Most useful political concept I've seen in a while: the nonsense feedback loop. I think most of us are at risk of falling into some version of that. But the citizenry of Wingnuttia has (no surprise) taken it to absurd extremes in the last week or so.

What's frustrating/annoying about the whole thing is the seeming inability of anyone in the press other than the Daily Show to state clearly that these people are lying. I mean, yes, yes, I know that truth can be subjective and hard to pin down sometimes. There can be times of honest disagreement. Clearly that's not what's happening here. People are flatout lying and stating that is not an opinion or a bias. It's just a goddamn fact.

Also.

(tip o' the hat to Ms. Pants from whom I stole the title)