Maurene Comey, who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein and is former FBI Director James Comey’s daughter, was fired Wednesday from her job in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, according to two people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

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    She won’t, though. It sucks to be on the side with integrity and ethics. It’s like having one oath tied behind your back…

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      When Nazis game the system and try to dismantle the rule of law, the ethical thing to do is to start breaking the damned rules and fighting back.

      Just ask O. John Rogge how it’s done.

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        “The removal of Hitler and Mussolini and a few of their collaborators does not mean that fascism is dead. Now the fascists can take a more subtle disguise, they can come forward and simply say ‘I am anti-Communist.’” -O. John Rogge

        The fight against fascism never ended, the fascists have been masquerading as republicans for 50 years, and now that Trump has given them all license, they are dropping their masks.

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          That’s silly! If everyone who is anti-Communist was fascist, then the entire US during the Cold War was…

          Realization