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5:01 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 …
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Biden's Virus Mandate for Large Employers  —  But the justices allowed a vaccination requirement for health care workers at facilities that receive federal money.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a vaccine …
CNBC:
Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule
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.
Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
House Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Twitter, Alphabet, Meta and Reddit
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McCarthy's plot to build the House of Trump
Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
Protecting voting rights isn't enough to save democracy  —  Election law expert Richard L. Hasen on the problem of election subversion — and what can be done to stop it.  —  About a year after President Joe Biden's inauguration — and following the one-year anniversary of an insurrection …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Sinema scuttles hopes for filibuster reform
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Manchin and Sinema confirm opposition to eliminating filibuster, likely dooming Democrats' voting rights push
Ruy Teixeira / The Liberal Patriot:
The Democrats' Voting Rights Chimera
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
Fox News:
Prince Andrew stripped of military, royal titles amid sexual assault case  —  Queen Elizabeth II agreed to the arrangement in the wake of Prince Andrew's legal woes  —  Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for January 13  —  Prince Andrew's military affiliations and royal patronages …
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Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Queen strips Prince Andrew of military roles and royal patronages
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.
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: El American
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: Al Jazeera and Algemeiner.com
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.
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.
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Virginia's Youngkin Appointing Anti-CRT Firebrand To Key Education Role  —  “You have one job: provide education for the children ... with the best degree of academic excellence possible”  —  Republican Virginia Gov.-Elect Glenn Youngkin will appoint Elizabeth Schultz …
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
By their acts, top newsrooms reject calls to be ‘pro-democracy’  —  Any hope that our country's elite political journalists might heed the increasingly clamorous calls from former colleagues and media critics to adopt a pro-democracy approach to their coverage pretty much died this week.
 
 
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Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and KNWA FOX24
Gary Fineout / Politico:
'If you cross him once, you're dead': DeSantis keeps tight grip on Florida lawmakers
Discussion: The National Pulse and CNN
Colleen Flaherty / Inside Higher Ed:
When Librarians Unionize  —  Northwestern librarians organize after pandemic-related budget cuts …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Republican rep who voted to impeach Trump running for reelection
Discussion: Mercury News
David French / The Atlantic:
How the Right's Rules of Rhetoric Create Racial Provocateurs
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Malachi Barrett / MLive.com:
Republicans who falsified Michigan electoral college vote under scrutiny from Congress, Attorney General
Discussion: Raw Story and Mercury News
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
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Energy Department to announce Clean Energy Corps, hire 1,000 staffers to work on climate change
Discussion: Electrek and The White House
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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