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Trump Fires James Comey

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Garlador

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KernelPanic said:
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https://twitter.com/katyturnbc/status/862385363209265152
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Keep kicking the hornet's nest, Trump.
 
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Tovarisc

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jstripes said:
Well duh. If he could get away with what Kim Jong Un does he'd do it in a heartbeat.
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Give it time. He is ramping up somewhat slowly and keep pushing limits of what he is allowed to get away without anything bad happening to him. Year or two from now he can do all kinds of crazy shit and become so normal that already we-dont-give-a-fuck GOP gives even less fucks.
 
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marrec

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Doomsayer said:
So far; everything.
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It's odd how we simultaneously have people who sarcastically say "so tired of winning" and that Trump is catching "so many Ls" and people like you who say he's getting away with everything.

The truth is, he hasn't "gotten away" with much of anything and is constantly being challenged by entrenched politicians. The only things he's done is get Gorsuch on the court and force a widely hated health care bill through the house that is so bad the Senate will not even be looking at it.
 
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marrec said:
It's odd how we simultaneously have people who sarcastically say "so tired of winning" and that Trump is catching "so many Ls" and people like you who say he's getting away with everything.

The truth is, he hasn't "gotten away" with much of anything and is constantly being challenged by entrenched politicians. The only things he's done is get Gorsuch on the court and force a widely hated health care bill through the house that is so bad the Senate will not even be looking at it.
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There has been no accountability for any of the heinous things he's said (while both on campaign and since being elected) nor has there been any accountability on the blatant lies and bullshit he constantly spews.

He is catching L's with his EO's and whatnot, but when it comes to him acting out? Please, he seemingly can't be touched.

TetraGenesis said:
Chilling how much this resonates with me.
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I hate to sound like my username, but it's fucking scary. I think what's even scarier though is the fact that so many people eat this shit up.
 
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marrec

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Doomsayer said:
There has been no accountability for any of the heinous things he's said (while both on campaign and since being elected) nor has there been any accountability on the blatant lies and bullshit he constantly spews.

He is catching L's with his EO's and whatnot, but when it comes to him acting out? Please, he seemingly can't be touched.
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I mean, his EO Muslim Ban is literally being blocked in the courts because of the blatant lies and bullshit that he constantly spewed on the campaign trail.
 
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TheTylerDurden

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jmdajr said:
Go ahead and nominate Christie. Trump is just going to keep seeing what he can get away with.
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In a perfect world of righteous retribution, Christie is given the job.

He then realizes how foolish Trump made him look, how he was treated like a little boy, and how his own reputation and career are ruined.

He uses the opportunity to do the right thing, and Trump ends up impeached. Christie reputation somewhat salvaged.

In a perfect world.
 
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jmdajr

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TheTylerDurden said:
In a perfect world of righteous retribution, Christie is given the job.

He then realizes how foolish Trump made him look, how he was treated like a little boy, and how his own reputation and career are ruined.

He uses the opportunity to do the right thing, and Trump ends up impeached. Christie reputation somewhat salvaged.

In a perfect world.
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KHarvey16

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Doomsayer said:
There has been no accountability for any of the heinous things he's said (while both on campaign and since being elected) nor has there been any accountability on the blatant lies and bullshit he constantly spews.

He is catching L's with his EO's and whatnot, but when it comes to him acting out? Please, he seemingly can't be touched.
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His approval ratings are at historic lows, he can hardly get anything done, his public statements are basically ignored, association to him is costing republican's votes and he's about to (if he makes it) preside over a midterm slaughter. The problem is you define consequences and accountability so narrowly and ignore the actual problems he's making for himself and the republicans.
 
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Doomsayer

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OriginofHysteria said:
Lmao now I'm seeing conservatives on Facebook post how Clinton fired his FBI director, despite the fact that his director was corrupt as shit.
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Wasn't his FBI director under investigation when he fired him?

KHarvey16 said:
His approval ratings are at historic lows, he can hardly get anything done, his public statements are basically ignored, association to him is costing republican's votes and he's about to (if he makes it) preside over a midterm slaughter. The problem is you define consequences and accountability so narrowly and ignore the actual problems he's making for himself and the republicans.
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You are speaking as if a slaughter is a foregone conclusion. It isn't smart to think that way, look where that got us in November.
 
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KernelPanic said:
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https://twitter.com/katyturnbc/status/862385363209265152
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but i thought it was trumpland down there: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/03/fbi-leaks-hillary-clinton-james-comey-donald-trump
Current and former FBI officials, none of whom were willing or cleared to speak on the record, have described a chaotic internal climate that resulted from outrage over director James Comey’s July decision not to recommend an indictment over Clinton’s maintenance of a private email server on which classified information transited.

“The FBI is Trumpland,” said one current agent.

This atmosphere raises major questions about how Comey and the bureau he is slated to run for the next seven years can work with Clinton should she win the White House.

The currently serving FBI agent said Clinton is “the antichrist personified to a large swath of FBI personnel,” and that “the reason why they’re leaking is they’re pro-Trump.”

The agent called the bureau “Trumplandia”, with some colleagues openly discussing voting for a GOP nominee who has garnered unprecedented condemnation from the party’s national security wing and who has pledged to jail Clinton if elected.
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Comey’s decision to tell the public in July that he was effectively dropping the Clinton server issue angered some within the bureau, particularly given the background of tensions with the justice department over the Clinton issue. A significant complication is the appearance of a conflict of interest regarding Loretta Lynch, the attorney general, who met with Bill Clinton this summer ahead of Comey’s announcement, which she acknowledged had “cast a shadow” over the inquiry.

“Many FBI agents were upset at the director, not because he didn’t [recommend to] indict, but they believe he threw the FBI under the bus by taking the heat away from DoJ [Department of Justice],” the former bureau official said.
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Extollere

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OriginofHysteria said:
Lmao now I'm seeing conservatives on Facebook post how Clinton fired his FBI director, despite the fact that his director was corrupt as shit.
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It always comes back to the Clintons.

When Trump starts rolling out his SS and enforcing nation wide curfews, conservatives will somehow find a way to blame the Clintons for it.
 
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Extollere

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They were speculating on NPR earlier that Trump might select a controversial figure to direct the FBI just so they get held up in Senate confirmation, effectively leaving the FBI without a director for however long is convenient for the White House.

It'll be interesting to see what happens next. Trump could appoint a qualified and uncontroversial pick, but at this point I'd be kinda surprised if he did.
 
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sc0la

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TheTylerDurden said:
In a perfect world of righteous retribution, Christie is given the job.

He then realizes how foolish Trump made him look, how he was treated like a little boy, and how his own reputation and career are ruined.

He uses the opportunity to do the right thing, and Trump ends up impeached. Christie reputation somewhat salvaged.

In a perfect world.
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Can notch another Kushner on his belt to, the one that kept him from being VP.
 
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cackhyena

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KHarvey16 said:
His approval ratings are at historic lows, he can hardly get anything done, his public statements are basically ignored, association to him is costing republican's votes and he's about to (if he makes it) preside over a midterm slaughter. The problem is you define consequences and accountability so narrowly and ignore the actual problems he's making for himself and the republicans.
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Midterm slaughter...okay. Because that's how wonderfully everything has gone up to this point. Maybe let's not count our chickens before they're hatched.
 
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KHarvey16

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Doomsayer said:
Wasn't his FBI director under investigation when he fired him?



You are speaking as if a slaughter is a foregone conclusion. It isn't smart to think that way, look where that got us in November.
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cackhyena said:
Midterm slaughter...okay. Because that's how wonderfully everything has gone up to this point. Maybe let's not count our chickens before they're hatched.
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We're already seeing the votes and the effect he's having. But even if we toss that, what about the other 4 things I mentioned?
 
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PepsimanVsJoe

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Extollere said:
They were speculating on NPR earlier that Trump might select a controversial figure to direct the FBI just so they get held up in Senate confirmation, effectively leaving the FBI without a director for however long is convenient for the White House.

It'll be interesting to see what happens next. Trump could appoint a qualified and uncontroversial pick, but at this point I'd be kinda surprised if he did.
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Chris Christie is definitely controversial.

Isn't he still under investigation?
 
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