I agree with your entire post, specifically the ‘these people really are incredible’ part.  Their unending, relentless deception blows my mind sometimes.    They are masters at Alinsky:Rules for radicals (#8)...’Keep the pressure on.  Never let up’.  Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance.  As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new.    Collusion, obstruction, Stormy, Trump Tower, Cohen/Prague, payments, racist, treason, bombshell, bombshell, bombshell, blah fucking blah.  They constantly jump from one, to the next, to the next, to the next, and on, and on, and on.