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7:40 AM ET, January 14, 2022

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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Georgia Speech Is a Break Point  —  He thought he was merely appealing to his base.  He might have united the rest of the country against him.  —  It is startling when two speeches within 24 hours, neither much heralded in advance—the second wouldn't even have been given without the first …
Philip Klein / National Review:
Biden's Big Blunder: Picking Battles He's Likely to Lose  —  On Thursday, President Biden suffered two additional defeats, as the U.S. Supreme Court blocked his employer vaccine mandate and Senator Kyrsten Sinema restated that she would not blow up the filibuster to pass a voting bill.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Had No Legal Reason to Block Biden's Workplace Vaccine Rules
Matt Ford / New Republic:
In a 6-3 Ruling, the Supreme Court Upholds the Covid Pandemic
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Biden hosts Manchin, Sinema at White House to discuss voting rights
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court blocks workplace vaccine requirements, allows requirement for health-care workers
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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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.
Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:
Oath Keepers leader arrested outside Dallas, feds search home (VIDEO)
James R. Hagerty / Wall Street Journal:
Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal Drama Critic, Dies at Age 65  —  Missouri-born author and musician wrote biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and H.L. Mencken  —  Terry Teachout, a prolific New York-based biographer and essayist who wrote exuberantly about drama for The Wall Street Journal …
Financial Times:
Ukraine says government websites hit by ‘massive cyber attack’  —  Kyiv has yet to assign blame for the disruption on at least 10 sites  —  Ukraine said it was the target of a “massive cyber attack” after at least 10 government websites ceased functioning.
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Dems torpedo Cruz's bid to sanction Russian pipeline
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Axios and Euractiv
Washington Post:
Senate rejects Sen. Ted Cruz's bill to impose sanctions over Russian pipeline project
Shawn Johnson / NPR:
A Wisconsin judge rules absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under state law  —  A Waukesha County judge has ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed under Wisconsin law, a ruling that could potentially remove an option for voting ahead of the state's crucial midterm elections.
Discussion: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and UPI
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.
Houston Chronicle:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton violated open records law, says Travis County DA  —  AUSTIN — The Travis County district attorney has determined that Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state's open records law by not turning over his communications from last January …
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects parole for Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of killing Robert F. Kennedy  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday refused to parole the man convicted of gunning down Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles, a brazen assassination of a presidential candidate that scarred the nation and altered …
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David R Baker / Bloomberg:
RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Denied Parole by California Governor
Discussion: Raw Story and KTLA
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 …
NBC News:
Biden plans executive action on police reform to revive stalled issue  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is planning to sign executive actions on police reform as early as this month, three people familiar with the plans said, as his administration seeks to unilaterally jumpstart an issue that's a top priority for a key constituency.
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
New Virus Cases Begin to Slow in U.S. Cities Where Omicron Hit First  —  Reports of infections are falling in Cleveland, Newark and Washington, suggesting that a national peak may be approaching.  —  At another bleak moment of the pandemic in the United States — with nearly 800,000 new cases a day …
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Harris team looks to course changes to reset her political prospects  —  Vice President Harris's team is engaged in a series of course changes that aides and supporters hope will boost her public image and reset her political prospects, after a first year in office that even some of her allies say has fallen short of expectations.
Sam Fossum / CNN:
White House announces new program to repair and replace bridges  —  (CNN)The White House on Friday announced a new program to repair and replace the nation's bridges through funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law that passed Congress in November.  —  The announcement comes 60 days …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Epstein brought EIGHT young women with him on his trips to see Bill Clinton at the White House: Displayed photos of himself posing at the Briefing Room podium at his Palm Beach mansion  — Visitor logs obtained by DailyMail.com reveal Jeffrey Epstein was not always alone …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
More than 30 million families to lose child tax credit checks starting this weekend  —  Millions of families this weekend will stop receiving monthly child tax payments for the first time in months after Congress failed to pass an extension of the expanded credit.
Nathalie Baptiste / HuffPost:
It's Time For Democrats To Accept That Norms Are Dead  —  The GOP has no problem being completely unmoored from reality.  —  When members of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 asked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to meet with them, they probably should've known that he wouldn't comply with their request.
New York Times:
Anti-Trump Republicans Diverge on 2022 Midterms  —  Disaffected conservatives broke with their party to oust a sitting president.  Some still hope to have a say in the G.O.P.'s future.  —  For those Republicans who dare to publicly oppose Donald J. Trump, politics can be a lonely place.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden is failing politically, and not just because of Republican obstruction  —  President Biden hit a political wall this week in his push for voting-rights legislation, just as he did last year in trying to pass his Build Back Better spending package.  It's time for Biden to ask himself why he's in this morass.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
White House criticizes bleak “outlier” Quinnipiac Biden poll  —  White House deputy chief of staff Jennifer O'Malley Dillon is publicly attacking a new poll that gave President Biden a 33% approval rating, using the full weight of her office to call it an “outlier,” according to a memo shared with Axios.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
PA GOP Senate primary battle: Former Trump-backed candidate Sean Parnell endorses Dave McCormick  —  McCormick formally announced his candidacy on Thursday  —  EXCLUSIVE: Sean Parnell, the former Trump-backed Senate candidate from Pennsylvania who recently suspended his campaign …
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh and Breitbart
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds a Way to Profit Off Government Debt  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene invested in Treasury Bills right around a time of uncertainty about the debt ceiling—uncertainty that Greene helped foment.  The investment paid off.  —  Last September, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene …
Discussion: Raw Story
Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Doctors Debate Whether Trans Teens Need Therapy Before Hormones  —  Clinicians are divided over new guidelines that say teens should undergo mental health screenings before receiving hormones or gender surgeries.  —  An upsurge in teenagers requesting hormones or surgeries to better align …
Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan AG Dana Nessel refers GOP electors review to federal prosecutors  —  Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday she referred to federal prosecutors a probe into Republicans who signed and submitted a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won Michigan's electoral votes.
Jacob Gronholt-pedersen / Reuters:
Denmark accuses Russia, China, Iran of espionage threat  —  Denmark warned on Thursday of a rising espionage threat from Russia, China, Iran and others, including in the Arctic region where global powers are jostling for resources and sea routes.  —  The Danish Security and Intelligence Service …
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Scores of doctors and scientists sign a statement condemning personal attacks against Fauci.
Meredith Lee / Politico:
Lawmakers raise health concerns as they quietly seek to replace a House chairman
Discussion: Political Wire
Cameron Cawthorne / Fox News:
NY Gov. Hochul met with Chinese official who called genocide of Uyghur Muslims ‘lies’
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Virginia's Youngkin Appointing Anti-CRT Firebrand To Key Education Role
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
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Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Navient Reaches $1.85 Billion Deal Over Predatory Lending Claims
BBC:
Prince Andrew loses military titles and use of HRH
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
By their acts, top newsrooms reject calls to be ‘pro-democracy’
Nadia Khomami / The Guardian:
Hollywood stars back Emma Watson after Palestinian solidarity post
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Algemeiner.com
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Your Bubble is Not the Culture  —  I don't have anything against cultural and ideological bubbles.
Discussion: HotAir and El American
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Glenn Beck has Covid again after refusing vaccine: 'It's going into my lungs'
Discussion: The Hill