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3:30 PM ET, January 7, 2021

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CNBC:
'I can't stay here' — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow  — President Donald Trump's former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland said Thursday that he's resigning from his diplomatic post.  — Mick Mulvaney told CNBC …
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Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Inhofe: “I've never seen Mike Pence as angry as he was today”  —  U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has been in Congress 34 years and in politics more than 50.  As mayor of Tulsa, he once had garbage dumped on his lawn by angry residents.  —  But it's unlikely anything matched what he experienced Wednesday …
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Discussed Pardoning Himself  —  The discussions occurred in recent weeks, and it was not clear whether he has brought it up since he incited a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol.  —  President Trump has suggested to aides he wants to pardon himself in the final days …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump and top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the US Capitol when Trump-backed rioters stormed …
Discussion: Raw Story, RedState, KNSD-TV and KDFX-TV
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Aides weigh resignations, removal options as Trump rages against perceived betrayals  —  President Trump was decamped in the White House residence Wednesday night, raging about his perceived betrayals, as an array of top aides weighed resigning and some senior administration officials began conversations …
Politico:
‘He screwed the country’: Trump loyalty disintegrates  —  It was, for many of President Donald Trump's own allies, the final straw.  —  What began as a rally intended to support Trump became a permanent and irreversible stain on his presidency Wednesday afternoon, as fans of the outgoing president stormed …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Whines to Advisers: Why Can't I Tweet?!  —  Once again, the president focused on what really mattered—Twitter and Facebook locking him out of his accounts. … Four people were dead.  The Capitol was in shambles.  Several members of his team had resigned.  His allies were fast abandoning him.
Discussion: CNBC, The Guardian, The Hill and DNyuz
Axios:
An isolated Trump bans Pence chief of staff from White House as other aides resign
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Vox
Rob Crilly / Washington Examiner:
Inflammatory Trump tweets on day of Capitol breach were final straw for loyal White House staffers
Discussion: Politico, NPR and Raw Story
Associated Press:
The Latest: Mulvaney says he's quitting after Capitol riot
Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Rep. Waltz slams hypocrisy of pro-police Trump supporters going after Capitol Hill cops
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Facebook blocks Trump from platform indefinitely after Capitol riot response
Axios:
GOP considers drastic options against Trump including 25th Amendment
United States Capitol Police:
Statement of Steven Sund, Chief of Police, Regarding the Events of January 6, 2021  —  United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers and our law enforcement partners responded valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous actions as they stormed the United States Capitol Building.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats are drafting new impeachment articles.  Inaction is increasingly untenable.  —  Some Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are circulating drafts of new articles of impeachment directed at President Trump for his role in inciting the violent mob assault on the Capitol, a Democratic aide tells me.
Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Man who posed at Pelosi desk said in Facebook post that he is prepared for violent death  —  Last Saturday, Richard Barnett of Gravette, Ark., criticized Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Facebook post for using the description “white nationalist” as a “derogatory term.”  —  “I am white.
Politico:
Pelosi calls for Capitol Police chief to resign after deadly riots  —  UPDATE:  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for the resignation of Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund and said that House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving will be resigning after the massive security breach of the Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Pelosi Says House May Seek Impeachment if Cabinet Doesn't Act  —  Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary, became the first cabinet official to announce she would resign after the siege at the Capitol.  President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for attorney general, Merrick Garland …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Pelosi, Schumer call for Trump's removal; Transportation Secretary Chao to resign
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Transportation Secretary Chao resigns in protest
Discussion: National Review and Politico
Washington Post:
Woman fatally shot as pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol identified as Air Force veteran  —  When a group of pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol and smashed windows on Wednesday, a woman jumped onto a pane and started through.  —  Seconds later, a gunshot rang out and the woman …
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KUSI-TV:
KUSI News confirms identity of woman shot and killed inside US Capitol
New York Times:   A woman who was shot inside the Capitol is identified as an Air Force veteran.
Andrew McCormick / The Nation:
Madness on Capitol Hill  —  Part insurrection, part happy hour, Trump supporters lost their minds, and I watched a man urinate on the Capitol steps.  The nation, ashamed, was left to mourn.  —  It was 5pm when the explosions started, one after another, washing the crowd of Donald Trump supporters in plumes of tear gas.
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Washington Examiner:
What we saw and heard on the ground during Capitol siege
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Fox News:   Capitol Hill violence: Explosives found at RNC, DNC ‘the real deal,’ sources say
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
A Facial Recognition Company Says That Viral Washington Times “Antifa” Story Is False  —  Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault.  But the company says it's “outright false.”  —  Copy
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Facial recognition firm claims Antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol
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 …
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Marina Pitofsky / The Hill:
Giuliani calls wrong senator in last-ditch effort to delay certification of Biden's win
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Politico:
Biden chooses Boston Mayor Walsh as Labor secretary  —  President-elect Joe Biden has picked Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former top union leader, to serve as his Labor secretary, according to four sources, ending a selection process that split the labor movement and stoked diversity concerns among Democrats.
New York Times:
Biden Picks Rhode Island Governor for Commerce Secretary  —  The incoming administration will select Gina M. Raimondo, a moderate Democrat, to guide a sprawling department critical to business and technology.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to announce Gina M. Raimondo …
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CNN:
Biden poised to tap Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to lead Commerce Department
Discussion: The Hill
Sara Fischer / Axios:
How right-wing media explained the pro-Trump siege of the Capitol  —  You can't understand America, 2021, without watching how right-wing media explained a mob storming the U.S. Capitol for the first time since the early 19th century.  —  The big picture: The right's favored media …
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Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Flight attendant union wants pro-Trump rioters barred from flights
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
 
 
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Freedom House:
United States: President Trump Must Leave Office Immediately
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Only Strategy Left for Democrats After this week, the mandate is clear: Make people's lives better. And stop trying to placate Republicans.
Discussion: Forbes
Chip Mitchell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Police Union President Defends Those Who Stormed The U.S. Capitol
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