BREAKING: Trump Fires Comey

[Deblano]

I'm very glad I had finals today and missed out on this thread.

I wish I had finals already.

I'm burned out and just want to get them over with

[Technocracy Timmy]

I can't read 17 pages.

Could somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis of this clusterf**k?

[Mike Thick]

I can't read 17 pages.

Could somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis of this clusterf**k?

Trump fired Comey, but all intelligent discussion on the topic was tragically consumed in a massive tire fire.

[tallguy23]

What this thread has become.

[Virginiá]

I can't read 17 pages.

Could somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis of this clusterf**k?

TD making very good points as usual while marty tells him to leave the forum.

The usual Atlasian pro-Trump luminaries pretending like this was a perfectly reasonable decision, and that there is nothing to the Russian stuff. Also throw in countless "oh now Democrats love Comey!" comments, somehow confusing the desire for a full and unimpeded investigatio(s) into Trump's scandals with like/dislike of Comey.

As-expected responses from Democrats.

[KingSweden]

I can't read 17 pages.

Could somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis of this clusterf**k?

Trump fired Comey, but all intelligent discussion on the topic was tragically consumed in a massive tire fire.

AKA 80% of discussions on atlas

[Suburbia]

I'm very glad I had finals today and missed out on this thread.

This, but I had to speak out on Comey.

[Technocracy Timmy]

I can't read 17 pages.

Could somebody be kind enough to give me a brief synopsis of this clusterf**k?

TD making very good points as usual while marty tells him to leave the forum.

The usual Atlasian pro-Trump luminaries pretending like this was a perfectly reasonable decision, and that there is nothing to the Russian stuff. Also throw in countless "oh now Democrats love Comey!" comments, somehow confusing the desire for a full and unimpeded investigatio(s) into Trump's scandals with like/dislike of Comey.

As-expected responses from Democrats.

Thank you Virginia but I meant the news itself not the thread

[Dr. Arch]

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When you elect a reality-TV star as president, you get this.

[Yank2133]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

It is like Nixon in the Summer of 74.

[Frodo]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

It is like Nixon in the Summer of 74.

Um, you might want to work on your analogy -Nixon fired the special prosecutor in October 1973.  

[Yank2133]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

It is like Nixon in the Summer of 74.

Um, you might want to work on your analogy -Nixon fired the special prosecutor in October 1973.  

I am talking about Trump's unstable behavior.

[MAINEiac4434]

Will Trump still be president by Christmas? I feel like he'll be forced out by Pence, especially if Trump's approval plummet beneath 35.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

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When you elect a reality-TV star as president, you get this.

So in other words, they fired him for publicly commenting on an investigation (to their benefit) because he wouldn't publicly comment on an investigation to their benefit, again.

And now after getting to say "You're fired!" (not that he had the guts to do it in person), Trump gets to host The Apprentice: FBI Director.


If it turns out this is true, and the recommendation letters from Sessions and Rosenstein were written at the urging of the White House, this becomes a pretty open and shut case of obstruction of justice. Guilty of conspiring with Russia or not, Trump may have just hung himself.

[EnglishPete]

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https://twitter.com/MattMackowiak/status/862155351944253440

I would just like to remind everyone that the FBI never looked at the DNC servers and that the only evidence that they were 'hacked by Russia' came from dodgy Crowdstrike company hired by DNC.

In other news Seth Rich is still dead

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Missing that 60 vote threshold for cabinet and executive branch officials now?

[136or142]

Trump has the unpopularity/malaise of Jimmy Carter and the paranoia/corruption/controversy of Nixon

Not sure about the malaise, the one thing Trump has going for him is that the economy is still decent (one quarter of not great results doesn't change that)  and that either a majority or plurality of Americans believe that Trump's economic policies will help grow the economy even further.

Most people are economically illiterate. 

[Silent Hunter]

The confirmation hearings for the new Director will be gripping, that's for sure.

[I Won - Get Over It]

Honest question, why is the President so quite, even on twitter?

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Cryin' Chuck Schumer

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Trump has the unpopularity/malaise of Jimmy Carter and the paranoia/corruption/controversy of Nixon

Not sure about the malaise, the one thing Trump has going for him is that the economy is still decent (one quarter of not great results doesn't change that)  and that either a majority or plurality of Americans believe that Trump's economic policies will help grow the economy even further.

Most people are economically illiterate. 

Carter actually had the highest annual percentage increase of jobs of any President since Johnson.

[136or142]

The confirmation hearings for the new Director will be gripping, that's for sure.

More gripping or less gripping than Trump's p--sy grip?

[136or142]

Trump has the unpopularity/malaise of Jimmy Carter and the paranoia/corruption/controversy of Nixon

Not sure about the malaise, the one thing Trump has going for him is that the economy is still decent (one quarter of not great results doesn't change that)  and that either a majority or plurality of Americans believe that Trump's economic policies will help grow the economy even further.

Most people are economically illiterate.  

Carter actually had the highest annual percentage increase of jobs of any President since Johnson.

That's likely largely attributable to the late baby boomers joining the work force and the middle baby boomers belatedly joining the work force after the 1974-1975 recession . I'd have to check into it more though.  I know the economy performed better than most people believe throughout much of the 1970s with all the mention of 'stagflation' and the 'misery index' but the unemployment rate was still relatively high:
http://www.multpl.com/unemployment/table

So, that data point is likely nothing more than a statistical blip.

[HAnnA MArin County]

LoL at the Trumptards' pathetic attempts at deflecting on this. You all really will do anything to save your Dear Leader. I think he really could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and you all would find some way of saying that it was really Hillary/Democrats/liberals/lamestreak fake news media who did it. It's cute but also "sad!" Brainwashing and cults are scary, and I mean that sincerely. 

But since you all ARE deflecting, remember how you all got your panties in a wad when Hillary had her concussion right before she was scheduled to testify in the millionth Benghazi/Trey Gowdy witch hunt hearings? Now this happens and you all are fine with it? You all really have lost your principles (if you even had any to begin with), not to mention your consciences. Those of you who are religious people, please pray for these poor unfortunate souls.

[I Won - Get Over It]

Do we need an independent investigation? Yes.

Did we have one? No, after leaking we only had a witch-hunt with the only purpose to undermine Trump.

Bad optics? Absolutely.

WaterGate? No. If anything, RussiaGate will get much more scrutiny now. So if there is anything, we'll know. (but don't expect much; you'll likely be very disappointed )

[MasterJedi]

If you guys want to hear something terrifying it's that there's supposedly talks of naming Sherriff Clarke as the next FBI director.