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3:20 PM ET, January 9, 2021

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U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol  —  WASHINGTON - Three men were charged today in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.  —  Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, of Arizona …
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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 …
Sophia Barnes / NBC4 Washington:
Capitol Rioter Seen in Horned Hat, Carrying Spear Arrested: US Attorney  —  A man photographed in the U.S. Capitol carrying a 6-foot spear and wearing a horned helmet as a pro-Trump mob breached the building Wednesday has been arrested and charged, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said.
Discussion: ABC News, NBC News, DNyuz and Joe.My.God.
Arizona Republic:
Jake Angeli, who wore fur hat and horns as mob raided U.S. Capitol, arrested and charged
Discussion: The Hill and Rolling Stone
Washington Post:
Two prominent figures in Capitol riot charged
Discussion: Associated Press, KDFX-TV and DNyuz
Politico:
Trump went ‘ballistic’ after being tossed off Twitter  —  President Donald Trump has many prized possessions.  But few seemed to inspire as much personal joy as his Twitter feed.  Trump routinely boasted of the social media bullhorn he possessed.  He credited it with launching his political trajectory.
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He's a ‘Fascist’  —  On Friday afternoon, 48 hours after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by violent insurrectionists encouraged by Donald Trump in an attempt to overthrow the government in protest of his election loss, a senior member of his administration spoke to me while he was driving to work.
Twitter:
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
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Houston Chronicle:
Resign, Senator Cruz.  Your lies cost lives.  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is among a number of GOP lawmakers claiming without evidence that voter fraud was widespread during the November election.  (Eli Imadali/American-Statesman/TNS)  —  In Texas, we have our share of politicians …
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Politico:
Election gambit blows up on Hawley and Cruz  —  Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have positioned themselves as heirs to President Donald Trump's base.  But their decision to embrace Trump's election challenge is fueling major blowback — even as they remain largely unrepentant after this week's deadly riot.
ExpressNews.com:
Impeachment for Trump; expulsion for enabler Cruz
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Examiner:   Tim Scott, not Ted Cruz, has the right election commission idea
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 …
Associated Press:
'He's on his own': Some Republicans begin to flee from Trump  —  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration.
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The One Good Thing the MAGA Mobs Smashed? The Trump Kids' Futures.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Democrats Ready Impeachment Charge Against Trump for Inciting Capitol Mob
Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate  —  As insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a few figures stood out.  One man, clad in a combat helmet, body armor, and other tactical gear, was among the group that made it to the inner reaches of the building.
Washington Post:
‘The storm is here’: Ashli Babbitt's journey from capital ‘guardian’ to invader  —  The politician she revered above all others had lost an election.  She'd struggled with crippling amounts of debt.  Her home state of California was locking down again because of a virus she believed was fiction.
Discussion: New York Post, The Sun and DNyuz
NBC News:
Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging march to the Capitol  —  An arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association, a national group representing the top law enforcement officers in their states, sent out robocalls encouraging people to march to the U.S. Capitol the day before the building was stormed by a pro-Trump mob.
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
‘It Was No Accident’ Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege.  —  On Wednesday, January 6, Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic congresswoman from Washington State, was sitting in the gallery above the House chamber, watching the proceedings to count the Electoral College vote and certify …
Politico:
McCarthy and Scalise face internal dissension after Capitol riot  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise are facing backlash from their Republican colleagues for standing by President Donald Trump after he incited a violent mob to storm the Capitol this week …
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Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A Palm Beach Proud Boy at the Putsch  —  Bobby Pickles, a purveyor of far-right T-shirts, joined the horde of balding dudes in dad jeans at the Capitol, because Donald Trump, he says, is “like punk rock.”  —  As federal law-enforcement officials consider investigating the President's role …
Discussion: Althouse
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Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
The Only Thing Worse Than A NIMBY Is A YIMBY … Nobody likes a NIMBY.  The “Not In My Backyard” resident is the one who objects to the building of a homeless shelter or methadone clinic in their neighborhood, because it will negatively affect their property values and possibly bring them into contact with the poor.
Washington Post:
Companies backed Trump for years.  Now they're facing a reckoning after the attack on the Capitol.  —  ‘It was a classic Faustian bargain,’ one critic says.  ‘They should have known from the beginning.’  —  The bargain with the business world worked like this: They mostly tolerated President …
Discussion: Raw Story and HotAir
CNN:
Decoding the extremist symbols and groups at the Capitol Hill insurrection  —  Photo Illustrations by Priya Krishnakumar, CNN  —  How the US Capitol riot unfolded, minute by minute  —  This story contains images and descriptions of extremist groups and their beliefs.
Brian McEntee / Slate:
D.C. Residents Put Up With Overbearing Security for 20 Years.  It Did Nothing.  —  You develop a certain psychic geography as a bike commuter in D.C. You know places, but from the outside only.  Most people here aren't Hill staffers or journalists or tour guides—we don't actually go into the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Eschaton and Politico
Randall Lane / Forbes:
A Truth Reckoning: Why We're Holding Those Who Lied For Trump Accountable  —  Yesterday's insurrection was rooted in lies.  That a fair election was stolen.  That a significant defeat was actually a landslide victory.  That the world's oldest democracy, ingeniously insulated via autonomous state voting regimens, is a rigged system.
 
 
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison after guilty plea
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
A fast-track impeachment would not be justice. It would be pointless revenge.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Louise Linton, Wife of Steven Mnuchin, On Her New Movie ‘Me You Madness’
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Swift new impeachment would damage the Constitution
Discussion: Townhall, JONATHAN TURLEY and WHTM-TV
Joe Sneve / Argus Leader:
Gov. Kristi Noem says Georgia elected ‘communists’ to serve in the U.S. Senate
New York Times:
Trump Administration Politicized Some Intelligence on Foreign Election Influence, Report Finds
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
John F. Harris / Politico:
Hey, Twitter, Are You Sure About This?
Discussion: HotAir and Althouse
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Republicans Confront the Consequences of Their Doomsday Rhetoric
Discussion: DNyuz, NEWS 1130 and NPR
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
If Trump Is Impeached and Convicted, He'll Lose His Post-Presidency Perks
Discussion: Snopes.com, Rolling Stone and Eschaton
Zach Helfand / New Yorker:
As Told To: The Pelosi Staffer Keith Stern on the Breach of the Capitol
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell memo outlines how Senate would conduct second trial for Trump if House impeaches
 

 
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OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

Greg Otto / CyberScoop:
The US says it has identified a ninth telecom company impacted by the Salt Typhoon hacks, and the number of individuals directly impacted is “less than 100”
 
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