Tag: Commentary

No special prosecutor. No outsized egos. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The FBI needs a good director, not a ‘special prosecutor’

Quin Hillyer · May 10, 2017 9:16 pm

When that news is breaking, sometimes it's okay just to ask questions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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Sometimes it’s better for media to ask questions, not jump to conclusions

Emily Jashinsky · May 10, 2017 9:03 pm

Comey has a long, respected background and should be applauded, but in this instance, he strayed far away from the task of truth gathering. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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What James Comey got wrong while he was FBI director

Jon Harris · May 10, 2017 8:03 pm

Among the finer points, Trump is underwater on every issue (his best is terrorism, where voters disapprove, 48 to 45 percent), and now only 33 percent believe he is honest, compared to 37 percent in Quinnipiac's last poll. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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New poll: Just before James Comey’s firing, Trump’s approval was already slumping

David Freddoso · May 10, 2017 7:48 pm

The president's firing of former FBI director James Comey seems to have caught everyone off guard, including top GOP lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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You laugh, but GOP senators’ reactions to Comey firing is big

Becket Adams · May 10, 2017 7:46 pm

We'd all be wise to remember that their primary function is a lot more than just what we happen to see on TV. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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The FBI does more than just investigate politicians like Clinton and Trump

Jason Russell · May 10, 2017 6:40 pm

The Times has no evidence of the real motivation behind the Comey pink slip, and its editorial board is getting ahead of itself by making unfounded assertions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Let’s take it down a notch, NYT, and make sure we have the facts

Becket Adams · May 10, 2017 6:35 pm

Until recently, Mello had a real chance of making a rare Democrat victory in deep red Nebraska. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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After straying from Democrats’ abortion orthodoxy, Heath Mello got hung out to dry in Omaha’s mayoral race

Philip Wegmann · May 10, 2017 6:29 pm

If Trump is to protect the Middle East from Iran, he needs a strategy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Who Trump is considering to head the FBI

David Freddoso · May 10, 2017 5:13 pm

Comey's firing by President Trump on May 9 has suddenly rehabilitated him in Democrats' eyes. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

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James Comey’s unlikely martyrdom

David Freddoso · May 10, 2017 5:11 pm

Attendance at Cavaliers games during the previous seasons had averaged 3,000-4,000 fewer people per game, but from Oct. 30, 2014 onward, the Cavs would play, without fail, to sell-out crowds. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Where LeBron takes his talent, there the jobs will be also

daniel-shoag, Stan Veuger · May 10, 2017 5:00 pm

The FBI letter and the Rosenstein memo both raised questions about Comey's credibility as well, though the latter did so more directly than the former. (iStock)

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Reminder: The FBI sent Sen. Chuck Grassley a letter correcting James Comey’s testimony on same day he was fired

Emily Jashinsky · May 10, 2017 4:53 pm