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9:25 AM ET, January 12, 2022

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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short  —  Some Republican leaders are trying to move on from former President Donald Trump's failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election that he lost.  —  “While there were some irregularities, there were none …
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NPR:
Read NPR's full interview with former President Donald Trump  —  Former President Donald Trump spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Tuesday, Jan. 11, in a brief phone interview.  They discussed vaccinations for COVID-19, the 2020 election and the outlook for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
December prices rise 7 percent, compared to a year earlier, as 2021 inflation reaches highest in 40 years  —  Officials within the Fed and Biden administration expect high inflation will persist through much of 2022  —  Prices rose at the fastest pace in 40 years in December …
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Gwynn Guilford / Wall Street Journal:
2021 Is Expected to Rank as Biggest Year for Inflation in Four Decades
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Rips ‘Gutless’ Politicians Who Won't Say If They've Had Vaccine Booster: ‘Say It’  —  Former President Donald Trump said that politicians who don't disclose their booster shot status when asked in interviews are “gutless.”  —  He made the remarks on One America News in an interview aired on Tuesday night.
Politico:
Biden confronts a skeptical base as he pushes voting rights in Georgia  —  ATLANTA — LaTosha Brown is one of the many Southern organizers who turned Georgia blue in 2020 for the first time in nearly 30 years.  But on Tuesday, she didn't want President Joe Biden in the state.
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Dems Can't Afford to Form a Circular Firing Squad on Voting Rights
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden's speech on voting rights was full of soaring rhetoric. It may not matter.
Manu Raju / CNN:
Top Republicans stand up for Rounds after Trump's attack: He ‘told the truth’  —  (CNN)Senior Republicans are closing ranks behind Sen. Mike Rounds after he endured a scathing attack from former President Donald Trump for acknowledging the reality that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Wall Street Journal:
Schools See Big Drop in Attendance as Students Stay Away, Citing Covid-19  —  Depressed attendance rates create challenges for teaching and learning; ‘there has never been anything like this’  —  Public-school attendance across the U.S. has dropped to unusually low levels …
Politico:
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump Jr. advisers, Trump speechwriter  —  The select panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is homing in on Donald Trump Jr.  —  The committee issued subpoenas for two close advisers, Andrew Surabian and Arthur Schwartz, to former President Donald Trump's eldest son on Tuesday …
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New York Times:
Jan. 6 Panel Seeks to Debunk Unfounded Theory About F.B.I. Role in Riot
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR hosts' departures fuel questions over race.  The full story is complex  —  In the wake of a trio of departures, news stories and private messages shared among NPR staffers reflected the concern that Black and Latina stars are leaving the network in droves.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats, with White House backing, unveil Russia sanctions bill  —  Senior Democratic senators on Wednesday will unveil a fresh package of sanctions to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin if he invades Ukraine, an effort backed by the White House as the administration seeks to tamp …
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Senate GOP reelection arm hauls in a record $104M in 2021
Discussion: The Federalist
Washington Post:
Virginia's legislative session will test GOP's ability to roll back Democrats' gains  —  RICHMOND — Legislators from across the commonwealth will gather Wednesday in the Capitol as resurgent Republicans and the spiking coronavirus promise to dominate the annual General Assembly session.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Biden-Cheney 2024?  —  As I've noted before, one reason I pay very close attention to the Israeli-Palestinian arena is that a lot of trends get perfected there first and then go global — airline hijacking, suicide bombing, building a wall, the challenges of pluralism and lots more.
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Djokovic Admits False Statement on Australia Travel Document  —  The tennis star also said he had participated in an interview and a photo shoot even after testing positive for the coronavirus, in an apparent violation of rules in his native Serbia.  —  MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic …
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Andrew Das / New York Times:
Djokovic Scrambles to Explain Test Result and Public Events
Adam Staten / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests ‘Second Amendment Rights’ Should Be Used Against Democrats  —  GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday suggested using “Second Amendment rights” on those trying to implement what she referred to as “tyrannical government.”
Discussion: Mediaite and Political Wire
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘I hate to use this language:’ Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests it's time to use ‘Second Amendment’ on Democrats
Discussion: HuffPost
BBC:
Johnson apologises over attending lockdown drinks party  —  Watch live: BBC News coverage of Prime Minister's Questions  —  Play video Watch live: BBC News coverage of Prime Minister's Questions  —  Summary  — Boris Johnson admits he attended a drinks party at No 10 during the first lockdown, saying he was there for 25 minutes
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
‘Crime tourists’: An international spree targets D.C. area's wealthy Asian residents  —  A string of burglaries in the suburbs revealed a crime trend with worldwide reach  —  Detectives crept into the parking lot of a Days Inn in Alexandria one night in March and surreptitiously attached GPS trackers …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
California hospitals find that Omicron causes fewer hospitalizations and shorter stays.  —  A new study of nearly 70,000 Covid patients in California demonstrates that Omicron causes less severe disease than other coronavirus variants.  The new research, posted online Tuesday …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden sending more COVID tests to schools to keep them open  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.  —  The White House announced Wednesday that the administration …
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The White House:   FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Increases COVID-19 Testing in Schools to Keep Students Safe and Schools Open
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's 2024 Election Comeback  —  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have become unpopular.  It may be time for a change candidate.  —  A perfect storm in the Democratic Party is making a once-unfathomable scenario plausible: a political comeback for Hillary Clinton in 2024.
Washington Post:
Omicron will infect ‘just about everybody,’ Fauci says … The omicron coronavirus variant will infect “just about everybody” regardless of vaccination status, top U.S. infectious-disease expert Anthony S. Fauci said Tuesday.  —  But those who have been vaccinated will “very likely …
Discussion: Twitchy
Associated Press:
Omicron may be headed for a rapid drop in Britain, US  —  Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the U.S., at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.  —  The reason: The variant …
Discussion: The New Daily and NBC Bay Area
Kaleigh Rogers / FiveThirtyEight:
The Big Lie's Long Shadow  —  Mike Cuffe blends in.  Sitting in a chair that almost matches the color of his suit, which almost matches the gray Montana sky outside, the state senator looked a lot like the other legislators in a state administration committee meeting last February.
Joseph Trevithick / The Drive:
FAA's Statement On Mysterious Air Traffic Halt Leaves More Questions Than Answers  —  The Federal Aviation Administration has finally put out an official statement regarding a still very mysterious ground stop order that it issued to all aircraft in the western U.S. and Hawaii yesterday around 2:30 PM PST.
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
A marketing firm that works with Jewish groups, Big Duck, has nixed a potential client because of its Israel ties  —  (JTA) — A marketing firm that has worked extensively with Jewish nonprofits has declined to work with one because of growing concerns among its staff members about groups with “significant programming in Israel.”
Discussion: Instapundit
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA App Gettr Sick of Their Racist Users, Bans Right-Wing Pundit Over N-Word  —  BOOTED  —  The free speech MAGA-loving social media site Gettr, founded by former Trump advisor Jason Miller, banned former Blaze TV host Jon Miller over using the N-word on their platform.
Discussion: Insider, HillReporter.com and Raw Story
Larry Sand / Front Page Magazine:
Chicago Teachers Strike Out  —  If teachers won't teach, they should be fired.  —  In December, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urged school leaders “not to retreat from in-person learning,” and said schools should not be considering remote options.  Just last week, President Biden echoed …
Los Angeles Times:
The Times hires five staffers to cover Sacramento, Los Angeles and Northern California  —  The following message was sent on behalf of Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad:  —  I am pleased to announce the hiring of new staffers for Metro in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Northern California.
 
 
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Tom Porter / Insider:
A conspiracy theorist who Trump put on a US body overseeing Holocaust monuments is still there more than a year after calls for Biden to fire him
Discussion: Raw Story
FIRE:
University of Washington: Professor created ‘toxic environment’ by deviating from university-approved language about Native American land
Discussion: Quillette and Reason
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Don't Underestimate the Legal Challenge to Madison Cawthorn's Reelection
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Mo Brooks Is the Jan. 6 Congressman Who Can't Keep His Mouth Shut
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Hopeful Herschel Walker Pushed Snake Oil Body Spray for COVID
Zaid Jilani / UnHerd:
Violence inequality shames America
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Inflation isn't Biden's fault. And he can't solve it, either.
Discussion: Axios, New Republic and HotAir
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Supreme Court clears way for liberal group to depose Assembly Speaker Robin Vos
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
The Biden sit-down that split PBS
David Weigel / Washington Post:
The Trailer: San Francisco's school board recalls are tearing Democrats apart
Discussion: National Review
Michael A. Wood / Wall Street Journal:
How Should Republicans Talk About Jan. 6?