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Politico:
House to vote Wednesday as Pelosi gets the votes to impeach Trump — The House will vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, just seven days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Jerry Zremski / Buffalo News:
Schumer: Impeachment won't stand in the way of stimulus, infrastructure plans — WASHINGTON - With the House moving to impeach President Trump a second time, Charles E. Schumer, the incoming leader of the new Democratic Senate majority, said impeachment won't interfere with his agenda …
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Business Insider, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, The 19th and The Constitutionalist
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days
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Politico, Common Dreams, Axios and The Guardian
Associated Press:
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call
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Fox News and New York Times
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
An impeachment charge against Trump is introduced as Republicans block a measure demanding Pence act.
An impeachment charge against Trump is introduced as Republicans block a measure demanding Pence act.
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Associated Press, New York Magazine, The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, WHNT-TV and Althouse
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Trump Can't Be Allowed to Escape Justice Yet Again
Trump Can't Be Allowed to Escape Justice Yet Again
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New York Magazine, Washington Post, NPR, HuffPost, HotAir, The Guardian, Sputnik News, The Week, KVIA-TV and The Nevada Independent
Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Trump-Biden transition live updates: House Democrats introduce article of impeachment
Trump-Biden transition live updates: House Democrats introduce article of impeachment
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Fox News, Politico, The Hill, The Daily Caller, WHNT-TV, The Guardian, Mediaite and Political Wire
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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NBC News:
FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols — The FBI has sent a memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitol buildings starting Jan. 16, and also says an armed group has threatened …
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U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman:
Watson Coleman Receives Positive Coronavirus Test Following January 6 Capitol Lockdown — f t # e — Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) received a positive rapid antigen test result for COVID-19. She believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building …
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 …
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) …
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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Charlie Sykes / Bulwark+:
Impeach. Indict. Disqualify.
Impeach. Indict. Disqualify.
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Forbes, The Week, The American Independent, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Washington Post and The Hill
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack
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Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Pittsburgh City Paper, Sputnik News, Florida Politics and Washington Examiner
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Disgruntled Employee Changed The State Department's Website To Say That Trump's Term Ends Today, Sources Say — A disgruntled employee at the State Department changed the biographies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to say their term was coming to an end on Monday …
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Jack Beyrer / Washington Free Beacon:
White House to List Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
White House to List Cuba as State Sponsor of Terrorism
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Washington Post, NBC News, National Review and Bloomberg
Joni Ernst / Des Moines Register:
What happened at the Capitol ‘is not the America that I know’ — We are and forever will be the UNITED States of America, and no difference or disagreement is too big for us to overcome. — View Comments — Wednesday was a tragic day in our nation's history.
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Medium:
Historians and Constitutional Scholars' Statement on the Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump
Historians and Constitutional Scholars' Statement on the Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump
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The Hill, New York Times, americamagazine.org, The Constitutionalist and National Review
Richard Haass / Foreign Affairs:
Present at the Destruction … From the beginning, the essence of the Trump foreign policy …
Present at the Destruction … From the beginning, the essence of the Trump foreign policy …
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Daily Kos
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 …
QU Poll:
74% Of Voters Say Democracy In The U.S. Is Under Threat, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 52% Say President Trump Should Be Removed From Office — Following last week's mob attack on the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to formally certify Joe Biden's victory …
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USA Today, The Week, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Political Wire
NBC News:
‘A great pick’: Top spies praise Biden choice of Amb. William Burns to head CIA … WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden's choice of career diplomat William Burns to be the next CIA director is drawing praise from veterans of the spy agency, who say the CIA will benefit …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA
Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox News Announces Major Revamp of Daytime Lineup — Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott has just announced a new daytime programming line-up that will debut on Monday, January 18th. — The most notable changes have news anchor Martha MacCallum moving from her 7 p.m. slot to hosting a dayside show …
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The Daily Beast and HotAir
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News removes one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage
Fox News removes one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
‘War for the soul’: Capitol riot elevates GOP power struggle between pro-Trump conspiracy theorists and party establishment — The essay reads like the manifesto of a delusional conspiracy theorist — claiming that President Trump would remain in office on Jan. 20, after purging his Cabinet and replacing Vice President Pence.
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Washington Examiner, Vox, Arizona Republic, CANNONFIRE, Political Wire and Associated Press
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?
Matthew Beck Photo / Chronicle Online:
Federal officials seek information on manatee harassment — Updated with video — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the harassment of a manatee. The animal was reported to federal authorities over the weekend when it was discovered with the words “Trump” scraped in its back.
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The Guardian, The Hill, Gizmodo, Political Flare and Raw Story
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State — An open letter to QAnon, “stop the steal,” and other communities involved in the Capitol attack — To the QAnon community, and others involved in storming the Capitol: — The Deep State is real, but it's not what you think.
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Raw Story
CNN:
White House counsel and Barr warned Trump not to self-pardon — Avlon: A Trump self-pardon is not what the founders intended — Washington (CNN)White House counsel Pat Cipollone and former Attorney General Bill Barr have warned President Donald Trump that they do not believe he should pardon himself …
Susan Collins / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins recounts the moment rioters stormed the Capitol … Susan Collins represents Maine in the U.S. Senate. — was destined to be a significant day. The Senate and the House would decide whether to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election, and I knew …
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Politico and Washington Times
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's nonprofit inaugural committee improperly paid a $49,000 bill incurred by his company, D.C. attorney general alleges — President Trump's private business failed to pay a $49,000 hotel bill incurred during Trump's 2017 inaugural — and then, after the bill went to a collections agency …
Mike Ford / RedState:
Enough! There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!” — Enough! Enough of the gaslighting by the press. Enough of the gaslighting by the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK, want, deprivation, envy and murder of the unborn in the womb. Most especially, enough of their “Republican …
Politico:
Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations — President-elect Joe Biden has grown frustrated with the team in charge of plotting his coronavirus response, amid rising concerns that his administration will fall short of its promise of 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days …
About Facebook:
Our Preparations Ahead of Inauguration Day — We began preparing for Inauguration Day last year. But our planning took on new urgency after last week's violence in Washington, D.C., and we are treating the next two weeks as a major civic event. We're taking additional steps and using …
NPS.gov:
Record of Determination for the Temporary Closure of Public Facilities, Parking and Roads in Response to Threats to Visitors and Park Resources — § 1.5(a)(1) the National Mall and Memorial Parks is implementing temporary closures of National Park Service public facilities …
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Andrea Salcedo / Washington Post:
Republican AGs group sent robocalls urging protesters to the Capitol. GOP officials now insist they didn't know about it. — The day before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, an arm of the Republican Attorneys General Association sent out robocalls urging supporters to come to D.C. to …
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Florida Politics, The Guardian, Alabama Political Reporter, The Daily Poster and Political Wire
Kelly Bjorklund / Foreign Policy:
'We're in a Worse Place Today Than We Were Before He Came In' — Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the mess Donald Trump is leaving behind. — President Donald Trump is on the way out of office—perhaps even earlier than the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Rich Miller / Capitol Fax.com:
UPDATED x2 *** Speaker Madigan to suspend campaign... for now — * Two high-level House Democrats have confirmed rampant rumors that House Speaker Michael Madigan is suspending his reelection campaign so that he's not standing in the way of someone else trying to get to 60. More in a bit.
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The Hill, The Daily Caller and Peoria Public Radio
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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Military.com, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Metro.co.uk and NEWS 1130
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI probes Russian-linked postcard sent to FireEye CEO after cybersecurity firm uncovered hack - sources — (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating a mysterious postcard sent to the home of cybersecurity firm FireEye's chief executive days after it found initial evidence …