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10:25 PM ET, January 12, 2021

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McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment, believing it will be easier to purge Trump from the G.O.P. — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him …

Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:

Rep. John Katko becomes first House Republican to back Trump impeachment — Washington - U.S. Rep. John Katko said today he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting a riot last week at the U.S. Capitol. — Katko, R-Camillus, is the first House Republican to acknowledge …

CNN:

McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that he believes that impeaching President Donald Trump will make it easier to get rid of the President …

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, supports Democrats' impeachment efforts: Report

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Times, The Hill, Orange County Register, Washington Post, USA Today, The Daily Caller and Instapundit

Orion Rummler / Axios:
No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach Trump

Discussion: The Hill, Business Insider, The Mahablog, Los Angeles Times, Bangor Daily News, Mediaite and Common Dreams

Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
‘Never been a greater betrayal’: Liz Cheney says she will vote to impeach Trump

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Associated Press:
Fury at the shaken Capitol over the attack, security, virus

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New York Times:

Pence Reached His Limit With Trump. It Wasn't Pretty. — After four years of tongue-biting silence that critics say enabled the president's worst instincts, the vice president would not yield to the pressure and name-calling from his boss. — WASHINGTON — For Vice President Mike Pence, the moment of truth had arrived.

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Gabby Orr / Politico:

Mike Pence is done with Trump's ‘bulls—t’ — After four-and-a-half years of unbending loyalty, Vice President Mike Pence is ready to move on from Donald Trump. All it took was the president inciting a riot that, quite literally, put Pence's life in danger. — “Pence is done with Trump's bulls—t,” said a former Pence adviser.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and KOIN-TV

Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Confessions …: Thank You For Your Service — But first, some hard questions and truths. — 7 hr ago

Washington Post:

FBI report warned of ‘war’ at Capitol, contradicting claims there was no indication of looming violence — A day before rioters stormed Congress, an FBI office in Virginia issued an explicit internal warning that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence and “war …

Yeganeh Torbati / Washington Post:
Audio of outgoing Trump appointee describes Capitol riot as largely peaceful, led by ‘a few violent people’

Discussion: New York Times, Washingtonian and IJR

Paul Sonne / Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs call riot a ‘direct assault’ on the constitutional process, affirm Biden as next commander in chief

Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and Axios

Cortney O'Brien / Townhall:

FBI: People are Going to Be ‘Shocked’ to Learn What Happened Inside the Capitol — At a press conference from the Justice Department on Tuesday, the FBI addressed last Wednesday's violence on Capitol Hill, and the steps they're taking to identify and bring the culprits to justice.

Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico

Jonathan Franklin / wusa9.com:
PHOTO: This man is wanted in connection to the Capitol riots

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Carly Roman / Washington Examiner:
Senator shares photo of man wanted in connection to death of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick

Discussion: Breitbart, RedState, Chicks On The Right and The Hill

NBC New York:
Brooklyn Judge's Son Arrested for Participating in Capitol Riot

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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating sedition and conspiracy charges and any terror links to violent storming of U.S. Capitol

Discussion: Fox News, Sputnik News, New York Times, TheBlaze, Sara A. Carter, Business Insider, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I and Associated Press

Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi today named Impeachment Managers. — “Tonight, I have the solemn privilege of naming the Managers of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “It is their constitutional and patriotic duty …

Discussion: Axios, New York Post, Denver Post, Townhall and Twitchy

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Grieving Son's Death, Maryland Lawmaker Fights to Impeach Trump

Discussion: Breitbart, Twin Cities, Washington Post and TheBlaze

Congressman Mo Brooks:

Congressman Mo Brooks Rebuts Vicious & Scurrilous Fake News Media and Socialist Democrat Attacks — Washington, DC— Tuesday,Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) issued the below statement in response to scurrilous Fake News Media and Socialist Democrat attacks related to his January 6th “Save America” rally speech:

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Wall Street Journal:

Trump Defends Conduct, Attacks Democrats at First Post-Riot Event — At Texas event on border security, the president warned against impeachment and a reversal of his immigration policies by Joe Biden — President Trump, speaking in public for the first time since he rallied his supporters …

Discussion: Fox News, Vox, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Orange County Register, Washington Post and Bloomberg

Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump: I'm at ‘zero risk’ of removal by 25th Amendment

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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Chicago-area man charged with threatening violence at Biden inauguration

Discussion: National Review, Raw Story, The Hill, WGN-TV and Axios

New York Times:

Pentagon to Arm National Guard Troops Deploying to Capitol for Inauguration — The armed National Guard troops will be responsible for security around the Capitol building complex, officials said. About 15,000 Guard troops are expected to be deployed in the city.

Washington Post:
Secret Service launches massive security operation to protect Biden inauguration

Discussion: Politico, Twin Cities and Slate

Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

Supreme Court restores requirements for medication abortions, siding with Trump administration — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed with the Trump administration and reinstated requirements that women seeking medication abortions receive the drugs in person at a clinic …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Politico, NBC News, Mother Jones and Los Angeles Times

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Revives Abortion-Pill Restriction

Discussion: CNN, SCOTUSblog, The Daily Caller and ABC13

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person

Discussion: Axios

Reuters:

Exclusive: Luxembourg, EU snub Pompeo in final Europe trip, diplomats say — BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg's foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet him …

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New York Times:

Olympic Gold Medalist Was Part of Crowd That Invaded Capitol — Klete Keller, who won swimming medals in three Summer Games, was captured on video inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during last week's violent election protest. — Klete Keller, a champion swimmer who won two Olympic gold medals …

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Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:

Bruce Willis asked to leave store for ‘refusing’ to wear a mask — He'd rather live free. — Bruce Willis was asked to leave a Los Angeles Rite Aid on Monday after he refused to wear a mask, a spy tells Page Six. — The spy says people inside the store became upset that Willis, 65 …

Discussion: Mercury News, Los Angeles Times, WayneDupree.com, The Daily Dot, Chicks On The Right and UPROXX

Washington Post:

U.S. attorney in Georgia: 'There's just nothing to' claims of election fraud — The acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, whose predecessor abruptly resigned one week ago after President Trump complained officials were not doing enough to find election fraud in the state …

Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump's pick for U.S. attorney in Georgia dismisses election fraud claims: 'There's just nothing to them'

Discussion: Forbes

Jessica Toomer / UPROXX:

John Fetterman Is Not Mincing Words About MAGA Coup-Enabler Josh Hawley, Whose Soul He Says Is ‘Dipped In Dogsh*t’ — Pennsylvania Lt. Governor John Fetterman is a verified Shakespeare when it comes to crafting articulate, downright eloquent takedowns of the worst GOP members.

Discussion: Raw Story

Lachlan Markay / Axios:

Scoop: Biden inaugural returns cash from ex-senator-turned-foreign agent — President-elect Joe Biden's inaugural committee will refund a donation from former Sen. Barbara Boxer after the California Democrat registered as a foreign agent for a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, National Review, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Post and Twitchy

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

The President Deliberately Withheld Aid to Combat the Insurrection — There is a simple chain of events that even news outlets doing the best work are still tiptoeing around. After President Trump gave his speech to the insurrectionists on Wednesday he returned to the White House …

Bonnie Watson Coleman / Washington Post:

Rep. Watson Coleman: I'm 75. I had cancer. I got covid-19 because my GOP colleagues dismiss facts. — Bonnie Watson Coleman, a Democrat, represents New Jersey's 12th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. — Over the past day, a lot of people have asked me how I feel.

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Bari Weiss / Common Sense with Bari Weiss:

The Great Unraveling — The old order is dead. What comes next? — 5 hr ago — Thought comes before action. Words come before deeds. Media that profits from polarization will stoke it. Lies — maybe harmless for the moment, maybe even noble — create a lying world. — I've known this for a while.

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Anna Schecter / NBC News:

Extremists move to secret on-line channels to plan for inauguration day in D.C. — Right-wing extremists are using encrypted channels to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, with some extremists sharing knowledge of how to make …

Discussion: Vox and Daily Kos, more at Techmeme »

Andrew Desiderio / Politico:

GOP aide resigns while lashing ‘congressional enablers of this mob’ — A top Republican congressional aide is resigning over his party's support for President Donald Trump's bid to overturn the 2020 election after it fueled deadly riots at the Capitol. — In a scathing resignation letter obtained …

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:

The Capitol Rioters Weren't ‘Low Class’ — They were business owners, CEOs, state legislators, police officers, active and retired service members, real-estate brokers, stay-at-home dads, and, I assume, some Proud Boys. — The mob that breached the Capitol last week at President Donald …

Discussion: WSYR

Gizmodo:

Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows — At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the hoard of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside the U.S. Capitol building and into areas normally restricted to the public …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Verge, Vox, Wired, National File and Mashable, more at Techmeme »

Wall Street Journal:

Lawmakers Were Feet and Seconds Away From Confrontation With the Mob in the Capitol — The rioters shouted they were searching for lawmakers; some made a narrow escape — With rioters ransacking the Capitol, Rep. Jim Himes hunkered in the visitors' gallery overlooking the House chamber.

Discussion: HotAir

Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:

‘A proud, tough Jew’: Sheldon Adelson through the eyes of some who knew him well — Billionaire donor. Republican kingmaker. Casino magnate. Those were among the phrases that blared from national headlines on Tuesday in the hours after Sheldon Adelson's death at 87.