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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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Media Matters for America and The Week
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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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The Daily Beast, New Republic, HuffPost, Associated Press, Forbes and Raw Story
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, Mother Jones and BuzzFeed News
Washington Post:
QAnon believers grapple with doubt, spin new theories as Trump era ends: ‘We all got played’ — The administrator of 8kun, the longtime home of the mysterious Q, says it's time to move on — Followers of the extremist ideology QAnon saw their hopes once again dashed Wednesday as President …
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NPR, The Hill, BuzzFeed News, The Week, Slate, Right Wing Watch, HotAir, The Independent, Mediaite and Rolling Stone
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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HotAir
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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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The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Sputnik News, Raw Story and TheBlaze
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, Fox News and The Intellectualist
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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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bloomberg, IJR and CNBC
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The White House:
Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Inaugural Address by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
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Axios, CNN, Associated Press, The Guardian, The 19th, Los Angeles Times, WHTM-TV, NBC Boston and KRON4
Washington Post:
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, pleads for unity in inaugural address to a divided nation
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, pleads for unity in inaugural address to a divided nation
Amanda Arnold / The Cut:
Our Vice-President Is a Black Woman
Our Vice-President Is a Black Woman
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CNN, HuffPost, Daily News, KTLA, BuzzFeed News, Fox News, Washington Post and Bloomberg
Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:
Powerful images symbolize an inauguration unlike any other
Powerful images symbolize an inauguration unlike any other
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Politico, The Week, RedState, IJR and CBS Baltimore
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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Washington Examiner, New York Times, The Root and Fox 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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Fox News:
Biden to reengage with WHO after Trump cut ties over COVID and China
Biden to reengage with WHO after Trump cut ties over COVID and China
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The American Independent, STAT and NPR
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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National Review, TheBlaze, The Verge, The Federalist, CNBC, Washington Post, CNN, Breitbart, NPR, The Week, Bloomberg, Business Insider, The Colorado Sun, Axios and The Daily Signal
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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Politico, RedState, KRON4, spectator.us, Reason and Associated Press
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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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
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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ABC News, National Review, The Rush Limbaugh Show, Washington Monthly, RedState and Power Line
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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
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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Forbes and Orange County Register
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
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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Bloomberg, USA Today, NBC News and East Bay Times
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
After four years of ‘American carnage,’ President Joe Biden gets it: Truth must come before healing — “The American carnage stops right here, right now.” — Biden sworn in as 46th president; Democrats take control of Senate; Bucks County company a part of history
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New York Magazine, Washington Post and USA Today
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Axios:
Off the rails: Inside Trump's campaign to coerce Pence into overturning the election
Off the rails: Inside Trump's campaign to coerce Pence into overturning the election
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Politico, The Independent, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Boston Herald, Raw Story, Reuters and Foreign Policy
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump departs on final Air Force One flight
Trump departs on final Air Force One flight
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Politico, Washington Post, ABC News, Deseret News, NBC News, HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Metro.co.uk, Forbes, The Week, NPR, Breitbart and UPI
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
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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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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Vanity Fair, Talking Points Memo and Outside the Beltway
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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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Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, Fox News and Metro.co.uk
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 …
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The Hill and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
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, KFOR-TV, Forbes, Vanity Fair and Political Wire