Since last summer, Politico has been vehemently anti-Trump, and it's only getting more extreme. It's run several stories linking Trump to Vladimir Putin: "Why Russia is Rejoicing Over Trump," "GOP Gobsmacked by Trump's Warm Embrace of Putin," "Donald Trump Heaps More Praise on Vladimir Putin." The gist of these pieces is that Trump's stated desire to "get along with Putin," and his comments on the costs imposed by our membership in NATO, mean that Trump is essentially an agent of a foreign power. A recent article by Katie Glueck on Trump's hacking joke said that Trump "appeared to align himself with Russia over his Democratic opponent" - as if he were a kind of Manchurian candidate.