NEW: As Russia was escalating its interference for Trump, Rick Gates sought Israeli PsyOp firm to create disinformation, fake news/identities to manipulate Republicans, seeing disruption effort as good for Trump in primary race. How desperate they were. nytimes.com/2018/10/08/us/…
The Trump campaign was literally waging information warfare on Americans to get him elected. We saw it and felt the all-out assault. Whether from Russia or Israeli intel or both, Trump used propaganda to lie, distract, gaslight, demonize. It worked. And he's only gotten worse. 
Interesting that Gates is the main guy seeking Israeli disinfo help. Manafort was king of manipulation/disinformation campaigns in Ukraine. And Manafort was ostensibly hired to corral Republicans. Did Manafort keep an eye on Russia's efforts while Gates looked for backup? #maddow
