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President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, which came as shocking news, even in the times of President Trump.

While countless people of all kinds called out Trump for suddenly firing Comey, so did one of Comey’s most notorious rivals, Edward Snowden.

“Every American should condemn such political interference in the Bureau’s work,” Snowden tweeted with a link to the news of Comey’s firing, urging Americans to “set aside politics.” Read more…

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Do you have no interest in investigating Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia?

Are you a terribly unqualified white man who was born into tremendous privilege? 

Well, son, do we have the job for you. 

On Tuesday, Trump fired James Comey, the director of the FBI — which just so happens to be the agency looking into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russian operatives. 

“A search for a new permanent FBI director will begin immediately,” read the official statement from the White House.  Read more…

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Former White House photographer Pete Souza has a social media weapon, and he really likes to use it to troll President Donald Trump.

Shortly after news broke that Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday, Souza went to Instagram to express his opinions on the matter. While plenty of people roast Trump on a daily basis, Souza’s burns tend to be done with an indirect tact that leaves his followers wanting more.

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When the White House announced that President Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey in the middle of the bureau’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russian operatives, the internet went, predictably, absolutely berserk.

The four-sentence statement from Press Secretary Sean Spicer included the nugget that the firing was based on “clear recommendations” from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (Yes, the same Sessions who was forced to recuse himself from the FBI’s probe into the Trump campaign’s contact with Russia because he’d misled congress about that very matter during his confirmation hearings.) Read more…

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Nick Buoniconti is an NFL legend. He was a defensive star on the 1972 Miami Dolphins, still the only team to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl in the same season. 

Buoniconti, of course, is still a legend — legends never die, as the saying goes. But he’s declined precipitously over the past few years, following 14 seasons of big hits and playing through pain as a pro football demigod.

That decline — equal parts harrowing and heart-breaking — is the focus of a long, painstakingly intimate profile of Buoniconti in Sports Illustrated, written by S.L. Price. You’ve may have read more concussion stories than you can count at this point, but it’s time to make room for one more.  Read more…

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Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday despite the bureau being in the midst of an investigation into the connections between the Trump administration and campaign to Russia.

Put another way, Trump fired the guy in charge of the investigation that some believe will end with his impeachment. 

That’s not normal, though it’s also not unprecedented. Another president fired the person in charge of investigating his administration: Richard Nixon. 

Almost immediately after Trump fired Comey, the Nixon comparisons began — particularly around the “Saturday Night Massacre.” That’s the night in which Nixon fired the special prosecutor assigned to investigating what would eventually come to be known as the Watergate Scandal. After the firing, the attorney general and deputy attorney general resigned.  Read more…

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While rifling through the booklet of a used version of Grand Theft Auto V he just purchased from GameStop, an 11-year-old boy found a baggie containing six grams of meth.

Florida mother Kayla McAllister posted on Facebook Sunday saying her son found a bag of meth in the case of a used game bought at a GameStop in Tallahassee, Florida. She included the above photo with this message:

McAllister was worried that one of her kids could have ingested the drugs. In a comment she said she was relieved and thankful that nothing like that happened.

“My nerves are so bad right now,” she wrote in a follow-up comment. “Thank god [my son] was smart enough to bring it to us. I cant fucking imagine what could have happened if he didnt.” Read more…

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A small robot is roving around a massive U.S. nuclear waste site to gather critical samples of potential air and water contamination after an emergency was declared Tuesday.

The machine was deployed after a tunnel that stores rail cars filled with radioactive waste partially collapsed at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state. 

The mishap raised fears of a radiation leak at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, though officials said there was no actual indication of a release of plutonium radiation as of 2:20 p.m. PDT.  Read more…

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Disney owns so, so much: Theme parks, “Star Wars,” Pixar, and a deep, wonderful catalogue of classic animated movies. 

With so much in the vault, it’s easy to forget about ESPN. The cable sports network has, for years, been a crown jewel in Disney’s vast empire. It generated a ton of cash, helping to push Disney to record profits. 

These days, though? ESPN’s an anchor weighing down the rest of Disney. 

About two weeks after ESPN laid off about 100 staffers—including on-air personalities and reporters—Disney reported second quarter earnings that highlighted just how much of a drag the sports channel has become.  Read more…

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Snapchat is helping you more easily show off where you are and also further support local businesses. 

A new geofilter, available at least in New York City Tuesday, displays the name of a nearby business with the name of the city below it in white text over snaps. You can then tap through a bunch of other nearby shops.

Nearby Mashable headquarters on Fifth Avenue, the geofilter started with Hu Kitchen and then showed Anthropologie, The Parker Gramercy and Union Fare. 

The update provides another engaging experience on Snapchat for any user and comes on the same day that the app introduced several major product changes.  Read more…

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