1/ A 34-year-old former Russian paratrooper, Pavel Filatyev, has published a remarkable in-depth account of his experiences of the Ukraine war. He served with the Feodosia-based 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment and fought in southern Ukraine for two months. A summary follows.

Republicans have always sent their worst to Washington, but their worst keeps getting worse.

It’s not really fair to say Everything Trump Touches Dies. Sometimes they go to prison, go bankrupt, get disbarred, become unemployable, are social pariahs, spouses leave them, friends and relatives disown them, and suffer permanent reputation damage.

Of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, only two are likely to return to Congress in 2022, because there is nothing Republican voters hate more than their representatives doing the right thing.