So you think you know the story?
This from Rolling Stone:
Showtime has released the official trailer for its upcoming two-part limited series The Comey Rule, starring Jeff Daniels as former FBI director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson as President Donald Trump.
The two-part series will premiere on consecutive nights — Sunday, September 27th and Monday, September 28th — at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The Comey Rule is based on Comey’s number-one New York Times bestselling book A Higher Loyalty, along with over a year of interviews with key subjects conducted by director and screenwriter Billy Ray (Captain Phillips, Shattered Glass). The two-part series follows the behind-the-scenes events leading up to the 2016 election and its aftermath as seen through the eyes of Trump and the FBI director that he would eventually fire.
In addition to Daniels and Gleeson, The Comey Rule also stars Holly Hunter as former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, Michael Kelly as former FBI director Andrew McCabe, Jennifer Ehle as Comey’s wife Patrice Failor, Scott McNairy as former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Jonathan Banks as former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, Oona Chaplin as former FBI lawyer Lisa Page, Amy Seimetz as former FBI lawyer Trisha Anderson, Steven Pasquale as former FBI agent Peter Strzok, Peter Coyote as former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller and Kingsley Ben-Adir as former President Barack Obama.
This is a very good bill although without commercial sponsors the ticket prices are going to keep many people away
The Bucks and Brewers are expressing outrage over a police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin Sunday. Police responded to a domestic violence call that resulted in the shooting of Jacob Blake seven times as he was trying to get into his car. George Hill called it “sickening”and “heartless” while Mike Budenholzer sent his thoughts and prayers and called for change. Craig Counsell says we have a “systemic problem that we need to address,” while wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur and the players’ leadership council met yesterday to discuss what actions they could take amid the Jacob Blake shooting, which happened just 155 miles from Lambeau Field. LaFleur says they want to continue to use their platform for positive change. “The social injustice, the police brutality, the antiquated laws, we can’t stand for this any longer,” he said in an emotional statement to media.
And if you were even thinking “shut up and dribble”…just piss off
That’s gotta hurt….
This seems good…from Mike Vassillo
Through 8 outings, Josh Hader – now 6-for-6 in save chances – has yet to allow a run or a hit as opponents are 0-for-25 with 5 walks, a HBP, and 13 strikeouts. #ThisIsMyCrew
Sadness in the music world with the news of the death of Justin Townes Earle. Steve Earle’s son had ploughed his own way in a tough business and released some really good stuff…
Here he is on Letterman with a young Jason Isbell on lead guitar
Covers of the Day (Happy Birthday to Jeff Tweedy of Wilco who turns 53 and Henry Paul of the Outlaws and Blackhawk who turns 71)
Jeff Tweedy covers Bob Dylan
Henry Paul covers Van Morrison
It was a pretty big day in 1970’s music history….Elton John played the Troubadour and was on his way to fame in 1970…The Boss released Born To Run in 1975…The Who released Who Are You, the final LP with Keith Moon in 1978…and this song hit #1 in 1979 and stayed there for six weeks…
Quotes Of The Day
“I know we’ve all been terribly anesthetized, but it is absolutely incredible–incredible!–that the campaign manager for the 2016 Trump campaign had a close associate who SSCI assesses is a Russian intel officer. Not a witting or unwitting asset; not a source–an actual spy.”-Zach Dorfman
“Owning the libs and pissing off the media,” shrugs Brendan Buck, a longtime senior congressional aide. “That’s what we believe in now. There’s really not much more to it.”
In America in 2020, calling the police to report anything but the most urgent, severe threats has a significant chance of making things worse – especially for Black and brown people.
“Over time parties taken over by authoritarians lose identity apart from the leader- their resources and time are monopolized by the need to defend him no matter what he says or does.”-Ruth Ben-Ghiat
“How many Trump voters know the woman who was just shouting a verbal attack on California used to be married to the Democratic governor of California?”-Lawrence O’Donnell
“This isn’t a political party. It’s a personality cult.”-Ezra Klein
“This trope where RNC speakers thank Trump for giving up his awesome life to selflessly be president is surreal.”-Ezra Klein
“If you’re keeping count, not all the Mrs. Trumps at the last convention are still Mrs. Trumps. That’s why Trump girlfriend is a new speaking category this year.”-Lawrence O’Donnell
The Trump campaign has quietly funneled money to his sons’ significant others. Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lara Trump have each received $15,000 a month, according to top Republicans with knowledge of the payments.
“The federal employees involved with filming those campaign infomercials at the White House are violating the Hatch Act.”-Renato MAriotti
“We should not minimize this moment. We’re watching the collapse of a major party as a serious governing organization. We’ve never seen anything like this in modern politics. Republican leaders have stood by while a corrupt con man destroyed any credibility of their party.”-Stuart Stevens
“I think it’s important for objective journalists to note how wildly imbalanced the dishonesty is between the current parties. This one half-night of Republican programming so far has been exponentially more dishonest than the entire four nights of the Democratic convention.”-Daniel Dale
“Republicans gather to proclaim how well the country is doing, in an event held virtually because a containable virus killed almost 180,000 Americans in 6 months”-Sarah Cooper
“The police officers who shot Jacob Blake 7 times in the back did not have body cameras. If nobody took that cell phone video, Jacob would not just be fighting for his life right now in the ICU but would be facing multiple charges by the cops and years in prison. Video everything.”-Dr. Eugene Gu
“The President of the United States has nothing to say about the 175,000 Americans who have died in a pandemic, but will never stop talking about himself.”-Ben Rhodes
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