BREAKING: Trump Fires Comey

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The investigation isn't over and isn't going to be over anytime soon..........

[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.

[EnglishPete]

if there is no fire: investigation would have concluded peacefully without any damage at all.

Kind of like saying "If he's not a witch the witch hunt would have concluded peacefully without any damage at all."

[The_Doctor]

The investigation isn't over and isn't going to be over anytime soon..........

A question. Do you think there's anything worth investigating, Grumps? And why do you oppose a special independent prosecutor?

I know you said in January you didn't think there was anything with Russia.

[Wiz in Wis]

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I, for one, am shocked by this new information

[Comrade Funk]

What has Alex Jones said? I'm sure we have a few blue avatars who listen frequently. C'mon, what we got? Has the president video called the 9/11 and Sandy Hook truther again to talk about his draining of the swamp yet?

[Gass3268]

comey wanted to INCREASE the russia investigation a few days ago.



https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/862331936819302400

This has since been confirmed by the Washington Post and NBC (Pete Williams).

[The_Doctor]

comey wanted to INCREASE the russia investigation a few days ago.



https://twitter.com/davidjoachim/status/862331936819302400

This has since been confirmed by the Washington Post and NBC (Pete Williams).

This story is not getting better for him…

[Classic Conservative]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

[Gass3268]

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[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

[publicunofficial]

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

I'm definitely assured now.

[ApatheticAustrian]

I'm definitely assured now.

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

[Gass3268]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Wall Street Journal Too

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Really?! We say we are the greatest country in the world, a beacon of freedom, according to the republicans atleast. Yet they haven't removed this dictator? Absolutely unbelievable!

[Nyvin]

If Trump had fired Comey on the first day, as some suggest,  it still would have Russia implications, possibly more.

timing AND explanation.

why was is soooo necessary to fire comey RIGHT NOW even before the administration even has had time to create a believable narrative?

If they waited until yesterday because it was only on Monday that we has Clapper's testimony under oath that there was no evidence against Trump then why would they wait a day longer? If he's the wrong man for the job then why fire him any later than necessary?

If this was a planned event from the beginning of the administration you'd think they'd have a replacement lined up, rather than just an impromptu firing that we saw yesterday.

[Brittain33]

Comey asks Sessions for resources to expand his investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. A few days later he is canned despite FBI Directors' generally serving a full 10-year term.

This is exactly like Trump asking the Ambassador to Fiji to resign after the Inauguration so he can put in someone who raised money for his campaign, amirite?

[EnglishPete]

Now with that dispelled: in this parallel it wasn't Bob from Florida. It was the FBI director, Scotland Yard and a few other places. They've all expressed concern.

Cant really concieve of a parallel, so Russia's Twitter activity and Roger Stone's contacts with Wikileaks (linked to Fancy Bear) suggest that there should be an investigation. For example Roger Stone knew about the Podesta emails before they came out.

Don't you think that's circumstantial enough?

Lets go through these points that you raise, since I didn't round to answering these yesterday and these seem to lie at the heart of the accusations.

The reason why the concerns raised by the FBI and Scotland Yard were based on the 'dodgy dossier'. The fact that such a major investigation was launched based of such an obvious and transparent concoction of disinformation tells you everything about how well founded or not those 'concerns' were.

Roger Stone had a DM twitter conversation with someone's public twitter account. That conversation, which has since been published showed no sign of any 'secret plotting' or anything illegal, just someone asking questions.

Roger Stone has communicated with Julian Assange. Again lots of people are interested in asking Assange questions and everyone knows exactly where he lives. Again no evidence of foul play.

"Fancy Bear". There is no evidence that 'fancy bear' even exists beyond the highly questionable analysis of the very dubious Crowdsrike company. This was the company given exclusive access to the DNC servers, not shared with the FBI or anyone else, and who ended up telling the DNC exactly what they wanted to hear. The highly suspect nature of Crowdstrike has been discussed at length elsewhere.

That's it? That's the circumstantial evidence? I'd say that there's rather more evidence there of a cooked up witch hunt than there is of any 'Russian collusion'

[MasterJedi]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Lamepublicans trying to deflect hard, not working.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Lamepublicans trying to deflect hard, not working.

Weren't you a blue avatar most of your Atlasian life?

[Matty]

When can we expect the announcement as to who trump will nominate?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

When can we expect the announcement as to who trump will nominate?

Most Administrations have a short list for big ticket jobs in case a replacement is needed.  Not long.

[MasterJedi]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Lamepublicans trying to deflect hard, not working.

Weren't you a blue avatar most of your Atlasian life?

Yes, would still consider myself a moderate conservative. No longer a Republican. Tea party/alt right/most hard core Republicans are trash, no critical thinking, no compromise, sick of it.

[Matty]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Lamepublicans trying to deflect hard, not working.

Weren't you a blue avatar most of your Atlasian life?

Yes, would still consider myself a moderate conservative. No longer a Republican. Tea party/alt right/most hard core Republicans are trash, no critical thinking, no compromise, sick of it.

This explains why you dislike trump and the current GOP, but it doesn't explain why you have become more friendly to a democratic party that is itself much more leftwing than when you were still a republican.

Perhaps at the same time the populist GOP has arisen, you are undergoing some personal philosophy changes yourself?

[MasterJedi]

FAKE NEWS, the lamestream media is now making up stuff to bring down our President. LOCK THEM UP!

Lamepublicans trying to deflect hard, not working.

Weren't you a blue avatar most of your Atlasian life?

Yes, would still consider myself a moderate conservative. No longer a Republican. Tea party/alt right/most hard core Republicans are trash, no critical thinking, no compromise, sick of it.

This explains why you dislike trump and the current GOP, but it doesn't explain why you have become more friendly to a democratic party that is itself much more leftwing than when you were still a republican.

Perhaps at the same time the populist GOP has arisen, you are undergoing some personal philosophy changes yourself?

Main part is the Republican party needs a massive purge, and there's only one other party right now that would make that happen. I've always believed in climate change, protecting the environment, funding our schools, regulations now strongly support public transit. It's more the GOP has moved way far to the right, doesn't believe in education, critical thinking, it's using a bunch of uneducated populists in rural areas while destroying their livelihoods and brainwashed them into believing what they believe now will actually help them.