Top of the Fold

• Americans eschew Biden’s race-based limit for SCOTUS pick: The vast majority of Americans reject Joe Biden’s decision to play identity politics by pledging to nominate a black woman to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. According to a recent ABC News-Ipsos poll, 76% of Americans, including a majority of Democrats (54%), want Biden to consider “all possible nominees” regardless of their race or sex for his Court pick. In fact, just 23% agree with Biden’s decision to restrict his pick to a black woman. Dr. Ben Carson blasted Biden’s decision to inject race into his SCOTUS choice, arguing that “to create that kind of situation in the highest court in the land is really abominable, and very detrimental to our freedoms.”

• Biden doubling down on his war on energy: Evidently, Joe Biden likes the idea of Americans having to shell out more of their hard-earned yet increasingly lower-valued dollars (inflation is at 7%) to pay for energy. Biden’s EPA is in the process of creating new rules for fossil fuel-based energy plants that will raise the price of electricity. Furthermore, Biden is set to revive the Obama-era “clean energy” debacle that created the $500 million Solyndra disaster, only this time the amount is doubled. Biden’s attempt at picking winners and losers will give $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to a Nebraska company to make “clean” hydrogen. Meanwhile, Americans are still paying an average of $3.33 at the pump, and heating oil prices have risen 40+% over last year. The cherry on top? None of this stops China’s and India’s continued increase of CO₂ emissions.

• Trump-backed Cheney challenger rakes in big bucks: Rep. Liz Cheney, the most senior of 10 House Republicans to vote in favor of impeaching Donald Trump, finds herself facing a tough primary challenger. Harriet Hageman, a Wyoming native backed by Trump, has hauled in over $1 million since she entered the primary race last September. Beyond impeachment, Cheney has further angered constituents by participating in Nancy Pelosi’s sham January 6 Committee. Hageman, who once supported Cheney, explained, “Wyoming deserves to be represented by someone who cares about Wyoming, not someone who is consumed by her own personal war with President Trump.” Yet Cheney still has a big war chest of roughly $4.5 million, and much of it is thanks to Trump’s attacks against her.

• U.S. “already in a warfare state” with Russia: R.P. Eddy, CEO of cybersecurity firm Ergo, recently told a bipartisan group of governors that if Russia does invade Ukraine, and the U.S. follows through on promised sanctions, then Russia is “very likely to increase cyberattacks,” which he noted would be “an easy move for them.” Eddy warned that “U.S. states and U.S. private companies need to be taking this very seriously … [as] we are already in a warfare state right now, and we need to be aware of that.” Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says the agency is taking the threat of a Russian invasion “very seriously,” but urged the American public not to view it as signifying an imminent cyberattack.

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• Nate Jackson: Joe Rogan’s Free Speech Experience — The flap with aging musicians and Spotify over the popular podcaster’s content is a lesson for all Americans.

• Emmy Griffin: How CRT Is Hidden From Parents — Uncovering the devious ways in which Critical Race Theory is concealed in daily lessons.

• Thomas Gallatin: ‘Pro-Choice’ Dems Hate School Choice — Yet the recipe for saving America’s future may just be found in allowing parents to choose.

• Douglas Andrews: Did the FBI Entrap the Whitmer Plotters? — The more we learn about this case, the more troubling the bureau’s involvement becomes.

• In Brief: Segregation Now, Segregation Forever? — Equal access for the unvaccinated is the civil rights issue of our time.

Security

• Biden says he’ll send troops to Eastern Europe in “near term” (The Hill)

• Pentagon leaders warn of a horrific aftermath if Russia invades Ukraine (CNBC)

• White House calling liquid natural gas suppliers for help in case Russia cuts off Europe (Fox Business)

• North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017 (AP) | Latest missile shot raises fears of a breakout (Washington Times)

“Social Justice”

• Anti-Defamation League, founded to combat anti-Semitism, goes woke, changes definition of racism (Daily Wire)

• “They don’t actually care about women at all”: Penn swimmer slams school’s handling of Lia Thomas saga (Fox News)

• Penzey’s spice company called all Republicans racist, then lost 40,000 customers in two weeks (The Federalist)

• Pregnant “man” emoji coming to Apple iPhones (Fox Business)

Around the Nation

• Blizzard of ‘22 produces hurricane-force winds, dumps feet of snow in New England (Fox Weather)

• Nashville cop stripped of authority after interstate killing (Tennessean)

Around the World

• Thousands of truckers and ordinary Canadians gather on Parliament Hill to protest mandates (PJ Media)

• Trudeau government plans to hit truckers again, implement interprovincial vaccine mandates (Daily Wire)

• No peace in Myanmar one year after military takeover (AP)

Odds & Ends

• DNC chair reportedly looking to leave amid tensions with Biden White House (Fox News)

• Biden’s absenteeism from the White House surpasses Trump and Obama (Washington Times)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: The dark truth about America’s agricultural system (FEE)

• Humor: Trudeau claims truckers only hate him because he’s black (Babylon Bee)

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