Donald Trump has been and always will be a business man at heart. His interactions with Comey reflect a boss gently steering one of his top employees. But, Washington doesn’t work that way. The president can fire an FBI director, but he may not steer him. Many Americans will see this as an “endearing and harmless mistake”—evidence that the nation finally has a president who doesn’t think like a lawyer. Trump is guilty of thinking like the people rather than an old stone that has sat in the beltway so long that it looks like a pile of moss.
In his testimony, Comey verified what we already knew: Russians did not meddle with cast votes or vote count. If there was voter fraud, it wasn’t from Russia.
So, there was no “Russian hack” of the electoral process. There were hacks during, after, and before the election, along with a lot of other events that didn’t make the news. So, why the big news?
The news media couldn’t not cover it. They hyped it. They had to cut into profits to pay for it because they had gotten themselves in too far not to. Pictures of Comey and a scene with the press taking pictures of the press taking pictures proves that there’s a lot of press, something the press still needs to prove these days—especially with Fox News having cannibalized itself right out of first place.
Moderate Republicans and mainstream Democrats work on the same basic ethic: effort wins. Republicans want the people to see that they are “trying”, but they won’t do anything. If the Republicans took action it would be a first.
Likewise, Democratic voters are enamored with the Comey hearing. Comey is looking Trump in the eye. He is going to go say things. That’s courage. That’s really bold, and stuff. In-yer-face, toothless, uber-rude bravado is much more important than actually winning—at least when you can’t win. To a young ultra Liberal, boldly accomplishing nothing is much better than winning anyway, that is if you’re still angry about having lost.
Protests
ACT for America Stages Marches Against ‘Sharia Law’ Nationwide, Arrests Made | NBC
Anti-sharia protesters rally at site of San Bernardino terrorist attack | LA Times
Anti-Sharia law march and counter protest take place in NYC | Fox News
Showdown at the Hill
Trump survived James Comey’s testimony, but the fallout could be fatal | Guardian
Tracking Trump: president cries ‘liar’ as Comey testimony grips the nation | Guardian
Trump vs. Comey is the ULTIMATE un-reality show | NY Daily News
Comey told Trump 3 times that he wasn’t under investigation, but his refusal to publicly say so infuriated Trump | Business Insider
…with Comey’s prepared statement
Russian Hack
Looks Like CNN’s Anonymous Sources Got This One Wrong | Zero Hedge
NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump | Daily Caller
Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election | The Intercept
Federal worker busted for leaking top-secret NSA docs on Russian hacking | NY Post
London Terror Wake
London Bridge Terrorist Entered UK as a Refugee With His Parents | InfoWars
Trump seizes on London attack to push domestic crackdown | Yahoo – AFP
News
Scoreboard: Tuesday, June 6 | Adweek
…MSNBC Rachel Maddow at #1