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Warnings of violence before Jan. 6 precipitated the Capitol riot — and his team had spotted increasing signs that supporters of President Donald Trump were planning violence when Congress met to formalize the electoral college vote, but federal law enforcement agencies did not seem to share his sense of urgency.
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Former president Donald Trump's response to the findings of The Post's Jan. 6 investigation — On Oct. 31, The Washington Post published a three-part investigation that found that law enforcement officials failed to heed mounting red flags that there would be violence when Congress formalized the electoral college vote on Jan. 6.
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Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
What happened on Jan. 6: Trump stands back as rioters breach Capitol — For 187 harrowing minutes, the president watched his supporters attack the Capitol — and resisted pleas to stop them. — President Donald Trump had just returned to the White House from his rally at the Ellipse …
Washington Post:
BEFORE THE ATTACK — Law enforcement officials did not respond with urgency to a cascade of warnings about violence on Jan. 6
BEFORE THE ATTACK — Law enforcement officials did not respond with urgency to a cascade of warnings about violence on Jan. 6
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Election Law Blog, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
Sally Buzbee / Washington Post:
Letter from Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee about The Post's Jan. 6 investigation
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say
Jan. 6 ‘Influencer’ Who Said She's ‘Definitely Not Going To Jail’ Should Go To Jail, Feds Say
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WEB OF EVIL, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
U.S. Military Jury Condemns Terrorist's Torture and Urges Clemency — Seven senior officers rebuked the government's treatment of an admitted terrorist in a handwritten letter from the jury room at Guantánamo Bay. — GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Seven senior U.S. military officers …
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Agence France-Presse and The Talking Dog
David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
Biden says Russia, China 'didn't show up' on climate change commitments — ROME — U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday blamed Russia and China for any disappointment over the level of commitment by G20 leaders to fight climate change. — “With regard to the disappointment …
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Fox News, RedState, The Moderate Voice, NBC New York, Bloomberg, TASS and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
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Jon Brown / Fox News:
Biden apologizes for being late to G20 press conference: ‘We were playing with elevators’
Biden apologizes for being late to G20 press conference: ‘We were playing with elevators’
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The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Southwest Airlines apologizes for pilot's “Let's Go Brandon” remark — A pilot on a Southwest Airlines flight from Houston to Albuquerque delivered a three-word sentence that set off some of his passengers. During the pilot's greeting to the passengers, he finished up with “Let's Go Brandon”, a popular hashtag on social media.
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CBS News, New York Times and Twitchy
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Matt Taibbi / TK News:
The “Let's Go, Brandon!” Freakout Goes Next-Level
The “Let's Go, Brandon!” Freakout Goes Next-Level
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The Daily Caller, Twitchy, The Daily Wire, Louder With Crowder, IJR, Washington Examiner, Insider, TheBlaze, Scripting News, BizPac Review and Washington Post
Brett Bachman / Salon:
GOP candidate: Michael Flynn trying to run extortion plot on U.S. officials to reinstall Trump — Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday — A Republican Senate candidate alleged over the weekend that former national security adviser …
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emptywheel
Reuters:
Houthi missile attack on mosque, religious school kills and injures 29 civilians in Yemen - minister — A Houthi ballistic missile attack on a mosque and a religious school killed and injured 29 civilians, including women and children, in the Yemeni province of Marib, the country's information minister …
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Al Jazeera
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
‘When do we get to use the guns?’ The life-or-death stakes of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial — The late conservative icon Barry Goldwater famously said “extremism in defense of liberty is no vice,” but last Monday the limits of that — and American political speech in general …
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Take the win, Democrats, and don't look back — Celebrate victory. Explain what you've achieved. Defend it from attack. Change the public conversation in your favor. Build on success to make more progress. — And for God's sake, don't moan about what might have been.
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Raw Story and Conservative Brief
New York Times:
In the Final Days Before Virginia Votes, Both Sides Claim Momentum — Glenn Youngkin and Terry McAuliffe crisscrossed Virginia on the last weekend of what has become an increasingly close race for governor. — MANASSAS PARK, Va. — The high-stakes race for governor of Virginia entered …
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Associated Press, Washington Times, Politico, Townhall, RedState, New York Post, Virginia Mercury, Fox News, Conservative Brief, Terry McAuliffe and Insider
Jess Bidgood / The Boston Globe:
The car becomes the weapon — Demonstrators around the country have been injured and killed by vehicle rammings, but there's been precious little justice. And new laws could make accountability even scarcer. — Switch to light mode — TULSA, Okla. — On May 31, 2020 …
Seth Hettena / Rolling Stone:
New Trouble for Trump: His Company Is Accused of a Major Insurance Scam — Two former insiders tell Rolling Stone that Trump's team attempted to turn a storm into a massive payday — part of a pattern of shady insurance practices that have caught law enforcement's attention
Bill Schneider / The Hill:
2022 and ‘the passion gap’ — why Republicans are more fired up — The culture war in the U.S. has been raging for more than 50 years, ever since the 1960s when divisions over values (civil rights, diversity, sexual liberation) began to emerge. Those divisions have intensified to the point where today …
Axios:
First look: Rubio urges GOP-Big Business divorce — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) will call for Republicans to break up with Big Business when he addresses the National Conservatism Conference on Monday, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Rubio is seeking re-election in one of the most high-profile …
Jon Brown / Fox News:
Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID-19 — Psaki last saw Biden a day after he coughed into his hand and shook hands with the public while maskless — Fox News Flash top headlines for October 31 — White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.
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New York Times:
The Demand for Money Behind Many Police Traffic Stops — Busted taillights, missing plates, tinted windows: Across the U.S., ticket revenue funds towns — and the police responsible for finding violations. — Harold Brown's contribution to the local treasury began as so many others have in Valley Brook …
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