as long as putin is in power i think this is what he s going to be facing. isolation, and a rather cold shoulder from the international community. remember, putin is in charge of these atrocities and war crimes that have happened in ukraine, and what we re seeing in mariupol, i think, is amounting to another war crime. and i think that as long as that happens, western governments including the united states would be loathed to return to business as usual with this particular regime. okay. let s move domestically. talk about the january 6th investigation. the attack on the capitol, of course. cnn was able to view almost 100 texts sent to former white house chief of staff mark meadows. came from republican lawmakers mikely and shiproy and shows them supporting trump s efforts to overturn the election but ultimately backed off when they realized his claims were baseless. how big a deal are these texts? i mean, do they help build a