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8:50 AM ET, January 10, 2021

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News:
Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service  —  Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services.  Parler, a social network favored by conservative politicians and extremists, was used to help plan and coordinate the January 6 attempted coup on Washington D.C …
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New York Times:
Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters  —  The companies pulled support for the “free speech” social network, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter.  —  Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Forced Georgia U.S. Attorney to Resign  —  Pressure for resignation was part of broader push by President Trump to overturn state's election results  —  White House officials pushed Atlanta's top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia's U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Stewing in the White House, Trump Plots a Boastful Media Tour and Screams 'I'm Not Going to Resign'  —  Sources say Trump has made comments that gave no indication he was worried about leaving early or being removed.  —  Sequestered in the White House following a series of high-profile resignations …
Washington Post:
A mob insurrection stoked by false claims of election fraud and promises of violent restoration  —  The problem with devotion to a prophet of falsehoods is that reality eventually intrudes.  —  By mid-December, President Trump's fraudulent claims of a rigged election were failing in humiliating fashion.
Discussion: Townhall
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘Find the fraud’: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction
CNN:
Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve the option in case President Donald Trump becomes more unstable, a source close to the vice president says.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Now it's sinking in: Wednesday's Capitol Hill riot was even more violent than it first appeared  —  (CNN)News outlets are publishing more and more videos, photos and testimonials from Wednesday's pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill.  And it's becoming clear that as heinous as the attack looked in real time …
Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Defiant Final Week as Many Democrats Urge His Ouster
Discussion: Boston Herald and Daily Kos
Haley Talbot / NBC News:   Inside the House chamber as the Capitol was overrun by an angry mob
Washington Post:
Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control  —  The growing crowds outside the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon sounded menacing but at bay as senators began to debate challenges to the electoral college vote.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Wall Street Journal:
In Capitol Riot, Communications Between Agencies Hampered Forceful Response  —  Calls for some reinforcements took hours to approve as police and federal agents tried to squelch uprising  —  WASHINGTON—Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy got the first of several calls …
Emmanuel Felton / BuzzFeed News:
These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off “Racist Ass Terrorists”  —  The first glimpse of the deadly tragedy that was about to unfold came at 9 a.m. on the morning of the insurrection for one Black veteran of the US Capitol Police.  But it didn't come from his superiors …
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
After Capitol siege, majority of Americans say Trump should be removed from office before term ends: POLL  —  Trump has just 10 days left in office.  —  Pressure builds on Trump as calls to resign grow louder  —  Many are demanding the president either resign or be removed from office in the wake of the U.S. Capitol siege.
Peter Meijer / Detroit News:
Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality  —  On Wednesday afternoon in the House Chamber, I assured a colleague we were in the most secure possible place as we unpacked gas masks.  —  Tear gas had been deployed after violent protestors stormed the rotunda …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Snopes.com, KVIA-TV, Vox and TheGrio
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Washington Examiner:
Biden's toxic racial remarks show he is still not prepared to be president  —  In 12 days, President Trump will no longer be in office.  Even Trump has been forced to admit that Joe Biden will be inaugurated.  Unfortunately, however, the man who spent the 2020 campaign sheltering in his basement still isn't up to the task.
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian and The College Fix
Amber Mohmand / Des Moines Register:
FBI arrests Des Moines man photographed at U.S. Capitol riot.  He faces five federal charges  —  Doug Jensen, a 41-year-old Des Moines man who was photographed among the mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol, has been arrested and is in custody in the Polk County Jail, Sgt. Ryan Evans …
Discussion: Gothamist
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Scott Carpenter / KCCI-TV:
Des Moines man seen rioting at US Capitol booked into Polk County Jail
Discussion: CONAN Daily
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:   FBI releases new wanted poster of 10 more MAGA mob rioters they're hunting following the arrests of more than 80 others …
Politico:
Dems grapple with impeachment realities in race to punish Trump  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and senior Democrats are still weighing whether to impeach President Donald Trump next week, concerned that the resulting Senate trial — all but certain to end in acquittal — would hamstring the first critical weeks of Joe Biden's presidency.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump and the Nation, a Final Test of Accountability
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris gains prominent new role thanks to Democrats' Senate majority  —  Kamala Harris's vice presidential portfolio was nebulous before last week.  But thanks to Democrats' upset victories in two Georgia Senate run-offs, Harris has unexpectedly earned a new title: Senate tie breaker.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence intends to attend Biden's inauguration.
Discussion: NPR
NCRCC:
A Letter from the Chairman  —  As I write to you today, I have no doubt that this letter will find many of you crushed under the weight of despair or perhaps lost in a maze of confusion.  It is my hope that by the time you finish reading this letter you will be able to confidently join millions …
Discussion: HotAir
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The American Abyss  —  A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next  —  When Donald Trump stood before his followers on Jan. 6 and urged them to march on the United States Capitol, he was doing what he had always done.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Three major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election  —  On January 6, a violent mob stormed the Capitol of the United States, disrupting the joint session to confirm Joe Biden's victory.  The incident left five people dead …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Foreign Policy:
Group of State Department Officials Call for Consultations on Trump's Removal  —  Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.  —  Career officials at the State Department filed a second unprecedented dissent cable …
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Ryan W. Miller / USA Today:
Capitol riot live updates: Air Force veteran fired after reported participation; FBI looking for man in Senate with zip ties, tactical gear  —  More rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol this week were arrested and charged Saturday as additional video came out showing the chaos of the deadly mob incited by President Donald Trump.
Discussion: NEWS 1130, TheGrio, Joe.My.God. and KTLA
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Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob
 
 
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Joe Erwin / New York Daily News:
‘Proud Boy’ Nick Ochs arrested in Hawaii over Capitol siege
Discussion: CNN
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ex-Tennessee senator feels vindicated on Trump
Discussion: Washington Post and CBS New York
Dalton Walker / Indian Country Today:
Capitol's double standard: 2014 Lakota song
ABC News:
Confederate flag tied to door of Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia man among those facing federal charges following Capitol riot
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
BrieAnna J. Frank / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County Republican Committee votes to censure Cindy McCain, who endorsed Joe Biden for president
Discussion: 12news.com, The Hill and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Silence of the Damned  —  The first time I walked through the West Wing …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Capitol Offense
ProPublica:
Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden wants to set aside deficit concerns to invest in ailing U.S. economy
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Chris Christie Has No Regrets
New York Times:
Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump
New York Times:
‘Our President Wants Us Here’: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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