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[Emerson]

Jesus fucking Christ

I'm feeling sick, honestly.

 

[Plinko]

Jenna Lifhits‏ @jlifhits

Comey was supposed to attend Senate Intel hearing Thursday on World Wide Threats

I can't even.

 

[sc0la]

Are we Watergate now

You know Spiro, we really are the Watergate.

 

[sphagnum]

Are they even using the Huma thing as an excuse?

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

this is horrible, but lol @ Comey's letter resulting in Trump's election being the thing that results in his firing

 

[cartoon_soldier]

I can't wait to see how CNN has Trump supporters arguing how this is a bold, decisive decision by Trump. Instead of reporting facts.

 

[Diablos]

gg democracy

 

[sc0la]

I can't even.

He could still attend as long as the senate asks him to. They got Yates after she was "fired"

 

[wandering]

So, ETA on IC going full rogue nation

 

[aTTckr]

Apparently the administration gives the Hillary email press conference during the campaign as the reason for the firing?

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

also wow @ the rationale letter from Rosenstein.

Is Trump really going to go after Hillary for the e-mails? what the fuck

 

[Vimes]

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/862065871384059904

@danpfeiffer
The Comey Firing is going to be the real test of whether reflexive Republican partisanship has reached the point of no return

 

[Y2Kev]

I don't want gillibrand to run because I can't take more Wall Street stuff from the dirties

 

[Got the Shakes]

Apparently the administration gives the Hillary email press conference during the campaign as the reason for the firing?

Yup. See the DAG letter here:

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400

 

[cartoon_soldier]

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/862065871384059904

It has. Senate Republicans will fully support this.

 

[kadotsu]

I can't wait to see how CNN has Trump supporters arguing how this is a bold, decisive decision by Trump. Instead of reporting facts.

Strong leadership.

He ran on draining the swamp.

A bipartisan gesture to unite the country after this tough fought election.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Yup. See the DAG letter here:

https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/862062047357542400

You gotta be shitting me right now.

 

[Kusagari]

Graham has already supported it. If he's not even offering some token bullshit immediately then nobody is going to say anything about it.

 

[Plinko]

https://twitter.com/danpfeiffer/status/862065871384059904

Uh, the ship sailed on this a LONG time ago.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Graham has already supported it. If he's not even offering some token bullshit immediately then nobody is going to say anything about it.

Exactly.

FBI director will be installed who can shield Trump.

Maybe he will nominate Guilliani.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

Is this the biggest news story of the trump admin so far?

 

[Wanda/Wander]

Hold on

Hold on

The Republican talking points is that Comey was fired for being unfair to Hillary Clinton?!?!?

AHahahahahhaa ahaha

 

[Carpe Libertatem]

interesting speculative piece back in March about Trump possibly firing Comey.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

@JaredRizzi 17m17 minutes ago

Pres. Trump has now fired his first NSA, the Acting AG, and now his FBI Director.

Comey was less than 4 years into a 10-year term.

LOL

 

[Holmes]

Jesus christ.

 

[Grexeno]

That's a bold strategy, Cotton.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Hold on

Hold on

The Republican talking points is that Comey was fired for being unfair to Hillary Clinton?!?!?

AHahahahahhaa ahaha

I swear on everything I hold dear I was going to say this this morning

 

[Plinko]

On one hand, I'm kind of sick about this.

On the other hand, it's a blatant admission of guilt, and I have faith the IC will do this on their own--even by going over the head of the new sycophant.

 

[B-Dubs]

So, who wants to be on when the mother of all leaks is going to hit? 2-1 by Friday, those are good odds.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Nothing is happening.

Trump will install a loyalist.

Senate will go along because 4 years of a Russian compromised President is better than a Democrat.

You're missing the part of the equation where the IC goes on an epic leak spree. The pressure will not let up.

 

[TiredofWinning]

So, who wants to be on when the mother of all leaks is going to hit? 2-1 by Friday, those are good odds.

Yea considering the word is that the FBI was caught completely off guard by this I can imagine some pissed off Comey loyalist leaking some serious shit.

 

[Xando]

Trump is tightening his grip on power and purging potential enemies. This is exactly how Putin started when Russia still was a democracy.

 

[Mizerman]

So, who wants to be on when the mother of all leaks is going to hit? 2-1 by Friday, those are good odds.

Oh yeah, the IC are gonna go crazy.

 

[wandering]

I do find it a little funny how Comey is now a martyr when just a while ago everyone hated him.

Not that I think firing him isn't insane, though

 

[daedalius]

So what happens to the FBI's investigation now that Trump is going to install some loyalist there?

Is everything just falling apart? Republicans on board with this?

 

[Grexeno]

Trump is tightening his grip on power and purging potential enemies. This is exactly how Putin started when Russia still was a democracy.

This seems like the opposite.

 

[Plinko]

Senior officials legitimately have no idea where Comey is.

 

[kadotsu]

No one will leak shit until the democrats have a sliver of power again to enact oversight. The IC knows that Rs in congress will never turn on each other.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Senior officials legitimately have no idea where Comey is.

What?

 

[VendettaRed07]

Senior officials legitimately have no idea where Comey is.

Dude

No

Stop

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Senate Ds again all acting good. We will give fair hearing, we will look at new nominee.

Fucking go ape shit on Trump on this.

 

[Wilsongt]

I hope Comey goes full nuclear.

 

[Plinko]

What?

MSNBC is reporting nobody knows where Comey is at this time.

Also:

Asawin Suebsaeng‏Verified account @swin24

CNN Justice Correspondent on-air now saying his phone currently blowing up with texts from FBI sources asking him if the Comey news is true

 

[Xando]

This seems like the opposite.

He and the GOP are gonna install a puppet and the russia investigation will be never ending until people have other problems.

This is the problem if you don't have independent investigations.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Trump is tightening his grip on power and purging potential enemies. This is exactly how Putin started when Russia still was a democracy.

He skipped a critical step where you typically butter up and make nice with key figures and then purge everyone else before moving on the power players. Dude has no friends.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I hope Comey goes full nuclear.

Or maybe his little birds at the FBI will.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

MSNBC is reporting nobody knows where Comey is at this time.

Also:

MSNBC has Greta defending Trump's decision.

 

[studyguy]

So the only fear that has somewhat taken root in me is the fact that Ted Cruz hesitated on making a statement while the more moderate Lindsey Graham came out in approval of the firing.

All that indicates to me is that the senate GOP are okay with rubberstamping whoever Trump decides to push across their desks. Moreover it tacitly confirms the fact that they would have been okay with jailing political dissenters as that letter to Comey basically marked Clinton to be.

I wonder what happens to investigations in limbo and shudder to think that the GOP in office could just let this slide without any regard for optics. This is nuts.

 

[Plinko]

"Spoke with Sr. Officials and they do not know where the FBI Director is but he is not in his office today."

That's from MSNBC--nobody knows where Comey is. Not like a conspiracy thing--they just don't know where he's at.

Senior officials had zero idea this was happening.

 

[sphagnum]

Comey better flee to Canada and give Trudeau the secrets