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New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Discussed Pardoning Himself  —  The discussions occurred in recent weeks, and it was not clear whether he has brought it up since he incited a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol.  —  President Trump has suggested to aides he wants to pardon himself in the final days …
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CNBC:
'I can't stay here' — Mick Mulvaney resigns from Trump administration, expects others to follow  — President Donald Trump's former chief of staff and current special envoy to Northern Ireland said Thursday that he's resigning from his diplomatic post.  — Mick Mulvaney told CNBC …
Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Inhofe: “I've never seen Mike Pence as angry as he was today”  —  U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has been in Congress 34 years and in politics more than 50.  As mayor of Tulsa, he once had garbage dumped on his lawn by angry residents.  —  But it's unlikely anything matched what he experienced Wednesday …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Trump pressured Pence to engineer a coup, then put the VP in danger, source says  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump and top White House officials did little to check in on Vice President Mike Pence while he and members of his family were inside the US Capitol when Trump-backed rioters stormed …
Politico:
Pence expected to attend Biden's inauguration  —  Vice President Mike Pence is expected to attend Joe Biden's presidential inauguration later this month after overseeing Wednesday's chaotic certification of the president-elect's Electoral College win.  —  Three sources close to Pence …
Politico:
‘He screwed the country’: Trump loyalty disintegrates  —  It was, for many of President Donald Trump's own allies, the final straw.  —  What began as a rally intended to support Trump became a permanent and irreversible stain on his presidency Wednesday afternoon, as fans of the outgoing president stormed …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Aides weigh resignations, removal options as Trump rages against perceived betrayals  —  President Trump was decamped in the White House residence Wednesday night, raging about his perceived betrayals, as an array of top aides weighed resigning and some senior administration officials began conversations …
Bloomberg:
Mulvaney Says Resignations Show Trump's Weakened Grip on GOP
Discussion: Daily Maverick and RedState
Politico:
Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate ouster after deadly riots
Politico:
Top Dems sack Capitol security officials after deadly riot  —  Two top security officials in Congress were poised to lose their jobs over the embarrassing and deadly security breach of the Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters.  —  Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer …
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United States Capitol Police:
Statement of Steven Sund, Chief of Police, Regarding the Events of January 6, 2021  —  United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers and our law enforcement partners responded valiantly when faced with thousands of individuals involved in violent riotous actions as they stormed the United States Capitol Building.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democrats are drafting new impeachment articles.  Inaction is increasingly untenable.  —  Some Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are circulating drafts of new articles of impeachment directed at President Trump for his role in inciting the violent mob assault on the Capitol, a Democratic aide tells me.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Pelosi Says House May Seek Impeachment if Cabinet Doesn't Act  —  Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary, became the first cabinet official to announce she would resign after the siege at the Capitol.  President-elect Joe Biden introduced his pick for attorney general, Merrick Garland …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Pelosi, Schumer call for Trump's removal; Transportation Secretary Chao to resign  —  The top Democrats in Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) — on Thursday called for President Trump's immediate removal from office …
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Washington Post:
Woman fatally shot as pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol identified as Air Force veteran
Kriston Capps / Bloomberg:
The Double Standard for Policing Capitol Rioters and BLM Protesters
Washington Examiner:
What we saw and heard on the ground during Capitol siege
Discussion: Fox News and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
A woman who was shot inside the Capitol is identified as an Air Force veteran.
Discussion: Law & Crime
Tony Messenger / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth calls his support of Hawley the ‘worst mistake’ of his life … Former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth saw a mob of rioters take over the Senate chamber where he had spent much of his professional life.  The dean of the Missouri Republican Party was a member of the Senate between 1976 and 1995.
Discussion: The Hill and Missouri Independent
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Trump Fur-Ever: Costumed Capitol Rioter Is Son Of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge  —  The politically-connected son of a Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge was among the band of Trump-supporting marauders who ransacked the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday.  —  Dressed in fur pelts and a bullet proof vest …
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill, Fox News, The Wrap and Disrn
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
A Facial Recognition Company Says That Viral Washington Times “Antifa” Story Is False  —  Matt Gaetz had cited the story in Congress as supposed evidence that antifa was involved in the Capitol assault.  But the company says it's “outright false.”  —  Copy
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Facial recognition firm claims Antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol
The Daily Beast:
Trump Whines to Advisers: Why Can't I Tweet?!  —  Once again, the president focused on what really mattered—Twitter and Facebook locking him out of his accounts. … Four people were dead.  The Capitol was in shambles.  Several members of his team had resigned.  His allies were fast abandoning him.
Discussion: CNBC, The Guardian and Washington Post
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump's remarks before Capitol riot may be investigated, acting D.C. U.S. attorney says  —  The top federal prosecutor in Washington D.C. said Thursday that President Trump was not off limits in his investigation of the events surrounding Wednesday's riot at the U.S. Capitol, saying “all actors” …
Discussion: Business Insider and New York Post
New York Times:
Which Members of Congress Objected to Certifying Biden's Victory?  —  When a mob of President Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol building on Wednesday, they forced an emergency recess in the Congressional proceedings to officially certify the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Man who posed at Pelosi desk said in Facebook post that he is prepared for violent death  —  Last Saturday, Richard Barnett of Gravette, Ark., criticized Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a Facebook post for using the description “white nationalist” as a “derogatory term.”  —  “I am white.
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Andrew McCormick / The Nation:
Madness on Capitol Hill  —  Part insurrection, part happy hour, Trump supporters lost their minds, and I watched a man urinate on the Capitol steps.  The nation, ashamed, was left to mourn.  —  It was 5pm when the explosions started, one after another, washing the crowd of Donald Trump supporters in plumes of tear gas.
Discussion: Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Neil Sheehan, Reporter Who Obtained the Pentagon Papers, Dies at 84  —  His extensive coverage of the Vietnam War also led to the book “A Bright Shining Lie,” which earned him a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize.  —  Neil Sheehan, the Vietnam War correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winning author …
more at Mediagazer »
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Harrison Smith / Washington Post:
Neil Sheehan, N.Y. Times reporter who obtained Pentagon Papers and chronicled ‘Bright Shining Lie’ of Vietnam, dies at 84
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Biden chooses Boston Mayor Walsh as Labor secretary  —  President-elect Joe Biden has picked Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a former top union leader, to serve as his Labor secretary, according to four sources, ending a selection process that split the labor movement and stoked diversity concerns among Democrats.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Transportation Secretary Chao resigns in protest  —  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao will resign in protest after a violent mob overran the Capitol after being incited by President Trump, a source with knowledge of her decision said Thursday.  —  Chao would become the first Cabinet official …
Discussion: National Review and Politico
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ABC News:
Threats that will outlast Donald Trump exposed in siege of Capitol: The Note  —  Until Wednesday, there seemed to be little cost to Republicans indulging Trump.  —  What events at the Capitol could mean for Trump's presidency  —  ABC News political contributor Chris Christie discusses …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Georgia wins put Schumer in control of Senate, Democrats in charge of committee agenda
 
 
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
A Riot Amid a Pandemic: Did the Virus, Too, Storm the Capitol?
Discussion: Raw Story
Cui Jia / CHINAdaily:
Eradication of extremism has given Xinjiang women more autonomy, says report
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
Calls for Impeachment, Trump's Ouster Spread: Congress Update
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Chip Mitchell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Police Union President Defends Those Who Stormed The U.S. Capitol
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Remove Trump Tonight
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