Thank Goodness For Biden

 NY Times: Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation - When the Russian leader ordered his nuclear forces into “special combat readiness,” the U.S. could have gone on high alert. Instead, the administration tried not to inflame him. By David E. Sanger and William J. Broad

The American ambassador to the United Nations reminded the Security Council on Sunday afternoon that Russia was “under no threat” and chided Mr. Putin for “another escalatory and unnecessary step that threatens us all.” The White House made it clear that America’s own alert status had not changed.