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NBC News:
Some QAnon followers lose hope after Inauguration — Some QAnon conspiracy theorists, in public and private internet forums and chat rooms, were despondent Wednesday as their prophecy of an Inauguration Day coup to keep Donald Trump in power failed again as President Joe Biden was sworn into office.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
QAnon believers struggle with inauguration. — Followers of QAnon, the pro-Trump conspiracy theory, have spent weeks anticipating that Wednesday would be the “Great Awakening” — a day, long foretold in QAnon prophecy, when top Democrats would be arrested for running a global sex trafficking ring …
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Jesselyn Cook / HuffPost:
'It's Over': Devastated QAnon Believers Grapple With President Joe Biden's Inauguration — A look inside QAnon's virtual inauguration watch party, which went horribly wrong. — Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday marks not only the historic beginning of a new presidency, but also …
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
‘A Total Failure’: The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump — Members of the far-right group, who were among Donald Trump's staunchest fans, are calling him “weak,” in a sign of fraying support. — After the presidential election last year, the Proud Boys, a far-right group, declared its undying loyalty to President Trump.
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Anna Merlan / VICE:
Trump Fails to Ascend as God Emperor, Leaving Diehard Fans Adrift — Some grieve and some insist all is going according to plan. Others are enthused about forming a new political party. It's a moment as dangerous as it is hilarious. — TORONTO, CA — As new President Joseph R. Biden took …
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HuffPost:
Feds Arrest Proud Boy Member Joe Biggs Over Capitol Riot — The right-wing media figure denied to FBI agents that he was involved in any planning for the attack on the Capitol, but admitted entering the building. — Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested Joe Bigs …
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill and Eschaton
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
‘This Is Awesome!’: Another Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Storming U.S. Capitol
‘This Is Awesome!’: Another Proud Boys Leader Arrested for Storming U.S. Capitol
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USA Today, Butterflies and Wheels, Fox News and The Intellectualist
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
A look inside Biden's Oval Office — President Biden has filled the Oval Office with images of American leaders and icons, focusing the room around massive portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that hangs across from the Resolute Desk. It is a clear nod to a president who helped …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bloomberg, USA Today, East Bay Times and NBC News
Transition / President-Elect Joe Biden:
FACT SHEET: President-elect Biden's Day One Executive Actions Deliver Relief for Families Across America Amid Converging Crises — Actions Address the COVID-19 Pandemic, Provide Economic Relief, Tackle Climate Change, and Advance Racial Equity — Today, hours after taking the oath of office …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump's Legacy
On Day 1, Biden Moves to Undo Trump's Legacy
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Bo Erickson / CBS News:
On first day as president, Biden to issue 17 executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more
On first day as president, Biden to issue 17 executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more
Politico:
Biden plans executive action blitz for Day One
Biden plans executive action blitz for Day One
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Biden, in first tweet as president, says ‘no time to waste’ on agenda
Biden, in first tweet as president, says ‘no time to waste’ on agenda
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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Biden is ending Trump's travel ban — It's the beginning of the end for Trump's immigration policies. — SHARE All sharing options — On his first day in office, President Joe Biden is beginning the immense task of dismantling former President Donald Trump's nativist legacy on immigration …
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Marco Rubio rejects Biden immigration bill, calls it ‘blanket amnesty’
Marco Rubio rejects Biden immigration bill, calls it ‘blanket amnesty’
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and Florida Politics
Politico:
Senate confirms Biden's pick for national intelligence director
Senate confirms Biden's pick for national intelligence director
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Talia Kaplan / Fox News:
Biden reversing travel ban for Muslim countries ‘very disappointing’: Chad Wolf
Biden reversing travel ban for Muslim countries ‘very disappointing’: Chad Wolf
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Al Jazeera
Bloomberg Law:
Biden Moves to Oust Top Labor Board Attorney Robb — Listen — The new Biden administration has asked for the resignation of the National Labor Relations Board's general counsel, Trump-appointee Peter Robb, according to four people familiar with the decision.
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fmprc.gov.cn:
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Announces Sanctions on Pompeo and Others — Over the past few years, some anti-China politicians in the United States, out of their selfish political interests and prejudice and hatred against China and showing no regard for the interests of the Chinese and American people …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
China slaps sanctions on Pompeo, Bannon, and other former Trump officials
China slaps sanctions on Pompeo, Bannon, and other former Trump officials
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National Review
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Writing a speech for Biden can be hell. And that was before the inaugural. — Joe Biden paces as he dictates long portions of his speeches to aides, spinning out thoughts that quickly pile into six, seven or eight paragraphs of copy, only to later be scrapped.
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
United by Unity: President Biden Vows to Make Politics Boring Again
United by Unity: President Biden Vows to Make Politics Boring Again
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Politico, TheBlaze and New York Times
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
It's okay to feel hope
It's okay to feel hope
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Politico:
‘Really quite shocking’: Inside the ugly transition at the Pentagon — The Pentagon blocked members of President Joe Biden's incoming administration from gaining access to critical information about current operations, including the troop drawdown in Afghanistan, upcoming special operations missions …
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Raphael Satter / Reuters:
In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recently updated website for President Joe Biden's White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it. — Hidden in the HTML code on www.whitehouse.gov was an invitation …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Chuck Schumer is now majority leader as 3 new Democratic senators are sworn in — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is officially Senate majority leader after the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris and the swearing-in of new Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).
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Li Zhou / Vox:
Kamala Harris is poised to be a historic — and influential — vice president
Kamala Harris is poised to be a historic — and influential — vice president
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James Arkin / Politico:
Peters poised to lead Senate Democrats' campaign arm
Peters poised to lead Senate Democrats' campaign arm
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Political Wire
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency — President Donald J. Trump granted pardons to 73 individuals and commuted the sentences of an additional 70 individuals. — Todd Boulanger - President Trump granted a full pardon to Todd Boulanger.
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The White House:
Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. … THE PRESIDENT: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans. — This is America's day. — This is democracy's day.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Witless Ape Rides Helicopter — Goodbye to Donald J. Trump, the man who wanted to be Conrad Hilton but turned out to be Paris Hilton. — W — ell, that sucked. — Memo to MAGA and all its myriad fellow-travelers: Maybe Death of a Salesman as presented by Leni Riefenstahl …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Amazon Offers To Help Biden Administration With Vaccine Effort After Sitting On The Sidelines For A Month — Amazon offered to help the Biden administration on Wednesday, shortly after President Joe Biden was sworn into office, with efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Kayleigh McEnany's cowardly exit — Seventeenth in an occasional series on White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, to prove the impossibility of speaking for President Trump. — The last time White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared before the assembled press in the briefing room, she was well organized, as usual.
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The Pillar:
Updated: Vatican intervened to spike US bishops' Biden statement release — A Pillar Post special edition — The U.S. bishops' conference held back a statement on incoming President Joe Biden Wednesday morning, after officials from the Vatican Secretariat of State intervened before the statement could be released.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's swampiest pardons, ranked — President Trump came into office pledging to drain the swamp. He exits having extracted a bunch of allies who were neck-deep in the muck from it. — As I've regularly noted with Trump's pardons, it's not unheard-of for a president to pardon an ally.
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The Daily Beast:
Feds Bust Conspiracy-Addled Pickup Artist Who Allegedly Brought Guns to D.C. Riot — Samuel Fisher was allegedly arrested on the Upper East Side Wednesday morning with an arsenal of ammunition, two machetes, and an American flag. — A New York City pickup artist accused of bringing firearms to Washington …
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Washington Post:
Trump extended Secret Service protection to his adult children as he left office — In the days before he left office, President Donald Trump instructed that his family get the best security available in the world for the next six months, at no cost — the protection of the U.S. Secret Service.
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