If by "intent" you mean "convince people that Republican beliefs are bad, so as to increase public consensus around Democratic beliefs", then yes, I agree it's

If by "intent" you mean "convince people that Republican beliefs are bad, so as to increase public consensus around Democratic beliefs", then yes, I agree it's pretty clearly laid out on the first page. Whether that is the right intent for helping improve "information flow" in order to improve democracy is a different question.