Political stunts had flyover folks piping up this week, deciding it was time for the US Department of Justice to do some work. Former FBI Director James Comey apparently thought he’d look all tough and cool by posting an ominous image on social media, getting the Trump administration fired up. Comey is still the big story this week, but right on his heels are five hours of the 46th president struggling to speak to special counsel Robert Hur in an interview from 2023. To top it all off, heartlanders are wondering why there’s a lack of anything notable so far from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
8647 – Really, Comey?
James Comey posted on Instagram – the platform where we often see kittens and puppies playing – a picture of seashells on a beach arranged to form the numbers 8 6 4 7. As it turns out, however, Americans weren’t happy about what sure seemed like a death threat. The backlash was harsh, and he deleted the post. But the internet is forever, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem was hot under her collar. Mr. Comey, once one of the nation’s chief investigators, is now under investigation himself.
“I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk, which I assumed were a political message. I didn’t realize some folks associate those numbers with violence of any kind, so I took the post down,” Comey wrote. That makes it all better. Terri Elliott chimed in from Hillsboro, OH: “Too late now, idiot. You put it out there. It’ll never go away. It’s out there forever.”
Trump Jr. jumped on X with his theory, saying Comey was “causally calling for my dad to be murdered.” Donald Trump has survived two assassination attempts. What was this guy thinking?
But cattle rancher Mike Hobbs in New Mexico let fly his anger at the DOJ without holding back:
“How about our fearless DOJ? Efficiency, competency, and timeliness that simply take our breath away! After two known attempts to murder Trump, these boisterous, bogus, innocuous, and toothless bureaucrats will ‘investigate’ (their typical excuse for incompetence) until the next assassin hits the mark!
“Bondi remains totally mute as Patel adroitly dodges responsibility for removing the threat by saying it’s the job of the Secret Service to deal with Comey! Secret Service, the same Keystone Cops who offered Trump as an exposed target in Butler, Pennsylvania!
“Solicitation to murder was once a prosecutable offense, but that was before this DOJ took the reins. Now, it is just yet another opportunity to ‘investigate.’ What a pathetic cast of clowns.”
At this point, we should point out – as Liberty Nation News Legal Affairs Editor Scott D. Cosenza, Esq., explained – that the First Amendment does protect political speech when it doesn’t call for or threaten violence, and this message is probably covered. “For successful prosecution of statements or, as in this case, images containing messages, prosecutors must prove, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Mr. Comey knew this image was a ‘true threat,’ or recklessly disregarded the fact that it was,” Mr. Cosenza explained. So, even if it turns out Comey was actually calling for the death of the 47th president, it would be hard to prove it.
Ed Wieging in Germantown, OH, stopped the talk of orange jumpsuits and simply hit the guy where it might hurt most: “They need to pull his pension. Bet he wouldn’t do that again.”
LNN’s own Graham J. Noble couldn’t resist a social media post either: “It is not possible that a career FBI official has never heard the term ‘86’ or knows what it means. Also, the odds of Comey stumbling by chance on this message in the sand are about the same as me winning the lottery, for which I buy a ticket about twice a year.”
Fluffershchutterngas
No one is playing nice with Joe Biden. Even Axios has stripped the octogenarian of a shred of dignity, publishing audio recordings it obtained of President Biden’s discussions with special counsel Robert Hur – held over two sessions on October 8 and 9, 2023. The conversations demonstrate what many Americans already figured: The former president was cognitively compromised and probably should not have been elected in the first place.
The elder Biden could not remember when his son, Beau, had died and asked Hur for clarity: At one point, he asked, “Was it 2015 he had died?”
In Smyrna, GA, Tilly Brian Frazier asks: “How is this not a huge scandal of the century?”
Mr. Biden admitted that, when leaving the vice presidency, he might have kept a classified document related to Afghanistan “just for posterity’s sake.” Axios didn’t react well and stated: “That admission of intent technically could have exposed Biden to criminal charges.”
But the folks From the Back Forty were most concerned about who or what was running the country. Such as Jerry Cupp in Columbus, OH, who wrote that the Biden affair was “the worst coverup and makes Watergate [look] like a jaywalking ticket.”
Ed Ziti from Henderson, NV, made a very good point: “[Former Attorney General] Merrick Garland would not release the audio because of national security. He was right, lol!” Many agreed the nation would be vulnerable to attack.
Danny Hecht weighed in from Eli, MN, and called out other people who covered for the man: “No one has mentioned the White House doctor or the annual physical at Walter Reed Hospital. You’re saying they didn’t notice he had dementia in 2019. Why did they have to hide Biden in the basement?”
Behind the Scenes Bondi
When Pam Bondi became the attorney general for the Trump administration, heartlanders were all for her law-and-order, no-nonsense approach to the rotten parts of the Department of Justice. But that patience is wearing thin on the Epstein files and now the Comey debacle. Rural folks don’t sit around and wait – they get the job done in the dark of morning and come home in the dark of night. AG Bondi’s 100th day in office has passed, and she has worked mostly internally to straighten out the team and shed the poor players – a herculean effort, no doubt. But Middle America is still starved for action, and June Beaty in Eastland, TX, said, “I really don’t see where she’s getting anything done.”
It would appear the people who elected this administration are not on board. Brian Gentry in Apple Creek, OH, said: “Jury is still out.”
In Tripoli, WI, Scott Melquist bluntly stated: “Unless she starts prosecuting, she’s just blowing smoke.”
But one southwestern gal, Jordan Stephanie Teixeiro, had a thought that lightened the mood: “Ok. Now go get that beach bunny that just threatened the president!” Yeah, that didn’t happen either.
Dozing Dingell
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) took a long nap, which was recorded by the media, with bottles of Perrier still sitting on her desk. She was slumped over, mouth ajar, and some cute little snore sounds abounded. “Dreamland” Dingell has been in Congress for ten years, inheriting the seat from her deceased husband, John Dingell, who sat in it for nearly 60 years. Here’s the kicker: John Dingell took the seat over from his father, John Dingell Sr., who held it for more than 20 years.
Frank Peterson in Mount Prospect, IL, had an idea: “Maybe Mike Lindell can send her one of those sweet MyPillow deals. Maybe get a Congress promo code! The Official Pillow of Congress!”
It might keep the Democratic members of Congress awake while doing the people’s business.
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