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Hey there, Playbookers. It's Ragul Munovalin. A couple things we're tracking on Friday, January 20th.

President Joe Biden was sworn into office two years ago on this date. To mark the occasion,

White House Communications Director Kate Bettingfield is sending congressional

Democrats and other allies a cheat sheet of the president's accomplishments to tout.

You can catch a link in today's playbook, and it's worth the read to understand the emerging

Biden re-election message. There's a heavy emphasis on a manufacturing renaissance, which the talking point state is in

contrast to Maga Republicans in Congress who are creating chaos and proposing an extreme

and divisive agenda.

Meanwhile, Amir Medani from the Associated Press has a story of Biden's first two years

by the numbers, which he calls a mixed bag.

It includes a long-sought $1 trillion bill to shore up the nation's bridges, roads, and other infrastructure,

but also the unwelcome milestone of historic inflation.

There's been a huge number of COVID-19 vaccinations, but nearly 680,000 people have died of the disease.

Biden has visited three dozen states and spent all or part of nearly 200 days in his home state

of Delaware.

And we wouldn't be Playbook if we didn't flag this entry on the AP's list.

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Biden held fewer solo or joint news conferences than his three most recent predecessors

at the same point in their presidencies.

The race for RNC chair is starting to heat up ahead of next week's January 27th election.

Michael Scherer from the Washington Post reports that current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel

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