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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Axios:
An isolated Trump bans Pence chief of staff from White House as other aides resign — President Trump enjoys the fervent support of tens of millions of Americans. But his closest friends and paid White House officials — many of the Trumpiest Trumpers we know — are avoiding him like the plague.
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Lawfare:
Can Trump Be Stopped? — The hours since Wednesday afternoon have seen a tidal wave of calls for Donald Trump to lose the powers and duties of the office for his role in the historic storming of the U.S. Capitol. There is a new push for impeachment. And news reports suggest that members …
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New York Times:
Elaine Chao, Trump's transportation secretary, resigns along with other officials. — Congress ratified Mr. Biden's election victory after a day in which a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. President Trump issued a statement saying there would be an “orderly transition” on Jan. 20.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
GOP Rep. Mace: Trump's legacy ‘wiped out’ by Capitol riot
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Facebook blocks Trump from platform indefinitely after Capitol riot response
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Barr condemns Trump: “Orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable”
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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
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Aides Beg Top Officials to Stay After MAGA Mob Attack
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Axios:
GOP considers drastic options against Trump including 25th Amendment
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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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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 …
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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New York Times:
Capitol Breach Draws Sharp Condemnation of Law Enforcement
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ProPublica:
Capitol Rioters Planned for Weeks in Plain Sight. The Police Weren't Ready.
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Chris Marquette / Roll Call:
Capitol Police inability to secure seat of U.S. government raises serious questions
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Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Capitol Police firings imminent after ‘attempted coup,’ top appropriator warns
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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.
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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.
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
He looted Speaker Pelosi's office, and then bragged about it.
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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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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
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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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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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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Rep. Waltz slams hypocrisy of pro-police Trump supporters going after Capitol Hill cops
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Remove Trump Tonight — This is a moment of shame and grief. — If we are not very careful, it will also be a terrible moment of opportunity for President Donald Trump. The violence Trump incited could be his pretext for further abuses of presidential power.
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Members / The Dispatch:
Impeach Donald Trump, Remove Him, and Bar Him From Holding Office Ever Again
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
What Trump and His Mob Taught the World About America
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cotton calls out Senate Republicans for misleading supporters about election results — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling out Republican colleagues including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) — though not by name — for challenging the results of the 2020 election in a way he says was misleading.
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George Will / Washington Post:
Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet ‘S’ of a seditionist
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Trump and His Party Made the Storming of the Capitol Possible
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New York Times:
Which Members of Congress Objected to Certifying Biden's Victory? — When a mob of President Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday, they forced an emergency recess in the Congressional proceedings to officially certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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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.
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Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout — Voting was never easier in Georgia than in November's presidential election. But it might not last. — Republican legislators plan to crack down on voting access after record turnout helped Democrat Joe Biden win Georgia …
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