Wait…Comey Is Going To Testify About Clinton’s Emails?

Really, this is how Washington Republicans want to spend their lame duck session…when in deference to the late President George H. W. Bush’s funeral…they kicked the budget issue can down the road another two weeks? Don’t they want to pass a GOP budget before the Democrats take over the house…

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Why Can The President’s Legal Adviser Threaten The FBI Director

and nothing happens? But any implied violence against the president brings out the Secret Service bigly? Asking for three hundred million friends…

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Paul Ryan Knows The Drill…Defends the Indefensible Once Again

Following the former FBI director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate…Speaker of the House Paul Ryan once again defended a clueless president: “the president’s new at this…He’s learning as he goes.” Ignorantia juris non excusat One of these days, Rep. Ryan is going to hurt himself twisting in the wind…

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Should We File a Freedom of Information Act Request for the Trump/Comey tapes?

Someone needs to call the president’s bluff and file a FOIA request for the tapes that he threatened former FBI Director James Comey with this morning (see earlier post). That should be a real cool experience. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that gives you the right…

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President Trump Threatens James Comey

From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the FBI (all times local): 8:45 a.m. President Donald Trump is warning that former FBI Director James Comey “better hope” that there are no “tapes” of their conversations. Trump tweeted Friday, “James Comey better hope that…

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From the Interwebs: Latest Quinipeak Poll

Former FBI Director James Comey is outpolling incumbent President Donald Trump for the Republican Presidential Nomination in 2020 by a double digit margin…

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The Comey, Weiner, Clinton E-Mail Scandals

After fevered efforts to find something damning in the emails found on Anthony Weiner’s server…FBI Director James B Comey says “…the agency stands by its original findings against recommending charges.” Now, I think there needs to be some serious follow up investigations by the Justice Department and Congress into what…

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An open letter to Wisconsin’s superdelegates: It’s not too late to Feel the Bern

Dear Wisconsin superdelegates, Being the political people you are, I’m sure you’ve watched with excruciating interest every detail of the spectacle of the last ten days. Bill Clinton accosts Loretta Lynch on the tarmac in Phoenix, Lynch says she’ll let Comey handle this one, Comey questions Hillary Clinton for several…

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