NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Spy agency sought Hunter Biden laptop back in 2020 to see if family compromised.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer’s account to Just the News was confirmed by three other people who were approached by Shaffer or the agency or were involved in the approach.

They said the agency’s interest was to analyze the hard drive contents for any evidence or patterns of how foreign adversaries were seeking to compromise prominent Americans or their families.

Shaffer provided details about the approach during an appearance Friday on the Just the News television show on Real America’s Voice.

“A three-letter agency came to me and said, ‘Hey, we’ve heard that you have access to a copy of the Hunter Biden hard drive. Could we get a copy?'” Shaffer said during the interview. “And I said, like, ‘Do you know what’s on there? I mean, we’re talking about everything from child porn, to, you know, all these these issues regarding the president.’

“And they said, ‘We don’t care. … We want to either confirm or refute it. We want to act factual. We don’t have a political dog in the fight. What our concern is, is that if there’s compromising information on that hard drive, this is before the election, the president could be compromised to the level of owing either China or or Ukraine something. And this is what this three letter agency was concerned about.”

Related: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: You Won’t Believe Who the Biden Administration Blames for the Border Crisis.

SAD: The descent of New York. “As New York emerges from its third wave of Covid, an exceptionally creepy atmosphere has developed on the streets and in the subways, where at times conditions appear to have fallen somewhere between post-modern anarchy and medieval misery. In such a setting, statistics seem almost pointless, although it’s impossible not to be aware of the rising murder and assault rates. According to the NYPD, crime in the city in February was 59 percent higher than February last year. Car theft doubled. Rape was up by 35 percent. A Quinnipiac University poll found that New Yorkers are more worried about crime now than any time since 1999.”

DAVID GOLDMAN: Putin Won’t Go, Russia Won’t Collapse–So What Will Biden Do About Ukraine? “Ukraine’s national population of 45 million had fallen to just 33 million by 2020 because half the working-age population left. Another 5 million refugees have fled, and millions more will leave before Russian cannons fall silent. There won’t be enough working-age Ukrainians left to begin reconstruction.”

FALLOUT: ‘A Nail In The Coffin’: Tech Workers Are Fleeing Russia And The Impact Will Last For Years.

GIVEN BIDEN’S INCREASING SENESCENCE, MAYBE HE REALLY BELIEVES THIS: Klain Says Biden Doesn’t Believe Hunter Broke Any Laws.

ISW’S DAILY UPDATE: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment.

Ukraine has won the Battle of Kyiv. Russian forces are completing their withdrawal, but not in good order. Ukrainian forces are continuing to clear Kyiv Oblast of isolated Russian troops left behind in the retreat, which some Ukrainian officials describe as “lost orcs.” Russian forces had attempted to conduct an orderly retreat from their positions around Kyiv with designated covering forces supported by artillery and mines to allow the main body to withdraw. The main body of Russian troops has withdrawn from the west bank of the Dnipro and is completing its withdrawal from the east bank, but the retrograde has been sufficiently disorderly that some Russian troops were left behind.

The war is far from over and could still turn Russia’s way if the Russian military can launch a successful operation in eastern Ukraine. The current line of Russian occupation in southern and eastern Ukraine is still a significant gain in Russian-controlled territory since the start of the war. If a ceasefire or peace agreement freezes a line like the current front-line trace, Russia will be able to exert much greater pressure on Ukraine than it did before the invasion and may over time reassemble a more effective invasion force. Ukraine’s victory in the Battle of Kyiv is thus significant but not decisive.

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KEVIN DOWNEY JR: How Transgenders Will Bring Down the Lefty Marxists Who Want to Destroy America. “Transgendered people are foolish for thinking the left cares about them. Women fell for the same thing. The Democrats claimed they were all about ‘women’s rights’ but tossed the babes under the bus when new victims, the transgenders, became the flavor of the day. Women now have no choice but to look at a ‘woman’s penis’ in a spa or locker room. Don’t complain, ladies, lest you be punished. Did your daughter get booted off the team or lose a sports scholarship to a dude in pigtails? Suck it up, Sunshine. There is a new victim in town. “

DON’T GET COCKY: GOP Rep. Carl: ‘On the Verge’ of Giving House Republicans the Largest Majority They’ve Had in 100 Years. “And this is Jerry’s opinion — the moms. This is what turned out in Virginia. That’s the reason we keep pointing at Virginia. This is going to happen again.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: DeSantis vs Disney Is the Fight America Needs Right Now. “It’s not just that Disney is, sadly, taking the woke route, it’s that the company is so wrong on this issue. The woke plague has been infecting corporate America badly for a couple of years but to see a company that was built on wholesome family fun go all-in on talking to 7-year-olds about sex is really disheartening. It’s also perfectly indicative of why we need to push back harder.”

NOBODY EVER HAS ENOUGH OF EITHER, PARTICULARLY SPARES, AND THIS CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY PUNISHING: Is Russia’s Military Running Out Of Equipment And Spare Parts?

IT’S A FULL-TIME JOB: White House Alters Transcript to Clean Up After Yet Another Biden Gaffe.

PAULA BOLYARD: Public Schools Pose a Clear and Present Danger to Children. Get Yours Out Before It’s Too Late.

NO MANDATES: Judge Blocks COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Navy.

BUT THE NARRATIVE! Another January 6th ‘Bombshell’ Conspiracy Crumbles.

BATTLESWARM: What New Hunter Biden Revelations Are Coming Down The Pike? “Read on for how the MSM is still omitting tons of important information (like Tony Bobulinski) from their reporting.”

THAT’S WHAT HE SAID: Rachel Levine Says ‘Misgendering’ Trans People Is ‘Mean-Spirited’ — It’s Not.

SAVINGS, HOW DO THEY WORK? Biden says, “A typical driver will save about $80 a month from not having to pay gas at the pump” if they just buy an electric car.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: DeSantis Suggests Ending Disney’s Special Self-Governing Status. “Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor and potential GOP candidate for president in 2024, hasn’t yet given the plan his full endorsement, but he’s sending a clear message to Disney to stick to making kids smile and entertaining families—and stay the hell out of politics.”

GO AWAY: Americans Should Be ‘Prepared for Possibility’ of COVID-19 Restrictions.

RICHARD FERNANDEZ: What We Can Learn From Russia’s Debacle. “If there’s any lesson in this for Washington, it must be to ask: how much of America’s power is myth like Russia’s? Dare we collapse the wave function?”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Key Fed inflation gauge jumps 5.4% in February, biggest gain since 1983. “Core prices, which exclude the more volatile measurements of food and energy, soared by 5.4% in the year through February, according to the personal consumption expenditures price index data released Friday morning. That measurement is the Fed’s preferred gauge to track inflation; it marks the 11th consecutive month the measure has been above the central bank’s target range of 2%.”

WHEN YOU’VE LOST OBAMA’S DHS SECRETARY…:Obama’s DHS Secretary Calls Biden Border Crisis ‘Unsustainable.’

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO JUST PUMPING OUR OWN? OH, RIGHT — JOE BIDEN HAPPENED: OPEC refuses to increase oil output as US announces massive release of crude reserves.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Biden’s Border Nightmare Continues to Get Worse. “Naturally, the Democrat Media Complex is all but ignoring the issue. When Trump was president the flying monkeys couldn’t shut up about it. Now it’s as if the border has vanished into thin air.”