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6:30 PM ET, January 7, 2021

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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 …
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 …
The Daily Beast:
Trump Whines to Advisers: Why Can't I Tweet?!
Discussion: CNBC, The Guardian and Washington Post
Bloomberg:
Mulvaney Says Resignations Show Trump's Weakened Grip on GOP
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
Calls for Impeachment, Trump's Ouster Spread: Congress Update
Erin Tiernan / Boston Herald:
Charlie Baker says Trump should ‘step down’
Discussion: The Hill and The Boston Globe
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.
Washington Post:
Live updates: Pelosi, Schumer call for Trump's removal; Transportation Secretary Chao to resign
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Pelosi Says House May Seek Impeachment if Cabinet Doesn't Act
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Transportation Secretary Chao resigns in protest
Discussion: National Review and Politico
Evie Fordham / Fox News:
Capitol rioters could face up to 10 years in prison under Trump monument executive order  —  Federal law enforcement officials are investigating and will bring charges against rioters  —  Capitol protests are ‘un-American’: Rep. Troy Nehls  —  Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen vowed …
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Washington Post:
Woman fatally shot as pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol identified as Air Force veteran
Washington Examiner:
What we saw and heard on the ground during Capitol siege
Discussion: Fox News and Talking Points Memo
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
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New York Times:
Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley's Book  —  The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican's upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential election.  —  Simon & Schuster said on Thursday that it would cancel …
Discussion: CNN, Vanity Fair, POLITICUSUSA, KDFX-TV and IJR
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 …
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” …
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Now It Can Be Told: How Neil Sheehan Got the Pentagon Papers  —  It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive.  —  There was one story Neil Sheehan chose not to tell.
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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
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.
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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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.
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Republican Kelly Loeffler concedes defeat to Raphael Warnock  —  U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler conceded defeat on Thursday to Raphael Warnock and formally ended her campaign against the Democrat, who will become the first Black senator in Georgia history when he takes office this month …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Georgia wins put Schumer in control of Senate, Democrats in charge of committee agenda  —  The Senate will be split 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans once results are certified and Biden is inaugurated  —  Democrat Jon Ossoff projected to win Georgia Senate runoff election
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
The Energy 202: Business leaders once allied with Trump now condemn him for stoking violence
Tim Alberta / Politico:
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Project Veritas Leader Overheard on Amtrak Talking Strategy
Bloomberg:
Trump Prepares Pardon List for Aides and Family, and Maybe Himself
 Earlier Items: 
Chip Mitchell / WBEZ Chicago:
Chicago Police Union President Defends Those Who Stormed The U.S. Capitol
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Giuliani to Senator: ‘Try to Just Slow it Down’
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