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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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Gizmodo and Mother Jones
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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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Washington Times
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, Fox News and The Intellectualist
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Far-Right Extremists Tell One Another to Stay Home, Fight Another Day
Far-Right Extremists Tell One Another to Stay Home, Fight Another Day
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Raw Story
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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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
With hours left in office, Trump pardons Bannon.
With hours left in office, Trump pardons Bannon.
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Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
United by Unity: President Biden Vows to Make Politics Boring Again — President Joe Biden's Inaugural Address on Wednesday can be summed up by a single word: “Unity.” — With unity, Biden said, “we can do great things.” Without it, “there is no peace.”
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Politico, New York Times and TheBlaze
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Writing a speech for Biden can be hell. And that was before the inaugural.
Writing a speech for Biden can be hell. And that was before the inaugural.
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ABC News, Washington Monthly, The Rush Limbaugh Show, National Review, RedState and Power Line
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
It's okay to feel hope
It's okay to feel hope
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, American Prospect, Mother Jones and East Bay Times
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden: ‘We Must End This Uncivil War.’ Here's What It Would Look Like.
Biden: ‘We Must End This Uncivil War.’ Here's What It Would Look Like.
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Orange County Register
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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The Hill and GovExec.com
Axios:
Off the rails: Inside Trump's campaign to coerce Pence into overturning the election — 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.
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Politico, The Daily Beast, Fox News, The Independent, Boston Herald, Raw Story, Reuters and Foreign Policy
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
After four years of ‘American carnage,’ President Joe Biden gets it: Truth must come before healing
After four years of ‘American carnage,’ President Joe Biden gets it: Truth must come before healing
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New York Magazine, USA Today and CBS Pittsburgh
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump departs on final Air Force One flight
Trump departs on final Air Force One flight
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Parting Words to U.S.: ‘Have a Nice Life. See You Soon’
Trump's Parting Words to U.S.: ‘Have a Nice Life. See You Soon’
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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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Amanda Arnold / The Cut:
Our Vice-President Is a Black Woman
Our Vice-President Is a Black Woman
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New York Times:
For Kamala Harris, an Influential Voice and a Decisive Vote
For Kamala Harris, an Influential Voice and a Decisive Vote
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Washington Examiner, Vox and Mercury News
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
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, UPI, Defense One and Raw Story
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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Politico:
Biden plans executive action blitz for Day One — President-elect Joe Biden is planning a rush of immediate unilateral actions after taking office on Wednesday, marking his first extensive effort to undo the last four years under President Donald Trump. — On Day One, Biden …
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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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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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Talking Points Memo, Vanity Fair and Outside the Beltway
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump extended Secret Service protection for 14 members of his family as he left office — In the days before he left office, then-President Donald Trump instructed that his extended 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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The Hill, Vanity Fair and Political Wire
Grant Stern / Byline Times:
Still Faces ‘We Build the Wall’ State Investigation — Joe Biden's presidency has just begun and the Donald Trump era has just come to an end - with its chief enabler the recipient of a last-minute pardon for federal felony charges. But new reporting shows that Steve Bannon is still staring …
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Law & Crime and Crooks and Liars
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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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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Biden to ask Surgeon General Adams to resign — Ouster is regarded as a break with the Trump administration's covid-19 response, which the president-elect has called a failure — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.
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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.
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 …