Morning Jolt: This Week’s Forecast: Cold and Cloudy with a Chance of War

On the menu today: Big week ahead! Today is Valentine's Day, but the real action comes Wednesday, when the Producer Price Index Numbers give us another look at inflation; the Senate Banking Committee votes on another term of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell Tuesday; and . . . oh yeah, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is reportedly scheduled for Wednesday, according to leaks of U.S. intelligence in the New York Times. Then again, who knows, maybe Russia knows our signals-intercept operations are listening in and they're messing with us.

The U.S. Seems Convinced a Russian Invasion Is Imminent

Perhaps by the time you read this, some sort of Russian military incursion into Ukraine will have started. But all weekend, the region battened down the hatches, like the townsfolk in a Western closing up shop and hiding before the big gunfight:

• The Pentagon called back those Florida National Guard troops who had been training Ukrainian forces ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 14 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 14 2022 This Week's Forecast: Cold and Cloudy with a Chance of War On the menu today: Big week ahead! Today is Valentine's Day, but the real action comes Wednesday, when the Producer Price Index Numbers give us another look at inflation; the Senate Banking Committee votes on another term of Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell Tuesday; and . . . oh yeah, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is reportedly scheduled for Wednesday, according to leaks of U.S. intelligence in the New York Times. Then again, who knows, maybe Russia knows our signals-intercept operations are listening in and they're messing with us. The U.S. Seems Convinced a Russian Invasion Is Imminent Perhaps by the time you read this, some sort of Russian military incursion into Ukraine will have started. But all weekend, the region battened down the hatches, like the townsfolk in a Western closing up shop and hiding before the big gunfight: The Pentagon called back those Florida National Guard troops who had been training Ukrainian forces ...   READ MORE

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