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3:55 PM ET, January 9, 2021

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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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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 …
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: NBC News, DNyuz, Joe.My.God. and HuffPost
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: New York Post
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
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.
Houston Chronicle:
The shame of Texas — Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton and the Seditious Sixteen.
Discussion: KOIN-TV and The Guardian
ExpressNews.com:
Impeachment for Trump; expulsion for enabler Cruz
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Washington Examiner:   Tim Scott, not Ted Cruz, has the right election commission idea
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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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 …
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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New York Times:
Democrats Ready Impeachment Charge Against Trump for Inciting Capitol Mob
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The One Good Thing the MAGA Mobs Smashed? The Trump Kids' Futures.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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: DNyuz and The Sun
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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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 …
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.
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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
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.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats to vote on Impeachment II early next week  —  House Democrats plan to move on a second impeachment of Donald J. Trump as early as Monday — and on Wednesday at the latest, depending on member travel, Hill sources tell me.  —  The state of play: There's just one article in the four-page draft: “Incitement of Insurrection.”
Discussion: CBS News, DemCast and Political Wire
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
McConnell memo outlines how Senate would conduct second trial for Trump if House impeaches
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 …
 
 
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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
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Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6
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Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
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