Ep 47: Weekend at Putin's

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A brief insurrection by the PMC Wagner Group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin threw the Russian military and security forces into disarray. At the last minute, a compromise prevented an escalation into a possible civil war. It is unclear what the fate of figures such as Prigozhin will be, but it is clear that this temporary revolt demonstrated clear divisions and flaws with the Russian effort in the Ukraine War. Record heat grips the Southern US as a heat dome stalls over states like Texas bringing record heat indexes due to wet bulb conditions, bringing concerns over Texas' electrical grid systems capabilities.