Donald Trump Fired James Comey
Trump Fans Must Now Acknowledge That His Famous "Instincts" Are Garbage
With the resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley from Trump's chaotic administration, it is time for supporters of the president to acknowledge the his truly appalling "gut instinct". Haley joins a long, long list of high profile figures who have jumped ship before the ...read more
Trump Accidentally Confesses To Obstruction Of Justice On Twitter
While casually announcing war with Syria on Twitter this morning, president Trump also accidentally let slip that he obstructed justice in the Russia investigation. This was the Commander in Chief's unintentionally explicit admission of an impeachable crime: As Jonathan Chait ...read more
It Appears As If Trump Fired Rex Tillerson Over Twitter
The country woke up this morning to Donald Trump's announcement over Twitter that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was out, and CIA chief Mike Pompeo was in: Reported the Huff Post: Tillerson’s departure comes amid reports of his disappointment with the turbulent atmosphere in ...read more
Andrew Sullivan: If Trump Fires Mueller, American Democracy is Essentially "Extinct"
Andrew Sullivan's latest essay on the state of all things Trump makes for incredibly sobering reading. While most of us are stuck in the daily dirt reporting of the never ending insanity, Sullivan has taken on a new role in the media as a sage-like figure who dips into public ...read more
Comey Wrote a Legal Paper in 2012 That Has Uncanny Parallels With His Own Crisis Today
by Larry Jaffee James Comey, while still in the private sector, in 2012 authored an article for a lawbook entitled “Defending Corporations and Individuals in Government” Investigations (West). The nine-page article offers advice to embattled organizations in crisis mode, and in ...read more
We Now Know Beyond Doubt Trump Tried to Obstruct Justice. It's Time to Impeach Him
The most important moment from the Comey hearing today occurred when Sen. James Risch (R-ID) grilled former FBI director James Comey about his one on one meeting with Trump. This interaction between the two men proves that president Trump did indeed attempt to obstruct justice ...read more
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Banter M Issue 77: The Conspiracy Theory Edition
In this week's edition of Banter M: Conspiracy Theorizing About Trump/Russia and the Firing of James Comey - Bob Cesca puts his conspiracy theory hat on and contemplates what could be the real story behind Trump's firing of James Comey. While unproven as yet, these ideas could ...read more
The President Has Flinched
I had all sorts of other essays on healthcare and tax cuts drafted, half-written, or outlined, but they are all shelved for now. Trump has trumped them. He has preempted them and preempted himself. He is the distraction and the distraction from the distraction. He is Machiavelli ...read more
No, Liberals Are Not Being Hypocritical About Trump Firing Comey
In the wake of Donald Trump's shocking firing of F.B.I chief James Comey yesterday, his supporters have been desperate to figure out a coherent explanation of its timing that didn't involve the president covering up the ongoing investigation into his campaign's ties with Russia. ...read more