Abstain Strain: “Tensions between the United States and Israel were exposed on Monday when Washington stood aside and allowed the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.” The US usually vetoes such efforts (and abstained today because there’s no insistence that hostages are freed). Israel cancels Washington visit after US allows UN Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass. Related from Politico Magazine: From ‘I Love You’ to ‘A–hole’: How Joe Gave Up on Bibi.

+ Russia Terror Attack: After the killing of more than 130 people attending a rock concert in a Moscow suburb, a Russian court charged four men with act of terrorism. “All four appeared to have been beaten and one was brought to court in a wheelchair. They were charged with committing an act of terrorism.
The Islamic State group, or IS, said it carried out Friday’s outrage at Crocus City Hall and posted video evidence.” But in Putin’s Russia, video evidence, advance warnings (including from the US), public claims of credit, and even arrests don’t mean a thing. Vox: All signs point to ISIS in a terrorist attack that killed over 130 people near Moscow, but Vladimir Putin is connecting it to the war in Ukraine. NPR: What is ISIS-K, the group that claims it carried out the Moscow concert attack?

+ Hush Fund: Here’s the latest from the Trump trials. In the hush money case, the judge has set a firm (and ironic) trial date of April 15. Trump got an unexpected (and slightly unexplainable) break in his fraud case when an appeals court lowered his bond to $175 million. Meanwhile, you can now track Trump’s legal and financial fortunes by tracking the shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp, the Trump media brand vehicle that will start trading as DJT on Tuesday. DWAC stock jumps 30% on Trump’s reduced bond, post-merger ticker news. (I can’t decide whether to short the stock or short America.)

+ A Sure Way to Ronna Weekend: Over the weekend, NBC News announced its horrible decision to hire ousted RNC chair Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor, setting off a predictable and justified backlash among the network’s journalists. Early on, I saw people people comparing the hiring of Ronna McDaniel to that of Michael Steele or Megyn Kelly. No. No. No. It’s not that she’s a Republican or has different views. It’s that she tried to overturn an election and betrayed the nation. When the news first broke, I predicted she’d be un-hired by today. I still think I’ll be close.

+ Path Through Hell: “Then, suddenly, the man is out of the car and moving at astonishing speed towards them. As the children stand frozen with terror, he swoops down on Salazar-Hobson, lifting him up and carrying him away. He throws him into the backseat and the car accelerates away, leaving his brothers and sisters screaming in the dust. In just a few hours, the car will have crossed over the border into California. It will be another 24 years before Salazar-Hobson sees his family again.” At four, I was kidnapped and sex-trafficked for years. Now I fight for the powerless – and win every case.

+ Shown the Door: “Boeing announced on Monday that its embattled CEO, Dave Calhoun, will step down at the end of year. The planemaker and aerospace company also said its board chairman, Larry Kellner, will not stand for re-election and the president of its commercial airplanes division, Stan Deal, will retire effective immediately.” Until they replace these people, they’ll just wing it.