BREAKING: Trump Fires Comey

[JA]

Get the  off Atlas, silent cal. Just get the  off.

Why should he? You're the one acting like a deranged lunatic here, swearing at people and typing in all caps because people are talking ill of your orange messiah. The guy is a fraud and quite likely a traitor for conspiring with Russia. No one cares if you dislike that or not, so either you present your case civilly and logically or you should leave.

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Keep defending this sh**tshow, Trump hacks.

You are so very deeply saddened. It's amusing. Your liberal tears taste so sweet to me.

lol someone actually typed this unironically...

[JA]

Just a few facts for the blue avatars:

The Dems aren't "out of touch" and on a "witch hunt": public opinion shows that a huge majority of Americans want a special prosecutor--just go find the CNN/ORC polls or PPP polls from March.

Nobody is a hypocrite because nobody is defending Comey or his prior actions, but rather saying that this looks like a move to cover up the Russia investigation, which Sarah Huckabee Sanders' comments just a little bit ago basically confirm. So, you're making a false equivalence here. We don't want Comey, we want an investigation unimpeded by the President.

There is absolutely evidence that could indict Trump himself possible, and almost certainly his campaign. It's a fact that Manafort, Page, Flynn, and other were in contact with Putin's people. It's a fact that the leaks targeted against HRC were launched by hackers with ties to the Kremlin. I'm not saying it's a smoking gun, but it certainly is something that merits a serious investigation. Now, I know that some of you dgaf because you think women are made of ribs and climate change is a Chinese hoax. But most Americans haven't descended down that hole yet. See my first point.

Which brings me to that final point about that hole: I know that you know your logic is shoddy, but for the past few decades you've built an alternative media apparatus to reify your unfounded beliefs, brainwash others, and keep an unsustainable status quo in place that is based on buzzwords like freedom and justice, but really has no values--as your flippant disregard for the sanctity of this investigation demonstrates. That's the textbook definition of fascist ideology--not an insult, just a fact--so just know that nobody arguing in favor of continuing the investigation is outside of the mainstream; you are.

*slow clap*

[JA]

wow

This is my favorite post in the thread.

[JA]

Deputy Attorney General threatened to quit after being cast as impetus of Comey's firing, which was already decided, source says - Washington Post

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Another lie

It's safe to assume whatever comes out of the White House is a lie until proven otherwise.

[JA]

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

Will not be long until he is gone too.

[JA]

https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/862774350398849024
NBC/SurveyMonkey poll finds 54% think it was inappropriate to fire Comey, 38% find it "appropriate"

For some reason, these numbers are almost identical to Trump's current Gallup approvals.

We can see here Trump's absolute floor, at the moment. Unless something very big happens, about 36% is as low as his approval rating can go.

[JA]

I want to take a moment to commend the Trump voters for their tireless campaign of spinning, lying, and defending their commander-in-chief even in the face of outright fact. It must take serious work and motivation just to keep yourselves going with the constant, day-to-day screw ups coming from the guy you elected.

They don't think any of this controversy really exists except in the minds of Democrats and the "mainstream media," which fabricates all of this. Just watch FOX News, they're reporting is that nothing has even happened except the Democrats are harassing Trump because they dislike him.

[JA]

I want to take a moment to commend the Trump voters for their tireless campaign of spinning, lying, and defending their commander-in-chief even in the face of outright fact. It must take serious work and motivation just to keep yourselves going with the constant, day-to-day screw ups coming from the guy you elected.

They don't think any of this controversy really exists except in the minds of Democrats and the "mainstream media," which fabricates all of this. Just watch FOX News, they're reporting is that nothing has even happened except the Democrats are harassing Trump because they dislike him.

The big tv screen in 1984 has more journalistic integrity then Fox does right now

Obviously true, but FOX is the main news source for Republicans and many Independents, so to them whatever FOX says is true. And FOX has declared this a madeup war of Democrats on Trump. So those voters will see this as nothing more than political opportunism by the left and a fake "scandal" for partisan purposes.

[JA]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/210674/comey-firing-nets-negative-reaction-1993-fbi-firing.aspx

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Pretty good (for Trump) I guess.

This reinforces my belief that one of the main problems in America today is information bubbles. There is no common ground on issues because we cannot even agree what the issue really is. According to Republicans, the controversy over the Comey firing is due solely to Democratic hypocrisy, the "mainstream media" trying their hardest to find any fault with Trump even if they have make it up, and Democrats making this into a partisan issue so they can continue their absurd witch hunt because they lost the election. All their media outlets are saying is essentially that, while avoiding even addressing the concerns others in the media and Democrats have raised.

Of course, Republicans will contend that it's the left that lives in a media bubble being fed left-wing propaganda by partisan media outlets and a desperate Democratic Party. Republicans have essentially abandoned acceptance of objective fact and that it's discoverable by sources such as PolitiFact, hence their disregard for its scoring of Trump as, basically, a habitual liar during the campaign. Whatever the President, GOP, FOX, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Herman Cain, and (for the craziest among them) Alex Jones say is like the word of God.

[JA]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/210674/comey-firing-nets-negative-reaction-1993-fbi-firing.aspx

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Pretty good (for Trump) I guess.

This reinforces my belief that one of the main problems in America today is information bubbles. There is no common ground on issues because we cannot even agree what the issue really is. According to Republicans, the controversy over the Comey firing is due solely to Democratic hypocrisy, the "mainstream media" trying their hardest to find any fault with Trump even if they have make it up, and Democrats making this into a partisan issue so they can continue their absurd witch hunt because they lost the election. All their media outlets are saying is essentially that, while avoiding even addressing the concerns others in the media and Democrats have raised.

Of course, Republicans will contend that it's the left that lives in a media bubble being fed left-wing propaganda by partisan media outlets and a desperate Democratic Party. Republicans have essentially abandoned acceptance of objective fact and that it's discoverable by sources such as PolitiFact, hence their disregard for its scoring of Trump as, basically, a habitual liar during the campaign. Whatever the President, GOP, FOX, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Herman Cain, and (for the craziest among them) Alex Jones say is like the word of God.

Umm 39/46 is bad dude

39/46 isn't great, no. But that means 4/10 Americans think this is all perfectly fine. 4/10 Americans approve of and support Trump. 4/10 Americans essentially live within a right-wing media bubble that ensures any undesirable facts, whether it's about Trump or whatever their right-wing cause might be, are distorted, ridiculed, or ignored. A democracy cannot properly function if the gap between sane and insane is only 7%.