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Anti-Trump leakers coming out

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 03:36:26 +0000

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Anti-Trump leakers coming out of the woodwork. Hell hath no fury like law enforcement dissed?

Comey called Trump ‘crazy’ after Obama wiretapping claims: report

By Mark Hensch @ The Hill 05/10/17 10:18 PM EDT

WaPo.com has a red "BREAKING"

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 03:31:14 +0000

In reply to Whoa, Comey fired - whole new ball game

WaPo.com has a red "BREAKING" banner at the top:: Deputy attorney general threatened to quit after being cast as impetus of Comey's firing, which was already decided, source says

TRUMP COMES UNGLUED:

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 02:57:37 +0000

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TRUMP COMES UNGLUED: President spends hours after bombshell Comey firing blasting away at Democrats

By Allan Smith @ Business Insider, 13 hrs. ago

Tired of hearing usual

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 02:53:48 +0000

In reply to Whoa, Comey fired - whole new ball game

Tired of hearing usual suspects Toobin vs. Dershowitz on the Constitutional Law side of things? Here's another expert I think of highly from back in the early blogopsphere days:

Comey's Firing Is a Crisis of American Rule of Law

Trump's actions are constitutional but violate powerful political norms.

by Noah Feldman @ Bloomberg View, May 9

What another NY billionaire

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 01:49:10 +0000

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What another NY billionaire pol thinks:

After Comey, Justice Must Be Served

Congress needs to get serious about holding the president accountable.

by Michael R. Bloomberg @ Bloomberg View, May 10, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT

(Talk about slowly building anger: I can only imagine...the anal retentive watching the sloppy narcissist of poorly gotten gains)

The main thing to understand

CVille Dem — Thu, 11 May 2017 01:42:03 +0000

In reply to Like PP said, it can be both.

The main thing to understand about Trump, mho: whatever he's done, he doesn't think he's done a single thing wrong.

It's all to make America great again, and adoration of Trump now and for the history books.

I don't agree with the latter part. It isn't at ALL to "Make America Great Again." That is simply an advertising line like any other in the real estate business. It was a way to get the crowds on his side. Trump doesn't think he is doing anything wrong because he believes that anything he does that gets him what he wants is right (the narcissist part), and the fact that he is willing to use the MAGA to get poor simpletons to vote for him is the complete lack of morality (sociopath pat) since he has no intention of actually helping the rubes he lied to.

Saying "I did nothing wrong" is the same as a teenager swearing that they are late coming home because they "ran out of gas." And just as believable. But who is going to stop this mentally challenged traitor when the power, the votes, and even the Supreme Court is now on his side?

Comey's doing the fall on his

artappraiser — Thu, 11 May 2017 01:32:58 +0000

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Comey's doing the fall on his sword thing, regrets he has only this to give to his country, or wants to go to heaven, or (cynical me) maybe his future book publisher has already advised that he should maintain his current non-partisan partriot Dick Tracey brand:

Comey farewell: ‘A president can fire an FBI director for any reason’

@ The Hill, May 10

Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday sent a letter to agents and friends following President Trump firing him the previous day.

“I have long believed that a President can fire an FBI director for any reason, or for no reason at all,” he wrote, according to CNN. "I’m not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was executed."

He continued: “I hope you won’t either. It is done, and I will be fine, although I will miss you and the mission deeply.”Comey added that the FBI should continue “the mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.” He described the FBI ideal as a "rock" for the American people [.....]

Like PP said, it can be both.

artappraiser — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:53:17 +0000

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Like PP said, it can be both. If you haven't read

After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why

you should. It's currently # 1 on the most popular list @ WaPo. even though it's a story that's pretty old by today's standards. This is not a well thought out plot, this is an angry child version of Nixon. Uncontrolled building anger is the key. It was a real stupid move for someone trying to cover things up, no? There's plenty more articles now that confirm the general narrative: the firing was done without much thought at all and with few involved.

The main thing to understand about Trump, mho: whatever he's done, he doesn't think he's done a single thing wrong. It's all to make America great again, and adoration of Trump now and for the history books. Kushner, Ivanka, Trump Enterprises, Melania etc. making money off the name and now as president: what he's done his entire life, feels it's natural and accepted and understood.

Like I said above, the way he understands it, once he was elected by a "yuge majority", the U.S. is his privately-owned corporation for him to lead wherever he thinks it should go. He doesn't understand the basics of our government or Constitution, all he knows is that he knows how to straighten out the huge mess for his minions, the citizens.

I just heard a snippet on CNN from today out of the horse's mouth in response to a reporter's question "I have confidence, whatever happens".

I am willing to bet if he is impeached or indicted for something, to his dying day it will be "I did nothing wrong."

I just heard another quote on CNN, from Sen. Booker "the President is not taking this seriously." Indeed. That's the main point, the presidency is just another extended bunch of episodes of "The Apprentice" for him.

(Edited for typos.)

Note Putin's reaction,

artappraiser — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:47:55 +0000

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Note Putin's reaction, excerpt below from the above Daily News link and at more length in CBS video at the bottom of the page, which I recommend not the least of whidch because he truly is about to play hockey and doesn't seem to have a care in the world, but doesn't mind talking to the CBS reporter:

When reporters questioned Lavrov on Comey’s firing, he replied with sarcasm: “Was he fired? You’re kidding me.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin — tracked down at a hockey rink — responded with similar disinterest when questioned about Comey’s firing, seemingly more concerned with hockey.

“There will be no affect,” his translator told CBS on behalf of Putin. “Your question is funny to me, don’t be angry with me. We have nothing to do with that.”

Dressed in full hockey gear, the Russian president dismissed the reporter.

“I’m going to play hockey with some hockey fans.”

"While the White House turned

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 10 May 2017 23:43:35 +0000

In reply to And with Henry directly after

"While the White House turned American news agencies away from the meeting, it did allow a Russian news agency to sit in." - awfully funny behavior for a guy who's scared