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Despite Oil Crisis, New Drilling Permits Plummet 85 Percent

From the story: The Biden administration has considerably slowed its approval of new oil and natural gas drilling leases on public lands, despite facing pressure to more aggressively urge fossil fuel companies to increase their production in the face of high domestic energy prices (Washington Times). From the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Biden has dispatched officials to cajole the Saudis to pump more oil, but they won’t take the President’s call. The mob bosses of Venezuela and Iran will have to be bribed with U.S. sanction concessions to be able to sell more. Why not do everything possible to expand American energy production instead? The question will give the President a choice. If he says yes, we can hold him to that policy standard. But if Mr. Biden says no, we’ll know he’s siding with his climate emissary John Kerry and the progressive left against the urgent economic and strategic interests of the United States. The voters can judge accordingly (WSJ).

Russia Struggles to Control Ukraine

Russian National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov admitted “not everything is going as fast as we would like” (Daily Caller). From another story: The Ukrainian military says it has repelled a Russian attempt to take control of the strategic port of Mariupol. The Ukrainian military’s General Staff said in a statement that Russian forces retreated after suffering losses (Washington Times). This report from the front lines includes a timeline map showing where Russia advanced then stalled and, in some cases, lost ground (Washington Post). Meanwhile, video captured the moment a Russian missile hit a city bus (NY Post). From Hugh Hewitt on Xi, Putin and Khamenei: There is no “international rules-based order” when two nuclear powers and one near-nuclear power act in concert to invade and assault neighbors, conduct genocide, kidnap Americans. What’s it going to take for Team @JoeBiden to wake up to reality of the world? (Twitter).

Russian TV News Editor Protests War During Newscast

From the story: During the evening broadcast on Channel One Russia, the most prominent news network in the country, a demonstrator with a sign rushed onto the set standing behind the anchor and chanted in Russian, “No to war! Stop the war!” Her sign read in Russian, “Stop the war! Don’t believe propaganda! They’re lying to you here!” with “Russians against war” written in English.

Fox News

Poll: 67 Percent of Americans Say Disney was Wrong to Oppose Florida Bill

Unlike other polls, this one used the actual wording of the bill, which changed the outcome entirely (Daily Wire). From Jerry Bowyer: Here’s what happens when pollsters ask question based on what the bill actually says (Twitter). Yesterday, Ed Morrissey looked at an ABC poll that found the opposite but was clearly fish (Hot Air).

Battleground States Seeing Highest Inflation

The Democrats worse nightmare is coming true. And the cities of Tampa, Atlanta, Phenix and Miami are witnessing double-digit inflation.

Axios

Putin Signs Law to Seize Foreign-Owned Planes

From the story: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Monday that would give Russian airlines the ability to seize foreign-owned airplanes so they can be re-deployed for domestic flights amid crippling sanctions that have negatively impacted its aviation industry. The law would allow the airlines to take and operate planes leased by foreign companies that have stopped businesses operations in the country over its invasion of Ukraine, the state-owned TASS news agency reported. The planes will be certified by certification centers and test laboratories, the news outlet reported. The move is an attempt to circumvent Western sanctions that have resulted in multiple countries, including the United States, closing their airspace to Russian airliners.

Fox News

USA Today Names a Man as One of the Women of the Year

They honored the man Rachel Levine as “the highest-ranking openly transgender official when the Senate confirmed her as assistant secretary of health in October 2021” (USA Today). The insults to women continue. From Matt Margolis: In fairness, even Kamala Harris was included among the honorees, so the bar must be really, really, low. But it is still insulting that Rachel Levine, a biological man, was included on the list (PJ Media).

Director Jane Campion Jokes the Williams Sisters “Do Not Have to Play Against the Guys”

The director gave an awkward speech at the Critics Choice Award where she said the Williams don’t have to play against the guys “like I have to” (Mediaite). The left went ballistic, and Campion later apologized, calling her comment “thoughtless” (Fox News).

Idaho Legislature Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban

It passed overwhelmingly and is headed to the desk of Republican governor Brad Little.

Fox News

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Leaked Documents Reveal School District Hiding Children’s Gender Change from Parents

From the story: The instruction was part of several recent staff development sessions for teachers in the Eau Claire Area School District in central Wisconsin that focused on safe spaces, gender identity, microaggressions, and oppression. According to one of the trainers, parents who disagree with their kids about gender identity issues are guilty of a form of “abuse.” The trainers also encouraged the teachers to be activists: “to vote, to demonstrate, to protest.”

National Review