It appeared that Sean Spicer was exasperated today as he avoided answering any questions about the Comey tweet-threat. Trump has a unique facility of creating more bad press to distract from earlier bad press. The latest events (the tweet and the interview with Lester Holt) completely contradicted his press staff's - and Vice President's - efforts to defendsplain the Comey firing. As the NYT put it: 'Looking Like a Liar or a Fool': What It Means to Work for Trump.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich