Of all the excerpts from the big James Comey interview tonight, this on the impeachment of the president is probably the only one that really stands out.
Here’s the former FBI director saying that he doesn’t believe Donald Trump should be impeached and that his fate should be left to the voters:

Comey says he hopes Trump isn’t impeached because that would “let the American people off the hook” — prefers they vote their values…

Well, of course … this is the logical next step, right?

James Comey is reportedly already mulling a Hollywood deal to secure the rights to his memoir. The big question? Who should play the guy President Trump famously fired, of course. https://t.co/s8zYClkLZh pic.twitter.com/Ow5agqb2QV
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 15, 2018

From the Boston Globe:
Comey is reportedly already mulling a Hollywood deal to secure the rights to his memoir, ‘‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,’’ which hits shelves on Tuesday…

Researchers are studying a promising drug that could block the delivery of opioids from blood to brain, giving addicts a path to recovery.

Food and drink are some of the most essential parts of life—we could not live without the sustenance they provide. Although there are some people in the world who are truly starving and would eat anything, modern man in most industrialized civilizations has made something of a hobby out of eating. We spend millions on […]
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No one has died in the outbreak, though 35 have been infected, including three people who have developed a type of kidney failure, officials say.

When the words “ancient Peru” are mentioned, images of Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines come to mind. But Peru is built upon millennia of cultures and their histories. The traces they left behind may not be as big as lost cities, but they are no less rare and mysterious. New mummies are breaking old […]
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Certain places in the world are having problems with that one thing most of us prefer not to discuss: poop. When you visit these places, there is the likelihood (but not a certainty) that you will find feces just lying around. Even if you don’t, you definitely won’t miss the unmistakable stench. These malodorous issues […]
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If an abortion rights bill passes in Argentina amid a surge of feminist activism, it would be a milestone in a region where strict abortion laws are the norm.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) was forced to delete a tweet on Sunday where he invited Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv to come out to California and get high on marijuana once he’s 21:

Was I just encouraged by a Congressman to smoke weed when I am 21? Yes, legally, but still. Holy smikee, batman! pic.twitter.com/a2kExgeUPx
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) April 15, 2018

As Kyle note above, it’s legal but what the hell…

In the 16th century, Christians were afraid of puppets, even believing that they were demonic because it was impossible to identify the source of a puppet’s voice. With a reboot of Puppet Master underway and the legacy of other scary films’ puppets like Billy in Saw, it’s safe to say that many of us are […]
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Air pollution increases the number of lower respiratory infections, a leading cause of illness and death in children under 2.

Dr. Ian Wilmut said he received the diagnosis four months ago and would participate in a major research program to test new types of treatments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not well-known outside of Turkey yet. But he is becoming notorious for his violent and radical actions as leader as well as for his increasingly bellicose nature on the world stage. He speaks loudly, acts brutally, and has done everything he can to turn Turkey, a place that had […]
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Former FBI Director James Comey’s new book contains an excerpt about the days preceding the 2016 election, as quoted in a New York Times review, that has caught the attention of many:

https://t.co/nKtKnYNqgG pic.twitter.com/YA8tcm7w5m
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) April 12, 2018

An FBI director writing that he was swayed by polling is certainly quite an admission:

The thing is, he is implicitly admitting that he was weighing factors other than the meaning of the law when he made his decision…

CNN is blowing the lid off of another major story.
Get this:  Republican voters are not happy with the way the Robert Mueller probe is going.

Republican voters are turning against the Mueller probe https://t.co/RjGMUtnia6 pic.twitter.com/vIjlpNFTQH
— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2018

Not sure why this would be surprising to anyone, but apparently CNN thought it was worth reporting.

Gee, why would that be? https://t…

It’s always adorable when a CNN hack forgets to step outside the glass house before throwing stones.

OMG are you really that lacking in self awareness?
— Cory Edmonds (@myster_E_23) April 12, 2018

You work for CNN.
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) April 12, 2018

Diamond and Silk are sticking with their story that they’re being censored by Facebook, despite some very large holes in their narrative:

I've confirmed with Facebook that Diamond and Silk were contacted by email and phone by Facebook several times before their Fox News appearing saying no one had reached them…

So this quote from James Comey’s book about a private meeting with former President Obama is … everything.

It's the "On the verge of tears" that makes this. pic.twitter.com/Q23sWahaK6
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) April 12, 2018

The only thing missing is Loretta Lynch handing them tissues.

Didn't @Comey testify under oath before Congress that he never met with Obama alone? Maybe he should have gone back over his testimony transcript before admitting to perjury in his new book? https://t…

Piers Morgan is apparently not a fan of the graduation photo of University of Tennessee-Chattanooga student Brenna Spencer, which features her with a gun.
He called her an imbecile.

What did you graduate in – imbecility? https://t.co/VlpY3ERP75
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 12, 2018

The responses in-kind to Piers’ insult were swift and immediate.

It's better than your degree in chivalry…

You will probably be surprised to learn that dildos have existed in some form throughout all of history. Archaeologists have even unearthed a 28,000-year-old stone penis that very possibly was used as a sex toy.[1] Today, dildos come in all sizes and shapes and can be found in a very large volume. Just one sex […]
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The rate of emergency room visits for anaphylaxis more than doubled, to 3.5 visits per 10,000 children in 2016 from 1.4 in 2010.

National Academy of Medicine was asked to tighten ethics rules following the strange case of a member accused of plagiarism and false claims of top scientific honors.

On April 8, 1994, the body of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain was discovered in a room that sat above his detached garage. Cobain had been described as “the voice of a generation.” Now he was silent, courtesy of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. However, almost a quarter of a century later, many […]
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After eating the Carolina Reaper during a contest, an unidentified patient suffered headaches so severe he was hospitalized. The symptoms resembled those of a stroke.

On Sunday night, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, one of the stars of CNN’s town hall on the Parkland shooting, tweeted that several people had been killed in Liberty City, and assault weapons were likely involved.

Just got off the phone with State Rep. Kionne McGhee. Several people dead in Liberty City. Apparently assault weapons used.
— Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) April 9, 2018

#GunReformNow#BanAssaultWeapons https://t…

Contrary to the stereotype, not every American owns a gun. It’s actually relatively rare for people to keep weapons around the house, unless you count kitchen knives. And maybe some gardening tools vaguely evoke medieval weapons, but that’s beside the point. For most people, if they look around their house for things that could potentially […]
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In the digestive tracts of leeches, scientists find evidence of elusive forest species.

Some reviews of the movie “Chappaquiddick” have sounded as if they could have been ghostwritten by a Kennedy family publicist. This is Vox’s headline for a review that says the film “is skeptical of Kennedy’s version of events”:

A new movie about the Ted Kennedy accident is part of a larger entertainment pattern deconstructing the iconic family. https://t.co/xgwEFNg1hU
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 9, 2018

There’s certainly a lot more to the story than that:

Also, it’s a movie about how a revered Democrat Senator recklessly killed a young woman and lots of people helped cover it up https://t…

It wasn’t that long ago that the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” decided on the perfect project to “piss off” Vice President Mike Pence: launch an LGBT parody of a children’s book written by Pence’s daughter, Charlotte, the proceeds from which were slated to go toward a nonprofit dedicated to stopping human trafficking and an art therapy program at a children’s hospital…

We all know that people can become attached to their pets. However, some people take it to such an extreme that they will their pets a fortune just to make sure that the animals are taken care of properly after the owner’s death. At times, the deceased’s surviving relatives are left with little or nothing. […]
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The agency said the device could only be sold by doctors who agree to warn women of the serious risks associated with it.