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2:50 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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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: RedState, KNSD-TV, DNyuz and KDFX-TV
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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
With Georgia Senate wins, a new day of unified Democratic power will dawn in Washington.  —  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.
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.
Washington Post:
Woman fatally shot as pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol identified as Air Force veteran
Washington Post:
Live updates: Transportation Secretary Chao to resign, first to leave Trump's Cabinet after he incited mob that attacked Capitol
KUSI-TV:
KUSI News confirms identity of woman shot and killed inside US Capitol
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Facebook blocks Trump from platform indefinitely after Capitol riot response
FBI.gov — FBI:
FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at the U.S Capitol Building
Chris Marquette / Roll Call:
Capitol Police inability to secure seat of U.S. government raises serious questions
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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 Hill, The Guardian and DNyuz
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Mulvaney says he's quitting after Capitol riot
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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Kyle Daly / Axios:
The Capitol siege's QAnon roots
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
‘Be There. Will Be Wild!’: Trump All but Circled the Date
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 …
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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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.
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.
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
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
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.
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.
Discussion: The Federalist
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Impeach and Convict. Right Now.
 
 
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Freedom House:
United States: President Trump Must Leave Office Immediately
Discussion: NPR
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
The Daily Caller:
Editorial Board: Patriots Do Not Storm Their Nation's Capitol
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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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Matthew Continetti / National Review:
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