Part IV: Never Tweet

Devin Nunes, Steven Biss, and the Laptop of MAGA Secrets

Editor’s note: This investigation was originally published in April, when Telos News launched and before most of you had subscribed. I’ve taken it down and restructured it as a miniseries for subscribers to binge on through the holidays. As you’ll see, the themes are related to what you’ve been reading in the Bamboo Series, and together the two series will help you understand the birth of this Substack—and where it’s headed in 2026. In this email is Part IV. The final installment of the Bamboo Series will land after this interlude and before the end of the year. Enjoy! — Ryan

IV. Never Tweet

Extremely (not) online: Steven M. Colloton, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, came up with a novel definition of what it means to republish an article.

Our case was being set up by the right as a vehicle to overthrow the most important First Amendment free press case in American constitutional history.

A rational person might have withdrawn the lawsuit at that point. This was clearly going to end in embarrassment for the dairy. But the case suddenly got new life.