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Extra, Extra: FBI Director James Comey Fired By Person He's Investigating
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Ben Yakas
Published May 9, 2017
Modified May 9, 2017
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Published May 9, 2017
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- The Fusion Special Projects team proved how easy it is to get Trump officials, including Newt Gingrich, to click on phishing scams.
- A cab driver found eight bricks of heroin in a suitcase in his trunk.
- The NY Times on how homeownership became the engine of American inequality.
- James Comey inaccurately stated the number of Hillary Clinton’s emails that aide Huma Abedin forwarded to Anthony Weiner’s laptop during Senate testimony, or more simply, Comey lied.
- Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand Comey has been fired.
- Bill O’Reilly’s ex-wife swore in an affidavit that the former Fox News host brutally assaulted her in their Long Island home after she discovered him half-naked and engaging in phone sex.
- Jill Solloway talks to Vulture about I Love Dick, Transparent and Trump.
- Vice explains populism.
- A chef prepares his take on some unforgettable foods from Seinfeld, including the Soup Nazi's wild mushroom soup, Elaine Benes' muffin tops, and Jerry Seinfeld's cinnamon babka.
- Urine beer is real, and it's not just for Bud Light drinkers anymore.
- If all the trees die, then all the humans will die, yay?
- And finally, this lamb thinks it's a dog!
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