The Washington Post corrected their story and gave you an even better visual …

I’m oh so glad we got that straight.

Thanks to Deb for the heads up.

Where to start, where to start – In the last 24 hours it’s come to light, despite the frantic efforts of the WH to spin the story differently, that Trump was outraged at Comey’s investigation of his ties to Russia. His impatience with Comey boiled over when, while testifying before the Congress Comey said that he was “mildly nauseous” to think that he had a hand in electing Trump. He then decided to fire Comey, and ordered the letter from Rosenstein to make a case against him.  When the letter was finished, Jeff Sessions, who had supposedly recused himself from the Russia investigation, was called to the Oval Office where Trump told him he was using the letter as justification to fire Comey.

That evening and yesterday morning, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway went on national television and lied on every network that Rosenstein had acted on his own when, in fact, he was ordered to write the letter.  The evening of the firing, a clearly rattled Sean Spicer was cornered by the press apparently hiding from reporters behind the bushes on the north lawn of the WH.  When discovered, he reluctantly gave an interview in the dark, insisting he didn’t want to be on camera.

THEN, the next day, Trump was played by the Russians when foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador Sergey Kislyak were invited to the Oval Office for a closed door meeting.  The only photographs of the meeting were from an agent of Tass, the Russian state news agency who tweeted them out live.  That’s correct, US press photographers were blocked from the meeting, while the Trump WH allowed a Russian propaganda agent into the Oval Office who live tweeted the meeting through the Tass website.   No breach of security there, eh?

This morning, the aftershocks of this latest disaster are actually getting worse.  The NY Times has published an open letter to Rosenstein urging him to appoint an independent counsel from outside the FBI and DOJ to run a fully independent investigation of the Trump-Russia connection, telling him that is his only choice.  The talking heads on MoJo are exploding today.

We may be closer to the end that even the most optimistic among us can imagine.  Reports of Trump sitting in the residence shouting at his television are common, and I can imagine that most WH staff are preparing resumes to get the hell out of there.  The Republicans on the Hill will reluctantly begin to acknowledge that they’re being herded over the cliff as part of this slow motion catastrophe and begin to move against him.

I see no scenario where this presidency doesn’t end disastrously, and it can’t come soon enough.

Someplace somewhere a special prosecutor is saving a tape of this.

Today Donald Trump found time in his busy schedule to meet with the Russian Foreign Minister.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sarcastically acted surprised Wednesday when asked a question about the firing of FBI Director James Comey during a visit to Washington.

“Was he fired? You’re kidding, you’re kidding,” he said during a brief press conference at the State Department before making a face, shaking his head and leaving the room.

Oh, that will certainly be played to a jury hearing the conspiracy case against Donald Trump.

Cute couple, huh?

Trump thinks he’s bulletproof and likes to rub that in our noses.

Now THIS little tidbit –

The Washington Post is reporting that during the chaos last night, Spicer was trying to hide from the press behind some bushes on the north lawn of the WH.  He finally agreed to answer questions, but with no television lights.  So he gave an interview between two bushes in the dark.  Pretty symbolic, in my view.

Where is Zach Galifianakis when you need him?

I just tickled myself.

Y’all, if Jeff Session has trouble looking at himself in the mirror this morning, he can just tape this to the mirror and hardly even notice the difference.

By the way, remember his lovely bride?  “We are sick of the Watergate.  They didn’t steal anything.”  Kellyanne Conway’s role model.

As most of you know, our famous friend Kary retired to Spain a year ago.  He and his husband Jimmy are very happy there and God knows they’ve earned it.  Plus, he sends me really fabulous stuff and enchanting stories about the people he’s met, so it’s working out well for both of us.

In the middle of the night he sent me an email asking me what the hell is going on. Is this the end or is the little news I’m getting overblowing it?

I replied,

Oh Kary, get on an airplane and fly your cute butt right here to my house. I have an extra bedroom, about 10 bottles of wine, popcorn, and enough schadenfreude to fill the Battleship Texas. This is so much fun!

I think you can get MSNBC online. It would be worth it. Brian Williams did an extra special good job last night and Rachel is trembling with delight. However, Anderson Cooper interviewing Kellyanne Conway (yeah – sheeee’s back) last night was my favorite thing ever. He kept having to stifle a laugh, gave her the side eye about a dozen times, and came very very close to asking her if she wanted some milk in a saucer. That interview should be framed and hung in the Museum of Damn Arts.

We were at the ballgame when it broke but all round the stadium were people plugged into their smart phones. Honey, I could have rented out my charger for enough money to pay for season tickets. Bubba said, “Susan had baseball and Trump going down. If she had won the lottery that night, I’d have been Harry sitting next to Sally in the sandwich shop.

It’s more fun that recess in heaven. Wish you were here.

I love you! Susan

And that pretty much sums it up.

On edit:  I found the Cooper / Conway interview.  Here ya go.