But, Jim, almost all the attention goes out to this Trump-Russia-thing. To me and my limited perspective here in Europe with almost only the ASIF and Youtube as my resources, it looks as if this is all-consuming, feeding on itself, especially on Democrat websites.
I haven't found that to be the case (though, obviously, YMMV). As a for-instance, I'm looking right now at the home page of a popular progressive website,
DailyKos. At this moment--11:48AM EDT--here are in order the subjects of the major articles on the front page, the ones placed there for prominence:
--The Ossoff/Handel runoff in the Georgia 6th, and Handel's attempts to cover up her past;
--A NYPD officer and US Army Major who was detained at JFK for several hours for the crime of having a Muslim name;
--The side effects of a Trump hiring freeze that is leaving vacant hundreds of public health jobs;
--Paid family leave polices under Trump and how they're detrimental to low-wage workers;
--Trump's hypocrisy vis-a-vis the First Lady's failure to cover her hair when meeting the Saudis;
--The GOP's ongoing voting rights suppression efforts in North Carolina;
--A roundup of various inside- and outside-the-beltway pundits covering multiple subjects;
--The idiocy of choosing Joe Lieberman to head the FBI;
--How some of Trump's aides are beginning to feel buyer's remorse;
--Fox News' pathological avoidance of any Trump scandal;
--Nevada's outlawing of 'ex-gay therapy' for teens;
--Leaks in the White House
And that's it. Twelve featured articles, with none specifically about Russia and the mounting evidence against Trump. In fact, only two of the 12 are directly about Trump at all; the rest are about policy. Again, this is just a snapshot on this Saturday morning--but this particular Democratic website can hardly be accused of being "all-consumed" or "feeding on itself" about 'Russiagate'.
Of course, some broadcast programs, ever-responsive to viewer demands, can spend 80%-90% of their recent time on Russiagate. And there are certainly left-leaning sites devoting most of their column-inches to this. But, really, why shouldn't they? It's the largest story going right now, and arguably the most important story in American politics since, maybe, ever.
We have a President and staff who very likely worked with a foreign government to help them subvert democracy and get elected. We have that same President and staff admitting on record that they are illegally trying to quash any investigation into that.
That's unacceptable, and must be looked into.