Queen, thank you for your support: s/he’s just trolling, right now. S/he took me to task because none of my “hero” journalists (his/her words) lives in DC (Gwen Ifill didn’t live in DC?) and then called the rest of them ‘glorified stenographers’.

I agree. I know people that literally spend their entire days, stopping and chatting, walking into open offices for a “quick visit” that turns into 20 minutes. 20 minutes in the hallway here and there, 4 office visits, 2 coffee breaks, then lunch and repeat...and when the hell are people actually working? Steve…

That’s barely wine money.

It’s very obvious you have never been on your way to a bra burning and tripped over a cable wire. Or what about when the coven comes over to watch The Craft on Witchy Bitches’ Movie Night and you are embarrassed by your entertainment center wires? Or having to wire a speaker to your roof that blares Bikini Kill so all…

Dude, all I wrote was that it isn’t a good look for him. It isn’t my most pressing concern at the moment. It was written as a response to a column entirely about the eyeroll, so I don’t believe it to be misplaced.

Veterans for Trump forgave the ‘POWs aren’t war heroes, I like soldiers that don’t get caught’ line. They’ll swallow anything.

I’m just saying that it backfires on us. And right now, we need to marshall forces and act swiftly, decisively, and with some discipline. All of us who want this national nightmare to be over.

This is true. But Anderson Cooper ostensibly remains a journalist.

Right. But his job is to show (you the hypocrisy of the Trump administration through incisive questions) and not tell (act like an at-home viewer).

Hard-hitting journalism is that which is needed. Incisive questions; not backing down; and disallowing pap and platitudes. Eye-rolls do nothing but discredit your position.

*We’re screwed, aren’t we?*

The only people who can appoint a Special Prosecutor would be the AG (recused/signed off on the firing), the Deputy AG (signed off on the firing), and Congress (requires 2/3 majority to override presidential Veto).

If this were the Middle East, it would go something like, “Despot who wins in unlawful election fires head of feared mukhabarat (secret agency); family consolidates control over the country. International observers decry leader’s decisions and calls for democratic elections.”

lol, the worst part is seeing people say “well there is no way congressional republicans can ignore this now...”

So them I’m guessing the new primary mission of the FBI will be tracking down leaks and arresting those responsible?

“Yeah, I’m gonna need to speak to your manager...” haircut spotted.

ALL of this, and I’d add that the “Just go to the E-room” fallback is also fiscally magical thinking from our supposedly hardheadedly pragmatic Republican friends.

It’s a beautiful, terrible and heartwrenching story. But, if any story is going to actually get through the layers of Republican cognitive dissonance, it’s not going to be a story about a married gay snowboarding photographer from a liberal stronghold.

“I was trying to explain that all hospitals are required by law to treat patients in need of emergency care regardless of their ability to pay and that the Republican plan does not change that,”