I don't think they've managed to slip out of a single one.

This is going well. https://t.co/UDccKPzQrY

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 10, 2017

.@nytimes front page says it's a b f d.

"Not since Watergate has a president dismissed the person leading an investigation bearing on him." pic.twitter.com/EU9qAmELWF

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 10, 2017

.@nytimes WaPo ain't messing around. Another 6-column headline. pic.twitter.com/GqcHJQK2Nu

— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) May 10, 2017

23 minutes ago, Vee said:

I don't think they've managed to slip out of a single one.

Me either. This scandal has been hanging over their heads from day 1. Watergate didn't happen overnight.

 

John Dean was on with Chris Hayes this evening and reminded folks of something. The House judiciary committee took a vote on Nixon's impeachment several days before he resigned. Every single GOPer voted no. Then the tape appeared with Nixon and Haldeman talking about the coverup. Next day they all voted yes. Then Nixon resigned.

It's a matter of time and persistence. If this keeps up they'll have to take him down to save themselves. I've always believed that and I still do.

 

Even my mother, who is remarkably pragmatic and tends to keep her cool, said she was scared tonight. She lived through Nixon and worked with the Department of Transportation in Washington on behalf of various congressmen for most of her career. She's very practical. She's now more politically involved than she's been in years, running various groups of women voters - she got more involved after canvassing in PA during the election.

 

End this as soon as possible:

 

 

Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, "I do not have confidence in him (James Comey) any longer." Then acts so indignant. #draintheswamp

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 10, 2017

I am tepid on Maggie Haberman on a good day, but this is truthfully the reason Trump does everything he does - not some masterful secret strategy:

 

 

A Dem strategist makes observation re potus that his animating impulse is not winning so much as it is dominance.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 10, 2017

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Haberman who I have ZERO use for(no idea why she has such a great reputation).

 

Anyway one of the comments I read about the White House underestimating the blowout ties to something John Dean also said about Watergate. When Nixon fired Cox after Cox refused to sideline the investigation, it was a surprise to much of the White House staff and like the Trump folks, everyone in the White House was shocked at the blowback.

Politico:

 

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President Donald Trump weighed firing his FBI director for more than a week. When he finally pulled the trigger Tuesday afternoon, he didn't call James Comey. He sent his longtime private security guard to deliver the termination letter in a manila folder to FBI headquarters.

 

He had grown enraged by the Russia investigation, two advisers said, frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative around Russia. He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn’t disappear and demanded they speak out for him. He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said.

 

 

More at link.

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David Gregory - of all people - loses it:

 

 

Kookinelli, Gregory and Anderson Cooper all together is like an Orphan Black spinoff gone wrong. 

The Senate must get an independent counsel to investigate Russia going any further or this country is officially f-u-c-k-e-d. I can totally see Trump losing his s-h-i-t and trying to implement Martial Law.

 

10 hours ago, Juliajms said:

What kind of CEO allows his own employee's to investigate him?   Can this administration get any more insane?

oh, let's wait and see......because I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. this behavior from this POTUS is about to get beyond crazy. he's trying to fire his way out of being impeached. just..,.,....beyond silly. 

 

It ain't over yet.

“Just turn the lights off. Turn the lights off,” Spicer said, emerging from several minutes hidden behind the bushes https://t.co/q0athgWpxH

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) May 10, 2017

Re: the FBI -

 

 

.@RosieGray Just now: a source close to the president tells me Giuliani is 100% in consideration for the position.

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) May 10, 2017

Yup, I've been hearing about Ghooliani since the news broke. What a horror it will be. The Walking Dead will have nothing on the Trump administration!

I suspect that if Rudy takes the job the people under him will never stop sabotaging him.