Each day brings a new demonstration of the idiocy of our politics. Today it’s the Comey story.

In light of the assassination attempts on (now) President Trump, to say nothing of his own hyperbolic rhetoric about Trump’s hyperbolic rhetoric prior to the Capitol riot, former FBI Director Jim Comey should not have published a picture of seashells arrayed in an “86 47” on Instagram. It’s bad judgment, and not for the first time. I take no joy in saying that about someone I’ve known and liked for nearly 40 years and who has never been anything but kind and gracious to me.

But the claims that “86” is a call to assassinate the 47th president? Coming from the Secretary of Homeland Security, national intelligence director, the FBI director, and a

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