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6:15 PM ET, January 6, 2021

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New York Times:
Biden Calls on Trump to Demand an ‘End to This Siege’  —  The Capitol building was placed on lockdown, with senators and members of the House locked inside their chambers, as Congress began debating President-elect Joe Biden's victory.  —  RIGHT NOW Army activates D.C. National Guard to deploy troops to the Capitol.
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NAM:
Manufacturers Call on Armed Thugs to Cease Violence at Capitol  —  Timmons: “This is not the vision of America that manufacturers believe in and work so hard to defend.”  —  Washington, D.C. - National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement …
Discussion: Business Insider, NBC News and Fortune
Axios:
U.S. Capitol locked down as “March for Trump” mob breach building  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared that “help is needed” in a live phone interview with CBS News, in response to protestors breaching the U.S. Capitol and Senate chambers during a “March for Trump” …
Teddy Amenabar / Washington Post:
Live updates: Woman dies after shooting in U.S. Capitol; D.C. National Guard activated after mob breaches building  —  Thousands of President Trump's supporters rallied in downtown Washington on Wednesday to falsely assert the presidential election was stolen from Trump.  Follow along for live updates.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
This Is a Coup  —  Insurrectionists are attacking the seat of American government in an attempted coup, urged on by the president of the United States.  Saying that feels melodramatic, ridiculous, and overwrought, but there's no plainer way to describe what is currently unfolding.
CNN:
Police clearing pro-Trump mob from US Capitol after rioters stormed halls of Congress  —  (CNN)Police are clearing supporters of President Donald Trump from the US Capitol after they breached one of the most iconic American buildings, engulfing the nation's capital in chaos after Trump urged …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Live Updates: Pro-Trump Protesters Storm the Capitol  —  Mitt Romney, on his way to a secure location, says, ‘This is what the President has caused.’  —  As the entire Senate was hustled into the Capitol basement by uniformed police officers, Senator Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah …
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.
Washington Free Beacon:
Guns and Teargas in U.S. Capitol as Trump Supporters Storm Grounds  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday responded with drawn guns and tear gas on Wednesday as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss shortly …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:   Sasse blames Trump for riot at Capitol: ‘Lies have consequences’
Matthew Choi / Politico:
‘President Trump, step up’: Biden calls on Trump to rebuke Capitol rioters
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Army activates D.C. National Guard to deploy troops to the Capitol.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Updates: Capitol breached by protesters, woman shot inside
Politico:
Biden to tap Merrick Garland for attorney general  —  Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to two people with knowledge of the decision.  —  Biden selected Garland over former Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and former deputy attorney general Sally Yates …
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Fox News:
Mitch McConnell to rebuke GOP challenge to certify Electoral College vote  —  This would be McConnell's first public statement against President Trump's supporters in Congress on the matter  —  Rep. Fulcher explains how GOP challenging of 2020 election certification will work
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Liberals to Breyer: Time to retire  —  The results of the Georgia Senate runoffs aren't yet final.  But left-wing activists are already pressuring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to take advantage of a possible Democratic majority in the Senate and retire.
Discussion: National Review and Fox News
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Pence rushed out of Senate chamber as protesters storm Capitol
Washington Examiner:
Congress certifies presidential electoral votes: Live blog
Discussion: CBS News
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Bitter Reality of the Post-Trump GOP
Jeff Flake / New York Times:
My Fellow Republicans, Trump Is Destroying Us
USA Today:
Why Kelly Loeffler can take part in the Electoral College count and David Perdue can't
Discussion: RedState
CNBC:
Mike Pence rejects Trump's call to overturn Biden election
Politico:
Republicans turn on Trump after Georgia loss  —  Democrats have pulled off at least one Senate win in Georgia, with another likely to follow.  And Republicans are pointing a frustrated finger at Donald Trump.  —  With control of the Senate at stake in the state's two races …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
America's anti-democratic Senate, in one number  —  41,549,808.  —  Well, it's official.  Georgia Democratic Senators-elect Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are going to Washington.  The Senate will be evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.  That means that, with Democratic Vice …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Here's What Joe Biden Can Get Done With a Democratic Senate
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
5 takeaways from Georgia Senate runoffs
New York Times:
Georgia Senate Runoff Election Results
Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Schumer declares Democratic majority in the Senate
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
James Comey: Donald Trump should not be prosecuted after leaving office  — Fired FBI director: next attorney general must ‘foster trust’  — President has insulted Comey and threatened him with jail  —  Donald Trump should not be prosecuted once he leaves the White House no matter …
Helen Russell / The Guardian:
Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis  —  Critics condemn idea of animated series about a man who cannot control his penis, but others have backed it  —  John Dillermand has an extraordinary penis.  So extraordinary, in fact, that it can perform rescue operations …
Discussion: The Daily Dot and The Daily Caller
David Rutz / Fox News:
Chris Wallace: Mike Pence chose Constitution over Trump by not rejecting electors  —  Congress debates Republican objections to electoral vote  —  Wallace: Pence choosing the Constitution over Trump was the right and only choice  —  Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace said Vice President …
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Wall Street Journal:   Why America Needed Mike Pence
 
 
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