memeorandum: Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection (Roger McNamee/Wired)

3:01 AM ET, January 8, 2021

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Capitol Attack Leads Democrats to Demand That Trump Leave Office — The White House was propelled deeper into crisis as officials resigned in protest and prominent Republicans broke with the president after he incited a mob that assaulted Congress. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's …

Discussion: @realdonaldtrump, Bloomberg, CNN, The Daily Beast, Politico, The American Conservative, Fox News, Freedom House, DemCast, DNyuz and Jewish Telegraphic Agency, more at Techmeme »

Wall Street Journal:

Donald Trump's Final Days — The best outcome would be for him to resign to spare the U.S. another impeachment fight. — By The Editorial Board — The lodestar of these columns is the U.S. Constitution. The document is the durable foundation protecting liberty, and this week it showed its virtue again.

Washington Post:

After inciting mob attack, Trump retreats in rage. Then, grudgingly, he admits his loss. — President Trump spent more than 24 hours after he instigated a mob to violently storm the Capitol trying to escape reality. — Cloistered in the White House, Trump raged uncontrollably about perceived acts of betrayal.

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Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:

SCOOP: Pence opposes 25th Amendment efforts to remove Trump following Capitol riot, VP advisors tell Insider … - Vice President Mike Pence is not supporting calls to remove President Trump from office via the 25th Amendment, two Pence advisors told Insider. — “Not happening” said one of the Republicans close to Pence.

New York Times:

The Capitol Hill Building Rioters Included White Supremacists and Conspiracy Theorists — The mob that rampaged the halls of Congress included infamous white supremacists and conspiracy theorists. — WASHINGTON — There were infamous white nationalists and noted conspiracy theorists …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Hill

Kayla Tausche / CNBC:

Pompeo, Mnuchin among Cabinet secretaries who discussed 25th Amendment with staff, sources say — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were among the Cabinet secretaries who discussed the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump, three sources told CNBC.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Cut, BBC, National Geographic and Breitbart

CNN:
House Democrats eye quick impeachment vote if Pence rebuffs attempt to remove Trump from office

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Agrees to Orderly Transfer of Power to Biden After Capitol Riots

Politico:
Pence expected to attend Biden's inauguration

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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says

Discussion: Business Insider, HotAir, KVIA-TV, National Review, New York Post, The Hill, Raw Story, The Mahablog, Power Line, USA Today, KDFX-TV, The Intellectualist, DNyuz and The Atlanta Voice

Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns in letter criticizing Trump's rhetoric amid riots

Discussion: National Review and Raw Story

CNN:

US Capitol Police officer has died following pro-Trump riot — (CNN)A US Capitol Police officer has died from events stemming from Wednesday's riot at the Capitol, three sources confirm to CNN, in which a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the building to stop the counting …

Discussion: United States Capitol Police, The Sun, The Federalist, The Wrap, DNyuz, The Daily Caller, The Texas Tribune, The Copper Courier, KDFX-TV, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Snopes.com, KVIA-TV, Washington Times, HotAir and Vox

Washington Post:

Pentagon put significant restrictions on D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests — The Pentagon placed significant restrictions on the D.C. Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests this week, putting the District's military force in a back-seat role ahead of events that resulted in an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Discussion: Business Insider, Raw Story, CBS News, POLITICUSUSA and Bloomberg

Natasha Bertrand / Politico:

Justice Department warns of national security fallout from Capitol Hill insurrection — The mob that rampaged inside the halls of Congress on Wednesday might have taken a lot more than Americans' illusions of invulnerability. — “National security equities” may have been among the records stolen …

Discussion: Business Insider, Yahoo, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, DNyuz, TechCrunch, KTLA, Washington Examiner and The National Interest

New York Times:
A Capitol Police officer who was seriously injured Wednesday remains on life support.

Discussion: The Hill, The Week and CBS Baltimore

Associated Press:
Capitol Police rejected offers of federal help to quell mob

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New York Times:
A Capitol Police officer who was seriously injured Wednesday has died, two law enforcement officials said.

Discussion: Mediaite

David Ignatius / Washington Post:
What went wrong with the protection of the U.S. Capitol

Discussion: CNN, Orange County Register, KVIA-TV and DNyuz

New York Times:
‘Senate Being Locked Down’: Inside a Harrowing Day at the Capitol

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Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Capitol rioters could face up to 10 years in prison under Trump monument executive order

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Wall Street Journal:
At the U.S. Capitol, Milling Crowd Sparked Riot in a Few Crucial Minutes

Discussion: Jewish Insider and Slate

Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
Capitol Police Deny CNN Report That Officer Died From Injuries

Discussion: Fox News, Politico, CBS Baltimore and DNyuz

Chip Mitchell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Police Union President Defends Those Who Stormed The U.S. Capitol

Discussion: Fox News, NBC News, WGN-TV, Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, NBC Chicago, Big League Politics and Nationalist Review

Washington Post:
How the U.S. Capitol Police were overrun in a ‘monumental’ security failure

Discussion: The Week, TheGrio, Associated Press, Japan Times, NPR, DNyuz and Bloomberg

Rudi Keller / Missouri Independent:

Major Josh Hawley donor calls for him to be censured by the U.S. Senate — David Humphreys called Hawley an ‘an anti-democracy populist’ who provoked the D.C. riots — A Joplin businessman who helped bankroll Sen. Josh Hawley's first campaign denounced him on Thursday as a “political opportunist” …

Discussion: The Hill, Politico, The Week, HuffPost, DNyuz, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Snopes.com and Mediaite

New York Times:

Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley's Book — The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican's upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential election. — Simon & Schuster said on Thursday that it would cancel …

Discussion: Breitbart, HuffPost, RedState, Mercury News, Washington Post, Washington Times, POLITICUSUSA, DNyuz, Daily Kos, Forbes, Business Insider, The Hill, CNN, Vanity Fair, TheGrio, Bloomberg, New York Post and IJR, more at Mediagazer »

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Hawley should resign. Silent enablers must now publicly condemn Trumpism. — Reassuring as condemnations might be from the likes of Gov. Mike Parson, Sen. Roy Blunt and Rep. Ann Wagner, they are much too little and come way too late. These Republican leaders, all having shared a spot …

Discussion: Vanity Fair

Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth calls his support of Hawley the ‘worst mistake’ of his life

Discussion: Daily Kos, TheBlaze, DNyuz, The Week, The Hill, The Intellectualist and Missouri Independent

Associated Press: ‘Great damage’: Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Coons calls on Cruz and Hawley to resign

Discussion: Crooked Timber and Business Insider

Tom Abrahams / ABC13:
Sen. Ted Cruz tells why he still opposed Biden's electoral win in ABC13 exclusive

Discussion: NBC News

Daniel Lippman / Politico:

Trump staffers are worrying about their next job — As the U.S. Capitol was ransacked Wednesday, Trump administration officials watched in horror, fearful not only of the rioting their boss had inspired but of the residual damage that would fall on their careers.

Discussion: Raw Story, POLITICUSUSA and Axios

Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Top Trump advisers discuss need to resist dangerous, unlawful orders

Discussion: Crooked Media, The Last Refuge, Washington Post, Politico, Fox News, Disrn and Raw Story

Janny Scott / New York Times:

Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers — It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive. — There was one story Neil Sheehan chose not to tell.

Discussion: Washington Post, UPI, Deadline, The Wrap and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:

Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice — The politicians who egged them on should also be made to pay a heavy price. — How do we deal with all that has happened? — We remember who we are. We are a great nation and a strong one; we have, since our beginning, been a miracle in the political history of man.

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Haley criticizes Trump over Capitol riot, election claims in RNC speech — Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley sharply criticized President Donald Trump over the Capitol riot and his behavior since the election, telling Republican National Committee members in a closed-door speech Thursday evening …

Discussion: Washington Post, HuffPost, DNyuz, Political Wire and Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Eliana Johnson / Washington Free Beacon:
Nikki Haley Slams Trump: Actions ‘Will Be Judged Harshly By History’

Discussion: Washington Examiner, DNyuz, Politico and New Republic

Katelyn Fossett / Politico:

‘I Stepped Down Because I Saw Where This Was Heading’ — Alyssa Farah resigned in early December as White House communications director, a position she landed after a series of roles working under some of the most conservative figures in national politics: Vice President Mike Pence …

Dennis Romboy / Deseret News:

How President Trump misdialed Utah Sen. Mike Lee while the Capitol was under siege — Utah congressmen recount the chaos in the Capitol — With a mob of election protesters laying siege to the U.S. Capitol, Sen. Mike Lee had just ended a prayer with some of his colleagues in the Senate chamber when his cellphone rang.

Discussion: Business Insider

Bloomberg:

Trump Prepares Pardon List for Aides and Family, and Maybe Himself — White House staff, family members may get preemptive pardons — Legal power to pardon self isn't clear in Constitution — President Donald Trump has prepared a sweeping list of individuals he's hoping to pardon …

Discussion: New York Times, The Sun, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, The Daily Caller, Variety, TheGrio, Raw Story, KRON4 and Political Wire

Ishena Robinson / Yahoo News:

'I'm Just Getting Cornered by 30, 40 People': A Trump Mob in Los Angeles Attacked a Black Woman on Same Day as U.S. Capitol Terror — Yesterday's wild storming of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump insurgents wasn't the only violence perpetrated by the president's followers that day.

Discussion: NBC Los Angeles

Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:

Trump Fur-Ever: Costumed Capitol Rioter Is Son Of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge — The politically-connected son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge was among the band of Trump-supporting marauders who ransacked the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. — Dressed in fur pelts and a bullet proof vest …

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Sun, Los Angeles Times, DNyuz, Washington Examiner, CNN, Vox, Fox News and Forbes

Roger McNamee / Wired:

Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection — Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have spent years fomenting and enabling yesterday's violence at the Capitol. Policymakers need to do something about it. — PRESIDENT TRUMP AND his enablers in government and right-wing media …

Discussion: Roll Call, Vox, Jacobin and The Daily Poster, more at Techmeme »

Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:

Trump's remarks before Capitol riot may be investigated, acting D.C. U.S. attorney says — The top federal prosecutor in Washington D.C. said Thursday that President Trump was not off limits in his investigation of the events surrounding Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol, saying “all actors” …