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House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots — UPDATE: — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats have secured enough votes to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol that left five dead. — At least 218 Democrats have now signed onto …
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack — With help from Melanie Zanona. — Democrats are weighing how to fast-track their plans to impeach President Donald Trump this week as new details, images and video further fuel the rage over the deadly domestic terrorist attack …
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CNN:
House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection — (CNN)House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in last week's riots at the US Capitol.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — FOR GOP, NINE PERILOUS DAYS. There are some Republicans in Washington who wish inauguration day were today, or tomorrow — or yesterday.
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Associated Press:
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call
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David N. Cicilline / New York Times:
Why We Are Introducing an Article of Impeachment
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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Impeach. Indict. Disqualify.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Pelosi says House will move on impeaching Trump if Pence doesn't meet a deadline to remove him
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi on the riot at the Capitol, Congress' mandate under Joe Biden and the youth in the Democratic party
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First Lady / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump: Our Path Forward — Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept across our beautiful country. All Nations have experienced the loss of loved ones, economic pain, and the negative impacts of isolation.
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CNN:
Melania Trump mourns lost lives but doesn't blame the President for Capitol riot — (CNN)First lady Melania Trump mourned the lives lost — first of the rioters and then the Capitol Police officers — from last week's attack, cast herself as a victim of “salacious gossip” …
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Melania Identifies Real Victim of the Deadly Capitol Riots: Herself
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric — After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction. — Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular …
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Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived — In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Parler goes dark after move by Amazon
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Associated Press:
Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally — CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Associated Press:
Records show fervent Trump fans fueled US Capitol takeover
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump's Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA — President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat who has served both parties and won respect at home and abroad, to run a CIA that has been badly battered by the Trump administration.
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New York Times:
William Burns, a career diplomat, is Biden's choice to head the C.I.A.
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CNN:
Biden to nominate William Burns as CIA director, turning to a longtime diplomat to lead agency in post-Trump era
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Matthew Schmitz / New York Post:
What the left wants to ignore about slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick — On Thursday, Brian Sicknick, an officer with the US Capitol Police, died from injuries sustained during the storming of the Capitol Building. Democratic leaders have presented Sicknick as a martyr …
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Susan DeSantis / New York State Bar Association:
New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership — New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership — The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) …
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Washington Post:
Outgoing Capitol Police chief: House, Senate security officials hamstrung efforts to call in National Guard — Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't fast-track Trump challenges to election results — As expected, the Supreme Court refused Monday to fast-track a batch of challenges to the presidential election filed by President Trump and his allies. — The rejections came without comment or noted dissent …
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Supreme Court refuses quick action on last-ditch Trump election lawsuits
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol. — At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media. A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill. — He fit in as well as anyone did at our Los Angeles studio, a place full of ambitious misfits with an unusual gift.
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ABC News:
In blow to Trump, golf's PGA strips major championship from Trump-owned course — The 2022 PGA Championship will no longer be held at Trump Bedminster. — US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection — On Jan. 6, rioters coming from a pro-Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol …
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Doug Ferguson / Associated Press:
PGA Championship leaving Trump National in '22 tournament
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Republican No More: The GOP's Existential Crisis — In the wake of the trauma of the last two months, two inescapable questions emerge. First, what does it mean to be republican? And second, does the Republican Party represent those values at all any more?
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: Trump should be impeached. But that alone won't remove white supremacy from America. — Hillary Rodham Clinton is a former U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic nominee for president in 2016. — Wednesday's attack on the Capitol was the tragically predictable result …
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WWNY:
Stefanik opposes impeachment, wants “a peaceful transition of power” — DANNEMORA, N.Y. (WWNY) - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik publicly opposed the push to impeach President Trump Saturday. — Stefanik was in Dannemora, New York rallying against the state closure of the Clinton Annex …
Jillian C. York:
Everything pundits are getting wrong about this current moment in content moderation: An ongoing list — Since Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and began “purging” QAnon conspiracists, a segment of the chattering class has been making all sorts of wild proclamations about this “precedent-setting” event.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors — WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate — Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
How A Snap Impeachment Could Shatter Our Constitutional Balance — Below is my column in the Hill newspaper on my concerns over the planned “snap impeachment” this year. In my view, impeaching on the speech alone would raise serious concerns over the use of impeachment in the future.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
FBI: Does Anyone Know the Confederate Flag Guy From the Capitol Riot? — COME FORWARD — It was one of the most shocking images of the Trumpist storming of the U.S. Capitol last week—a bearded man, making no attempt to disguise his identity, brazenly strolling around the building while brandishing a Confederate flag.
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: Facebook freezing political spending after Capitol attack — Facebook is halting political spending for at least the first quarter of 2021 following last week's deadly attack on the Capitol. — Why it matters: Tech companies have been de-platforming President Donald Trump …
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