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[Sergarr]

'It's not too late' to get rid of FBI Director James Comey, Trump says

Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump why he still has so many Obama holdovers remaining in his administration, specifically pointing to Comey, who is not technically a political appointee.

Asked whether it was "too late" to get rid of Comey, Trump appeared hesitant to discuss his future.

"No, it's not too late," Trump said. "But you know I have confidence in him. We’ll see what happens. It is going to be interesting."

Trump went on to hit Comey for his actions in the Clinton email investigation, saying he was "very, very good to her" and "if he weren't, she would probably be going to trial."

Comey said last summer his agency did not recommend that charges be brought against Clinton after a yearlong investigation into her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

So, Comey is under fire, presumably for not backing off on Trump-Russia investigation. Also, Trump has a very weird definition of "positive things".

[Starver]

Comey seems a bit like a modern day Sir John Hotham, who ended up annoying both sides by his actions (or possibly intentions). Imagine if Comey had kept the Almost-November Surprise as quiet as the three-or-four-month-old Russian Connection thing. That would have not denied Hull to Hillary.


The other thing is that Trump ought to come out of things much better if he didn't broadcast broad threats against investigations he claims will find nothing. I wonder if it would be worse if it's because of him being psychologically unable to bear the process or him being factually vulnerable...

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

I haven't been able to keep up.  What is trump's current position on issues?

[Frumple]

Not what it'll be next week, not what it was last week. Misk gave a go a bit upthread at summarizing it as "Whatever Obama wasn't." Adjusted appropriately for various things, such as current news, familial influence, congress noise making, the current maximum sustained northbound speed of the average unladen swallow in the middle of a class 3 hurricane, etc., etc.

E: Also has something like at least 50/50 odds of not being whatever a white house spokesperson says they are. It's something of a crap shoot overall.

[WealthyRadish]

I think right now he's moving at around -3 Obama-cubits per second, but where exactly he's going is anyone's guess, since it's impossible to know Trump's position and momentum simultaneously.

[SalmonGod]

First black woman and muslim on the New York Court of Appeals, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, found floating dead in Hudson River, the day after being reported missing.  The bits I've read state there's no indication of foul play or criminality.

[Neonivek]

First black woman and muslim on the New York Court of Appeals, Sheila Abdus-Salaam, found floating dead in Hudson River, the day after being reported missing.  The bits I've read state there's no indication of foul play or criminality.

So... she drowned? Had a stroke? Heart attack?

Because that is... suspicious on its own (Don't get too many land people dying in the Hudson)

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Though here is hoping there is no race riot!

[Lord Shonus]

Preliminary reports state that there were no signs of trauma on the body, and it was fully clothed. The most plausible explanation at this time is that she fell (or jumped) into the river and drowned, but further investigation is under way.

[misko27]

Though here is hoping there is no race riot!

Why would there be a race riot?

[Lord Shonus]

A very prominent black Muslim woman, who has been an extremely prominent liberal voice on the state's highest cout, had died under very mysterious circumstances. With the current social and media environment, suspicions that she was murdered to silence minority voices could very easily spread like wildfire if the investigation team isn't very careful.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

Lotta flashpoints lately. What are the causes?

[wierd]

Widespread general unrest, is the most likely. Everyone is looking for somebody to blame their misfortunes on, and minorities are no exception. That much of their problems are indeed caused by inequality only stokes that fire.

On the other hand, majority demographics come to view minorities as dangerous, should race riots spring up, leading to more draconian enforcement systems (in the name of preserving order), which in turn, create more general, widespread unrest.

If there is a solution, authoritarianism is not it.

[Max™]

Throw enough tear gas at it, the problem will go away.

[wierd]

No. the crowd disperses, but the problem (civil unrest), gets worse.

[redwallzyl]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/13/523704631/first-african-american-female-judge-on-new-yorks-top-court-found-dead

That is a incredibly suspicious event.