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Washington Post:
Trump is isolated and angry at aides for failing to defend him as he is impeached again — When Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president ever impeached twice in a bipartisan rebuke, he did so as a leader increasingly isolated, sullen and vengeful.
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Politico:
Graham fights Trump's ouster as McConnell keeps his options open
Graham fights Trump's ouster as McConnell keeps his options open
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Axios, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Intellectualist, Election Law Blog and CNN
CNN:
Trump releases video calling for calm but doesn't mention impeachment
Trump releases video calling for calm but doesn't mention impeachment
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Matthew Continetti / National Review:
Try Him Now — One week after he fomented a mob that stormed the Capitol …
Try Him Now — One week after he fomented a mob that stormed the Capitol …
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Washington Blade, Arizona Mirror, Washington Post, VTDigger, Vox, Talking Points Memo, HotAir, The Atlantic, Bangor Daily News, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Forbes and TASS
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Has Been Impeached. Now Mitch McConnell Will Have To Pick A Side.
Trump Has Been Impeached. Now Mitch McConnell Will Have To Pick A Side.
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NBC News:
Trump grows defiant as the White House becomes a ghost town
Trump grows defiant as the White House becomes a ghost town
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Common Dreams, MSNBC and ABC News
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
The president as pariah: Trump faces a torrent of retribution over his role in the U.S. Capitol siege
The president as pariah: Trump faces a torrent of retribution over his role in the U.S. Capitol siege
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Emmanuel Felton / BuzzFeed News:
Capitol Police Officers Say They Wouldn't Be Surprised If Members Of Congress Helped Plan The Attack — After seeing one of their colleagues killed last Wednesday, Capitol Police officers are angry that Republican members of Congress refuse to submit to the security changes put in place since then …
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Feds Charge 2 Trump-Loving Cops Who Took A Selfie During Attack On U.S. Capitol — Thomas Robertson and Jacob Fracker took a photograph of themselves during an insurrection and bragged about their exploits on social media. — Federal authorities have arrested and charged two Virginia police officers …
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The Daily Beast
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Two Off-Duty Virginia Police Officers Charged in Federal Court Following Events at the U.S. Capitol — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers were charged yesterday in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump calls on Americans, Big Tech to help ensure peaceful transition: ‘NO violence’ — Trump's statement comes as House debates impeachment, days before Biden inauguration — Democrats' rush to remove Trump from office is ‘political theatre’: Rep. Van Duyne
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Liz Peek / The Hill:
Twitter trashes conservatives as @Jack gloats — this won't end well for Twitter
Twitter trashes conservatives as @Jack gloats — this won't end well for Twitter
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New Yorker, WHTM-TV and CREW
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
Jordan calls on Cheney to step down from House leadership — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is calling on House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.) to be removed from leadership for announcing her plans to vote to impeach President Trump for inciting last week's riot at the Capitol.
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ABC News:
Here are all of the House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump
Here are all of the House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
AOC: GOP lawmakers fearful of threats if they impeach Trump are privileged
AOC: GOP lawmakers fearful of threats if they impeach Trump are privileged
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Sputnik News, Fox News and Business Insider
Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
The ‘Late Impeachment’ Question — Precedent and purpose cut against the argument that the Constitution bars lawmakers from holding an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office. — ichael Luttig is an estimable conservative legal thinker who used to be a federal judge.
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Politico, Human Events, RedState, Bloomberg, Common Dreams and Conservative News Today
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Laurence H. Tribe / Washington Post:
The Senate can constitutionally hold an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office
The Senate can constitutionally hold an impeachment trial after Trump leaves office
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
ICE's Latest Leader Has Resigned After Just Two Weeks On The Job — The acting leader of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement abruptly resigned on Wednesday, just two weeks into the job after the agency's previous director also stepped down unexpectedly in December, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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Politico:
National Guardsmen briefed on IED threat to Capitol — National Guard units are being told to prepare for the possibility that improvised explosive devices will be used by individuals plotting to attack the Capitol in the days surrounding the Inauguration, according to two Guardsmen briefed this week.
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NPR, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze, UPI, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, HotAir, The Week and New York Times
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Washington Post:
Democrats demand investigation of whether Republicans in Congress aided Capitol rioters — Even as Democrats on Wednesday impeached President Trump, they turned their attention to allegations that Republican members of Congress encouraged last week's attempted insurrection …
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The Wrap, Slate, RedState, Newsbusters, Daily Kos, Just Jared and MyStateline.com
Associated Press:
Ex.-Michigan Gov. Snyder charged in Flint water crisis — LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder was charged Wednesday with willful neglect of duty stemming from an investigation of ruinous decisions that left Flint with lead-contaminated water and a regional outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
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David Brand / Queens News:
Queens man impeached — again — A Queens-born real estate developer made history Wednesday when he became the first U.S. president ever impeached twice by the House of Representatives. — Donald Trump, a 74-year-old lame duck Republican, is accused of inciting a lethal mob of far-right supporters …
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West Sider / West Side Rag:
Jerry Nadler Brought a Zabar's Bag Into the Impeachment Hearing; Here's What Was In It — A blurry screenshot of a screenshot of C-Span shows the evidence. — Congressman Jerry Nadler is a leader in the latest impeachment of President Trump. And as he entered the House floor on Wednesday …
New York Times:
Proud Boys Supporter With 1,000 Rifle Rounds Made Threats, U.S. Says — Prosecutors said Eduard Florea threatened violence against the Rev. Raphael Warnock in online messages on the day of the Capitol riot. — A Queens man who told federal agents he wanted to join the far-right Proud Boys group …
New York Times:
Under Heavy Pressure, Trump Releases Video Condemning Capitol Siege — The video was made public after President Trump was impeached a second time and after he told his followers in the hours following the riot a week ago that “we love you.” — Under heavy pressure from his advisers …
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WV MetroNews, CBS Pittsburgh, IJR, New York Post, Deadline, Daily Kos and Metro.co.uk
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Snapchat will permanently ban Trump's account — Snapchat will permanently ban President Trump's account on Jan. 20, Axios has learned, after locking it indefinitely last week following the Capitol siege. — Why it matters: The Trump campaign and digital team relied on Snapchat …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Republicans continue to defy metal detectors as Capitol security ramps up … House Republicans on Wednesday defied the newly installed metal detectors at the entrance to the chamber for the second day in a row ahead of the vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Axios, CNN, New Republic, Indian Country Today and Jacobin
Crystal Hill / Yahoo News:
Intelligence report: Capitol riot has emboldened domestic extremists who now pose ‘greatest domestic terrorism threats in 2021’ — The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week will likely spur domestic extremists to carry out more violent attacks, according to a government intelligence bulletin obtained by Yahoo News.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Some House Democrats have ‘real concern’ Republican colleagues may have aided Capitol attack
Some House Democrats have ‘real concern’ Republican colleagues may have aided Capitol attack
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Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters:
Exclusive: Parler CEO says social media app, favored by Trump supporters, may not return — (Reuters) - Social media platform Parler, which has gone dark after being cut off by major service providers that accused the app of failing to police violent content, may never get back online, said its CEO John Matze.
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New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Photos show moment Queens Proud Boy surrendered to feds in armored vehicle — Dramatic photos obtained by the Daily News show the moment a Queens man accused of being a Proud Boy plotting violence surrendered to the feds. — An armored FBI vehicle rolled down 76th St. near Eliot Ave …
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Media Matters for America, NBC New York and Lucianne
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Politico:
Dems demand details of ‘suspicious’ Capitol visitors day before attack — More than 30 House Democrats are demanding information from Capitol security officials about “suspicious” visitors at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5 — a day before violent insurrectionists swarmed the building …
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Rep. Tim Ryan: Probe Underway On Whether Members Gave Capitol Tours To Rioters
Rep. Tim Ryan: Probe Underway On Whether Members Gave Capitol Tours To Rioters
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Washington Examiner, Forbes and The Hill
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Election deniers in state Senate stripped of chairmanships — By Jim Galloway - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Greg Bluestein - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tia Mitchell - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Patricia Murphy - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — It's payback time.
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
J&J's one-shot Covid vaccine is safe and generates promising immune response in early trial — J&J scientists randomly assigned healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 55 and those 65 and older to receive a high or low dose of its vaccine — called Ad26.COV2.S — or a placebo.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Pro-Trump Rally Organizer Name-Checks Theory Pushed by Violent Extremists — Ali Alexander denies that he was agreeing with advocates for violent social collapse, saying the statement was made in the “context of technology.” — CJ — The top organizer for last Wednesday's Stop the Steal rally …
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Washington Post, National Review, The Intellectualist and Raw Story
Sen. Josh Hawley / Southeast Missourian:
Guest column: Sen. Josh Hawley responds to critics: ‘Why I objected’ — Last week I objected during the Joint Session count of electoral votes in order to have a debate on the issue of election integrity. My objection proceeded according to the letter of the statute, which specifically permits …
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New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed News, Snopes.com, IJR and The Hill
CNN:
Top White House adviser Hicks no longer works at the White House, a previously planned departure — Who is Hope Hicks? (2020) — (CNN)Hope Hicks' last day in the White House was Tuesday, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, a final departure planned before the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.
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The Guardian:
Revealed: walkie-talkie app Zello hosted far-right groups who stormed Capitol … Audio and chat logs reveal that at least two insurrectionists who broke into the Capitol on 6 January used Zello, a social media walkie-talkie app that critics say has largely ignored a growing far-right user base.
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Gizmodo, Ohio Capital Journal and Balloon Juice
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
New York Post to Staff: Stay Away From CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and Washington Post — As the Murdoch tabloid navigates a fraught political moment, high-level editors instructed reporters not to base articles on reporting by four news outlets that President Trump has falsely labeled “fake news.”