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9:05 AM ET, January 13, 2022

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Barack Obama / USA Today:
Former President Barack Obama: We need to follow John Lewis' example and fight for our democracy  —  “The world, and future generations, will be watching,” Obama writes as he calls on Senate to “do the right thing” and pass legislation to protect voting rights.  —  Barack ObamaSpecial to USA TODAY
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Schumer finds loophole to advance elections reform package  —  Democratic leaders have found a mechanism to enable them to bypass an initial Republican filibuster and debate the party's sweeping elections reform bills, according to a new leadership memo obtained by Axios.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Abrams camp rejects ‘false rumors’ about her no-show at Biden event  —  Stacey Abrams' campaign slammed the “false rumors” about her decision to skip President Joe Biden's voting rights event in Atlanta and called on anonymous operatives to stop spreading inaccuracies about the Georgia Democrat.
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Durbin says Biden may have gone ‘a little too far’ in Georgia speech
Washington Post:
How pollsters say Democrats should talk about voting rights
ABC News:
McConnell blasts Biden's voting rights speech as ‘rage and false hysteria’
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Kevin McCarthy Refuses Interview Request From Jan. 6 Committee  —  The panel said it was interested in conversations the top House Republican had with President Donald J. Trump on the day of the riot and afterward.  —  WASHINGTON — The House select committee scrutinizing the Jan. 6 attack …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
First look: NRCC raised $140 million in 2021  —  The House Republicans' campaign arm raised $140 million in 2021, and $17.9 million in December alone, setting a new record for the committee's off-year fundraising, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The hefty cash infusion …
Discussion: Breitbart, NRCC and Political Wire
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Biden and Manchin come face to face  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Typically presidents head to Capitol Hill to put a final squeeze on lawmakers on the cusp of passing major legislation.  Today, JOE BIDEN will make the trek up Pennsylvania Avenue for yet another sales pitch that's doomed for failure.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McCarthy's plot to build the House of Trump  —  Kevin McCarthy is signaling he'll institutionalize key Trumpian priorities if he takes over as House speaker next year — aggressive tactics targeting undocumented immigrants, liberals and corporate America.  —  Why it matters …
House Republican Leader:
Leader McCarthy's Statement about Pelosi's Illegitimate Select Committee
Washington Post:
Omicron waves appear to slow in New York City, other major metropolitan areas … The explosion of omicron cases along the Interstate 95 corridor from the Mid-Atlantic to New England is showing signs of slowing down, according to health officials and epidemiologists, offering reason …
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Peter White / Deadline:
Olivia Nuzzi Developing Pitch-Black Satirical DC Drama At AMC  —  EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Nuzzi, the Washington correspondent for New York magazine who wrote some of the wildest stories about President Donald Trump during his four years in office, is turning her attention to television.
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Jan Ransom / New York Times:
A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video  —  Videos obtained by The New York Times reveal scenes of violence as the Department of Correction struggles to restore order in the jail system.  —  The men had gotten along on Rikers Island, had even been friendly …
The Citizen Lab:
Extensive Hacking of Media & Civil Society in El Salvador with Pegasus Spyware  —  Key Findings  — The Citizen Lab and Access Now have conducted a joint investigation into Pegasus hacking in El Salvador in collaboration with Frontline Defenders, SocialTIC, and Fundación Acceso.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Diplomats in Geneva, Paris Struck With Suspected ‘Havana Syndrome’  —  Mysterious neurological ailment has afflicted as many as 200 U.S. officials in diplomatic posts world-wide  —  WASHINGTON—Officials serving at U.S. diplomatic missions in Geneva and Paris are suspected …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tyler Rogoway / The Drive:
Incoming North Korean Missile Warning Prompted FAA's Mysterious Air Traffic Halt  —  Two days after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a highly peculiar ground-stop order to aircraft operating across the western United States and Hawaii, and after the release of a remarkably murky official statement …
Discussion: The Western Journal
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.
Discussion: The Federalist and CNN
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
We suspected that rightwing politics caused mass injury and death.  A new book proves it  —  When partisanship subsumes everything, people die.  Period. … The Republicans are sabotaging the country's full recovery from the covid pandemic.  They don't think so, though.
CNN:
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany met with January 6 committee, sources say  —  (CNN)Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday appeared before the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Political Instability Not U.S. Adversaries, Seen As Bigger Threat, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Nearly 6 In 10 Think Nation's Democracy Is In Danger Of Collapse  — mail_outline  —  In a sharply divided country, Americans agree on this: the bigger danger to the United States comes from within.
The Intercept:
House Republicans Release Text of Redacted Fauci Emails on Covid Origins … On Tuesday, Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released a letter that paints a damning picture of U.S. government officials wrestling with whether the novel coronavirus may have leaked …
Associated Press:
German court: Syrian man guilty of crimes against humanity  —  KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — A former Syrian secret police officer was convicted by a German court Thursday of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago.
Washington Post:
Democrats worry Biden could pay the political price for rising inflation  —  President Biden and his advisers for months predicted inflation would be only transitory, a temporary problem that would fade as the economy rebounded and as supply chain issues were alleviated.
The Columbus Dispatch:
Redistricting: Ohio Supreme Court strikes down state House and Senate maps  —  Jessie Balmert Laura A. BischoffThe Columbus Dispatch  —  The Ohio Supreme Court struck down GOP-drawn state House and Senate maps as unconstitutional gerrymandering in a 4-3 decision Wednesday …
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ron Johnson Demands Details Of DOD Investigation Into COVID-19 Origins  —  Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is requesting information about a Department of Defense investigation into the origins of COVID-19, following the recent republication of a report written …
Jessica Grose / New York Times:
I See Signs of Despair From Parents of Kids Under 5  —  I've been talking to parents about pandemic stress for nearly two years, and I haven't heard the level of despair that I've heard over the past week since the spring of 2020.  Some of the words parents used to describe their January 2022 …
Discussion: Pandemic Mama
Kanoko Matsuyama / Bloomberg:
Cannabis Compounds Prevented Covid Infection in Laboratory Study  —  Cannabis compounds prevented the virus that causes Covid-19 from penetrating healthy human cells, according to a laboratory study published in the Journal of Nature Products.  —  The two compounds commonly found in hemp …
Tiffini Theisen / Orlando Sentinel:
Florida State Board of Administration official killed in apparent road-rage shootout  —  A spokesman for Florida's State Board of Administration was shot and killed in an apparent road-rage incident last week near Tallahassee, according to law enforcement and news reports.
Discussion: WCTV and Tallahassee Democrat
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Don't rule out a GOP Senate wave  —  ANALYSIS — As usual, Democrats are fighting among themselves — this time about what to do with the Senate filibuster.  —  Most would like to simply eliminate it, but that is not going to happen in a 50-50 Senate that includes Sens. Joe Manchin III …
Daniel Chang / El American:
Florida Democrats Make Baseless Claims Blaming Hispanic GOP Strategist for January 6 Riot  —  Florida Democrats, who have been suffering a string of devastating electoral losses since 2012, found a new culprit for the January 6 Capitol Riots.  It is not Alex Jones, not the QAnon shaman nor the resuscitated corpse of George Wallace.
Scott Merzbach / Daily Hampshire Gazette:
Amherst residents voice support for moratorium on large-scale solar projects … AMHERST — A temporary moratorium on developing large-scale, ground-mounted solar projects, defined as ones that generate at least 250 kilowatts of power, is winning support from residents.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
How Biden is working to save Putin's pipeline  —  President Biden's national security team worked hard this week to defeat a GOP congressional effort to sanction a Russian-German energy project that will strengthen the hand of Russian President Vladimir Putin and weaken Ukraine at the worst possible time.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Biden claims yet another arrest for which there's little evidence  —  “I did not walk in the shoes of generations of students who walked these grounds.  But I walked other grounds.  Because I'm so damn old, I was there as well.  You think I'm kidding, man.  It seems like yesterday the first time I got arrested.”
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Joseph Simonson / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden's COVID Test Rule Could Cost Insurance Companies Up To $20 Billion A Month
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will 2022 be all about Trump? Direct that question at Republicans, not Democrats.
Discussion: New York Magazine, NPR and Raw Story
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication:
Global Warming's Six Americas, September 2021
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Guardian
Nature:
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Why Republicans Won't Confirm This Renowned Holocaust Scholar
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Joshua Ceballos / Miami New Times:
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Ann Coulter:
The Great Epstein Cover-up, Part 2
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Matt Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testifies to grand jury in sex trafficking probe