re: trump and free speech, don't hold your breath

"Alone in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump began the discussion by condemning leaks to the news media, saying that Mr. Comey should consider putting reporters in prison for publishing classified information, according to one of Mr. Comey’s associates."

[source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkd1ifvnrgo

yes

what's your point

trump has repeatedly called snowden a criminal, and mike pompeo has called for him to be executed

that would not happen ever

I'm ready for the impending shitstorm, but I don't give a fuck because one of my personal heroes was just released from a cruel and unjust imprisonment for the crime of sharing US imperialism with the world

https://twitter.com/xychelsea/status/864840675220754436

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/17/chelsea-manning-is-a-free-woman-her-heroism-has-expanded-beyond-her-initial-whistle-blowing/

she has shown more bravery and compassion than I can even fathom

you can't respond to the media taking anonymous sources at 100% face value with taking the trump administration at 100% face value

the point is, anyone who trusts the words of any of these people when there are so many ulterior motives behind everything they say and so much fuckery and internal conflict going on is making a mistake

do I know for a fact whether or not comey specifically asked for more resources for russia? no

do I know for a fact whether or not rod rosenstein asked to resign? of course not

what I know is that comey was investigating trump, and trump decided to fire him at a time that seems very random other than its proximity to the investigation. everything else is to some degree commentary and speculation, regardless of who it comes from

all I know is that a special prosecutor is needed so that people conducting an active investigation won't be affected by all this madness

if you think I was referring to some sort of nonexistent grand smoking gun on russia that comey was sitting on, or that I think louise mensch is in any way remotely credible, then you don't know me very well (and definitely didn't read the article I linked directly above your post)

I'm not even sure comey's firing has anything to do with russia at all other than the mere fact of his investigation pissing off trump because he's a capricious child who loves to fire people

I was saying it's very naive to believe that, just because the administration roped in some lifelong bureau wonk to write a memo attacking comey, it suddenly makes his firing appropriate and an action that any other president would take, when the opposite is true

I mean for fuck's sake the memo's argument is that comey went too far out of his way to attack hillary clinton

lookin like im prolly not playing this season but no harm in bumping uno mas time

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/107/213/37e.png

oh actually this might be my favorite take so far (nathan j robinson is always a good read)

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/05/im-not-sure-its-an-attack-on-democracy

one more window behind the scenes:
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/10/comey-firing-trump-russia-238192

this is very naive

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/deputy-ag-rosenstein-reportedly-threatened-to-quit-over-depiction-of-his-role-in-comey-dismissal.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/rod-rosenstein-comey-firing.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/rod_rosenstein_is_being_used.html

this is why special prosecutors are appointed to handle such serious investigations

rosenstein being confirmed with bipartisan approval (just like sally yates before him, mind you) and not being literally the same human being as jeff sessions does not mean his perspective is unbiased, he is literally sessions' subordinate and works for the specific department with the greatest grievance against comey

comey sucked for many reasons but there is literally zero explanation of the timing of his firing that makes sense other than him antagonizing trump with his russia investigation (whether he actually found anything or not)

I personally don't give a fuck about most of the russia collusion stuff, I think it's overblown and there are far more important issues, but I do give a fuck about trump being capricious and doing weird, authoritarian things

yates, preet bharara, and comey were all specifically targeted because they were investigating the president, this smacks very heavily of the saturday night massacre

arne duncan would destroy him one on one

RIP my homie melanchon

Maybe some day

I said it myself because if it turns out to be true, I can live with it

in other news I think fios is finally coming to my neighborhood, I'm hyped to maybe get good internet soon

for the record I agree

I remember getting shit for insulting froyo's incredibly weak i58 lineup because "ur not a 2-time world champion lul"