Border Crisis, Putin's Backfire, 2024 Scorecards, and More!

Will Duane Patterson achieve the vaunted -- and mythicall -- status of "senior VIP columnist"? We debate that, but there's no debating the usefulness of the 2024 primary program he's building for VIP members. We discuss that series, as well as the latest from Axios on Google data showing waning interest in abortion but an explosive increase in searches on the border crisis. What could possibly have caused that? Plus, we take a look at Vladimir Putin's mobilization, the fantasy thinking behind it, and the backfire it's causing among heretofore compliant Russians.