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Say don't shut us down. facebook and twitter have taken stances against the kind of white nationalism that might be present at this summit. imagine if you're a meme maker and a trump fan and you see that the people you look up to on facebook and twitter were just invited to the white house. what are you going to do? you're going to try harder to get the president's attention by writing things and posting memes that are favorable toward him. this is a little bit like american idol for trump meme masters, right? america's got trump memes or something. that really, i think, is the second level pu...

Invited to attend. ali alexander. bill mitchell, online radio host. he boosted the conspiracy theory we've talked about. tim pool, pushed the false conspiracy theory that the former dnc staffer leaked those e-mails to wikileaks. is he legitimizing fringe whackoes deliberately? >> of course he is. he's not just legitimizing them, he's delegitimizing mainstream news outlets. so i think it's important to see this as part of a broader strategy of painting his critics as being inherently false and painting his activists has being put upon. they're the people we should be looking out for. they're th...