The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

For John, BLUF:  It isn't just hacking voting machines, but messing with people's minds.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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ANOTHER ERRANT ANTI-TRUMP HIT PIECE FROM THE WASHINGTON POST

Posted on 15 December, by Mr Paul Mirengoff, at the Powerline Blog.

Here is the lede plus one:

Fresh off of its triumph in the Alabama Senate race, the Washington Post returns to its primary mission — taking down the President of the United States.  It does so in a piece called (in the paper edition) “How Trump’s pursuit of Putin has left the U.S. vulnerable to the Russia threat.”

The hit piece, by Greg Miller, Greg Jaffe, and Phillip Rucker, takes up five pages in the front section of today’s Post.  One searches in vain through the authors’ gossip and distortions for evidence of the article’s two themes:  (1) that Trump is leaving the U.S. vulnerable to the Russian threat in question, cyber-attacks on our election process and (2) that Trump’s policies tilt in favor of Russia.

Mr Mirengoff seems to disagree, but you will have to read the whole piece to see his reasoning.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff