Obviously the timing isn't a coincidence. Politicians have always saved dirt for release close to elections to maximize impact (e.g. release of GWB's DUI record in days before election). A lot of times the dirt isn't that big, people don't care, or it doesn't move the needle much, but there really isn't an excuse for burying information like this. Not in a free society.
But as far as we can tell, there are facts that corroborate the story, and yet the media refuses to cover the story and censors it with the simple thought-terminating cliche calling it "Russian interference":
- The FBI received this laptop about a year ago
- The shop has Hunter's signature on the drop off
- Recipients in the emails have confirmed they are authentic
- Joe Biden hasn't denied the claims at all
- Hunter's attorney sent a letter to the repair shop asking for the return of the laptop
- The FBI and DNI say there isn't evidence that this is disinformation
- Hunter Biden has a sextape some people are saying is with a minor; I don't know if it is a minor, but the media has completely buried it and in effect caused conspiracy theories to grow
- The media has not similarly censored salacious and discredited Steele dossier discussion--as they shouldn't; public figures need to be open to an especially high standard for public discourse and accountability.
On balance, this makes the story look more likely true than untrue. There are pieces that will take time and investigation to uncover the truth, but the media is completely asleep and failing their duties by burying their heads in the sand because they hate Trump so much that the ends justify the means. I'm inclined to believe that the Biden family does have dirty laundry (as most politicians do), and the handling of this increases my confidence in that. Joe had previously denied the Ukraine corruption, but this release tends to corroborate the sketchy rumors. All of this taken together certainly doesn't look good for him.
Let information be free. The truth is probably complicated and will take time to unravel, but I absolutely do not trust our corporate overloads to decide for us what the acceptable truth is. Censorship like this should be horrifying to anyone, regardless of which political "side" they support.
but the ukraine and crack angles aren't new. they've been around for a year. there was supposed to be some damning shit on that laptop and 8 days before the election and tens of millions of votes cast and there's still nothing new that better implicates joe than the nebulous rumors there were before.