I can't believe I'm posting The Bulwark, but the article about how trump is weaponizing

US intelligence to aid his re-election and how the media is missing the point is right on. Churchill was right when he said of Stalin in 1941, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Trump’s Weekend of Scandal Was Hiding in Plain Sight

It's going on right now and no one can see it because of the chaff.

by Tim Miller
May 18, 2020 5:36 am

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The president used the leads from the director of National Intelligence to advance an elaborate lie that accuses his opponent of committing illegal espionage against him.

This is the most outrageous and pernicious lie that a president has levied against his opponent in my lifetime.

And despite the president himself elevating this lie on Saturday, it was not discussed on front pages across the country. Forget front pages, it’s hard to find any article at all addressing the President’s insane charges.

Most coverage of the issue is framed around discussing whether or not Obama and Biden did anything wrong—there is literally no evidence to suggest that they did—rather than focusing on how the Trump administration is guilty of weaponizing American intelligence agencies for political ends by perpetrating this falsehood.

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Trump’s actions combine the politicization of intelligence, the misuse of tax dollars, and the creation of a phony investigation using the Department of Justice in order to advance the president’s reelection campaign. And that’s just the nuts-and-bolts, the stuff you can probe with your hands. The president has also created a propaganda campaign that will lead millions to believe that one party actively spied on the other, further tearing the fabric of our country in ways that won’t be repaired for a generation. Or maybe ever.

https://thebulwark.com/the-biggest-scandal-of-trumps-presidency-is-hiding-in-plain-sight/