### FROM YOUR PATRIOT POST TEAM

+ Thomas Gallatin: Biden's Putin Strategy: Appeasement? — Media reports emerge suggesting that the Biden administration is pressuring Ukraine to cede territory to Russia.

+ Nate Jackson: Biden Is Losing His Grip — Bad policies bring terrible results, and even many Democrats are starting to notice.

+ Douglas Andrews: The Stuff of a Singular Medal — There is nothing so essentially American as the Medal of Honor.

+ Emmy Griffin: Pandemic Exposed the Dark Underbelly of Schools — COVID policies have driven teachers, parents, and kids to the brink and it's getting worse.

+ Brian Mark Weber: Where Stands Our 'Freedom in the 50 States'? — It shouldn't be a surprise that red states are more free and prosperous than blue states.

+ Douglas Andrews: A Guilty Gay Racial Arsonist — The Jussie Smollett trial ended with a resounding conviction, but the con man's punishment won't be nearly severe enough.

+ Thomas Gallatin: Kamala Harris Hobnobs With Black Racists — A black activist who vulgarly blasted white women was invited to Harris's private meeting.

+ In Brief: Biden's Supreme Court Commission — The final report does exactly what he intended to do: nothing.

### Top of the Fold

  • Inflation surges to 39-year high as consumer prices soar higher (Fox Business)
  • Senate vote clears way for Democrats to raise debt ceiling on their own (New York Post)
  • Project Veritas scores legal win in Biden diary case (Daily Caller)

### Security

  • China and Nicaragua reestablish ties in blow to U.S. and Taiwan (Reuters)

### Heartland

  • NYC won't "surrender" to BLM and rioters, incoming mayor Eric Adams warns (Fox News)
  • New York Attorney General Letitia James suspends campaign for governor (National Review)
  • "Let's Go Brandon" boat wins boat parade contest, is then disqualified because of liberal tears (PJ Media)

### World

  • Migrant truck crashes in Mexico killing 54 (Reuters)

### Notables

  • New Biden U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins threatens reporters in tirade, resurfaced video shows (Fox News)
  • Twitter suspends popular account tracking the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Not the Bee)
  • Top 10 Democrats who fell for convicted felon Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax (Daily Wire)

### Closing Arguments

  • Policy: The battle for Ukraine has already been lost (AEI)
  • Policy: Carbon offsets — not taxes or emissions caps — are the best oath to carbon neutrality (FEE)
  • Humor: Cruel: Jussie Smollett will be forced to share a jail cell with his attacker (Babylon Bee)

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