WHERE’S HUNTER, FAT? Hunter Biden, the protected third rail of journalism:

So, to unpack this in retrospect, these former intel heads admitted they did not “have evidence of Russian involvement,” but all were in total agreement because of their suspicions from afar? And like seagulls at the beach, most of the press ate it up.

We heard a lot about collusion during the Trump era, but the real collusion happened between broadcast, print and social media all working together to either squash or dismiss the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Twitter and Facebook handled the squashing part, with the former locking the personal accounts of anyone who even shared the New York Post story in October 2020. The Post’s own account was locked, as was then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany‘s and the official handle of the Trump campaign. Again, these Pyongyang tactics all occurred just a few weeks before a presidential election.

Related: Democratic staffer on Jan. 6 committee was part of intel effort to help Biden out of Hunter jam.

UPDATE: Via W. Joseph Campbell, the origin of the “seagulls on the beach” phrase.

(Updated and bumped.)