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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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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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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rants in Near-Empty White House: I'll ‘Never’ Say Biden Won — While the president rages at his second impeachment, his staff has lost the will to fight. — Late afternoon on Wednesday, President Donald Trump made history, yet again. For his role in instigating …
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Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: Republican voters side with Trump over McConnell — Republicans across the U.S. are siding with President Trump over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — big time — according to a new Axios-Ipsos poll. — The state of play: A majority of Republicans still think Trump …
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Christopher Vondracek / INFORUM:
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds says Trump could be criminally prosecuted for his role in the ‘insurrection’
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds says Trump could be criminally prosecuted for his role in the ‘insurrection’
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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 …
Ben Shapiro / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The real reason most Republicans opposed impeachment — DRIVING THE DAY — Howdy from Nashville, y'all! I'm BEN SHAPIRO, and I host the conservative podcast and radio show “The Ben Shapiro Show”; I'm also editor emeritus of the Daily Wire, husband to a medical doctor …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Oppose Impeachment Because It Makes Them Look Pro-Riot
Republicans Oppose Impeachment Because It Makes Them Look Pro-Riot
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Amstevens / Chapman Newsroom:
Statement from the Office of the President … “After discussions over the course of the last week, Dr. John Eastman and Chapman University have reached an agreement pursuant to which he will retire from Chapman, effective immediately. Dr. Eastman's departure closes this challenging chapter …
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John C. Eastman / The American Mind:
John Eastman's Statement on His Retirement from Chapman University's Fowler School of Law — In recent days John Eastman has been the subject of many defamatory and scurrilous attacks regarding his actions as an advisor and attorney for President Donald Trump.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Preordained Coda to a Presidency — The impeachment of President Trump for a second time — in a Capitol ringed by troops — seemed like the almost inevitable culmination of four years that left the nation fractured, angry and losing its sense of self. — WASHINGTON — Not since …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Republicans continue to defy metal detectors as Capitol security ramps up
Republicans continue to defy metal detectors as Capitol security ramps up
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The Intercept:
How a Flurry of Suspicious Phone Calls Set Investigators on Rick Snyder's Trail … Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder knew about a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Flint as early as October 2014, when there was still a significant amount of time to save lives.
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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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Joe Patrice / Above the Law:
Rudy Giuliani Blames ‘Game Of Thrones’ For Accidentally Inciting Violent Insurrection — And he seems to think the HBO show was a documentary, so there's that. — There's a colorable argument that Donald Trump's speech before his followers launched a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol …
Ann Coulter:
Most Disloyal Man in History Finally Finds a Cause Worth Fighting For — Why, in the last 12 days of his presidency, did Donald Trump suddenly become the authoritarian of liberal fantasies? He sure wasn't an authoritarian for the past four years — he was a spineless wonder.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Unemployment Claims Rise as Pandemic Weighs on Economy — Initial claims for benefits jumped to nearly one million last week as coronavirus surge triggers layoffs — Worker filings for initial jobless claims jumped to nearly one million last week, indicating rising layoffs amid a surge …
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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 …
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Mock Paper Scissors, USA Today, The American Independent and The Intellectualist
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Georgia Rep Pledges To File Articles of Impeachment Against Joe Biden — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is a newly elected Republican member from Georgia who pledged yesterday that “On January 21, 2021, I'll be filing Articles of Impeachment against Joe Biden for abuse of power.”
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Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters, data finds — Law enforcement responses to more than 13,000 protests show a clear disparity in responses, new statistics show — Police in the United States are three times more likely to use force against leftwing protesters …
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Evan Perez / CNN:
Investigators pursuing signs US Capitol riot was planned
Investigators pursuing signs US Capitol riot was planned
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New York Times:
Amid Riot Chaos, Some National Security Leaders Are Absent From View — The Trump administration's response to the attack, incited by the president, has lacked broad reassurances to a country on edge. — WASHINGTON — Amid the sea of troubling facts, arrests and iconic images that have emerged …
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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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Jackson Danbeck / TMJ4:
Motion to change Rittenhouse's bond agreement after allegedly flashing white-power signs at bar — KENOSHA — Kenosha County prosecutors are attempting to modify Kyle Rittenhouse's bond agreement after they say the 18-year-old flashed white-power signs while posing for photos …
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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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New York Times:
A Republican Lawmaker for Whom the Spectacle Is the Point — Rep. Lauren Boebert represents an increasingly clamorous faction of the party that carries Mr. Trump's anti-establishment message and is ready to break all norms in doing so. — WASHINGTON — As lawmakers entered the Capitol …
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Tom Nichols / USA Today:
Trump impeachment: No unity until his morally bankrupt defenders get over him and repent — The people who have supported Trump need to come to terms with what they've done and with what they've allowed to happen — or it will happen again. — Donald Trump is impeached.
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E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
Want unity? Impeaching Trump was the first step.
Want unity? Impeaching Trump was the first step.
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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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Bloomberg Law:
U.S. Government Executes First Woman Prisoner Since 1953 — Listen — The Trump administration carried out the first federal execution of a woman since 1953, after a divided Supreme Court sided with the government during a late night of frenzied litigation.
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Steve Israel / The Hill:
How do we rebuild our democracy? — There is a framed picture on the wall of the House Democratic cloakroom that the public cannot see. It is black and white, and it was taken in 1954. Several young pages have a stretcher hoisted on their shoulders and are racing a wounded member of Congress to an ambulance.
ABC News:
Trump angrily watched impeachment proceedings while asking about path forward: Sources — The president is “anxious” over his future as partners sever ties. — Trump becomes 1st president impeached twice, Senate trial up next — One week after a violent mob of President Donald Trump supporters stormed …
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to perform at Biden's inauguration — Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Justin Timberlake will also be involved. — Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. — Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will lend their voices to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week …
Scott Wartman / Cincinnati.com:
‘I support him more than I ever did.’ Loyal Trump supporters in suburban Cincinnati gather to relive Jan. 6 rally that turned violent — A few hours after President Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection Wednesday, a group of Republicans gathered at a suburban Cincinnati movie theater.
Elizabeth Thompson / Dallas Morning News:
Dan Crenshaw votes by proxy against impeachment, despite his prior criticism of remote voting as ‘cowardly’ — The Houston representative was not present at the vote for ‘personal reasons,’ according to a spokesman. — Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Houston voted against the impeachment …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
The left's bare-faced hypocrisy — What a difference a week makes. On Wednesday, we discovered that House Democrats actually support police. They are against mob violence. They believe in law and order. They believe in harsh punishment for rule breakers. They believe in accountability.
Rachel Maddow / MSNBC:
House Democrats demand answers on suspicious Capitol tours prior to deadly insurrection — In a letter to the House and Senate Sergeant-At-Arms, more than 30 Democrats are calling for an investigation into suspicious Capitol tours before the deadly insurrection. — Read More