Russia paying millions to right-wing US influencers isn't election deciding on its own. But Russia knows that. "If these violations of our laws and sovereignty don't swing the presidency they don't matter" is absurd. I break down how Russia's influence operations work in @thebulwark.bsky.social.

How Russia’s Useful Idiots Work

Foreign influence brings out our worst tendencies—and makes them seem normal.

Russia is an arch-enemy of the US. They never digested the fact that the Soviet Union fell.They will do anything to make America fall. Beware of the Bear.