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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 …

Mike Allen / Axios:

Scoop: McConnell leans toward convicting Trump — There's a better than 50-50 chance that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would vote to convict President Trump in an impeachment trial, sources tell Axios. — What they're saying: “The Senate institutional loyalists are fomenting a counterrevolution” …

Discussion: BuzzFeed News, CNN, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story, Politico, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, The Week, NBC News, Slate, ABC13, Fox News, Sputnik News, Business Insider, Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Washington Examiner, CNBC and Townhall

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 …

Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Republicans protest, circumvent security checkpoint at Capitol

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, Forbes, The Guardian, The Daily Caller and Sputnik News

NBC News:
Republicans protest, circumvent new metal detectors inside Capitol after riot

Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, The Wrap, The Week, UPROXX, Political Wire and The Daily Poster

CNN:
McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict

Discussion: Vox, New York Times, Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, POLITICUSUSA, HotAir, Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Atlantic, Deadline, Mediaite, Forbes, National Review, The Week and KVIA-TV

Ian Millhiser / Vox:
McConnell is already sabotaging Biden's presidency

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Hamodia and Talking Points Memo

Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
GOP Rep. Upton says he will vote to impeach Trump

Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill, Fox News, New York Times, NBC News, Breitbart, Washington Times, KVIA-TV and The Guardian

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

Discussion: Roll Call, Washington Post, CNN, Bangor Daily News, HuffPost, Tennessee Lookout, Sputnik News, Digital Chosunilbo, spiked, New York Times, Washington Times, Business Insider, Florida Politics, NBC10 Philadelphia, Washington Examiner and Vox

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

Discussion: Mediaite, The Hill, Orange County Register, Bangor Daily News, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, The Daily Caller and Instapundit

Nicholas Katzban / NorthJersey.com:

Mikie Sherrill claims Congress members gave ‘reconnaissance’ tours day before Capitol raid — In a live webcast Tuesday evening, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-11, made a startling claim that other members of Congress led groups of people through the Capitol Building on a “reconnaissance” …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Political Wire

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Mikie Sherrill says unidentified lawmakers led ‘reconnaissance’ tours ahead of Capitol attack — WASHINGTON — Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said Tuesday that she witnessed colleagues escorting people through the Capitol on Jan. 5 for what she described as “reconnaissance” …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story

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.

Discussion: Business Insider, New York Magazine, The Hill, Denver Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Sputnik News, HotAir, Defense One, Raw Story and UPROXX

Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:

Ivanka Trump Apparently Thinks She's Going to Ride This Insurrection Out and Be President One Day — The first daughter seems to believe she can emerge from all this unscathed. — When Donald Trump was improbably elected president in 2016, his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, and his son-in-law …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Sputnik News, Mercury News, The Intellectualist and Metro.co.uk

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: Bloomberg, HuffPost, CANNONFIRE, Al Jazeera, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and WRIC-TV

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, IJR and Axios

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: Daily Kos, 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: Twin Cities, Washington Post, TheBlaze and Election Law Blog

Sarah Mimms / BuzzFeed News:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Said She Thought She “Was Going To Die” During A “Very Close Encounter” When The Capitol Was Stormed — WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram Live on Tuesday night that she had a “very close encounter” on Jan. 6, the day of the violent insurrection …

Discussion: Business Insider, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and New York Post

ABC News:

Video shows retired Navy SEAL boasting of ‘breaching the Capitol’ — The Navy veteran said he wanted lawmakers to be left “shaking in their shoes.” — Retired Navy SEAL boasts of ‘breaching the Capitol’ — A video posted to Facebook by Adam Newbold following the Jan. 6 attack …

Washington Post:

Secret Service launches massive security operation to protect Biden inauguration — The Secret Service and federal law enforcement agencies are spending the final days of the Trump administration bracing for a possible violent assault against the Jan. 20 inauguration, launching a security mobilization …

Discussion: Twin Cities, Washingtonian, Slate and CNN

New York Times: Pentagon to Arm National Guard Troops Deploying to Capitol for Inauguration

The Boston Globe:

‘It was like looking at evil’: The Capitol attack through the eyes of the Massachusetts delegation — WASHINGTON — On the day Congress was set to count the electoral votes certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Representative Seth Moulton was one of the first members …

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:

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Magazine, Occupy Democrats, Poynter, IJR, WHNT-TV and The Hill

J. Michael Luttig / Washington Post:

Once Trump leaves office, the Senate can't hold an impeachment trial — J. Michael Luttig served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit from 1991 to 2006. — It appears that even if the House of Representatives impeaches President Trump this week …

Discussion: Fox News, TIME, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Constitution Daily and New York Magazine

Jeremy Redmon / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Georgia man arrested following Capitol insurrection has died by suicide — Investigators: Christopher Georgia killed by a gunshot wound — An Alpharetta man who was among those arrested following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday has killed himself, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office.

Discussion: Forbes, New York Post and WXIA-TV

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 …

Discussion: Business Insider, Sputnik News, Washington Examiner, CNN, Raw Story, CNBC, The Intellectualist, KVIA-TV and New York Times

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

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 …

Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill, KTLA, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, SwimSwam, Raw Story, UPROXX, The Daily Caller, Denver Post, TMZ.com, WHNT-TV, New York Post, Fox News, Sports Illustrated and Associated Press

Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:

Fox Runs the GOP. And Fox Wants War. — SICK PEOPLE … Republicans have a truly remarkable capacity to see themselves as victims even at the moment when they are beating people to death with flagpoles and fire extinguishers. — On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Donald Trump told the group gathered …

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

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, Vox, The Verge, Wired and National File, more at Techmeme »

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

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

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

Bernard Condon / Associated Press:

Trump business backlash part of ‘cancel culture,’ son says — NEW YORK (AP) — The PGA canceled its tournament at his golf course. Banks say they won't lend to him anymore. New York City is looking to end his contract to operate the Central Park skating rink.

Discussion: Political Wire

Brian Fung / CNN:

YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel — (CNN Business)YouTube is suspending President Donald Trump's channel for at least one week, and potentially longer, after his channel earned a strike under the platform's policies, the company said Tuesday evening.

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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 …

The Hill:

Four things Democrats should do in Biden's first 100 days — With the special election in Georgia concluded, Democrats completed their unlikely journey to total control of the government in Washington. Joe Biden soon will be sworn in as our next president, and Democrats have retained narrow control …

Discussion: Politico, Associated Press, Washington Post, KVIA-TV, InsideSources, The American Conservative, Washington Times, The Colorado Sun and HotAir

Alayna Treene / Axios:

Scoop: Rubio asks Biden for $2K stimulus checks as unity appeal — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday night to immediately call on Congress to pass $2,000 stimulus checks for the American people as a sign of congressional unity, according to a letter obtained by Axios.

Alayna Treene / Axios:

House freshman divided over Capitol siege — The freshmen class of House Republicans has been fighting since last Wednesday's Capitol assault, creating a clear split just over a week after being sworn in. — What we're hearing: On Tuesday, Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene …

Sam Kiley / CNN:

Israel isn't a democracy, it's an ‘apartheid regime,’ rights group says — Jerusalem (CNN)Israel is no longer a democracy but an “apartheid regime” devoted to cementing the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians, the country's best-known human rights group said in a report published Tuesday.

Discussion: Al Jazeera

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, HotAir, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Chicago Sun-Times, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Week and Slate

Marc Tracy / New York Times:

Public Radio Group Criticizes New York Times Over ‘Caliphate’ Correction — A letter signed by executives at 26 stations carrying “The Daily” accuses The Times of ethical lapses. A high-level Times editor acknowledges mistakes. — Nearly a month after The New York Times announced that the 2018 podcast …

Discussion: New York Post, Washington Post, KVIA-TV and NPR, more at Mediagazer »

Grant Stern / Occupy Democrats:

Capitol Hill Trump rally organizer Ali Alexander goes into hiding, raises $20k on Christian crowdfunding site — The public face of Trump's Stop the Steal rallies is using a Christian crowdfunding website to try and raise $40,000 for his personal expenses in the wake of the insurrection …

Discussion: Politico, Media Matters for America and The Intellectualist

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.

Discussion: The Bulwark, Raw Story, USA Today, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The American Independent and KVIA-TV

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

Trump Is Blowing Apart the G.O.P. God Bless Him. — There still will be a place for principled Republicans. — When all the facts come out about the treasonous attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired by President Trump, impeaching him three times won't feel sufficient.

Discussion: KVIA-TV, Fox News and Washington Examiner