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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:
Trump scrambles to find new social network after Twitter ban, as White House prepares to blast big tech — Twitter's decision to ban President Trump mere days before the end of his term sparked a fierce political backlash among his most fervent allies on Saturday, sending some of his supporters …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Townhall
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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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Pence to attend Biden's inauguration, official says
Pence to attend Biden's inauguration, official says
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Toomey says Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’
Toomey says Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’
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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 …
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Peter Meijer / Detroit News:
Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality
Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality
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Linda So / Reuters:
U.S. Capitol police officer who died after violent assault ‘loved his job’
U.S. Capitol police officer who died after violent assault ‘loved his job’
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Raw Story
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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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 …
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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:
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.
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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 …
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Amber Mohmand / Des Moines Register:
FBI arrests Des Moines man photographed at U.S. Capitol riot. He faces five federal charges
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
Capitol riot live updates: Air Force veteran fired after reported participation; FBI looking for man in Senate with zip ties, tactical gear
U.S. Department of Justice:
Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol
Three Men Charged in Connection with Events at U.S. Capitol
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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.
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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 …
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.
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 …
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Political Wire, ABC News and The Hill
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Silence of the Damned — The first time I walked through the West Wing after Donald Trump's inauguration, I was confronted with a large photo of the new president mounted on the wall in a stairwell. The image captures him peering out the window of a plane. His lips are pursed and parted, revealing his teeth.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
As Circle of Trump Aides Dwindles, a Few Plan to Stay to the End
As Circle of Trump Aides Dwindles, a Few Plan to Stay to the End
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The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Where's Congress? — We're in a national crisis. The House and Senate should get to work. — On Wednesday at noon, two weeks to the hour before his term was scheduled to end, the president addressed a rally by the White House. He exhorted the crowd to “walk down to the Capitol”; …
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