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Trump talked out of pardoning kids and Republican lawmakers — (CNN)President Donald Trump received an unsettling warning on his final Saturday night in the White House. — Huddled for a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers, Trump was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon …
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Inside Trump's Pathetic Final Weekend in Office
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GOP leaders skip Trump send-off in favor of church with Biden — Congressional leaders, including House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will skip President Trump's departure ceremony in Maryland tomorrow morning in favor of attending mass …
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McConnell: Trump “provoked” Capitol mob
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Never Forget: Mitch McConnell Underwrote Trump's Big Lie
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A big chunk of Trump's 1776 report appears lifted from an author's prior work — President Donald Trump's 1776 Commission was supposed to be the definitive “patriotic” rejoinder to the academic left for what conservatives view as a slanderous rendering of U.S. history.
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‘A hack job,’ ‘outright lies’: Trump commission's ‘1776 Report’ outrages historians
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The Latest: 3 new Dem senators to be sworn in after Biden — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Joe Biden's presidential inauguration (all times local): — Three new Democratic senators are set to be sworn into office after President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration Wednesday.
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12 Army National Guard members removed from inauguration duty — (CNN)Twelve Army National Guard members have been removed from inauguration duty in Washington, DC, as part of the security vetting process initiated, in part, to ensure troops tasked with securing Wednesday's ceremony …
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200K flags placed on the National Mall ahead of Biden inauguration to represent missing crowd
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If Trump Doesn't Keep You Up All Night, MyPillow Will — To watch Fox News is to accumulate reasons not to sleep as you hear from “the MyPillow Guy,” Mike Lindell, about how you might sleep better. I watch a lot of Fox News. In the six years since Donald Trump announced his campaign …
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MyPillow Products Will No Longer Be Sold by These Companies — Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow, has said that several companies have stopped selling his products following his continued pushing of baseless allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election.


Trump gives farewell address: “We did what we came here to do” — President Trump will give a farewell video address on Tuesday, saying that his administration “did what we came here to do - and so much more.” — Why it matters, via Axios' Alayna Treene: The address is very different …
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Pence, other GOP officials expected to skip Trump send-off
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Emotional Biden bids farewell to home state of Delaware — Biden spoke at a National Guard facility named after his late son Beau — Biden seeks to reverse several Trump policies in first days in office — President-elect Joe Biden left his home state of Delaware on Tuesday …
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President-elect Joe Biden Announces Dr. Rachel Levine as Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services
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Live Updates: Ahead of Impeachment Trial, McConnell Says Capitol Assault Was ‘Provoked’ By Trump
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Increasingly militant ‘Parler refugees’ and anxious QAnon adherents prep for doomsday — Liesa Norris received a panicked phone call on Monday from her brother. He told her to buy a ham radio. — The radio, he explained, would be one of the few ways they could communicate once President Donald …


U.S. files conspiracy charge against Oath Keeper leader in alleged plot against the Capitol — U.S. authorities have leveled the first conspiracy charge against an apparent leader of an extremist group in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, arresting an alleged Oath Keeper who is accused …
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First Conspiracy Charges Filed Over Capitol Riot
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Capitol rioter arrested after sending ‘selfie’ to girlfriend's brother - a federal agent — The DOJ says Thomas Fee, of Freeport, New York, sent a photo of himself in the Capitol Rotunda to a special agent for the State Department. — WASHINGTON — A New York man has now been charged …


U.S. Says China's Repression of Uighurs Is ‘Genocide’ — The finding by the Trump administration is the strongest denunciation by any government of China's actions and follows a Biden campaign statement with the same declaration. — WASHINGTON — The State Department declared on Tuesday …
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U.S. declares China's actions against Uighurs “genocide”
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What I really believe — I believe in truth, democracy and the rule of law. I believe in a lot of other things as well, but after the past four years, these seem most important now. — I believe truth isn't always easy to find, or to face. I believe that, as human beings …


“What kind of message is that?”: How Republicans see the attack on the Capitol. — We spoke to fans of President Trump about the Capitol riot and their feelings before Joe Biden's inauguration. — Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by Alix Spiegel, Luke Vander Ploeg, Stella Tan …
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Biden Team Snubs Outgoing Pentagon Chief in Transition Spat — Departing secretaries typically get temporary office space — Biden's pick for defense secretary has been working from home — President-elect Joe Biden's team denied Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller's request …


Fox News Launches ‘Purge’ to ‘Get Rid of Real Journalists,’ Insiders Say — Fox laid off at least 16 staffers, including Chris Stirewalt, who defended the election-night call that pissed off Trump. Insiders say the firings are part of an ideological purge.
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New California Variant May Be Driving Virus Surge There, Study Suggests — Researchers found that the variant originated in California and showed up in more than half of samples tested last week by researchers in Los Angeles. — In late December, scientists in California began searching coronavirus samples …


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Facebook in 2018: Parkland school shooting was a false flag planned event — In a previously unreported interaction, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) agreed with a 2018 Facebook comment that the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland …
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The Worst President in History — President Donald Trump has long exulted in superlatives. … “No president has ever done what I've done,” he boasts. “No president has ever even come close,” he says. But as his four years in office draw to an end, there's only one title to which he can lay claim …
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The Complete List of Trump's Twitter Insults (2015-2021) — As a political figure, Donald J. Trump used Twitter to praise, to cajole, to entertain, to lobby, to establish his version of events — and, perhaps most notably, to amplify his scorn. This list documents the verbal attacks …
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SAG-AFTRA Board Finds “Probable Cause” To Expel Donald Trump, Pending Trial, On Charges He Violated Union's Constitution — SAG-AFTRA took a major step Tuesday towards kicking Donald Trump out of the union. Meeting in special session, the national board of directors voted overwhelmingly to find …
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History Will Crush Trump — Donald Trump's presidency is over. Next comes judgment. — 1 hr ago … ― Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic — 1. Our Long National Nightmare Is Over — History judges Gerald Ford kindly. Ford did not have any great accomplishments as president, but he did two important things:

Even Though Biden Won, Republicans Enjoyed The Largest Electoral College Edge In 70 Years. Will That Last? — Going into the presidential election, we expected President Trump to have an advantage in the Electoral College because the key battleground states were more Republican-leaning than the country as a whole.


Where Do Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Go From Here? — Their reputations torched after the Capitol insurrection and four years of turmoil, Javanka's post-White House fate may be much worse than they once expected. — In the spring of 2013, Jared Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump held court …


The Federalist Society And The Capitol Attack: What Is To Be Done? — Will all the behind-the-scenes drama and soul-searching take FedSoc to a better place? — The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has prompted some long-overdue soul-searching in many quarters, as well as some changes of heart.


Josh Hawley will delay swift confirmation of Biden's DHS pick — GOP Sen. Josh Hawley announced on Tuesday that he plans to object to swift consideration of President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, a move that will delay the installment of Biden's national-security team.


Joe Biden is my president — After the 2016 election, violent protests erupted across the country and the cry went up on the left: Donald Trump is “not my president.” So, I want to say this is clearly as I possibly can: Joe Biden is my president. — I didn't vote for Biden.
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