Top Items:
New York Times:
‘Enough Was Enough’: How Festering Anger at Comey Ended in His Firing — WASHINGTON — The countdown to President Trump's dismissal of James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, began last weekend, which the president spent stewing over Mr. Comey's testimony to Congress last week in which he provided …
Discussion:
Power Line, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Boing Boing, Axios, New York Magazine and Politico
RELATED:
Washington Post:
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director — Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Week, CNN, Big League Politics, New York Times, CNBC, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Axios, Boing Boing, Mediaite and Mashable
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Source close to Comey says there were 2 reasons the FBI director was fired — Washington (CNN)There are two reasons why President Donald Trump fired James Comey, according to a source close to the now-former FBI director: — Comey never provided the President with any assurance of personal loyalty.
Wall Street Journal:
Comey's Firing Came As Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe — FBI director had been providing updates to top members of the Senate Intelligence Committee — WASHINGTON—In the weeks before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, a federal investigation …
Discussion:
Axios, The Hill, Daily Kos, Boing Boing, Hot Air, Business Insider, Political Wire, Politico and CNN
New York Times:
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General — Dear Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein: — It's rare that any single person has to bear as much responsibility for safeguarding American democracy as you find yourself carrying now. Even before President Trump's shocking decision …
Discussion:
Media Matters for America, Washington Post and AOL, more at Mediagazer »
David Choi / Business Insider:
Trump's deputy attorney general reportedly threatened to resign after being painted as the mastermind behind Comey's firing — While President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey came as a shock for many, one of the alleged architects of the dismissal was also reported …
Discussion:
Raw Story, The Week and New York Times
New York Times:
Days Before He Was Fired, Comey Asked for Money for Russia Investigation — WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau's investigation into Russia's interference …
Discussion:
Vox, CNN, Washington Post, The Moderate Voice, Fox News Insider, neo-neocon, CNBC, Politico, ABC News, portal.liberalamerica.org, Politicaldog101.Com, The Gateway Pundit, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, NPR, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Mashable, AOL, Mediaite, The Guardian, Daily Mail, FiveThirtyEight, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, WNYC News, Just Security, The American Conservative, Axios, ThinkProgress, The Atlantic, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, RedState, Shareblue, Liberal Values, IJR, Lawfare, Morning Consult, Mother Jones, TheBlaze, The Hill, BBC, Media Matters for America, The Week and France 24
The Daily Beast:
White House Lawyers Warned Trump: Stay Away From Michael Flynn … White House lawyers have had to warn President Donald Trump repeatedly against reaching out to his fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast.
Discussion:
portal.liberalamerica.org, Vox, The Atlantic, New York Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and Gizmodo
National Review:
The Comey Ouster — A combination photo of James Comey and Donald Trump (Reuters:Jonathan Ernst/Kevin Lamarque) — President Trump has fired FBI director James Comey, who had made himself eminently fireable. — Last July, Comey took it upon himself to become not only the nation's top policeman …
Discussion:
Fox News and New York Times
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes Around the Bend on Comey — Associated Press news stories on controversial topics are generally adapted from Democratic National Committee press releases, but when the AP really wants to cut loose it labels its stories “AP Analysis.”
Discussion:
LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, 'You're fired.' — Donald Trump has always acted in the moment, with little regard for the past and proud contempt for the way things are usually done. — For half a century, he's believed that by refusing to be weighed down by precedent or procedure …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The White House Story On Comey Just Gets Worse and Worse — Comey Comey Comey Comey. Let's catch up. Why exactly did Donald Trump fire the guy, anyway? … Right. Yesterday's official narrative was that, out of the blue, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein recommended Comey's termination, and Trump was like whatevs.
Discussion:
USA Today, Discourse.net and McClatchy Washington Bureau
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Easy Tells of Comey's Canning — With Donald Trump, the tells are always easy. — When the president says, “I'm, like, a smart person,” you know he nurses deep insecurities about his intelligence. When he says, “I'm really rich,” you know that he knows that you know that, really, he probably isn't.
Reuters:
Comey infuriated Trump with refusal to preview Senate testimony: aides
Discussion:
Mediaite, Political Wire and Axios
New York Times:
How Every Lawmaker Has Reacted to Comey's Firing So Far
Discussion:
ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, The Gateway Pundit, Vox and The Daily Caller
Joshua Keating / Slate:
If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief
Bbauer / Lawfare:
How It Was Done: The Problem is Not Only That Trump Fired Comey, but How He Did It
Discussion:
Raw Story, New York Times, The Week, ThinkProgress, Bloomberg and Detroit Metro Times
Shimon Prokupecz / CNN:
First on CNN: Comey sends farewell letter to friends and agents
Discussion:
The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Washington Times, The Week and Washington Free Beacon
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
‘He got tired of him’ — Telling Congress that he was …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC News and Mediaite
New York Times:
Inside the F.B.I., Stunned Agents Wonder About Future of Russia Inquiry
Discussion:
Politicaldog101.Com, Business Insider and Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More very bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
After Comey, Justice Must Be Served
Discussion:
Shareblue, Politico, Washington Post, National Review, NY State of Politics, Vox, TheBlaze, The Guardian, Dallas Morning News, Axios and The Hill
Mike Levine / ABC News:
After Comey's firing, acting FBI chief jokes Benghazi controversy was ‘the good ol’ days'
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
‘There Is a Real Risk Here Things Will Spin Out of Control’
Discussion:
Media Matters for America and Mediaite
Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP scrambles to shield agenda from Comey fallout
Discussion:
Washington Post, Politicus USA and ABC News
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms — A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office on Wednesday during President Trump's meeting with Russian diplomats, a level of access that was criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials as a potential security breach.
RELATED:
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Russia's Oval Office Victory Dance — When President Donald Trump hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday just hours after firing the FBI director who was overseeing an investigation into whether Trump's team colluded the Russians, he was breaking …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, The Week, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump holds auditions while Spicer's away — Press secretary Sean Spicer's absence from the briefing room on Wednesday comes at a tenuous time, as President Donald Trump has asked senior advisers for weeks if he needs to change the face of his administration, several White House officials and outside advisers to the president said.
Discussion:
Axios, Political Wire, Raw Story and Mediaite
RELATED:
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’
Discussion:
CNNMoney, The Week, Washington Post, Big League Politics, Shakesville, Politico, New York's PIX11, Mashable, The Root, Mediaite, Mother Jones, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Anderson Cooper's eyeroll is all of us right now
Discussion:
Townhall.com, Mediaite, The Root and TheBlaze
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe … The Department of Homeland Security will ban laptops in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States, European security officials told The Daily Beast. The announcement is expected Thursday.
Discussion:
Mediaite, Lawfare, View from the Wing, New York Magazine, TheBlaze, CBS San Francisco, Daily Mail, Engadget, Mashable and Axios
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Aetna exiting all ACA insurance marketplaces in 2018 — Aetna will complete its withdrawal from Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges for 2018, announcing on Wednesday that lingering financial losses and uncertainty about the marketplaces' future was prompting it to exit two final states.
Discussion:
Mediaite
sandiegouniontribune.com:
DUI suspect in hit-run crash that left boy, 6, badly hurt was deported 15 times — A Mexican citizen who has been deported 15 times was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that left a boy, 6, badly hurt over the weekend. (Courtesy of Cheryl Lake) — A drunken driving suspect in a hit …
Discussion:
fox5sandiego.com, Breitbart, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Conservative News Today, twitchy.com and KTLA
RELATED:
AJ Willingham / CNN:
Cops: DUI suspect who struck a family returning from Disneyland had been deported 15 times
Discussion:
CBS Los Angeles, FOX6Now.com, fox13now.com and The Daily Caller
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
