Did I call it or what? The media’s single-minded focus on ginning up 1001 Ways To Make The Trump Administration Look Bad, just took another lap around the moon. This breathless headline and story from the Associated Press showed up today:

AP Exclusive: DHS weighed Nat Guard for immigration roundups

And right on cue the ZOMG!! Freakout began. Every media outlet ran with the story and social media went bonkers.

For those who are still asking "Can it happen here?" I respectfully submit the tweet below… https://t.co/0AKbwmPgQq

— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) February 17, 2017

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/832618211745095680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

.@AP report isn't a bizarre tweet—it's an assault on innocent people & we must stand against #MassDeportation plans https://t.co/eCUo2BdZ80 pic.twitter.com/dWMmiV2YEy

— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) February 17, 2017

I myself caught a glimpse of it and decided to take a closer look. Seven paragraphs into the “story” I saw this:

A DHS official described the document as a very early draft that was not seriously considered and never brought to the secretary for approval.

A draft folks. A DRAFT. But that didn’t bother reporter Garance Burke nor the Associated Press editors one bit! Never mind that it was a draft idea that never even made it off the starting block.