Ex-FBI director deletes Instagram post of shells in ‘8647’ formation that Republicans claim is code for assassination

A photo of seashells posted on Instagram by the former FBI director James Comey is now being investigated by the US Secret Service, after the US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem said it constituted a “threat” against Donald Trump.

On Thursday, Comey posted a photo of seashells forming the message “8647”, with a caption that read: “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.”

Trump’s supporters have interpreted the message as an endorsement of violence against Trump – the 47th president. There is more debate around the use of 86, a slang term often used in restaurants to mean getting rid of or throwing something out, and which, according to Merriam-Webster, has been used more recently, albeit sparingly, to mean “to kill”.

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    4 days ago

    This isn’t just fascist stuff.

    This is petty, high school, mean girl, petty vindictive childish shit.

    The stuff that children, and adults with minds of children engage in.

    But, unfortunately, these overgrown children have endless wealth.

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      3 days ago

      But, unfortunately, these overgrown children have endless wealth.

      Not only that, but in the US, the Supreme Court has ruled that money in political campaigns is a form of speech, and can’t be regulated like it used to.

      So while we have freedom of speech here, those overgrown children have much more speech than the average person.