1. Since Russian stuff is likely to keep coming up can we get some perspective on it? As best we know, Russian gov't invested in troll farms in 2016 & now - these had (to extent it can be measured) a negligible impact. The problem is Trump's response cnn.com/2020/02/23/pol…
2. Russia trying to ratfuck an election would be bad but relatively thing if it weren't for Trump 1) welcoming interference 2) dismissing it 3) refusing to condemn 4) pursuing business opportunities in Russia while running for office 5) spinning conspiracy theories about it
3. It's Trump's reaction to Russia story that has made it problem -- his refusal to simply say (as Sanders did) that Putin is a thug & should stop it. That remains the enduring mystery of all this. We don't need to impute super-villain powers to Putin to see that.
