Tipsheet: White House uses GOP's own rhetoric to rebut Supreme Court criticisms

View in your browser     White House uses GOP's own rhetoric to rebut Supreme Court criticisms By Brett Samuels   The White House is using Republicans’ own rhetoric from past Supreme Court confirmation proceedings to rebut some of the criticisms conservatives have levied on President Biden as he prepares to nominate a successor to fill the vacancy created by Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement. The White House has been proactive about reaching out to Republicans and courting the support of senators who might reach across the aisle to back Biden’s eventual pick. But officials have been just as quick to cite the GOP’s own comments praising the choice of a woman to fill a seat on the high court during the confirmation process in which former President Trump chose Justice Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Read the full story here     First Black federal judge in Alabama asks Biden not to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court By Natalie Prieb   The first Black federal judge in Alabama spoke out against one of President Biden's potential Supreme Court picks in a letter addressed to the commander in chief that was obtained by NBC News. Read the full story here     Advocates fear Supreme Court's Alabama moves could weaken minority protections in VRA By Harper Neidig and Rebecca Beitsch   The Supreme Court's ruling this week to allow Alabama to move forward with redistricting maps that underrepresent Black voters is worrying advocates who say it may be a preview of the conservative majority's threat to protections against racial gerrymandering and other discriminatory elections practices.  Read the full story here     US, allies warn time running out for diplomacy with Russia By Laura Kelly   The U.S. and global leaders are warning that time is running out for diplomacy to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read the full story here       Biden warns Putin of 'swift and severe costs' if Russia invades Ukraine By Morgan Chalfant   President Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin on a phone call Saturday that Russia would face “swift and severe costs” if it chose to invade Ukraine, the White House said.  Read the full story here     Democrats in a fury as Trump docs revive trauma of Clinton emails By Max Greenwood and Amie Parnes   Accusations that former President Trump improperly took government documents are stirring outrage among Democrats and resurfacing years-old political trauma stemming from the GOP’s attacks on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Read the full story here     Giuliani in discussions with Jan. 6 committee about testifying: report By Brad Dress   Rudy Giuliani, previously former President Trump's personal lawyer and adviser, is in discussions with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol about testifying, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     House races where redistricting is pitting Democrats against one another By Mychael Schnell   Redistricting is pitting a number of Democratic incumbents against one another in what will likely be a handful of competitive and grueling House primaries.  Read the full story here     Five obstacles Biden faces in battle against inflation By Sylvan Lane and Alex Gangitano   President Biden was delivered a blow this week amid the news that inflation is rising and showing no signs of slowing down.   Read the full story here     Legal gambling takes over Super Bowl: Here are five big bets you can make By Dominick Mastrangelo   The Super Bowl has for decades served as the biggest sports gambling event of the year, and this weekend’s NFL finale is slated to be the most bet-on sporting event in history. Read the full story here     Fifteen years after Munich, Putin is driven by the same fears By Wesley Culp   OPINION | While the world has changed significantly in the last 15 years, Russia’s fears and goals have remained largely the same. Read the full story here     An 'endemic' COVID doesn't mean we stop fighting By James Alwine and Felicia Goodrum Sterling   OPINION | Governors of several states are proposing that we treat COVID-19 as an endemic disease, meaning it will always be with us and we must “learn to live with it.” Certainly SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will eventually become endemic. But suddenly claiming the virus is endemic, without a serious campaign to encourage worldwide vaccination and mitigation, is asking us to accept — or forget — inadequate public health policies, misuse of COVID relief funds, and the staggering morbidity and mortality that this virus has wrought. Read the full story here     Reuters: US says diplomacy still open to end Ukraine standoff with Russia By Humeyra Pamuk   The United States said the diplomatic path remained open to end a standoff with Moscow over Ukraine but said the risk of Russian military action was high enough to warrant pulling U.S. embassy staff out of Kyiv. Read the full story here     The New York Times: US battles Putin by disclosing his next possible moves By Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper   Declassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Russians have already started hybrid war with bomb threats, cyberattacks, Ukraine says By Jason Marson   Moscow is using cyberattacks, economic pressure and, most recently, false bomb threats, to undermine its neighbor, Kyiv says. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Democratic Senate debates merits of passion vs. pragmatism By Alan Fram   With elections in view and Democrats’ headline domestic bill in a rut, Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer have very different takes on how things are going in their chamber. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ’Freedom Convoy’ protesters, police face off at US-Canada border as Trudeau looks at ‘all options’ By Annabelle Timsit, Bryan Pietsch and Miriam Berger   Police and protesters from the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” opposed to coronavirus vaccine mandates remained at a stalemate early Sunday near a vital U.S.-Canada border crossing — even after police, enforcing an injunction ordering them to leave, ticketed and towed vehicles. A defiant core of protesters mostly remained on foot as temperatures dropped below freezing. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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