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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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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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The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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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 …
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Washington Post and DNyuz
Your Side / WFLA-TV:
Tampa Bay man seen carrying lectern at U.S. Capitol riot arrested in Pinellas County
Tampa Bay man seen carrying lectern at U.S. Capitol riot arrested in Pinellas County
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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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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
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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USA Today, Orange County Register, New York Post and HotAir
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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 …
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Toomey says Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’
Toomey says Trump ‘committed impeachable offenses’
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New York Times:
Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters — The companies removed the “free speech” social network from their app stores, limiting its reach just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter. — Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a …
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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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HotAir, Washington Times, Business Insider, Slate, Protocol and Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Media Empire? Don't Bet on It. — Eighty-sixed permanently from his personal account by Twitter for propelling his mob to attack and occupy the Capitol, President Donald Trump transferred his carping to the official @POTUS account early Friday evening.
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Fox News, The Guardian and DNyuz
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump expected to fight with big tech during final days in office
Trump expected to fight with big tech during final days in office
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emptywheel, Conservative News Today, KDFX-TV and Compatible Creatures, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Twitter warns of new violence to come, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban
Twitter warns of new violence to come, brewing again on social media, as reason for Trump ban
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Fox News, NPR, Forbes, TheGrio, One America News Network, Breitbart, DNyuz, VICE, Raw Story and CBS Pittsburgh
Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next?
Trump Is Banned. Who Is Next?
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Politico, Fox News and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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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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.
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NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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.
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DNyuz, Juanita Jean's and The Sun
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Capitol Offense — The presidency melts down, as Trump becomes too vile even for Twitter. — WASHINGTON — Even as a small child, I knew I was seeing something tremendous. — I didn't know that the light in the dome meant that Congress was in session.
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Quartz, Raw Story and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump — Wide segments of the party are eager to see investigations and prosecutions of President Trump and his allies, while President-elect Joseph Biden is taking a more measured approach. — WASHINGTON — Twelve years ago …
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CNBC and Crooks and Liars
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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Harry Enten / CNN:
The events of this week show the GOP has a big problem
The events of this week show the GOP has a big problem
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New York Times, Raw Story, Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Mock Paper Scissors
Haley Talbot / NBC News:
Inside the House chamber as the Capitol was overrun by an angry mob … WASHINGTON — We always knew Wednesday, January 6th, was going to be wild. Republicans in the House and Senate planned to object to the certification of the Electoral College vote, a process we anticipated would take more than twenty four non-stop hours.
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 …
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The Root
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pro-Trump dark money groups organized the rally that led to deadly Capitol Hill riot — The rally, officially known as the “March to Save America,” was largely organized by a 501(c)(4) group known as Women for America First. — Women for America First's Facebook pages show they were calling …
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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.
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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
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 …
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New York Times, Al Jazeera, Axios and Bloomberg
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Joe Biden wants to set aside deficit concerns to invest in ailing U.S. economy — WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that he favors setting aside concerns about the federal deficit in order to spend more money to boost the ailing American economy.
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Washington Examiner