Will the dreaded memo be released by President Trump or not? That has been the question of the day since Tuesday. As we rational beings know, there must be something there since the top guns at the FBI are doing their epic best to keep the memo under wraps. 

The increasingly embattled Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a preemptive strike yesterday against the hotly anticipated foreign surveillance abuse memo in hopes of discrediting the document before it is released in coming days.

Keep in mind that the FBI and the DOJ did their damndest to NOT cooperate with the House Intelligence Committee during their investigation. In fact, the FBI released a strong yet vaguely worded statement late Wednesday claiming there were ‘material omissions’ in the memo which would be problematic. So someone didn’t cross a T or dot an ‘I’? Boo hoo.

And of course, Adam Schiff (Constitutional illiterate – CA) had to sound an alarm or something.

As zero hour approaches today, lets take a gander at the plethora of reactionary Hot Takes from those who want the memo to disappear.

Jennifer Rubin: The liberal masquerading as a conservative had a meltdown.

Republicans sabotaging natl security to protect Trump will haunt them for YEARS

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 1, 2018

If Trump authorizes release it will be second time he gave Vlad classified info. Trump might as well be on VP payroll

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 1, 2018

Good grief woman! Trump Derangement Syndrome has hit you hard. Tinfoil is not a good look on you.

Dan Rather: jumped into the fray and got slammed to infinity

In my line of work I’ve come across many people with something to hide. And I have found, generally, that those who lash out the most are usually those who are most afraid about having the truth revealed.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 30, 2018

You tried to influence a presidential election with a doctored fake document. #StopTalking https://t.co/9XVecq9foc

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) February 1, 2018

I know the guys at Powerline are laughing themselves silly at this. Particularly since they, along with Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit and pretty much everyone at Pajamas Media had a hand in exposing Rathergate. All due to a guy named Buckhead at Free Republic who sounded the alarm.

.Hey, don’t pick on Dan. We wouldn’t have been able to start Pajamas Media if he hadn’t been such a despicable liar.

— Roger Simon (@rogerlsimon) February 1, 2018

Hah!

The FBI and DOJ:

BREAKING: @FBI Director Christopher Wray and DOJ wants all names redacted from #FISAMemo putting pressure on White House and House Intelligence Committee, Government officials say … is releasing names a threat to national security?

— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) February 1, 2018

Oh really? What this tells me is that some of those folks who would be named were probably doing stuff they shouldn’t have been. Such as using FISA warrants against people they shouldn’t have. The more the FBI and DOJ object, the more the swamp stinks.

Eric Holder: Yeah, that guy.

People must understand what is at stake by release of the bogus, contrived Nunes memo. It uses normally protected material and puts at risk our intell capabilities in order to derail a legitimate criminal investigation. This is unheard of- it is dangerous and it is irresponsible

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) January 31, 2018

Keep in mind that THIS is the dude who was definitely involved in weaponizing the DOJ. James Rosen anyone? Not only that, but should we remind him about Uranium One? Nahhhh

If anyone knows about danger, irresponsibility and recklessness it would be the former AG who was found to be in contempt of Congress. #FastAndFurious

— Vintageport (@vintageport014) February 1, 2018

Jeff Flake: the Flakester who is on his way out and was never really a Republican in the first place:

JEFF FLAKE, joining Coons, urges Trump not to release Nunes memo. "The president’s apparent willingness to release this memo risks undermining U.S. intelligence-gathering efforts, politicizing Congress’ oversight role, and eroding confidence in our institutions of government.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2018

Soo… will it be CNN or MSNBC who’ll be hiring him as a pundit after his term is done?

Reporters (and I use that term very loosely) chimed in:

How will they justify releasing this memo? Intelligence community is on fire about what they say risks 40 years of congressional oversight of the agencies https://t.co/cbpVtsjVVb

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) February 1, 2018

"There is no longer a valid basis for the White House to review the altered document, since this new version is not the same document shared with the entire House and on which Committee Members voted" https://t.co/RynpDtcTLR

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 1, 2018

Andrea is the same one who was slavering over Hillary during the campaign and now professes to be shocked SHOCKED I tell you that there’s a problem with her emails, servers, and whatnot. Uh huh.

Meanwhile tampon earring Rachel (no, I won’t inflict that photo on our readers -you’re welcome), knows the memo was definitely altered. REALLY? The memo is still in a SCIF and she doesn’t have clearance to read it. Or did someone else tell her about it? Paging Adam Schiff:

California Rep. Adam Schiff claimed Wednesday that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee altered a controversial surveillance memo after the panel voted earlier this week to release the document to the public.

Inquiring minds would like to know, if Schiffster is so darned certain the memo got modified, that must mean he made a copy of the original and is now comparing the two. Or, this is the real reason.

Just talked with House Intel source. Said total changes to memo were: A) Unknown number of 'grammatical and clarifying' fixes. B) One change requested by FBI due to sources & methods concerns. C) One two-word change requested by Democrats for accuracy. House Intel GOP statement: pic.twitter.com/ZkNuMBoLZK

— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 1, 2018

In other words, something got classified and the rest was grammatical changes. But CONSPIRACY! or something.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CONN):

“The release of this memo is really reminiscent of the darkest days of the McCarthy era, with character assassinations,” Blumenthal told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.”

Which is totally absurd.

And the Hot Take winner of the week is!

James Comey:

All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and liars never hold the field, so long as good people stand up. Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy.

— James Comey (@Comey) February 1, 2018

Uhhh…ok. Winning? Yeah, Not. So. Much.

There may not be a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy, but the FBI does work out of a building named for J. Edgar Hoover, who targeted the civil rights movement https://t.co/2Sf96b8aEU

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) February 1, 2018

Yeah…that. Serious fail for Comey. Then again, he’s just channeling all the others who are now claiming that Devin Nunes is a Russian agent.

Yes folks, those were just Ten of the multiple over-the-top Hot Takes regarding the pending release of THE FISA MEMO THAT WILL KILL THE WORLD!

I’ll let Dennis Miller have the last word:

The Dems appear to be going through Memopause.