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Possibly
the
dumbest
news
cycle
of
the
year
involved
former
FBI
Director
James
Comey
being
branded
as
a
political
terrorist
for
taking
an
Instagram
shot
of
some
goddamned
seashells
by
the
seashore.
In
May,
the
longtime
Republican
had
arranged
the
shells
into
“8647,”
marrying
“86”
—
the
old-timey
lingo
for
bouncing
an
unruly
patron
or
the
restaurant
slang
for
canceling
an
order
—
with
“47,”
indicating
the
47th
president.
The
Secret
Service
interviewed
Comey
over
the
picture
and
then
tracked
him
for
some
time.
Kash
Patel
followed
up
declaring
that
he
diverted
resources
away
from
“chasing
down
child
sex
predators,
fentanyl
traffickers,
terrorists”
to
chase
down
people
making
funny
social
media
posts.
It
was
one
of
the
earlier
signs
that
the
people
running
federal
law
enforcement
right
now
are
not
the
sharpest
tools
in
the
shed.
Just
tools.
A
knock-on
effect
of
Comey’s
post,
the
administration
fired
his
daughter
Maureen,
who
had
served
for
years
in
the
U.S.
Attorney’s
Office
for
the
SDNY.
At
the
time,
the
younger
Comey
said,
“fear
is
the
tool
of
a
tyrant,
wielded
to
suppress
independent
thought.”
Which
is
a
more
eloquent
way
of
saying,
“suckas
just
messed
with
the
wrong
lawyer.”
And
so
she
has
now
sued.
Defendants
have
not
provided
any
explanation
whatsoever
for
terminating
Ms.
Comey.
In
truth,
there
is
no
legitimate
explanation.
Rather,
Defendants
fired
Ms.
Comey
solely
or
substantially
because
her
father
is
former
FBI
Director
James
B.
Comey,
or
because
of
her
perceived
political
affiliation
and
beliefs,
or
both.
She’s
probably
right,
but
let’s
not
sleep
on
her
role
as
the
Epstein
and
Ghislaine
Maxwell
prosecutor,
a
case
that
Donald
Trump
seems
to
care
a
lot
about
for
some
reason.
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