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11:15 PM ET, January 6, 2021

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Washington Post:
Trump caused the assault on the Capitol.  He must be removed.  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S refusal to accept his election defeat and his relentless incitement of his supporters led Wednesday to the unthinkable: an assault on the U.S. Capitol by a violent mob that overwhelmed police and drove Congress …
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Axios:
GOP considers drastic options against Trump including 25th Amendment  —  With 13 days left in President Trump's term, confidants and Republican officials are considering drastic steps to stop him, Jonathan Swan and Margaret Talev report.  —  The big picture: These measures include censure …
CNN:
Angry Republican leaders float removing Trump from office  —  Washington (CNN)After violent pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, a growing number of Republican leaders and Cabinet officials told CNN that they believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before January 20.
New York Times:
Updates: Pro-Trump Protesters Surge Through the Doors of the Capitol  —  Trump rebuffed initial requests to deploy the National Guard to the Capitol.  Pence gave the go-ahead.  —  President Trump initially rebuffed and resisted requests to mobilize the National Guard to quell violent protests …
Senator Mitt Romney:
Romney Condemns Insurrection at U.S. Capitol  —  Urges unanimous affirmation of election results  —  WASHINGTON - Following are prepared remarks by Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), who had previously planned to address his colleagues in today's Senate session:  —  “We gather today due …
Matthew Continetti / National Review:
Trump Must Pay  —  January 6, 2021, is not over, but it already lives in infamy.  A sitting president of the United States, having lost reelection, incited a mob to storm the Capitol as the Congress sat in joint session to certify the Electoral College vote.  This act was without precedent.
Washington Post:
Trump loyalists continue to challenge Biden's win, but some concede after Capitol riot  —  A handful of Senate Republicans who had vowed to protest President-elect Joe Biden's electoral college win abruptly reversed their objections after a mob of President Trump's supporters violently stormed the Capitol …
CNN:
US Capitol secured, woman dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden's win  —  (CNN)The US Capitol is once again secured but a woman is dead after supporters of President Donald Trump breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation's capital …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump's barbarians at the gates
Discussion: Politico and The Guardian
Bush Center:
Statement by President George W. Bush on Insurrection at the Capitol
Discussion: Axios, NPR and HotAir
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:   Mass Delusion in America
George Will / Washington Post:   Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Liz Cheney: Trump response to Capitol mob ‘he caused’ is ‘completely inadequate’
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Sasse blames Trump for riot at Capitol: ‘Lies have consequences’
Discussion: IJR
Quint Forgey / Politico:
‘It must stop now’: Pence tells rioters to leave the Capitol
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Capitol breached by pro-Trump mob during ‘failed insurrection,’ woman shot inside dies
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Liberals to Breyer: Time to retire
Discussion: HotAir and National Review
Kate Bennett / CNN:
First lady's chief of staff and White House social secretary resign after violent protests  —  (CNN)Stephanie Grisham, the former White House communications director and press secretary and current chief of staff for first lady Melania Trump, submitted her resignation Wednesday afternoon …
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BuzzFeed News:
The Rioters Who Took Over The Capitol Have Been Planning Online In The Open For Weeks  —  The supporters of President Donald Trump who rioted in the US Capitol building on Wednesday had been openly planning for weeks on both mainstream social media and the pro-Trump internet.
New York Times:
Building Secured Hours Later; Washington Is Under Curfew  —  Lawmakers will resume counting votes on Wednesday, hours after the Capitol building was cleared.  Senators and members of the House had evacuated when Trump supporters disrupted Congress's debate of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Twitter, Facebook lock Trump's accounts in confrontation over Capitol breach posts  —  Twitter and Facebook locked President Donald Trump's accounts and YouTube removed one of his videos after throngs of his supporters rioted inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, marking the harshest confrontation …
CNN:
Top White House national security officials are considering resigning  —  (CNN)Several of President Donald Trump's top aides — including national security adviser Robert O'Brien — are considering resigning in the wake of his response to a pro-Trump mob breaching the US Capitol on Wednesday …
Discussion: The Week, Political Wire and Mediaite
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Expert Andy Ngo: It wasn't antifa at the Capitol riots  —  Journalist Andy Ngo, who has become an expert on the violent anarchist group antifa, today dismissed claims by President Trump's supporters that the group was behind the pro-Trump riots on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Twitchy, RedState and Instapundit
Donald Trump / ITV:
Woman dies after shooting during pro-Trump occupation of US Capitol
Tyler Van Dyke / Washington Examiner:
Manufacturers trade group calls on Pence to weigh removal of Trump through 25th Amendment
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Congress set to confirm Biden's electoral win over Trump
KUSI-TV:
KUSI News confirms identity of woman shot and killed inside US Capitol  —  WASHINGTON (KUSI) — The woman who was shot and killed inside the US Capitol during the protests was from the San Diego area.  —  KUSI News has spoken with her husband.  —  The woman is Ashli Babbit, a 14-year veteran …
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Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Giuliani to Senator: ‘Try to Just Slow it Down’  —  The president's lawyer tries to block the count of the Electoral College votes.  —  Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer and top adviser to President Donald Trump, is calling Republican lawmakers urging them to delay the electoral vote count by at least …
Discussion: CNN and New York Magazine
Albert Hunt / The Hill:
With Georgia blue, moderates will rule  —  It appears Georgia has moved the balance of Congressional power away from Senate Republicans to centrist Democrats.  This would be welcome news for President-elect Joe Biden, but it won't presage a progressive legislative agenda.
Discussion: Louisiana Illuminator and CNBC
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
America's anti-democratic Senate, in one number
 
 
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