Saturday, April 14, 2018
He's No Hero
An excerpt from the Atlantic -
James Comey Is No Hero
The former FBI director has a low opinion of the president who fired him, but his disregard for Justice Department rules helped put Trump in the White House to begin with.
By ADAM SERWER
Comey’s admission that he believed Clinton would win is also dramatically at odds with Comey’s own sworn testimony before the Senate in May of 2017. “There was a great debate. I have a fabulous staff at all levels and one of my junior lawyers said, ‘Should you consider that what you’re about to do may help elect Donald Trump president?’” Comey said. “And I said, ‘Thank you for raising that, not for a moment because down that path lies the death of the FBI as an independent institution in America. I can’t consider for a second whose political fortunes will be affected in what way.’” Now, Comey admits Clinton’s political fortunes were a factor in his decision, which means that by his own assessment, he personally put the FBI’s political independence at risk.
Comey’s explanation in a Higher Loyalty also makes little sense. If a potential Clinton administration’s legitimacy might be thrown into question by concealing the restarted investigation, why did Comey not have even greater concerns about a Trump administration, given the fact that the FBI believed that Trump’s campaign may have been drawing aid from a hostile foreign power, an allegation far more serious than mishandling of classified information?
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Comey has a long record of public service, and Trump has none to speak of more than a year into his presidency. Yet there’s another way in which the virtuous and forthright Comey resembles the degenerate and deceitful Trump. Both are the main characters in their own cinematic dramas, the heroes of their own great epic stories, a mindset that blinds each of them to the consequences of their actions on other people.
Comey cares a great deal about honor, and regards the president as dishonorable. But in 2016, Comey robbed the American people of the opportunity to fairly judge each candidate in the 2016 election. That would be the case even if Clinton had prevailed; that she lost simply dramatizes the consequences of his decision. He chose honor over duty, and the nation, the political process, and the independence of FBI all continue to suffer for it.
Trump fired Comey for self-interested reasons, an act that may amount to obstruction of justice. But by that point, Comey had proven himself unfit to hold his office.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/james-comey/557981/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20180413&silverid=MzEwMTkwMTQ4ODk4S0
James Comey Is No Hero
The former FBI director has a low opinion of the president who fired him, but his disregard for Justice Department rules helped put Trump in the White House to begin with.
By ADAM SERWER
Comey’s admission that he believed Clinton would win is also dramatically at odds with Comey’s own sworn testimony before the Senate in May of 2017. “There was a great debate. I have a fabulous staff at all levels and one of my junior lawyers said, ‘Should you consider that what you’re about to do may help elect Donald Trump president?’” Comey said. “And I said, ‘Thank you for raising that, not for a moment because down that path lies the death of the FBI as an independent institution in America. I can’t consider for a second whose political fortunes will be affected in what way.’” Now, Comey admits Clinton’s political fortunes were a factor in his decision, which means that by his own assessment, he personally put the FBI’s political independence at risk.
Comey’s explanation in a Higher Loyalty also makes little sense. If a potential Clinton administration’s legitimacy might be thrown into question by concealing the restarted investigation, why did Comey not have even greater concerns about a Trump administration, given the fact that the FBI believed that Trump’s campaign may have been drawing aid from a hostile foreign power, an allegation far more serious than mishandling of classified information?
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Comey has a long record of public service, and Trump has none to speak of more than a year into his presidency. Yet there’s another way in which the virtuous and forthright Comey resembles the degenerate and deceitful Trump. Both are the main characters in their own cinematic dramas, the heroes of their own great epic stories, a mindset that blinds each of them to the consequences of their actions on other people.
Comey cares a great deal about honor, and regards the president as dishonorable. But in 2016, Comey robbed the American people of the opportunity to fairly judge each candidate in the 2016 election. That would be the case even if Clinton had prevailed; that she lost simply dramatizes the consequences of his decision. He chose honor over duty, and the nation, the political process, and the independence of FBI all continue to suffer for it.
Trump fired Comey for self-interested reasons, an act that may amount to obstruction of justice. But by that point, Comey had proven himself unfit to hold his office.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/james-comey/557981/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20180413&silverid=MzEwMTkwMTQ4ODk4S0
Single Mom Rocks
From BlackAmericaWeb-
Single Mom Breaks The Internet With Law School Graduation Photos
By Diannah Watson
Single Mom Breaks The Internet With Law School Graduation Photos
By Diannah Watson
https://blackamericaweb.com/2018/04/13/single-mom-breaks-the-internet-with-law-school-graduation-photos/
A Raging Buffon
An excerpt form the NY Times -
Tethered to a Raging Buffoon Called Trump
by Richard Cohen
We are tethered to a buffoon. He rages and veers, spreading ugliness, like an oil slick smothering everything in its viscous mantle. He’s about to bomb Syria. He’s not about to bomb Syria. His attention span is nonexistent. He attacks the foundations of our Republic: an independent judiciary, a free press, truth itself. His cabinet looks terrorized, the way Saddam Hussein’s once did.
President Donald Trump is dangerous. The main things mitigating the danger are his incompetence and cowardice. We live in a time that teaches how outrage can turn to a shrug, how the unthinkable repeated over and over can induce moral numbness, how a madman’s manic certainties can overwhelm reason. He is very busy; people resist; he opens another front; people shake their heads. It’s hard to remember on Friday what happened on Monday. Trump’s is the unbearable lightness of the charlatan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/opinion/trump-hitler-europe.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Tethered to a Raging Buffoon Called Trump
by Richard Cohen
We are tethered to a buffoon. He rages and veers, spreading ugliness, like an oil slick smothering everything in its viscous mantle. He’s about to bomb Syria. He’s not about to bomb Syria. His attention span is nonexistent. He attacks the foundations of our Republic: an independent judiciary, a free press, truth itself. His cabinet looks terrorized, the way Saddam Hussein’s once did.
President Donald Trump is dangerous. The main things mitigating the danger are his incompetence and cowardice. We live in a time that teaches how outrage can turn to a shrug, how the unthinkable repeated over and over can induce moral numbness, how a madman’s manic certainties can overwhelm reason. He is very busy; people resist; he opens another front; people shake their heads. It’s hard to remember on Friday what happened on Monday. Trump’s is the unbearable lightness of the charlatan.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/opinion/trump-hitler-europe.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Seeking Whiter, Richer Students
From the NY Times -
Colleges Recruit at Richer, Whiter High Schools
By Ozan Jaquette and Karina Salazar
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/13/opinion/college-recruitment-rich-white.html
Colleges Recruit at Richer, Whiter High Schools
By Ozan Jaquette and Karina Salazar
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/04/13/opinion/college-recruitment-rich-white.html
Pounded by a Mexican
From the Huffington Post -
Boxer Wearing ‘America 1st’ Shorts Gets Pounded By Mexican Opponent
The message on those boxing shorts is truly below the belt.
By David Moye
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rod-salka-america-1st-shorts-francisco-vargas_us_5ad0ee0fe4b016a07e9c2a24
Boxer Wearing ‘America 1st’ Shorts Gets Pounded By Mexican Opponent
The message on those boxing shorts is truly below the belt.
By David Moye
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Friday, April 13, 2018
Just Being Can Be a Problem
From VerySmartBrothas -
How to Make White People Uncomfortable
By Damon Young
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/50-ways-to-make-white-people-uncomfortable-1825188582?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-04-12
How to Make White People Uncomfortable
By Damon Young
https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/50-ways-to-make-white-people-uncomfortable-1825188582?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-04-12
Thursday, April 12, 2018
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Black Genius on Full Display
An excerpt from the Root -
Atlanta, Donald Glover and the Invisibility of Black Genius
By Michael Harriot
However, like the previously mentioned pieces of art, it will likely never be hailed for its genius because it is too black. But Atlanta’s blackness alone doesn’t preclude its value being perceived by the masses. There is another noticeable element that Glover subtly infuses into the show that might make it immune to white applause:
Atlanta doesn’t give a fuck.
The show’s subversive personality doesn’t even try to accommodate white sensibilities. It is not unapologetically black, because it seems to be unaware that an apology is even necessary. It is “I don’t give a damn if they’re watching” black. It is dripping with wet-lemon-pepper-wings seasoning, the hilarity of Caucasian puppy love and indifference to white eyes. Even the title of the “Sportin’ Waves” episode seems unaware that there exists a whole world outside of blackness.
https://www.theroot.com/atlanta-donald-glover-and-the-invisibility-of-black-ge-1825116384?utm_source=theroot_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-04-10
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