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New York Times:
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 …
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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.
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.
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.
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
CNN:
House Democrats eye quick impeachment vote if Pence rebuffs attempt to remove Trump from office
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says
Politico:
Pence expected to attend Biden's inauguration
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 …
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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.
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: The Hill
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 …
Bronson Stocking / Townhall:
Capitol Police Deny CNN Report That Officer Died From Injuries
Discussion: Fox News, Politico, CBS Baltimore and DNyuz
New York Times:
‘Senate Being Locked Down’: Inside a Harrowing Day at the Capitol
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
Politico:
Top Capitol security officials sacked after deadly riot
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Capitol rioters could face up to 10 years in prison under Trump monument executive order
New York Times:
A Capitol Police officer who was seriously injured Wednesday has died, two law enforcement officials said.
Discussion: Mediaite
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Capitol Invaders Enjoyed the Privilege of Not Being Taken Seriously
Wall Street Journal:
At the U.S. Capitol, Milling Crowd Sparked Riot in a Few Crucial Minutes
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” …
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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 …
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth calls his support of Hawley the ‘worst mistake’ of his life … Former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth saw a mob of rioters take over the Senate chamber where he had spent much of his professional life.  The dean of the Missouri Republican Party was a member of the Senate between 1976 and 1995.
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
Associated Press:
‘Great damage’: Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley  —  O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor.  A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has “blood on his hands.”  But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged …
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Agrees to Orderly Transfer of Power to Biden After Capitol Riots  —  Congress ratified the president-elect's victory in an overnight joint session, with lawmakers from both parties condemning president's rhetoric  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump agreed to an orderly transition of power …
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Sam Dorman / Fox News:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigns in letter criticizing Trump's rhetoric amid riots
Discussion: National Review 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.
Tom Abrahams / ABC13:
Sen. Ted Cruz tells why he still opposed Biden's electoral win in ABC13 exclusive  —  HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is facing intense calls for his resignation, told ABC13 exclusively that his intent to oppose Joe Biden's electoral win was based on legality and to fight voter fraud.
Discussion: NBC News
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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” …
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
 
 
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Katelyn Fossett / Politico:
‘I Stepped Down Because I Saw Where This Was Heading’
John McCormack / National Review:
What It Was Like Inside the Capitol When the Mob Came
Discussion: DemCast, Townhall and DNyuz
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sen. Mark Warner Says FBI Assured Him Prior to Rioting Situation Would Be Under Control
Discussion: Forbes
Politico:
How Warnock and Ossoff painted Georgia blue and flipped the Senate
Discussion: Politico and OpenSecrets.org
Roger McNamee / Wired:
Platforms Must Pay for Their Role in the Insurrection
National Review:
Mitch McConnell's Finest Hour
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Financial Times:
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Lizzy McLellan / LAW.com:
Fox Rothschild Partner Who Sat In On Trump's Call To Georgia Resigns From Firm
Seán Mac an tSíthigh / RTÉ:
Praise for Kerryman's reporting on Washington violence
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
The Pro-Trump Activists Who Helped Plan The Insurrection Feel Betrayed By The President
George Prayias / The Rush Limbaugh Show:
Rules for Rioters: It Doesn't Matter What You Do, It's Who You Are When You're Doing It
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Republican Kelly Loeffler concedes defeat to Raphael Warnock
William Turton / Bloomberg:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately
 
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