Top Items:
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Trumps' snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude — (CNN)On the morning of January 20, Donald Trump and Melania Trump will depart the White House as President and first lady, but they will not invite their incoming counterparts, Joe and Jill Biden, inside before they do.
Discussion:
Reuters, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, UPROXX, Breitbart, Crooks and Liars, Daily News, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite, KIFI-TV and CBS News
RELATED:
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Melania Trump spends her last days in the White House focused on her future, while her husband rages about the past — In her final days as first lady, Melania Trump has largely stayed away from the West Wing. While her husband spends his time there in anger — though aides said his dark mood …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Breitbart, THE DC PATRIOT and The White House
Annie Karni / New York Times:
They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.
They Prepare the White House for a New President. They Have 5 Hours.
Discussion:
Metro.co.uk, The Canadian and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Biden selects transgender doctor Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary — President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he will nominate Pennsylvania's top health official, Rachel Levine, to be his assistant secretary of health. Levine, a pediatrician, would become …
Discussion:
New York Times, Metro.co.uk, HotAir, CNN, Breitbart, National Review, The Guardian, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller and The Week
RELATED:
Washington Post:
QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing — The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others …
RELATED:
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Inside Trump's Pathetic Final Weekend in Office — It's ending as it began. All about Trump. — “Everyone knows I won.” — That's a phrase that Donald Trump, the twice-impeached former game show host and soon-to-be former president, repeated to different advisers and confidants …
Discussion:
Raw Story, NPR, Daily Kos, The Guardian, KIFI-TV, RedState, The Week, TheJournal.ie, Fox News and WHYY
RELATED:
CNN:
Bitter, Trump skips chance to say splashy, high-profile farewell — (CNN)A president's most valuable commodity is time and Donald Trump is out of it. — With a day remaining in his term, Trump is still consumed with grievance over Republicans he believes abandoned him and insistent …
Discussion:
New York Times, ABC News, Crooks and Liars and STEPHANIE MILLER SHOW
The White House:
1776 Commission Takes Historic and Scholarly Step to Restore Understanding of the Greatness of the American Founding — 1776 Commission—comprised of some of America's most distinguished scholars and historians—has released a report presenting a definitive chronicle of the American founding …
Discussion:
New York Times, New York Times, CNN, The Federalist, UPI, Butterflies and Wheels, Mediaite, UPROXX and Power Line
RELATED:
HuffPost:
127 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The Election Results Are Now Praising MLK
127 Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The Election Results Are Now Praising MLK
Discussion:
Associated Press, The American Independent, The Guardian and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Next Trump — There is no one quite like him in the Republican Party.
The Next Trump — There is no one quite like him in the Republican Party.
Discussion:
The Federalist, National Review and Althouse
Business Insider:
The Justice Department promised the Trump White House that its hard drives won't be handed over to Joe Biden … - The Justice Department on Friday assured the Trump administration that its hard drives won't become Joe Biden's property on Inauguration Day. — Records and hard drives left behind …
Discussion:
The Atlantic
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Liz Cheney censured in Wyoming for vote to impeach Trump: ‘Did not represent our voice’ — The Republican Party Central Committee in Carbon County, Wyoming, has censured Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Trump, as support for the one-time rising GOP star crumbles in her home state.
RELATED:
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Wyoming GOP chairman floats secession after Cheney votes to impeach Trump
Wyoming GOP chairman floats secession after Cheney votes to impeach Trump
Discussion:
Fox News, Raw Story, Townhall, POLITICUSUSA and War Room: Pandemic
Nick Reynolds / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming GOP chair: Western states ‘paying attention’ to Texas effort to secede
Wyoming GOP chair: Western states ‘paying attention’ to Texas effort to secede
Discussion:
Homeless on the High Desert and The Intellectualist
Associated Press:
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants — WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status …
Discussion:
National Review, The Daily Caller, Louder With Crowder, Axios, Washington Post, Florida Politics, The National Interest, Fox News and USA Today
RELATED:
Axios:
Off the rails: Inside Air Force One ahead of Trump's last stand in Georgia — Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term.
Discussion:
Metro.co.uk and Raw Story
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Texas man at Capitol riot allegedly threatened to kill his kids if they turned him in: ‘Traitors get shot’ — Two days after Guy Reffitt joined the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, federal officials said, he returned home to Wylie, Tex., and proudly told his family of his escapade.
Discussion:
NBC News, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver Post
RELATED:
Mina Kimes / ESPN:
New York Mets GM Jared Porter acknowledges sending explicit images to female reporter when he worked for Chicago Cubs — New York Mets general manager Jared Porter sent explicit, unsolicited texts and images to a female reporter in 2016, culminating with a picture of an erect, naked penis …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, The Week, New York Post, UPROXX, CBS News, CBS Boston, Fox News, ABC7, BroBible, New York Times, KTLA, NBC Chicago, NBC New York, Boston Herald, Twitchy and The Daily Caller
ITV:
Former US attorney general William Barr tells ITV News questioning election legitimacy ‘precipitated Capitol riots’ … Video report by ITV News Security Editor Rohit Kachroo — Former US attorney general William Barr has told ITV News that questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election result …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, IJR, Washington Examiner, Breitbart and Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Prepares Pardon Wave for Final Hours — Among those under consideration for grants of clemency are the former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and the rapper Lil Wayne. — Those under consideration include such disparate figures as Sheldon Silver, the disgraced former …
Discussion:
Daily Kos, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, The Hill, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, TalkLeft, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Vanity Fair, CNN and Vox
NBC News:
Biden's first task is his most crucial and obvious: Vaccinate America — WASHINGTON — Facing a pessimistic public, holding middling poll numbers for an incoming president (higher than Trump's, lower than Obama's) and dealing with a predecessor who's yet to concede the election he lost, Joe Biden isn't getting much of a honeymoon.
RELATED:
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The Washington Trump leaves behind — DRIVING THE DAY — We're new at this, but thought we'd start here ... SPOTTED: GEORGE W. BUSH and TUCKER CARLSON having dinner at the private home of a neighbor on the exclusive Gasparilla Island, Fla., where they both have homes.
Discussion:
CBS News, Reuters, ABC News, USA Today, New Republic, Metro.co.uk, The Week, RedState, Common Dreams, The Constitutionalist, Bloomberg, Florida Politics and Chicago Sun-Times
Washington Post:
Woman accused of taking laptop from Pelosi's office has been arrested, officials say — A witness who claimed to be a former partner of Riley June Williams told the FBI that friends of Williams played a video of her stealing a drive or computer — Federal authorities said they have arrested …
Discussion:
Business Insider, Forbes, Axios, Metro.co.uk, CBS Philly, WHYY, The Week, RedState, TheBlaze, NBC News, Boston Herald, One America News Network, ABC News, WTOP and NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Politico:
The ‘deep state’ of loyalists Trump is leaving behind for Biden — Donald Trump spent four years railing against a “deep state” of career federal workers he claimed was undermining his administration from the inside. — When Joe Biden takes office this week, he may actually have one.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, Fox News, Newsweek, Breitbart, Raw Story, Orange County Register and KIFI-TV, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Detroit News:
Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election — Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party wants to replace the GOP member of the Board of State Canvassers who cast the pivotal vote to certify election results in favor of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Talking Points Memo
Peter Nickeas / CNN:
Inside the fight for the Capitol: US Capitol Police officers recount being unprepared and ‘betrayed’ — (CNN)The day before the US Capitol was attacked, Capitol Police officers were ordered to report to the department's equipment depot to pick up helmets, an officer who was there that day told CNN.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner and CBS News
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Corporations expand donation freeze to members of Pennsylvania legislature — Over the last week, dozens of companies have announced that they are suspending donations to the 147 Republicans in Congress who objected to certifying the Electoral College vote.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Donald Trump prepares to leave the White House, 34% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president, the worst evaluation of his presidency. His 41% average approval rating throughout …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Business Insider, Mediaite, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, The American Independent, NBC News and Eschaton
John F. Harris / Politico:
Biden's Inaugural Speech Won't Unite the Country. Here's What Could. — In his Inaugural Address Wednesday, Joe Biden will surely issue an appeal for unity—a plea that all Americans raise our sights and lower our voices, that we work together to restore faith in government, and in each other.
Discussion:
USA Today, The Hill, PBS NewsHour, FiveThirtyEight and wabe.org
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Deborah Rhode, Who Transformed the Field of Legal Ethics, Dies at 68 — A Stanford professor, she pushed the legal profession to confront the ways it failed clients and to be more inclusive of women. — Deborah L. Rhode, a law professor who transformed the field of legal ethics from little …
Discussion:
Althouse