Canary in the Coal Mine: The 2017 Article That Foretold the GOP's Implosion

Revisiting an early exposé on the GOP's corruption, foreign entanglements, and the threats to democracy that have only grown more urgent.

Seven years ago, in the aftermath of the 2016 election, I published an article that was among the first to sound the alarm about the growing rot within the Republican party and the corrupting influence of Russian money and interference. With the benefit of hindsight, this piece was prescient in identifying many key players and dynamics that would later …