Stevenson’s army, April 9

CNN says US Navy may send ships to Black Sea to support Ukraine.
Every 4 years, intelligence community issues Global Trends report. Latest isn’t very reassuring. Text here.
Tax increases may win because of confusion, Politico says.
Politico also says most members of Congress are pretty mediocre.
But who can figure out the Senate parliamentarian’s ruling?
Biden budget outline due today. Defense may get small boost.
Debate over cyber czar role.
Brilliant analysis by Ezra Klein. He sees collapse of GOP as negotiating partner, generational split among Biden staff,  loss of trust in economists, and Biden’s traditional political instincts [which I saw and admired when I worked for him.]

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