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74. Really freaky, and likely runs far deeper than we suspect. n/t

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"My confidence has been shook": Dems furious after meeting with James Comey - but they can't say why [View all] DonViejo Jan 2017 OP

Thank You for posting KittyWampus Jan 2017 #1

They probably found out drray23 Jan 2017 #2

And that the Trump campaign was in colllusion with Russian meddling. Amaryllis Jan 2017 #92

My thoughts exactly... WTF!! Where was this briefing MONTHS AGO?!?! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #107

What The Hell Is Going On?......nt global1 Jan 2017 #3

Exactly Auggie Jan 2017 #6

I have a feeling.... Adrahil Jan 2017 #70

I fear you're correct n/t susanr516 Jan 2017 #80

why would that fact be classified? nt tomp Jan 2017 #129

No, you were right the first time PatSeg Jan 2017 #148

Wow. SunSeeker Jan 2017 #4

So, Comey is an active participant in the coup, eh? Raster Jan 2017 #5

You can keep saying that, but DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #14

Because you know all that's going on behind the scenes SticksnStones Jan 2017 #28

not inept. MFM008 Jan 2017 #30

you can't spell demigoddess Jan 2017 #97

It's not bashing; don't use that as a crutch! Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #104

If our goal is to be more like the GOP then we truly have lost our way. SticksnStones Jan 2017 #106

President Obama has been great on so many things, but Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #110

A: "in the spirit of cooperation" "working together" "conciliatory" Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #124

+1 Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #116

Hard to argue with that. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #29

You're blaming Obama? I blame America. They let him down, what's he supposed to do? TeamPooka Jan 2017 #35

According to some hes supposed to institute martial law and deny Trump from being cstanleytech Jan 2017 #48

So he's supposed to defy Congress and the Electoral College and The Constitution? Sure. TeamPooka Jan 2017 #53

Ya I know, it would be doing what they fear the GOP is planning by getting into bed with Russia. cstanleytech Jan 2017 #63

This is coming from the same assholes who hoped Comney would have Hillary arrested... bettyellen Jan 2017 #101

I would rather have Obama go down as the last real President and have America destroyed by Trump and TeamPooka Jan 2017 #105

Some here have been advocating all sorts of crazy destabilizing hijinks..... bettyellen Jan 2017 #108

Yay, once again.. THANKS BERNIE!!11!ELEVENTY1! dionysus Jan 2017 #142

What an asinine suggestion. Being "Mr. Nice Guy" is exactly what America voted for, when it voted.. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #62

I didn't vote for "Mr Nice Guy" DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #93

Yeah, I've run across a couple of you claiming to have voted for Obama "TWICE", and being..... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #98

Thank you for this, Tarheel Dem. What you said. Hekate Jan 2017 #109

You don't become what you despise, and I'm reasonably sure PBO despises Donald Trump, as do I. Tarheel_Dem Jan 2017 #115

That's the default excuse DeminPennswoods Jan 2017 #121

You know whats not being a nice guy? Frowning at me! That's.. it... dionysus Jan 2017 #143

So you're saying if Obama had been a Blue_Roses Jan 2017 #119

Trump will pardon him NewJeffCT Jan 2017 #26

I agree with you blue cat Jan 2017 #41

It was a Russian coup but because GOP will get to repeal ACA they will go along with harun Jan 2017 #50

If there ever was one,he is one. nt ladjf Jan 2017 #69

Not 'inner loop Republican Traitor', but he was used by them and he should have known he was. Sunlei Jan 2017 #137

Whoa. What is this? Control-Z Jan 2017 #7

Have my suspicians of things they learned but would have to say that a good indication is stuff is Alekzander Jan 2017 #8

Hope some of the contents triron Jan 2017 #9

+1 Jim__ Jan 2017 #71

IOW, those last 15 minutes Comey basically admitted to throwing the election. Rex Jan 2017 #10

Like what? quakerboy Jan 2017 #38

Too many got briefed. Details will get out. itsrobert Jan 2017 #11

Yep. It's going to be an interesting "peaceful transition of power" progressoid Jan 2017 #18

That's what Delphinus Jan 2017 #144

So essentially what we feared is true? Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #12

The impact drumpf has been ordered to create by his handler lark Jan 2017 #33

Can't wait for the details on this. Paladin Jan 2017 #13

I think you are correct, but we won't know till this comes out. Stuart G Jan 2017 #15

Wow. Makes me wonder if he is compromised too. The whole thing is just weird. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #16

I'm getting serious chills and NOT the good kind. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #17

Point of Information...this story is reported here at DU almost first.. Stuart G Jan 2017 #19

It was on Washington Post yesterday. lark Jan 2017 #34

Members of Congress held their meeting with Comey this morning... DonViejo Jan 2017 #37

Oops. sorry, I got lost on which thread I was on. lark Jan 2017 #39

Wow. They are not "questioning" his his fitness, they are Ilsa Jan 2017 #85

Betting that there were active attempts to throw the election with "comments" ehrnst Jan 2017 #20

I'll bet it far more than that... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #46

A Fight to the Finish Bill Hansun Jan 2017 #21

Why didn't Obama DO something about him? LisaM Jan 2017 #22

Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #44

Because... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #51

I wouldn't go quite that far.... LisaM Jan 2017 #54

Why didn't Obama DO something about him? LenaBaby61 Jan 2017 #52

"He's still a rethug." Plucketeer Jan 2017 #61

Exactly. I knew back then that appointing Comey, and other Pubs, would have to Nay Jan 2017 #66

Comey deliberately sabotaged the election elmac Jan 2017 #76

Same here. I respect and admire President Obama for so many reasons, Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #86

because the media would have reported it as Obama helping hillary JI7 Jan 2017 #99

k and r.... Stuart G Jan 2017 #23

Please top this crazy carnival ride!!! hopeforchange2008 Jan 2017 #24

Over to you, Mr. President. Time to explain what the hell is going on here. riversedge Jan 2017 #25

Getting chills too...and a lot of them seemed angry coming out... Satch59 Jan 2017 #27

Really freaky, and likely runs far deeper than we suspect. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #74

Once again. That's Comrade Comey Augiedog Jan 2017 #31

Perhaps the last 15 minutes was the screening of the golden showers HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #32

No. It was something the Comey said about his "performance." Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #47

Agree, I bet he said something about not wanting Hillary to win because the email thing Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #83

At the very least he's violated the Hatch Act dflprincess Jan 2017 #127

The right wingnuts are already blaming Obama brutus smith Jan 2017 #36

Which right wing nuts would those be? All I see is an abundance of the usual suspects at DU ... Hekate Jan 2017 #112

"right wingnuts" are blaming Obama Progressive dog Jan 2017 #118

We need to stop them from setting the narrative all the time. brutus smith Jan 2017 #151

Can you post a picture of Progressive dog Jan 2017 #154

coup d'etat, democracy circumvented by republicans to maximum effect. ffr Jan 2017 #40

I think you're right. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2017 #42

You've got it right. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2017 #49

Damn right he was. colorado_ufo Jan 2017 #58

The GOP nearly redeemed itself when it engineered Nixon's resignation. In the intervening years.... Hekate Jan 2017 #114

I could have told them that BEFORE the hearing. BigDemVoter Jan 2017 #43

This morning, I received a classified briefing. I call on @SpeakerRyan to create an independent comm riversedge Jan 2017 #45

I feel like I'm in the middle of a bad movie CanonRay Jan 2017 #55

Politicians too angry to complete sentences get the red out Jan 2017 #56

Exactly! Texin Jan 2017 #64

Read David Corn's piece in Mother Jones Texin Jan 2017 #57

Whatever we think it is, it's worse than we think it is. NBachers Jan 2017 #59

Our secret government says be quiet! jalan48 Jan 2017 #60

This article from The Guardian (UK press, not ours) says Danascot Jan 2017 #65

In other words get the red out Jan 2017 #87

My guess is they mercuryblues Jan 2017 #67

That's my thought too. From Michigan here. n/t crosinski Jan 2017 #72

My thoughts exactly. mountain grammy Jan 2017 #82

I posted THIS 2 days ago MY thought on the matter benld74 Jan 2017 #68

I think your thoughts are likely pretty correct IMO. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #75

I believe Repubs (at least key people like McConnell) knew the election was in the bag, Amaryllis Jan 2017 #96

PEETUS BigBearJohn Jan 2017 #117

My guess bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #73

My respects to the Gentlemen included in the briefing. leanforward Jan 2017 #77

Joan Walsh: Even Steve King seemed a little shaken on MSNBC. Asked if evidence of contact bet Trump riversedge Jan 2017 #78

If it's this big a threat to national securuty, they need to tell us obamanut2012 Jan 2017 #79

I've wanted Comey gone for months... Peachhead22 Jan 2017 #81

I would have beaten his partisan posted ass Cosmocat Jan 2017 #122

my guess, he told them, yeah we fucked you over Skittles Jan 2017 #84

Leak it!!! We the people have every right to know what is going down with this fucker. FreeStateDemocrat Jan 2017 #88

Because Comey knew Trump was compromised by Russia months ago Generator Jan 2017 #89

Something wicked this way comes. angrychair Jan 2017 #90

Hopefully some anonymous source christx30 Jan 2017 #91

The Guardian leaked it HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #141

You know the congresspeople are steamed... forgotmylogin Jan 2017 #94

Mr Comey Bill Hansun Jan 2017 #95

A few years ago... neeksgeek Jan 2017 #100

If Comey, other rethuglicans, tRump's team, or some combo colluded to throw the election... RiverStone Jan 2017 #102

Correct until the last sentence Cosmocat Jan 2017 #123

Two things... MontanaMama Jan 2017 #103

I wondered about "shook" too at first GliderGuider Jan 2017 #111

Yeah...I kinda felt like a jerk even saying anything. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #113

Shook is fine now thearchive Jan 2017 #125

Hmmmm. Was not aware of this. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #149

I think it may have been as you said - Walz was a teacher before running for Congress dflprincess Jan 2017 #126

Agreed. Maxine seemed more pissed than anything. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #150

According to Elvis..... Tanuki Jan 2017 #130

So is Comey going to take one for the "Gipper'' or do the Repugs have something on him? YOHABLO Jan 2017 #120

Then someone should be enough of a patriot to reveal it, classified or not, before still_one Jan 2017 #128

Let's not ever forget that Obama rumdude Jan 2017 #131

Probably that Comey could be trusted to be impartial and not shit all over the Constitution cstanleytech Jan 2017 #133

Comey was a known Republican rumdude Jan 2017 #134

*shrug* Well it is what it is, all we can do now is keep moving forward and work to fix cstanleytech Jan 2017 #135

By the way it should be "shaken" rumdude Jan 2017 #132

Have you ever been so shaken that your grammar slips in the process? Stand and Fight Jan 2017 #139

Republicans used stolen files & colluded with Russian government propaganda agencies. Sunlei Jan 2017 #136

The FBI knew last summer UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #138

Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele's frustration as FBI sat on Donald Trump Russia file for months UCmeNdc Jan 2017 #140

President Obama appointed Comey to be FBI Director. milestogo Jan 2017 #145

in most cases, "reaching across the aisle" with appointments seem to bite Democrats on the ass yurbud Jan 2017 #153

So this is what living in a Tom Clancy novel is like. Raster Jan 2017 #146

Something is going on qanda Jan 2017 #147

the time for secrecy is long past. Unless its about agents names or collection methods... yurbud Jan 2017 #152