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2:50 PM ET, January 13, 2022

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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
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 …
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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 …
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.
Fox News:
DOJ charges Oath Keepers founder, 10 others with seditious conspiracy related to Jan. 6 riot  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 13  —  The Department of Justice unveiled seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the founder and leader of the right-wing Oath …
Discussion: Politico, Washington Examiner, CNN and KTLA
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)
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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.
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump is eyeing the White House and wants a more compliant Senate for when he gets there  —  As Donald Trump charts out his midterm elections strategy, his focus has turned to the contest for the Senate, not just in hopes of getting it back under GOP control but of having more compliant lawmakers there should he become president again.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McCarthy's plot to build the House of Trump
Washington Post:
How pollsters say Democrats should talk about voting rights
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
‘Spineless’ Lindsey Graham Ridiculed For Latest Show Of Subservience To Donald Trump
ABC News:
Biden heads to Capitol Hill to rally Democrats on voting rights
Barack Obama / USA Today:
Former President Barack Obama: We need to follow John Lewis' example and fight for our democracy
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).
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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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
The New Voting Rights Bill Is the Law We Need Right Now
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.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Is Omicron Peaking?  —  In parts of the Northeast, it seems to be.  —  The number of new Covid-19 cases in New York City rose more than twentyfold in December.  In the past few days, it has flattened.  —  In both New Jersey and Maryland, the number of new cases has fallen slightly this week.
David French / The Atlantic:
How the Right's Rules of Rhetoric Create Racial Provocateurs  —  Anti-anti-racism can look a lot like ... racism … One of our nation's most important religious, cultural, and political projects is creating and sustaining a robust and just public policy aimed at repairing the harm inflicted …
CNN:
‘Under Trump it was so much better’: The reality Democrats may be missing is that people are hurting right now  —  Reno, Nevada (CNN)Outside a Costco, Laura Godinez lifts meat, toothpaste, coffee, bottled water and bulk supplies of DayQuil from her cart — just the staples …
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
Loudoun Rapist Sentenced, Put On Sex Offender Registry For Life  —  LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia — The 14-year-old boy who raped a ninth-grader in a girls' bathroom while he wore a skirt and blouse was sentenced on Wednesday to residential treatment, as it emerged that he also allegedly attacked a third girl …
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
When Librarians Unionize  —  Northwestern librarians organize after pandemic-related budget cuts and years of wanting more say in how they work and are compensated.  —  After furloughs, layoffs and benefit cuts during COVID-19, librarians and other library workers at Northwestern University have voted to form a union.
U.S. ARMY RECRUITING COMMAND:
Army offers up to $50k in enlistment incentives  —  The U.S. Army is offering its largest bonus ever for new recruits with up to $50,000 available to qualified individuals who sign on for a six-year active-duty enlistment.  —  The total incentive package for a new recruit is based …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Republican rep who voted to impeach Trump running for reelection  —  Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump last year, announced on Wednesday that he would be running in California's newly drawn 22nd congressional district.
Discussion: Mercury News
Washington Post:
The past seven years have been the hottest in recorded history, new data shows … In the middle of a historically sweltering summer, a NASA researcher stood before Congress and declared the unvarnished, undeniable scientific truth: “The greenhouse effect has been detected,” James Hansen said.
Discussion: The Guardian
Daniel Boguslaw / American Prospect:
Fire Jeff Zients  —  Biden's COVID czar has gone from ‘Mr. Fix-It’ to grim reaper, steering the administration's pandemic response to catastrophic lows.  —  White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients speaks during a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021.
Discussion: Eschaton
Christopher Wray / Wall Street Journal:
The Cops Who Didn't Come Home  —  Seventy-three officers were killed feloniously while on duty last year, a 20-year high.  —  While many Americans celebrated the holidays with their families in the final week of 2021, law enforcement kept working.  Tragically, four officers didn't make it home to their loved ones that week.
Discussion: Reason
 
 
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
'If you cross him once, you're dead': DeSantis keeps tight grip on Florida lawmakers
Discussion: CNN and The National Pulse
Lucia Mutikani / Washington Free Beacon:
Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise
Michael Walsh / The Pipeline:
‘A Battle for the Soul of America’
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Patriot Fetch
Lawrence Jones III / HotAir:
The latest Kamala Harris interview went as well as expected
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Twitchy
Washington Post:
No one reads the terms of service. Lawmakers want to fix that with a new ‘TLDR’ bill.
Emily Caldwell / Dallas Morning News:
D.C. delegate says Ted Cruz's effort to block district's student vaccine mandate ‘crosses the line’
Discussion: The Hill and POLITICUSUSA
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump loyalists form alliance in bid to take over election process in key states
Discussion: Political Dictionary
Malachi Barrett / MLive.com:
Republicans who falsified Michigan electoral college vote under scrutiny from Congress, Attorney General
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
 Earlier Items: 
David Charns / KLAS:
I-Team: Nevada Republicans sent National Archives fake electoral certificates saying Trump won election
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Fox News Airs 11-Year-Old Photo of Empty Shelves in Japan to Slam ‘Bare Shelves Biden’
Discussion: The Wrap, Insider and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Energy Department to announce Clean Energy Corps, hire 1,000 staffers to work on climate change
Discussion: Electrek and The White House
Jessica Grose / New York Times:
I See Signs of Despair From Parents of Kids Under 5
Discussion: Pandemic Mama