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5:30 PM ET, January 9, 2021

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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 …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Denver Post
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 …
Your Side / WFLA-TV:
Tampa Bay man seen carrying lectern at U.S. Capitol riot arrested in Pinellas County  —  PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office inmate search shows that the man seen carrying a lectern through the U.S. Capitol during a riot Wednesday has been arrested.
WTRF-TV:
BREAKING: WV Delegate Derrick Evans announces resignation from House of Delegates  —  PRICHARD, W.Va. - Delegate Derrick Evans, R-Wayne, today announced his resignation from the West Virginia House of Delegates, effective immediately.  —  “The past few days have certainly been a difficult …
Discussion: DNyuz
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, Joe.My.God. and DNyuz
Washington Post:
Two prominent figures in Capitol riot charged
Discussion: Associated Press, KVIA-TV and DNyuz
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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Houston Chronicle:
The shame of Texas — Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton and the Seditious Sixteen.  —  Now and then through the years we Texans have sent our share of buffoons, grifters, lightweights, crooks, ignoramuses and ego-obsessed asses to Washington as representatives of the people.  W. Lee “Pass the Biscuits, Pappy” O'Daniel comes to mind.
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 …
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.
Discussion: HotAir and New York Post
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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.
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The One Good Thing the MAGA Mobs Smashed? The Trump Kids' Futures.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Twitter warns of new violence to come, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban  —  New research report, meanwhile, details planned events in Washington, Pittsburgh and every state capital  —  Twitter's extraordinary action against President Trump on Friday night was driven …
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Politico:
Trump went ‘ballistic’ after being tossed off Twitter
Nancy Scola / Politico:
The war between Silicon Valley and Washington takes a new turn
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: DNyuz and The Sun
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Majority of Americans want Trump removed immediately after U.S. Capitol violence - Reuters/Ipsos poll
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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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:
After trial runs at statehouses last year, the far-right's violent tactics erupted at the Capitol  —  Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer drew her teenage daughters close.  —  Rioters loyal to President Trump had just crashed through the doors of the U.S. Capitol, and the family could only watch …
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:   Michigan man faces terrorism charges over fake bomb call, threat to lawmaker
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 …
New York Times:
‘Our President Wants Us Here’: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol  —  They came from around the country, with different affiliations — QAnon, Proud Boys, a few elected officials, many everyday Americans.  One allegiance united them.  —  It was the table setter for what would come …
Discussion: Raw Story, BuzzFeed News, Bloomberg and Vox
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator: Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’  —  Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who has played a leading role in opposing efforts to throw out the results of the 2020 election, on Saturday said President Trump has “committed impeachable offenses.”  —  “I do think the president committed …
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
Lifting Self-Imposed Restrictions on the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship  —  Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and reliable partner of the United States, and yet for several decades the State Department has created complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, servicemembers …
Discussion: Axios and Bloomberg
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
 
 
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New York Times:
Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump
Hemal Jhaveri / USA Today:
NHL players' silence over the past few days shows just how little things have changed
Discussion: Twitchy
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats to vote on Impeachment II early next week
Discussion: Fox News and Forbes
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
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Sneve / Argus Leader:
Gov. Kristi Noem says Georgia elected ‘communists’ to serve in the U.S. Senate
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Republicans Confront the Consequences of Their Doomsday Rhetoric
Discussion: DNyuz, NEWS 1130 and NPR
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A Palm Beach Proud Boy at the Putsch
Discussion: Althouse