What would it have cost Harris to say to the protesters, "I'm listening. I hear you. Let's talk."

Oh, wait, I know exactly what it would have cost: the support of AIPAC and the Israeli lobby, and that would have been the end of her.

Russia hacked our election! (not). Iran hacked the Democrats! (so?)

Israel decides who gets elected in every congressional race. If China did this, if Kenya did this, if Turkey did this, or god help us if Russia personally funded individual campaigns based on toeing the line on Russian foreign policy, we'd be going nuts over this.