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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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Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
W.Va. delegate, just sworn in, was among the mob storming U.S. Capitol  —  A newly-elected member of West Virginia's House of Delegates was among the mob who stormed the U.S. Capitol today.  —  Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, livestreamed and then deleted videos from inside the Capitol …
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 …
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Updates: D.C. Mayor Extends Emergency Directive Until Jan. 21  —  As Congress met to certify the election results, President Trump held a simultaneous rally.  Watch these moments unfold side by side to see how his speech incited a mob that broke into the Capitol.  —  “And the fight begins today.”
New York Times:
Building Secured Hours Later; Washington Is Under Curfew
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Trump's barbarians at the gates
Discussion: Politico and The Guardian
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Capitol breached by pro-Trump mob during ‘failed insurrection,’ woman shot inside dies
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Inside the assault on the Capitol: Evacuating the Senate
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
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.
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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.
CNN:
US Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden's win
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:   Mass Delusion in America
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 …
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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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Beg Top Officials to Stay After MAGA Mob Attack  —  As a mob of Trump supporters descended on and into the Capitol, the president did nothing.  But his aides tried their best to keep top officials from quitting. … While President Donald Trump egged on a mob of his supporters …
CNN:
Top White House national security officials are considering resigning
Discussion: Mediaite
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“They're Being Told to Stay Away From Trump”: After a Day of Violence and 25th Amendment Chatter, Trump's Allies Are Jumping Ship
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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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.
Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
Longtime Arizona QAnon supporter in horned helmet joins storming of U.S. Capitol  —  Among the supporters of President Donald Trump who mobbed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, one - unmistakable in his fur, horned hat and painted face - was Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter …
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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Dave Gershgorn / OneZero:
Claims Antifa Embedded in Capitol Riots Come From a Deeply Unreliable Facial Recognition Company  —  XRVision also has a track record of spreading conspiracy theories about Hunter Biden  —  Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) took to the House floor on Wednesday night to spread …
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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: CNN, Twitchy, RedState and Instapundit
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Forced Its Employees To Stop Discussing Trump's Coup Attempt  —  Facebook employees were appalled by President Donald Trump's encouragement of his supporters as they stormed the US Capitol building on Wednesday to prevent the ratification of a free and fair election.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Twitter, Facebook lock Trump's accounts in confrontation over Capitol breach posts
George Will / Washington Post:
Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist  —  The three repulsive architects of Wednesday's heartbreaking spectacle — mobs desecrating the Republic's noblest building and preventing the completion of a constitutional process — must be named and forevermore shunned.
Discussion: The Week and The Texas Tribune
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP senators hopeful they've quashed additional election challenges  —  Republican senators are hopeful that they've convinced their colleagues to drop their plan to challenge additional Electoral College results from Georgia and Pennsylvania.  —  The Senate will reconvene on Wednesday evening …
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Orion Donovan-Smith / Spokesman.com:
Cathy McMorris Rodgers reverses course, will vote to certify Electoral College results after pro-Trump mob raids Capitol
Discussion: Forbes and DNyuz
 
 
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