As they should be. “Six western officials told the Financial Times that they were concerned about the pledge made on Friday by the Turkish and Russian leaders to expand their co-operation on trade and energy after a four-hour meeting in Sochi.”

Wow, hearing Brittney Griner’s testimony and closing personal remarks, apologizing to her family and teammates in both English and Russian was quite a moment. No matter what one thinks about her particular case, 10 years is a long, long sentence. (She’s already served 5 months.)

Here’s my full interview with Admiral McRaven:

There is no bottom for Putin’s best German pal… Gerhard Schröder says Russia wants negotiated end to Ukraine war

Whoa. How am I JUST now reading about this insane ‘Mad Max’ story?! I hope you two have long since made up, � @VernonMaxwell11 ⁩. 😬

“‘it’s shown that Beijing has a plan, they executed a response more dispersed than anything before. It’s a change in the way China can now respond to events in and beyond Taiwan. We’ll look back at this as a step change in how they’re going to operate.’”