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Today really is worse than yesterday, a lot worse. Less than 24 hours after Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization, tens of thousands of men began filing off for the front. Videos from all across Russia showed them crowding onto buses, surrounded by crying women and screaming children, a strange mirror of the scenes we saw coming out of Ukraine in February and March. But unlike the Ukrainians, these men were going off to become cannon fodder. Most Western military experts predict that their arrival won’t do much to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine, but I’ll have more for you on that next week.
In the meantime, please read Tina Nguyen’s incredibly insightful article into how Ron DeSantis is surging in his standing with Republicans, and how this is, unbelievably, coming at the expense of Donald Trump. Nothing, it seems, is going Trump’s way: not the F.B.I. search and the predicted surge of sympathy, not the legal troubles, not even the social media venture that is Truth Social.
And lastly, for those of you who haven’t yet taken advantage of our once-in-a-blue-moon anniversary sale—21 percent off for new members—I highly recommend doing it. There’s only a few days left of the sale (it ends Monday) and we never do these discounts, so you won’t see another one for a long time. Grab it now before it ends!
See you back here next week. And until then, good night, tomorrow will be worse.
Julia
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