Thanks, Trump. By firing James Comey, you've convinced me that every member of your cadre is gnashing his or her pointed little teeth in a fen of treason and corruption, that they all answer to you, and that you answer to Putin. I was already pretty sure things were bad, but now you've been stupid enough to verify every suspicion. I mean, really: what could be more revelatory than firing the person who's leading an investigation into your misdeeds? Your idiocy is our only hope, because your evil and your selfishness are unmitigated.

Nixon's former White House counsel, John Dean, has said to the New Yorker: "If they think they can influence the Russian investigation by removing Comey, they are naive. I learned from my own experience that you can't put in the fix by removing somebody."

I'm think he knows what he's talking about.