Notes today:

• Russian soldiers forced to eat dogs due to poor provisions supplies

• The FOMC is expected to raise interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday. 

• Erdogan to talk to Putin, on grain exports next week. And according to Erdogan they want to discuss unblocking grain exports from Ukrainian seaports. Currently, some 25 million tons of grain are being blocked by Russian militaries in Ukraine. 

• Some sort of temporary agreement may have been reached by a bipartisan coalition of US senators on gun safety, mental health, and school safety provisions. (Not much, but every little bit helps the old lady said as she peed in the ocean)