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What We’re Reading: Stubborn Inflation, Biden Family Corruption, Shooting At UFOs . . . And More

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Bidenflation Still Not Going Away

Inflation was still hot in January, but some prices are cooling off — CNN

Inflation rises 0.5% in January, most since October, a 6.4% gain from last year — Yahoo Finance

Egg prices jump 70% from last year — Bureau of Labor Statistics

Fed’s Williams calls to ‘stay the course’ on rate hikes after inflation data — New York Fed

Small businesses ‘cynical’ about the economy — NFIB

Biden Family Corruption Investigation Takes More Strange Turns

Secret China Donations to University of Delaware Soared After the Opening of the Biden Institute — Breitbart

At Burisma, Hunter Biden traded on the family name to help a Serbian who wanted to run the United Nations — American Thinker

Secret Service Official: ‘Maybe We Were Asked for A Favor?’ in Investigation of Hunter Biden’s Gun — Judicial Watch

Hunter Biden just made Republicans’ investigation a lot easier — Fox News

Sen. Chuck Grassley: Whistleblowers Say FBI Has Evidence Joe Biden Involved in Family Business Schemes — Breitbart

Hmmm . . . Why Is U.S. Suddenly Shooting So Many UFOs Out Of The Sky?

White House Announces New UFO Task Force — Daily Caller

US jets down 4 objects in 8 days, unprecedented in peacetime — AP

NSC Spokesman: NORAD Adjusted the Parameters for the Radar System, Which Could Account for ‘These Most Recent Incidents’ — CNSNews

GOP senators exit intel briefing saying ‘unity in confusion’ on UFO origins, WH must inform public — Just The News

McCaul: China Used Balloon to Spy on Key Nuclear Sites, Prep for Potential Conflict Over Taiwan — CNSNews 

Is 1st Amendment In Peril?

A real blacklist designed to choke ad profits from conservative and legitimate news organizations — Behind The Black

State Department Funded Foreign Think Tank Working To Censor Americans — Daily Caller

The FBI Isn’t The Only Guilty Party In The ‘Twitter Files,’ And It Isn’t ‘Partisan’ To Say So — The Federalist

Former Spy Chief Accuses POLITICO Of Distorting Letter On Hunter Biden Laptop — The Daily Wire

Microsoft removes negative flags from conservative outlets that have had their reach impacted — Just The News

Collusion: Looking back on the media’s Russia narrative — Hot Air

How About The 2nd Amendment?

Biden Admin Sends Over $200 Million To States For Gun Crackdown — Daily Caller

The New York Times Has an Embarrassing Epiphany About ‘Gun-free Zones’ — PJ Media

Robert Reich gets his clock CLEANED after tweeting melodramatic ‘mass shootings in the US’ tweet — Twitchy

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Did She, Or Didn’t She, Retire?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein announces she won’t run for Senate in 2024 — CBS News, via MSN

Oops! Feinstein Blindsided By Retirement Statement Issued By Her Staff — Off The Press

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