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6:45 PM ET, January 13, 2022

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach  —  Eight Others Facing Charges in Two Related Cases  —  A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment yesterday …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Capitol Riot Really Was an Insurrection  —  A response to Jeffrey Scott Shapiro on the legal definition in the U.S. Code.  —  Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is correct that insurrection under 18 U.S.C. 2383 is a crime with specific elements ("Stop Calling Jan. 6 an 'Insurrection,'" op-ed, Jan. 6).
Discussion: HotAir and Mediaite
New York Times:
Oath Keepers Leader Charged With Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Investigation  —  The F.B.I. arrested Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia, in a major step forward in the investigation into the attack on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.  —  Stewart Rhodes, the leader and founder …
Washington Post:
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol riot  —  Stewart Rhodes — founder and leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers, whose members are accused of being key players in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress — has been indicted and arrested, officials said Thursday.
Associated Press:
Sedition case against Oath Keepers one of few in US history  —  Prosecutors filed seditious conspiracy charges Thursday against the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and 10 suspected associates, marking the first such case in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and one of just a few in the nation's history.
Fox News:
DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot
Discussion: Politico and Washington Examiner
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
R.N.C. Signals a Pullout From Presidential Debates  —  The Republican National Committee says it will require candidates to pledge to not participate in debates run by the Commission on Presidential Debates.  What would replace them, if anything, was unclear.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Sinema stuns White House with floor speech  —  BREAKING — The FBI today arrested STEWART RHODES, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, and charged him (and 10 others) with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection, report WaPo's Spencer Hsu and Devlin Barrett.
Fox News:
RNC to require candidates to avoid debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks workplace vaccine requirements, allows requirement for health-care workers  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the Biden administration's vaccination-or-testing requirement on the nation's largest employers, expressing doubt that there is legal authority for such a broad mandate.
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court blocks Biden's Covid requirements for businesses, upholds health care workers mandate
CNBC:
Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule
BBC:
Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH  —  The Duke of York's military titles and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen, Buckingham Palace has said.  —  Prince Andrew, 61, will also stop using the style His Royal Highness in an official capacity, a royal source said.
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Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Prince Andrew Is Stripped of Military Titles as Sexual Abuse Case Proceeds
Discussion: HotAir, BBC, ABC7 and WINK NEWS
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's coverup for Trump may be hiding knowledge of possible crimes  —  Let's be clear: In refusing to testify to the House select committee examining Jan. 6, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy may well be helping to cover up potential crimes committed by Donald Trump.
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Washington Post:
House Jan. 6 committee says tech firms not cooperating, issues subpoenas
ABC News:
McCarthy doubles down on refusal to cooperate with Jan. 6 probe
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Glenn Beck has Covid again after refusing vaccine: 'It's going into my lungs'  —  Right-wing talk radio personality Glenn Beck on Wednesday said he has contracted Covid-19 for the second time and complained about the disease's effect on his lungs.  —  “It's starting to go into my lungs today and a little disturbing.
Discussion: The Hill
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sinema scuttles hopes for filibuster reform  —  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) doubled down on her support for the 60-vote legislative filibuster Tuesday, roughly an hour before President Biden meets with Democrats to push for changing the Senate rule in order to pass voting rights legislation.
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Washington Post:
Sinema and Manchin confirm opposition to eliminating filibuster, likely dooming Democrats' voting rights push
Gavin Newsom / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: Newsom: Why I will not release Sirhan Sirhan on parole  —  In 1968, Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Sen. Robert F. Kennedy just moments after Kennedy won the California presidential primary.  Sirhan also shot and injured five bystanders.  Decades later, Sirhan refuses to accept responsibility for the crimes.
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert F. Kennedy
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill and National Review
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Michigan woman arrested near Capitol had loaded shotgun, and she wanted to talk about Jan. 6, police say  — U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested a Michigan woman on multiple gun charges after she drove to Washington and told officers she wanted to talk about the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Telegraph:
Two parties held in Downing Street as Queen and country mourned death of Prince Philip  —  The leaving events for No 10 staff were held on the eve of the Duke's funeral and excessive alcohol is believed to have been consumed  —  Downing Street staff drank alcohol into the early hours …
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and The Guardian
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on federal charges she lied on loan, mortgage documents  —  A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore's top prosecutor Marilyn J. Mosby on charges she lied on a mortgage loan application to buy a Florida property and made false statements …
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Your Bubble is Not the Culture  —  I don't have anything against cultural and ideological bubbles.  My family is a bubble.  We have a host of in-jokes that no one else will get, and a bunch of tastes that many others do not share.  We regularly eat a dish called “tuna quiche,” …
Discussion: HotAir and El American
Meredith Lee / Politico:
Lawmakers raise health concerns as they quietly seek to replace a House chairman  —  Some Democratic lawmakers have been trying to gently push out Rep. David Scott as head of the House Agriculture Committee, citing questions about his effectiveness.  —  Before starting high-stakes talks …
Discussion: Political Wire
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Navient Reaches $1.85 Billion Deal Over Predatory Lending Claims  —  Navient, once one of the country's largest student loan servicing companies, reached a $1.85 billion deal with 39 states to settle claims that it had made predatory loans that saddled borrowers with crushing debts they were highly unlikely to repay.
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Hollywood stars back Emma Watson after Palestinian solidarity post  —  Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo among signatories to letter supporting Harry Potter actor accused of antisemitism  —  Major figures from the world of film, including Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Capaldi and Charles Dance …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Al Jazeera
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
The Doom Loop Of “Relevance”  —  Rich Lowry and I disagree about Liz Cheney and Ron DeSantis  —  “Trump and I, we've had a hell of a journey.  I hate it to end this way, oh my God I hate it. ...  All I can say is count me out.  Enough is enough.”  —  Lindsey Graham, Now: (January 12, 2022)
Washington Post:
Senate poised to reject Sen. Ted Cruz's bill to impose sanctions over Russian pipeline project  —  The Senate on Thursday was poised to reject a bill sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) that would impose sanctions on those responsible for the construction of a new Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline.
 
 
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Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Jessie Balmert / The Columbus Dispatch:
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered the redistricting commission to redraw legislative maps. What happens next?
Discussion: Truthout and USA Today
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
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Discussion: Washington Post and Bloomberg
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
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Discussion: CNN and The National Pulse
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
When Librarians Unionize  —  Northwestern librarians organize after pandemic-related budget cuts …
David French / The Atlantic:
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