That article isn't a "smoking gun", it's quite literally biased propaganda by a paid member of a campaign!

A blog post (not journalism!) by a paid member of a political campaign infamous for its loose relationship with fact and truth, quoting other paid members of the Campaign, to push a particular message that the campaign has been aggressively pushing...

I mean, dude, what the fuck. How can you call what is literally campaign propaganda produced by two members of a partisan campaign PR department a "smoking gun"?

I'm at a loss for words. What is happening to Hacker News?