has sued cow after twitter cow and it obviously has all gone nowhere. BUT, his defamation lawsuit against Rachel Maddow has survived a motion to dismiss... So... HOW?!?! Is this a big deal? What happened? Did Maddow f up? Andrew T's got the full breakdown!   Links: <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23321094/nunes.pdf">Nunes complaint</a>, <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/unlike-the-congressman-devin-nunes-cow-account-wont-quit.html"> Devin Nunes’ Cow Account Won’t Quit</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrii_Derkach">Andrii Derkach Wikipedia</a>

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