BREAKING: Trump Fires Comey

[ApatheticAustrian]

The plot thickens

i don't need any conspiracy for this.

Trump is annoyed that this thing won't go away and decided - without listening to his more serious aides - something has to be done right now and no one likes that jerk anyway.

this thing is more about political inexperience and emotional incabability than anything else.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Putin tells CBS News "we have nothing to do with" firing of Comey, says Trump is" acting accordance with his law"
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/862338641791680512

[ApatheticAustrian]

I'm definitely assured now.

https://twitter.com/paleofuture/status/862330774644637696

[ApatheticAustrian]

Rand Paul is a no on special prosecutor. Tells CNN: "I think a lot of the uproar is concocted," "still sour grapes over the election"
https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/862358806453518339

[ApatheticAustrian]

2018 is unlikely to change a lot re the highest playing league.

House switch would need something like Generic Dem + 10 or more and Senate is out of reality.

Just beginning to lick wounds and heal on local level....and ofc makint governing a little bit harder for Mister Ryan. Less House Republicans = making FC more important.

[ApatheticAustrian]

WAVE ALERT from Quinnipiac: Trump approval 36/58. Most important: D+16 (!!!) on generic ballot

Other huge Q'pac finding: Trump now BARELY above-water with working-class whites (his base), 47-46. Ditto white men.

https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/862368209693007873

[ApatheticAustrian]

atm the democrats seem to be the party more connected to the values of liberal democracy, even while the rebuke of the technocratic left last november has blurred the lines a little bit but the republicans are going so far over the cliff since the election, that there isn't much of a choice for moderates in a 2-party-state.

democrats have a built-in advantage with moderates atm as long as the republicans aren't cooling off a little bit again....even while the EC is decreasing the need for adaption, since the majority isn't able to speak as clearly as she could otherwise electorally.

[ApatheticAustrian]

what the...i don't even....

[ApatheticAustrian]

Fake News.

wapo, WSJ, NBC etc are agreeing on this matter, even while i guess, you are looking for the gateway pundit confirmation.

[ApatheticAustrian]

priebus and bannon advised trump against sacking comey now, cause of optics.



https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/how-trump-decided-to-fire-james-comey.html

[ApatheticAustrian]

Fox & Friends: James Comey a Big Story ‘If You Watch The Mainstream Media’
http://www.mediaite.com/online/fox-friends-james-comey-a-big-story-if-you-watch-the-mainstream-media/


For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left’s Uproar Over Comey
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/for-trump-supporters-the-real-outrage-is-the-lefts-uproar-over-comey.html

[ApatheticAustrian]

Mike Lee: Instead of a special prosecutor, @realDonaldTrump should nominate Merrick Garland to replace James Comey.
https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/862660636903387136

[ApatheticAustrian]

, he should be given his own show if Hannity leaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Buzz

kurtz was decent before joining fox.

he is still okayish but never ever really agrees that any republican attack on the media or any media criticism could be too harsh or just plain wrong.

using fine skills only to spin it is horrible.

and the nixon comparison just shows how seldom the president sacks a critical "employee", while being center of an investigation.

the sacking COULD be the real crime - i don't think it's acceptable for an US president to fire someone cause he wouldn't clear your name if you commanded him to.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Yepp. Trump was not born 'teflon'. Media made him that way. He is though (very?) good at exploiting that (their bias). Credit where it's due.

you are correct but different then you may assume.

year-long fox news + conservative alt-media nurturing of mainstream-media-hate and ofc trump's own show have done the trick, refined through psychopath jeff zucker's decision to give him endless amounts of free air-time, without any commentary or comparable spotlight for different candidates.

the, most of the time spot-on, critical pieces about trump didn't help or harm him at all, filter bubbles and desperation are doing the trick alone.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe tells Senate panel he will not update the White House on the Russia investigation.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/862690450628542468

[ApatheticAustrian]

trump isn't allowed to ask comey if he is under investigation, eh?

[ApatheticAustrian]

trump is atm contradicting all scenarios of his own government, going rogue.


in other news:


Trump Reportedly Considering Mike Rogers, Author of Scorned Benghazi Report, for FBI Director
http://www.weeklystandard.com/trump-reportedly-considering-mike-rogers-author-of-scorned-benghazi-report-for-fbi-director/article/2008001?custom_click=rss?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=TWSAutoTweet

and


Developing: FBI confirms agents are executing a search warrant at the office of GOP Fundraiser/Consulting firm in Annapolis

[ApatheticAustrian]

Sanders btw stated that the administration narrative is....consistent.

[ApatheticAustrian]

Sanders says Comey a "showboat" b/c he appeared--WHEN ASKED--at Congressional hearings.
https://twitter.com/EricBoehlert/status/862734393567326210

[ApatheticAustrian]

The Democrats would not impeach Trump and it would be suicidal to talk about it. Even talking about it would result in a civil war in the party that causes a number of us to switch to the GOP.

like it killed the GOP in 2000, total train-wreck.

[ApatheticAustrian]

"We want this to come to its conclusion, we want it to come to its conclusion with integrity," said deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders, referring to the FBI's probe into Moscow's interference in last year's election. "And we think that we've actually, by removing Director Comey, taken steps to make that happen."
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/comey-fbi-investigation-russia-sarah-huckabee-sanders/


some people are just not made for certain jobs.

[ApatheticAustrian]

https://twitter.com/SecretsBedard/status/862771946798428160

[ApatheticAustrian]

Sooo ..

Trump himself stated comey wasn't loyal and since Russia is not real, it was okay.

We know - from anonymous Comey - that Trump wanted a loyalty pledge in week 1.

Huckabee-Sanders stated they had hoped this would make the Russia thing go away faster.

And Kellyanne said, a FBI director....SHOULD BE LOYAL TO THE COUNTRY!

What more do we effing need? they are spelling it out/ spilling everything.

[ApatheticAustrian]

once again i am impressed how much more reasonable english pete sounds compared to the actual WH releases.

[ApatheticAustrian]

NEW REPORTING: Comey is 'not worried about any tapes'
https://twitter.com/vplus/status/863075666144763905