Crash Course: Trump's new "spying" Clinton conspiracy theory is a success as cowardly mainstream media confounded

Have you heard of the latest conspiracy theory fueling the bizarre fantasy life of the right? [GOOD MORNING] Trump's new "spying" Clinton conspiracy theory is a success as cowardly mainstream media confounded Have you heard of the latest conspiracy theory fueling the bizarre fantasy life of the right? The liars of the right definitely think they've got a hot one with this "Durham report," an official-sounding document that Republican propagandists will have you believe "proves" Hillary Clinton was spying on Donald Trump. The "report," however, is actually just a court filing made by John Durham, a right-wing lawyer installed in the Department of Justice by Trump and then-attorney general Bill Barr for the obvious purpose of generating conspiracy theories to feed into the right-wing propaganda mill. Fox News has been humping this non-report nonstop. [Trump just used it as an excuse](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9kaWdieTU2L3N0YXR1cy8xNDkyNjU3NjExMDkwNTA5ODI1VwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) to [once again threaten Hillary Clinton's life](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0SKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTYvMDgvMDkvZGlkLXRydW1wLWp1c3QtdGhyZWF0ZW4taGlsbGFyeS1zYXlzLXNlY29uZC1hbWVuZG1lbnQtcGVvcGxlLW91Z2h0LXRvLWluZmx1ZW5jZS1jbGludG9ucy1zY290dXMtbm9taW5lZXMvVwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). And unfortunately, the mainstream media is failing to push back by labeling this conspiracy theory for the bucket of nonsense that it is. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0R7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMTYvbmV3LXNweWluZy1jbGludG9uLWNvbnNwaXJhY3ktdGhlb3J5LWlzLWEtc3VjY2Vzcy1hcy1jb3dhcmRseS1tYWluc3RyZWFtLW1lZGlhLWNvbmZvdW5kZWQvVwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/United States Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut) [Next Up] The Supreme Court lost America's trust with Bush v. Gore. They may gain it back if Trump runs again Back in November of 2000, I recall telling everyone who would listen that there was no way that the Supreme Court would take the case of [Bush vs Gore](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0QqaHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvQnVzaF92Ll9Hb3JlVwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). It was unthinkable that they would want to wade into a partisan argument being waged in the state of Florida over the disputed election result. After all, only 537 separated the two candidates in a state that would decide the electoral count. And the circumstances couldn't have been more partisan: the dispute was happening in a state run by the Republican candidate's brother and two of the justices on the Court had been nominated by that same candidate's father. How could the Supreme Court even think of intervening under these circumstances, particularly since the process in place under Florida law was still going on and there are remedies for a stalemate written into the Constitution? 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Here's the diplomatic solution: Red-state America can join Putin's CSTO](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0RyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMTYvbmF0by1zaG1hdG8taGVyZXMtdGhlLWRpcGxvbWF0aWMtc29sdXRpb24tcmVkLXN0YXRlLWFtZXJpY2EtY2FuLWpvaW4tcHV0aW5zLWNzdG8vVwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). A modest proposal: Chunks of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can join Putin's faux-NATO group. It's a win-win! [Salon P.O.V.] From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism [Ivan Reitman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0SYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTUvMTAvMjcvaXZhbl9yZWl0bWFuX29uX2RpcmVjdGluZ190aGVfb3JpZ2luYWxfZ2hvc3RidXN0ZXJfYW5kX3doeV9mYW5zX3dpbGxfYmVfdmVyeV92ZXJ5X2hhcHB5X3dpdGhfdGhlX2ZlbWFsZV9jZW50cmljX3JlYm9vdC9XA3NwY0IKYgXaOA5iSJzYDVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), who died Sunday at 75, was a baby boomer, but if you grew up watching any of his earliest comedic hits as a producer and director — "National Lampoon's Animal House," "Meatballs," "Stripes" or "Ghostbusters" — you'd be forgiven for assuming he was a generation younger. There wasn't an authority figure he couldn't be cynical about: parents, the United States Army, academia, rich people, hotel managers, and librarians, just to name a small handful. He thumbed his cinematic nose at all of them, becoming the leading cultural voice of Gen X nihilism during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Reitman's parents, Leslie and Clara, were Czechoslovakian Jews. They met in 1938, not long before Hitler invaded the country. Leslie barely avoided a trip to [Auschwitz](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0SjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTUvMTAvMDMvc29fbXVjaF93b3JzZV90aGFuX2F1c2Nod2l0el9wZW9wbGVfbm90X3ZlcnlfZGlmZmVyZW50X2Zyb21fdXNfbXVyZGVyZWRfb3RoZXJfcGVvcGxlX25vdF92ZXJ5X2RpZmZlcmVudF9mcm9tX3VzX2F0X2Nsb3NlX3F1YXJ0ZXJzL1cDc3BjQgpiBdo4DmJInNgNUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) when a non-Jewish friend intervened on his behalf. Later, he joined the Czech underground, fighting the Nazis as a guerilla. Clara wasn't so lucky. Against the odds, though, she survived Auschwitz, reuniting with Leslie after the war to marry and start a family. 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Club](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0RXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXZjbHViLmNvbS9kYXZlLWhvbmUtcGFsZW9udG9sb2dpc3QtanVyYXNzaWMtcGFyay1qdXJhc3NpYy13b3JsZC0xODQ4NTQ3NTYxVwNzcGNCCmIF2jgOYkic2A1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) [Something Awful] Bob Saget’s family files lawsuit to block the release of graphic records related to actor's death A week after [his official cause of death was disclosed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0Q3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDIvMTAvYm9iLXNhZ2V0LWhlYWQtdHJhdW1hL1cDc3BjQgpiBdo4DmJInNgNUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), [Bob Saget](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0Q3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDEvMTEvYm9iLXNhZ2V0LWRhcmstY29tZWR5L1cDc3BjQgpiBdo4DmJInNgNUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)'s family is taking further action to maintain their own privacy and well-being. On Tuesday, Saget's widow, Kelly Rizzo, and his three daughters, Aubrey, Lara, and Jennifer, sued Orange County Sheriff John Mina and the medical examiner's office, asking them to stop the public release of graphic medical records concerning Saget's death. "In the process of these investigations, Defendants created records which include photographs, video recordings, audio recordings, statutorily protected autopsy information, and all other statutorily protected information," the lawsuit outlines, per [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRj8L3YP0RQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS8yMDIyLzAyLzE2L2VudGVydGFpbm1lbnQvYm9iLXNhZ2V0LWZhbWlseS1sYXdzdWl0L2luZGV4Lmh0bWxXA3NwY0IKYgXaOA5iSJzYDVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). "Upon information and belief, some of these Records graphically depict Mr. Saget, his likeness or features, or parts of him, and were made by Defendants during Defendants' investigations." (Andrew Toth/FilmMagic/Getty Images) Our mailing address: 1000 N. 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