In a nightmare scenario which seems in retrospect to have been almost inevitable, ten or more alleged pipe bombs were mailed to high profile Democrats, causing huge explosions of moral outrage and accusations from the Left, even though the “bombs” appear to have been about as dangerous as Tinker Toys.

In other words, the bombs functioned perfectly – because the likely intent was to disrupt the news cycles and throw the upcoming midterm elections into a state of chaos. Mission Accomplished, anonymous “bomber!”

At the time of this writing, we honestly don’t know who is behind these devices, nor if the “bombs” were simply ineptly assembled or purposely designed to be photogenic and not to do any physical damage. Neither do we know the politics of the person or persons responsible. Whether they lean Right or Left barely matters; they represent neither group and are either off their rockers or guilty of having spectacularly inappropriate senses of humor which they will hopefully have a lot of time to reconsider while in the penitentiary.

The FBI is working hard on clearing up those points, and we expect answers and arrests soon. Unfortunately, that won’t undo the very real damage which has already been done. Left-leaning “news” outlets which always caution us not to assume a terrorist is Islamic just because he shouts “Allahu Akbar” are declaring with absolute certainty that the Rube Goldberg bombs were sent by a Trump-loving racist hillbilly who has been inflamed by the President’s many imaginary calls for violence.

These unsubstantiated stories are what was recently called, by those same sources, “interference in our elections.” If Leftist media actually gave a rat’s rear end about the sanctity of elections, they wouldn’t be screaming their unfounded accusations to the electorate on a 24/7 basis. The impact of their mendacity wildly overshadows any insignificant influence which may or may not have been generated by a few thousand dollars worth of Russian ads on Facebook back in 2016..

What was contained in those manilla envelopes may well be the first actual “social media bombs,” but they surely won’t be the last. The mainstream media has made clear that a single individual, whether crazy or crafty, can change the national narrative – and perhaps the course of an election – with a wild enough stunt.

Sadly, the media’s complicity in all of this has completed the transformation of our nation’s Fourth Estate into a dangerous Fifth Column. Put that in your pipe bomb and smoke it.