Track whether media coverage hours on this Russia waiver exceed combined coverage of the Truth and Justice Commission fund, diplomatic purge, and IRS allegations—classic distraction displacement pattern.
This is a foreign policy reversal benefiting Russia with minimal constitutional governance impact (A=1.8), but extremely high distraction value (B=68). The timing is highly suspicious—dropped same week as $1.776B political ally compensation fund, mass diplomatic purge, and IRS corruption allegations. The Russia angle guarantees media saturation while substantive domestic corruption stories get buried. Classic high-B distraction play.