Looks like they're going to concentrate on the partisan angle today.

Because Trump and company can do no wrong so the fault must be with Obama and his minions.

#pizzagate is real

Is Sally Fields a drug-addled partisan whore?

Sally Yates didn't follow Presidential orders and argue in favor of an executive order which is perfectly legal. She was fired which is in the President's authority to do. The US Supreme Court will eventually side with Trump as it is in the President's power to enforce immigration policy, sorry Hauta.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/comey-yates-bharara-fired-after-investigations/index.html

All were fired for "legitimate" reasons, but they also were looking into Trump and company's possible criminal behavior.

it must be exhausting to be a Trump supporter. You have to research... literally research what perspective is being employed to defend categorically unethical borderline criminal decisions on a regular basis.

I kind of want to see how strung out Trump supporters are after 4 years of this. constant spin zone stuff. Its just comical to me at this point.

What exactly did this person do that warranted being fired? All I am hearing is she argued about an executive order as it relates to immigration policy?

why does the Supreme Court need to be involved if this is a perfectly legal, business as usual occurrence?

Yeah, the President can fire people who work in the executive branch. And, no Yates was not investigating Trump. Trump is not connected to Russia. Sorry. Also, Comey was fired for reasons not connected to Russia. It's almost sad how you all are reaching so hard for this Russia stuff. Biggest and most fake conspiracy theory I have ever seen haha.

Yates was an Obama hold over that wouldn't argue and defend one of Trump's executive orders. He fired her and promoted someone who would defend his order. That's in the President's rights to do. So sorry that an Obama appointee got fired :(

I didn't think its merely us on webdiplomacy reaching on the Russia stuff lol.

The President can fire people who work in the executive branch sure.

Biggest conspiracy theory you have ever seen?
Wouldn't that have been the Obama birther argument?

We can debate conspiracy theories all day. Yes, the Birther stuff was a conspiracy but it was not as widespread and pervasive as this Russia stuff which is grounded in zero truth and basically got started because Podesta fell for a phishing link scam lol.

The Russia conspiracy is just sad. A bunch of people trying to explain why they lost an election instead of looking at real world reasons for why they lost. I feel sorry for them.

I don't have a problem with firing Sally Yates but the real issue is the substance of her testimony. Was she lying or is Spicer lying?

∆ +1 on your comments about the Almighty TrumpGod's sycophantic acolytes, dearest Brainbomb. It's probably less of a problem for the dumbnuts from the dumbnut States, but it's got to be torturous for any of his sycophantic acolytes with any intelligence.
Want a laugh BB ? Try looking up "Pacific Heat" ...it's the best new "Cop show" on Australian TV..... a satirical animation. Much more amusing than "Walker..Texas Ranger"... imho, a show so flawed, so banal, so shallow that it's a parody of what it's trying to be. It's either sublimely brilliant satire ( extremely unlikely) or just "plain dumb" (much more likely, imho)

If you listen to conservative talk radio it sounds more like the speech you hear from the coach before the big game vs the #1 and they are 42 point favorites.

"Don't worry guys, we got this, were the best they just don't know it yet."

Its like this vibe that rather than knowing if Trump is actually corrupt they double down by just calling everyone crazy to saber rattle the base and keep morale high.

Its really not that different than when someone is losing a sports game or a war for that matter. None of these firings look good. And the fact Trump is getting blasted by everyone but the staunchest republicans (who still find really any reason to justify these things) its pretty telling.

*nauseating

@"Yeah, the President can fire people who work in the executive branch. And, no Yates was not investigating Trump. Trump is not connected to Russia. Sorry. Also, Comey was fired for reasons not connected to Russia. It's almost sad how you all are reaching so hard for this Russia stuff. Biggest and most fake conspiracy theory I have ever seen haha."

Lets be clear, most of that could be true (i'm not a mind reader, so i can't tell why the president fired anyone) BUT it is clearly not the political thing to do.

ie his administration would definitely hve known it would be acused of firing the FBI director for investigating the Russia connection. And that will lose them political capital (except with people like you who praise the fact that he doesn't seem to give a shit).

Thus this makes it more difficult for Trump's administration to govern, which is clearly a bad this (Unless you believe Trump's administration is a train wreck and want to see it go up in flames).

Is that a fair assessment ND?

*thing, not this. Stupid phone.

Funny how 17 intelligence agencies concluded that Russia was deeply interfering with the election, that the extensive and massive financial ties between Trump and his associates with Russia have been solidly documented, and other intelligence officers have documented Russian material to blackmail and compromise the Presidency, and the traitorous Russian mouth pieces say that it is "grounded in zero truth." Funny how it is grounded in enough truth to launch several FBI and grand jury investigations. Then again, these are a lot of the same people who treasonously still back the Confederacy too, so perhaps we should conclude they simply hate the United States.

@ Hauta: "I don't have a problem with firing Sally Yates but the real issue is the substance of her testimony. Was she lying or is Spicer lying?"

Please provide evidence of Sean Spicer calling Sally Yates a "drug-added whore"...?

@Orathaic: You are probably right. It was not the political thing to do. Optically it looks bad to fire the Director of the FBI. You are right about your next point. The President even put a line in the termination letter stating that Comey told him three times he was not under investigation. This was probably an effort to dispel talks about firing Comey because of the Russia thing.

I disagree on the last point though. I don’t know if this is spending political capital. Comey made a lot of mistakes and made political statements. The FBI Director has traditionally been an apolitical position. And, it’s already hard for Trump to govern. He scrutinizes over everything from eating a piece of cake to policy.

@Ogion: Could you please link me to the published and finalized investigative report conducted by these 17 Intelligence Agencies? I want to see how these 17 Intelligence Agencies have documented and publicized Trump’s Russia connection? Let’s not bring in other topics like the Confederacy, etc. I just want to debate the case. So, if you know of any of these 17 U.S. Federal Intelligence Agencies which have publicized and conducted a final report on Trump’s Russia connection I would like to see it. If this is true I will retract my point about “zero evidence.” Much appreciated.

*He gets scrutinized* -correction-

@jamiet, Sean Spicer claimed that Yates gave only a heads up about Flynn. Yates said that she walked White House counsel through the evidence step by step. This means that White House knew about Flynn and did nothing about it for almost three weeks...and that Spicer lied, yet again.

Sure, right as soon as your get the necessary security clearance. But of course everyone who does have that clearance has been reporting this, including DNI Clapper. But hey, they're experts so they must be wrong, amirite?

In any event that's not "zero" which means none. Informed sources reporting such conclusions is way more than zero.

I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.

Okay, so there isn't a published report. Thank you for the clarification!

Wait, so the 17 agencies never wrote reports? Maybe Trump was write all along!
-Breitbart

No, it's we peons don't have the security clearance to red the reports. We need to wait for Putin to decide to let WikiLeaks release it.

furthermore, there isn't one printed on rainbow paper either so it must be false and there is NO evidence. In fact, there is a ton of evidence, but Trumpabzees don't really understand the concept ncept of evidence

And I'm, if the judges say it isn't legal, it isn't legal. Marbury v Madison So, yeah, Yates was absolutely correct and did the REQUIRED legal practice..

Well if nothing has been publicly published then you have nothing but pipe dreams and delusions! Send me a PM when the 17 intelligence agencies publish reports saying Trump is Putin's puppet!

@ND, if you received such a report, would it change your opinion about Trump?

If a bunch of these agencies come out with concrete proof stating that Trump was in league with Putin and the Russian Federation? Of course.

how about money trails? Is that concrete enough or do you also need something to establish quid pro quo?

Sure, financial stuff can be concrete proof. I've yet to see anything though. However, if something comes out through an actual intelligence agency or through a bi-partisan final report (9/11 Commission) or something. Then you will have my attention. Until then, -to me and may others that are center-right- it kind of reeks of speculative delusion (sorry just being honest here).

*many*

@ND, well at least we agreed on (most) of the political stuff.

Here is an attempt to make an unbiased analysis of the by Hank Green:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158581509120487&id=69132980486

He mostly points out there is a secret Federal Grand Jury. And they are investigating something.

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(As for the money trail, i believe there is solid evidence that someone ought 19.5% of the main russian oil company, but it was traced back to anonymous accounts in, i don't know the Cayman islands? And the timing would seem to support a theory that this sale was allowed after Trump was elected... The theory goes that Exxon and Russia want to make a deal to explore arctic oil, and this was blocked by Obama's sanctions over Ukraine/Crimea in 2013. This will he the largest oil deal ever made, and Trump's administration DEFINITELY has coonnections to Exxon).

@ND, check out this explanation as to why there's so little "hard evidence" out there. Yes, I know it's the guardian but...:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/11/justice-department-fbi-documents-trump-russia-hack-clinton-email?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

I don't really trust mainstream news sources. I know I sound like an a**hat by saying that, but there is just so much disinformation, smears, and bias out there.