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11:55 PM ET, January 9, 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 …
Washington Post:   Amazon suspends Parler, threatening to take pro-Trump site offline indefinitely
Wall Street Journal:
Apple, Amazon Move to Marginalize Parler
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fortune
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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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘Find the fraud’: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction  —  President Trump urged Georgia's lead elections investigator to “find the fraud” in a lengthy December phone call, saying the official would be a “national hero …
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: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says  —  DC attorney general: Pence should invoke 25th Amendment  —  (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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence intends to attend Biden's inauguration.
Discussion: NPR and Sputnik News
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: Daily Kos
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 …
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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.
Discussion: Sputnik News and Fox News
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’
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.
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Washington Post:
Republicans largely silent about consequences of deadly attack and Trump's role in inciting it  —  Three days after a mob attack on the U.S. Capitol carried out in President Trump's name, Republican leaders have yet to outline plans to hold anyone accountable or to alter a platform …
Associated Press:
'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob  —  Derrick Evans, facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, has resigned from West Virginia's House of Delegates.  —  “I hereby resign as a member of the House of Delegates, effective immediately …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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: HuffPost
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, ABC News and The Hill
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Chris Christie Has No Regrets  —  Throughout Donald Trump's Presidency, the former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has been an informal adviser to the White House.  His embrace of the Trump Administration has been complicated.  Christie led Trump's White House transition team but was removed shortly after Trump won the election.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
In Pulling Trump's Megaphone, Twitter Shows Where Power Now Lies  —  The ability of a handful of people to control our public discourse has never been more obvious.  —  In the end, two billionaires from California did what legions of politicians, prosecutors and power brokers had tried and failed to do for years:
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Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next?
Discussion: Fox News, Politico and HotAir
ProPublica:
Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot … ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary.
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New York Times:
‘Our President Wants Us Here’: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol
Discussion: Raw Story
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
The facial-recognition app Clearview sees a spike in use after Capitol attack.  —  After the Capitol riot, Clearview AI, a facial-recognition app used by law enforcement, has seen a spike in use, said the company's chief executive, Hoan Ton-That.  —  “There was a 26 percent increase of searches …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Tracy Brown / Los Angeles Times:
Ariel Pink dropped from label after attending Trump rally that led to D.C. riots  —  Indie musician Ariel Pink has been dropped from his label after he confirmed attending the Trump rally that led to the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.  —  “Due to recent events, Mexican Summer and its staff …
Discussion: Breitbart, DNyuz, Fox News and Rolling Stone
 
 
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NCRCC:
A Letter from the Chairman  —  As I write to you today, I have no doubt that this letter …
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BrieAnna J. Frank / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County Republican Committee votes to censure Cindy McCain, who endorsed Joe Biden for president
Discussion: The Hill
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Silence of the Damned  —  The first time I walked through the West Wing …
Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Exclusive - Pompeo Stands by Trump: 'I'm Proud of What We Accomplished ... History Will Remember Us Very Well'
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC EXCLUSIVE: Georgia attorney among those who broke into U.S. Capitol
Discussion: DNyuz
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Capitol Offense
Discussion: Raw Story, Quartz and The Atlantic
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden wants to set aside deficit concerns to invest in ailing U.S. economy
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump
Discussion: CNBC and Crooks and Liars
Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan man faces terrorism charges over fake bomb call, threat to lawmaker
Discussion: Washington Post
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
The Only Thing Worse Than A NIMBY Is A YIMBY
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
‘It Was No Accident’ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege.
Discussion: The Root
 

 
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Financial Times:
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