'The White House came out swinging'

Well, no surprise when a lese-majeste story is in the No. 4 spot on the Fair 'n' Balanced homepage. But this one is especially charming:

The White House came out swinging Friday against MSNBC star Joe Scarborough after the former Republican congressman compared the methods used in current immigration policy to the Nazis.

That must have been just awful.

Speaking about White House press secretary Sarah Sanders’ Thursday press briefing – in which she sparred with reporters over the separation of families attempting to try to enter the southern border – Scarborough accused Sanders of excessive lying on his "Morning Joe" program.

How Axis Sarah could be accused of "excessive" lying is an interesting question, but beside the point:

... “It is appalling that Joe Scarborough would compare sworn federal law enforcement officers— who put their lives on the line every day to keep American people safe— to Nazis," White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement provided to Fox News. "This is the type of inflammatory and unacceptable rhetoric that puts a target on the backs of our great law enforcement."

You can see how he might be shocked by the Nazi mention, in that the boss has managed to go months and months without one:

But what's so wrong, all of a sudden, with "inflammatory and unacceptable rhetoric" about federal law enforcement officers?

President Trump broke his silence on the scathing inspector general's report with a vengeance Friday, first tweeting that the FBI boss he fired was the "worst" in the bureau's history, then crashing "Fox & Friends" for an impromptu interview where he ripped the "scum on top" of the Obama-era bureau and said the IG "blew it."