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What We’re Reading: Russia’s Ukraine Mess, The Real SOTU, Oil Cracks $100 . . . And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Russia Struggles To Subdue Ukraine

Ukraine Crushes Three Great Myths About Russia — American Thinker

Is Putin Considering Using Nukes on NATO? — CNSNews

NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg Responds To Putin’s Nuclear Threat — Daily Caller

Russian Attack Threatens World’s Wheat Supply; Big Tech Cracks Down on Russian Media — NTD Business, via The Epoch Times

Utter Destruction’ In Ukraine’s 2nd-Largest City As Russia Continues Attacks — Daily Wire

Putin’s Bet — City Journal

Opposing Voices: What Is The Real State Of The Union?

The Dismal State of Joe Biden’s Union — RedState

The Real State of the Union: Border Security, Crime, Inflation — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

The Real State Of The Union — SovereignMan.com, via ZeroHedge

The Real State Of The Union, In 4 Parts — Mises Institute

Oil Price Crashes $100 Per Barrel Barrier

Russia-Ukraine crisis shows need for US to ‘drill, baby, drill’ — Yahoo Finance

U.S. Petroleum Imports from Russia Set a Record in Biden’s First Year — CNSNews

US energy dependence threatens national security, experts warn, as GOP calls on Biden to reopen Keystone XL — Fox Business

Psaki: Sun And Wind Will Rescue U.S. From Russian Oil — Victory Girls Blog

That ‘Clean’ 2020 Election Keeps Getting Dirtier

Special Counsel Finds Mark Zuckerberg’s Election Money Violated Wisconsin Bribery Laws — The Federalist

Dominion Executive Eric Coomer Arrested in Colorado – Video Appears to Show He Drove Truck into Bar, Fled and Lied to Police — Gateway Pundit

Wisconsin Special Counsel Implicates Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe and ERIC’s David Becker in Wisconsin Election Fraud Investigation — Gateway Pundit

Biden Downplays China Espionage

Biden DOJ Shuts Down Trump-Era ‘China Initiative’ to Counter Chinese Espionage — American Greatness

China-linked cyber espionage tool discovered by researchers; U.S. alerts foreign countries — Washington Times

Pushing The Supreme Court Left

Biden’s Court-Packing Coup — The American Mind

The confirmation process of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court is an opportunity for the GOP — American Thinker

A Look at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Judicial Record — Wall Street Journal

Miscellaneous Stuff And Long Reads. . .

Democrats’ Abortion Bill That Would Go Further Than Roe Fails After Close Vote — Daily Caller

Politicians, Activists Argue Democrats’ Flip Flop On Mask Mandates Is Motivated By ‘Political Science’ And Electoral Ambitions — Daily Caller

Ronald Reagan And The Importance Of ‘Staying The Course’ — Steven F. Hayward, Ronald Reagan Institute

Alien Nation — Charles R. Kesler, Claremont Review of Books

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