I am really becoming more and more skeptical of the security of Tor as time goes on. If it's no longer safe for buying drugs (or crypto) on the internet https://blog.torproject.org/bad-exit-relays-may-june-2020/ what makes you think it's safe for things intelligence agencies take more seriously?

Tor has received significant funding from the US intelligence community through it's entire existence. If you are US aligned is Tor safe? Advocating for democracy in some war torn dictatorship? Probably. On the other hand if you are doing something that upsets US intelligence how much would you really trust Tor?