RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 11

Democrats are sleepwalking into a Senate disaster

The marines complained over a lack of support from Ukraine’s military leadership: “No one wants to communicate with us anymore because we’ve been written off.”

Five Democrats — but not Cuomo — have filed to run for New York governor

Now New York bond yields are higher than Florida’s just as the Empire State’s rich-resident tax base has significantly thinned.

Shanghai Lockdown Horror: Starvation And Suicide

How Marine Le Pen conquered Normandy

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 10

Secret Service agents in Biden detail reportedly part of bribery scheme

Covidians and the Coin Shortage

Fourth dose booster honeymoon all over in just 8 weeks

Russian Mass-Casualty Attack on Civilians at Kramatorsk Train Station

COVID-19 cases rise rapidly in New York City, DC

‘Unbearable’: Over 800K customers in Puerto Rico without power for second day

Why, in spite of my preferences, I am stockpiling rice instead of wheat. I don’t think this will last. Rice prices, meanwhile, were mostly unchanged compared to February.

Survivors Describe the Russian Atrocities in Bucha

The United States and Europe need to toughen up on the spoilers in their own ranks.

3 Shanghai officials sacked over COVID-19 response

New Details Emerge on Downtown Sacramento Massacre that Killed Six

The Post Millennial reported that the concept emerged from Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to help children experiment with transgenderism without their parents’ knowledge.

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 7

SpaceX’s Starship: America’s Secret Weapon

Why is the U.S. inflation rate especially high?

Israel reaches out to China, again

U.S. says it secretly removed malware worldwide, preempting Russian cyberattacks

German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians

Israel’s Yair Lapid battered by security, coalition crises

Russia Sees Steepest Oil Production Decline Since May 2020 In Early April

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 6

THE RISKS TO TAIWAN IN THE WAKE OF UKRAINE

Rents Still Increasing Sharply Year-over-year

Scything and Making Hay with Hand Tools

IEA countries to release 120 mil barrels, US SPR contribution 60 mil barrels

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 5

German Industry Prepares for Worst-Case Scenario

The cost of zero Covid in Shanghai

Satellite Images Show Bodies in Bucha for Weeks, Rebutting Moscow Claim

New York jet fuel hits $7.59/gal, or $318.62/b, likely a refined products market record

The stuff recounted here is not good, but compared to many other conflicts I could name, it is actually kind of tame. At the Scene of the War Crimes

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 3

From Beirut to Baghdad: Lebanese flee crisis seeking jobs in Iraq

A Perfect Inflationary Storm is Brewing at the Intersection of India’s Coal and Power Sectors

Ukrainian MiG-29 Pilot’s Front-Line Account Of The Air War Against Russia

“This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy

Ukrainian oil refining and fuel storage infrastructure hit by Russian attacks

Biden to invoke Defense Production Act for electric vehicle battery materials

Germany and Austria take step towards gas rationing