News Analysis In an era of superpower competition with Russia and even more so China, there is nothing more important than the integrity of politics in America’s capital city. Why? Because America is currently the only country in the world capable of defending democracy globally from the totalitarian threats emanating from Beijing and Moscow. Yet the integrity of American politics is allegedly akin to rotting Swiss cheese. The latest from Peter Schweizer, an expert on dirty money in American politics, are revelations of an alleged $31 million in deals between America’s presidential family and individuals linked to China’s intelligence services. The mainstream media and academia, most of whom are Democrats, typically suppress or ignore this kind of news, because they want the Democrats to win in the 2022 midterm elections and the 2024 presidential election. Who they think among the anti-defense spending Democrats could be a reasonable president in 2024, given …