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Language games
"Nothingburger" is an American equivalent of "ачотакова" in Russian. The increased use of the term by both spinners and true believers indicates that we are getting beyond the "ихтамнет" stage in the Sprachspiel of reality distortion.
F: вата -> трамповата
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Stage 1 is to deny the existence of the object "an unacceptable action" (aka ихтамнет). Stage 2 is to deny the existence of the "violates" arrow (ака ачотакова). Stage 3 will be to deny the existence of the "Social Norms" object (неттакихзаконов). And further, all the way to denying the existence and mapping to Ω. (ака мыникогданеузнаемчтобылонасамомделе).
upd 2. A good quote from National Review
F: вата -> трамповата
upd.

Stage 1 is to deny the existence of the object "an unacceptable action" (aka ихтамнет). Stage 2 is to deny the existence of the "violates" arrow (ака ачотакова). Stage 3 will be to deny the existence of the "Social Norms" object (неттакихзаконов). And further, all the way to denying the existence and mapping to Ω. (ака мыникогданеузнаемчтобылонасамомделе).
upd 2. A good quote from National Review
...I marvel at the ability of some people to defend the White House every single day on this story. If there is one thing we’ve learned from this president, it’s that going too far out on a limb brings out the saw. Poor Steve Mnuchin. He went out on Sunday and heaped praise on this joint US-Russia Cyber Fox Force Five idea that the president blurted out on Twitter. Within a few hours, Trump left Mnuchin out to dry. It happens again and again.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449366/donald-trump-jr-russia-why-not-just-wait-and-see