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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.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Experts on authoritarianism are absolutely terrified by the Comey firing  —  “Trump has talked like a would-be authoritarian since day one. ...  This is the first clear warning sign that he's attempting to [act like one].”  —  Those are the words not of a Democratic political operative …
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 …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency  —  The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to find a temporary successor for fired FBI Director James Comey, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his top deputy interviewed five candidates amid continuing fallout over the controversial dismissal.
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Considering Ex-Congressman Mike Rogers for FBI Director, Official Says  —  President Donald Trump is considering Mike Rogers, a former congressman and FBI agent from Michigan, to replace James Comey as FBI director, a White House official said.  —  Rogers, 53, a former chairman …
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey  —  WASHINGTON — The script should be familiar by now.  President Trump takes action that stuns the country, eliciting indignation and disbelief from Democrats and leading them to conclude that the vitality of American democracy is under assault.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump puts agenda, presidency at risk  —  The answers to why Trump canned Comey are becoming clear: The president was filled with grievance about the FBI probe and acted on impulse without clearly thinking through the fallout, numerous sources tell me.  —  The consequences are also becoming clear …
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can't beat this one editor's note  —  Former FBI Director James Comey's termination was big enough news that CNN added a special “Non-Comey news” section to its homepage Wednesday.  —  .@CNN website right now.
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
Americans are witnessing a slow-motion coup  —  Rule of law be damned, President Trump was mad as hell and casting around looking for a reason to fire James Comey  —  Less than a day after the firing of FBI Director James Comey, it's becoming clear that Trump has conspired with his attorney general …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Source close to Comey says there were 2 reasons the FBI director was fired
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sen. Mike Lee tweets Trump: Nominate Merrick Garland to replace Comey
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
DOJ official who recommended Comey's firing threatened to resign: report
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump angry Comey would not back wiretap claims about Obama: report
Discussion: RedState and Politico
The Daily Beast:
New FBI Boss Could Be More Controversial Than Comey
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Joshua Keating / Slate:   If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief
Wall Street Journal:   Rod Rosenstein's Justice
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Easy Tells of Comey's Canning
Discussion: USA Today and The Atlantic
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes Around the Bend on Comey
Discussion: LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, 'You're fired.'
Discussion: Raw Story
Economist:
What is Trumponomics and how does it differ from standard Republican economics?  —  Well it's an interesting question.  I don't think it's ever been asked quite that way.  But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation.  It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal.
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
President Trump expected to launch commission on ‘election integrity’  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News.
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Roxana Hegeman / Associated Press:   Kansas' Kobach Told to Disclose Voting Plan He Took to Trump
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.
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ABC News:
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
'I didn't come here to defend the president tonight' — Republican who rescued health-care bill faces voters
Ken Silverstein / Observer:
The John Oliver Property Tax Scam: HBO Comedian Secretly Buys Manhattan Mansion  —  Liberal deity avoids taxes by using loophole created by Donald Trump  —  Donald Trump is wildly unpopular with coastal elites, but few despise him as feverishly as the Hollywood Brigades, led by Meryl Streep …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Jim Baumbach / Newsday:
Adelphi men's lacrosse enters field to Trump speech, video shows  —  The Adelphi University men's lacrosse team uses a speech by President Donald Trump as its entrance music, and a video showing the entrance has been viewed more than 730,000 times on Instagram.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Experts Now Agree: The Deplorables Really Are Deplorable  —  New social-science surveys help Democrats explain away Trump's win: Yes, his voters are racist.  —  Scene: The lab-coated man comes in from the room.  “It was a troubling case,” he admits.  “This question of why you voted for Trump.”
Discussion: TheBlaze
 
 
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Column Hillary Clinton has a right to be a major voice in American politics — but maybe it's time she moved on
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How It Was Done: The Problem Is Not Only That Trump Fired Comey, But How He Did It
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