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PIA, there's a recklessness in the air, seemingly in both law enforcement and intelligence, that reflects the same poor judgment most Trump fans have in all areas of life, so while they might be on record as saying they value their tenure in the FBI, that doesn't mean they aren't prone to huge lapses in judgment when operating their brain and yapper simultaneously.

Besides, few things appeal more to Trump fans than a martyred G-man who "was unfairly singled out by the Clinton Conspiracy". I doubt the optics of firing an FBI man would look good even if he was begging for it.
Truth takes a back seat to perception.

Still is filled with Trumpites. That hasn't changed.

From William Falk, editor of The Week Magazine:

During every presidential campaign, pontificators solemnly declare that this is the most important presidential election of our lifetimes—a turning point in American history. Every election does mark a turning point of a kind, though in normal times it lasts four to eight years, as we zigzag from the center-left to the center-right. I wonder, though, if this time, our republic is about to tip over into an era unlike any we’ve seen since the 1960s, and perhaps the 1850s. The political norms that have held our factionalized nation together are coming apart at the seams. No matter who wins next Tuesday, we seem to be hurtling toward a constitutional crisis.
The rift between red and blue America has opened to a chasm of mutual contempt and incomprehension. Politics has become overtly racialized, venomous, toxic—a civil war by other means. For the first time, a presidential nominee, Donald Trump, has declared before the election that the results will be “rigged” and invalid. If Trump ascends to the presidency, Ross Douthat predicts in The New York Times this week, there’s a high likelihood of “major civil unrest,” with Trump’s caustic rhetoric serving to “pour gasoline” on protests and violence. He would take office burdened with multiple allegations that he’s a sexual predator, and battling two lawsuits charging him with defrauding students of Trump University. If Hillary Clinton is elected, she will face congressional investigations of the Clinton Foundation and her email server even before she moves into the Oval Office. In some Republican circles, talk of impeachment has already begun. More openly, some Republicans are vowing to refuse to let her fill Supreme Court vacancies for her entire term—in effect, nullifying the presidential election. I have to believe our resilient nation will survive the coming crisis, as we have survived so many others. But Americans have reason to fear where we’re headed.

William Falk, Editor-in-chief

I can hardly wait. Does anyone out there see this ending differently?

Let's see how you feel a week from now. We probably will have a new Democratic President coming and a new Senate even sooner. Then the Republicans can foam at the mouth all they want and it will be pointless.

I agree. I can only imagine that if Hillary become President, what the Rethugliclowns did to BAMZ!!! will be child's play - it will be BAMZ².

When Clinton is president, I think the Rs can try all kinds of petty impeachments and investigations which only carry them further into the slit trench. Within two years the government will be an all blue outfit.

Republicans will still be trying to reconcile the Trumpsters and the rest of their coalition. If they ever can.

Anybody who supported Trump (and few will admit it) will look pretty stupid once his fraud conviction kicks in.

I have been inoculated against succumbing to political optimism