It's sobering that I felt relief and surprise to hear that the FBI had...

[LAS14]

... done something so dramatic that was such a bad thing for Trump. I sort of knew that Trump couldn't replace everyone in government, but I'm glad to know there's still active life in the agencies that protect us.

[exboyfil]

1. How they pulled this off is definitely movie worthy

If Trump is able to steal the election, the FBI is going to look like the Soviet military after one of Stalin's purges. I suspect, unless he is stopped, that he will try it after he loses anyway. The Federal government is going to have to pay millions (possibly billions) in wrongful termination suits.

[NEOBuckeye]

5. Other way around

Trump doesn’t steal the election, and he and his lackeys are about to get their asses purged—in the courts

[exboyfil]

6. That is my hope

and a Commission on what happened in the NY FBI offices during the 2016 election. I got to think those Rudy sniffers aren't that popular anymore.

[grumpyduck]

2. Context? Did I miss something?

Is this about the arrest of three more domestic terrorists?

[LAS14]

3. The Gretchen Whitmer plot. nt

[grumpyduck]

4. Got it, thanks.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. The FBI raid was huge for our democracy

The timing and total surprise were phenomenal

[brewens]

8. It was just the FBI spying on Trumps campaign again wasn't it? That's what I'm going

with.

[lagomorph777]

11. Looks like Durham needs to come back from Ukraine and look into this.

[crickets]

9. It felt strange yesterday and last night as the story came out.

I grew up in the 60s and, while I've never hated the FBI, I've never really trusted them either. It's not so much distrust as 'just never been a fan.' Complicated. Anyway. To depend on them in that 'help save the country' kind of way? I never thought I'd see the day. I don't think it's a product of getting older so much as the country has really changed. It's an interesting feeling to be on team "Go FBI!!" and feel absolutely okay with it. Wow.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I Felt The Same

This tells me they didn't politicize the entire department.
There's obviously still professionals there who do their job as it's meant to be done.