"OFFICIAL PSYCHOTIC FANTASY GENERATOR."

That's James "Clusterf**k Nation" Kunstler's characterization of New York's Times, which is (once again) sounding the alarm about possible interference by Russian intelligence in the 2020 presidential election.  That will give the Political Class cover in the event that whoever becomes the Democrat nominee fails.  It's apparently too much to ask that Political Class to engage in introspection.

Does Mr. Trump actually need their help? His opponents have been self-meddling so diligently that their party now looks like a Frankenstein creature assembled from the spare parts of Herbert Marcuse, Tupac Shakur, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and Jame Gumb. Imagine that monster running a government.

I'll keep it simpler: all they have to do is not be crazy, and they can't even do that.

As far as foreign intelligence services doing what foreign intelligence services do, I don't intend to be surprised.

But is anyone really surprised, let alone scandalized, that foreign intelligence services do what foreign intelligence services do, which is to say, steal secrets and plant stories?  If the Soviets, er, Russians, didn't do that, that would be reason to send generals to gulag and bust colonels back to sergeants.  And there are likely more than twelve spies, er, intelligence officers, working that project.  And if Democrats were careless with their internet security, relative to Republicans, well, that's business.

I would be surprised, though, if Our President responded to any mention of foreign intelligence services attempting to affect the election with something reasonable, like, "That's what they do. We have a record to run on. Our opponents have their disorder to run on."