Observations for 25 Jun 23

This weekend, Yevgeny Progozhin launched a brief attempt at...something in Russia. Was it a coup attempt against Vladimir Putin? An armed revolt against Defense Minister Shoigu? A desperate cry for help? Whatever it was, after launching it on Friday, it was over on Saturday, and Pregozhin was winging his way to Belarus. Where, presumably, he'll fall out of a 22nd-story window in a few months. Russia. It's crazy, man. Then there was the IRS whistleblowers who alleged to Congress that the DoJ did, in fact, interfere heavily into the investigation of Hunter Biden's taxes, even to the point that AUSA Lesley Wolf is alleged to have tipped off Hunter Biden's attorneys about an upcoming search warrant. We're not sure how this system can ever be reformed.