July 10, 2023Vol. 12, No. 2032 “ALL AT WAR”:  President Biden told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that Ukraine is not ready for membership in NATO and that if Ukraine is admitted while at war with Russia then all the members would be instantly …

THE WAR ROOM:  Many Democratic members of Congress are angry with President Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine for use against their Russian occupiers.    Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran serving on the Congressional caucus on …

Getting Warmer: Three days this week were likely the hottest in the history of Earth, climate scientists declared yesterday.    A surge of heat around the world shattered temperature records on July 3rd through the 5th from North America to Antarctica. The analysis is based on …

LIES AND LEGALITIES: A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday imposed temporary limits on how members of President Biden’s administration can engage with social media companies in their efforts to curb and correct lies and disinformation posted on the web.    The case stems …

THE NEWS IN REVIEW: On the eve of July 4th, we’re going to take it easy because there isn’t a lot of big breaking news. Unless there’s something big, we’re taking off the next two days.   Air travel has been hell …

INTEREST DUE: President Biden immediately said he would resort to another plan after the Supreme Court yesterday threw out his executive order to relieve $400 billion in student debt. “Today’s decision has closed one path,” Biden said. “Now we’re going to …

THE SUPREMES: A 6-3 Supreme Court majority yesterday dismissed the ultra-conservative “independent state legislature” theory that would have given state lawmakers nearly unfettered power to set rules for federal elections.   The Court’s three most conservative members, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and …

THE TIME OF TROUBLES: Russian state media reported today that the investigation into YevgenyPrigozhin’s brief rebellion has been dropped and that Prigozhin’s Wagner Group private army is beginning to hand over its military equipment.   President Vladimir Putin and Prigozhin issued conflicting stories yesterday …

THE TIME OF TROUBLES: The world is wondering “what next?” after Russia stepped back from civil war over the weekend.   Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenaries were 125 miles from Moscow and barely opposed by regular forces when he struck a deal to turn …

THE WAR ROOM: Russia is at the brink of civil war.   Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenary army have taken control of the city of Rostov-on-Don, a key Russian military headquarters, after he claimed that the regular military attacked his forces …