What We’re Reading: Energy Prices Set Records, Biden’s Iran Deal, Corrupt D.C. . . . And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Biden Bans Russian Oil — What Next For Energy?

Democrats Hit New Level of Disarray Over Decision to Ban Russian Oil — Townhall

Republicans urge Biden to give the US energy independence after banning Russian imports — U.K. Daily Mail

Report: Biden Looking to Saudi Arabia, Venezuela for Oil — Legal Insurrection

Ukraine and the Great Energy Reset — City Journal

Flashback: The Not-So-Hidden Strategy Behind the Green Energy Transition — Wall Street Journal

The hit to your pocketbook from higher gasoline prices: $2,000 a year — CBS News

US gas hits a record: $4.17 a gallon — CNN

API Explains How Psaki’s ‘9,000 Unused, Approved Drilling Permits’ Is ‘Red Herring’ to Distract from WH Policies — CNSNews

Alright, Let’s Talk About Fuel Prices and How We Got Here — The Truth About Cars, via Instapundit

Who Benefits From Biden’s New Iran Nuclear ‘Deal’?

Report: Biden’s Iran Deal Gives Regime Access to $90 Billion — Breitbart

This Isn’t Obama’s Iran Deal. It’s Much, Much Worse — Tablet Magazine

Russian Diplomat: Iran ‘Got Much More Than It Expected’ In New Nuclear Deal — Real Clear Politics

Biden not trusted on secret Iran deal: Poll — Washington Examiner

D.C.’s Deep Corruption

Hunter Biden: Bagman For The Biden Family? — American Thinker

Pete Buttigieg accepted $250,000 and gifts from mayoral campaign donors who were later awarded $33million in city contracts — Daily Mail

Democrat Sen. Cortez Masto Took Thousands from Nordstream 2 Russian Pipeline Lobbyist — Breitbart

Tech Guru Who Worked With Clinton Campaign Pleaded the Fifth in Durham Probe — Washington Free Beacon

What We’re Now Finding Out About COVID

COVID Vaccine Bombshells You Probably Missed — American Greatness

The rich and powerful thrived as the rest of us suffered in the year of lockdowns — New York Post

Deaths of Alzheimer’s Patients Increased 25 Percent During Pandemic — NewsMax

Covid Arithmetic for Anxious Parents — Bet On It blog

The Never-Ending Edupocalypse

The Unbearable Bleakness of American Schooling — Commentary

Watchdog: Unions drive Boston’s roster of $100K+ teacher salaries — Boston Herald

Polls, Polls And More Polls: What We’re Thinking

Majority of Americans in Ukrainians’ Shoes Would Stay and Fight – But, Majority of Democrats Would Flee: Quinnipiac Poll — CNSNews

Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, China Viewed as Top U.S. Threats — Gallup.com

Polls: Americans Are More Hawkish Toward Russia Than Joe Biden — Daily Caller

Putin’s Invasion Of Ukraine

Putin’s War On Dissent — TIPP Insights

Kremlin insiders call war in Ukraine a ‘clusterf–k’ as top officers die: report — NY Post

This Invasion Is Brought to You by . . . Western Environmentalists — PJ Media