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This ominous warning came not from some deranged psychopath – like the ones who regularly demand Kyiv to be nuked on Russian state TV. These were the words of the top diplomat of the Russian Federation. In diplomatic parlance, Lavrov essentially admitted that their vaunted offensive in Donbas is stalling, the war is lost, and Russia has nothing to counter Western weapons pouring in Ukraine. Politically and militarily, Russia is backed into a corner. Since Putin can’t accept defeat, the Kremlin is indicating that nuclear weapons are on the table as its last resort in this war. …. On the...

The End is Nigh, take umpteen. . . As we've noted before, the challenge for Morning Joe is to outdo itself in doom-laden declarations about President Trump. By that standard, the show did well this morning. After agreeing with a Washington Post column describing the Trump administration as "a rogue presidency," Joe Scarborough declared that the Trump administration is "terminal: this administration will not survive." Then—in describing what he sees as the threat that Trump poses to the world— Scarborough proceeded to use literally apocalyptic language: "What does everybody do, working together, to make sure that this administration, which is...