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8:15 AM ET, January 10, 2021

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed News:
Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service  —  Amazon on Saturday kicked Parler off its Web hosting services.  Parler, a social network favored by conservative politicians and extremists, was used to help plan and coordinate the January 6 attempted coup on Washington D.C …
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New York Times:
Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler, an App That Drew Trump Supporters  —  The companies pulled support for the “free speech” social network, all but killing the service just as many conservatives are seeking alternatives to Facebook and Twitter.  —  Parler, a social network that pitches itself as a …
Washington Post:
Amazon suspends Parler, threatening to take pro-Trump site offline indefinitely
Discussion: CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
White House Forced Georgia U.S. Attorney to Resign  —  Pressure for resignation was part of broader push by President Trump to overturn state's election results  —  White House officials pushed Atlanta's top federal prosecutor to resign before Georgia's U.S. Senate runoffs because President Trump …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Stewing in the White House, Trump Plots a Boastful Media Tour and Screams 'I'm Not Going to Resign'  —  Sources say Trump has made comments that gave no indication he was worried about leaving early or being removed.  —  Sequestered in the White House following a series of high-profile resignations …
Washington Post:
A mob insurrection stoked by false claims of election fraud and promises of violent restoration  —  The problem with devotion to a prophet of falsehoods is that reality eventually intrudes.  —  By mid-December, President Trump's fraudulent claims of a rigged election were failing in humiliating fashion.
Discussion: Townhall
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘Find the fraud’: Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in a separate call legal experts say could amount to obstruction
Emmanuel Felton / BuzzFeed News:
These Black Capitol Police Officers Describe Fighting Off “Racist Ass Terrorists”  —  The first glimpse of the deadly tragedy that was about to unfold came at 9 a.m. on the morning of the insurrection for one Black veteran of the US Capitol Police.  But it didn't come from his superiors …
Discussion: Althouse and Daily Kos
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Peter Meijer / Detroit News:
Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality  —  On Wednesday afternoon in the House Chamber, I assured a colleague we were in the most secure possible place as we unpacked gas masks.  —  Tear gas had been deployed after violent protestors stormed the rotunda …
Discussion: TechCrunch, Snopes.com, KVIA-TV, Vox and TheGrio
Washington Examiner:
Biden's toxic racial remarks show he is still not prepared to be president
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian and The College Fix
ABC News:
Confederate flag tied to door of Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Linda So / Reuters:
U.S. Capitol police officer who died after violent assault ‘loved his job’
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Inside the Capitol siege: How barricaded lawmakers and aides sounded urgent pleas for help as police lost control  —  The growing crowds outside the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon sounded menacing but at bay as senators began to debate challenges to the electoral college vote.
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Wall Street Journal:
In Capitol Riot, Communications Between Agencies Hampered Forceful Response  —  Calls for some reinforcements took hours to approve as police and federal agents tried to squelch uprising  —  WASHINGTON—Shortly after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy got the first of several calls …
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says  —  DC attorney general: Pence should invoke 25th Amendment  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence has not ruled out an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and wants to preserve the option in case President Donald Trump becomes more unstable, a source close to the vice president says.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Now it's sinking in: Wednesday's Capitol Hill riot was even more violent than it first appeared  —  (CNN)News outlets are publishing more and more videos, photos and testimonials from Wednesday's pro-Trump riot on Capitol Hill.  And it's becoming clear that as heinous as the attack looked in real time …
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Haley Talbot / NBC News:   Inside the House chamber as the Capitol was overrun by an angry mob
Amber Mohmand / Des Moines Register:
FBI arrests Des Moines man photographed at U.S. Capitol riot.  He faces five federal charges  —  Doug Jensen, a 41-year-old Des Moines man who was photographed among the mob that invaded the U.S. Capitol, has been arrested and is in custody in the Polk County Jail, Sgt. Ryan Evans …
Discussion: Gothamist
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Scott Carpenter / KCCI-TV:
Des Moines man seen rioting at US Capitol booked into Polk County Jail
Discussion: CONAN Daily
Emily Crane / Daily Mail:   FBI releases new wanted poster of 10 more MAGA mob rioters they're hunting following the arrests of more than 80 others …
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
After Capitol siege, majority of Americans say Trump should be removed from office before term ends: POLL  —  Trump has just 10 days left in office.  —  Pressure builds on Trump as calls to resign grow louder  —  Many are demanding the president either resign or be removed from office in the wake of the U.S. Capitol siege.
Politico:
Dems grapple with impeachment realities in race to punish Trump  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and senior Democrats are still weighing whether to impeach President Donald Trump next week, concerned that the resulting Senate trial — all but certain to end in acquittal — would hamstring the first critical weeks of Joe Biden's presidency.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Pence intends to attend Biden's inauguration.  —  Vice President Mike Pence will attend President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s inauguration on Jan. 20, an aide to the vice president said on Saturday, a split with President Trump's decision not to go.  —  The adviser revealed the decision four days …
Discussion: NPR
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   Joe Biden wants to set aside deficit concerns to invest in ailing U.S. economy
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Pence to attend Biden's inauguration, official says
Discussion: Business Insider and CNBC
NCRCC:
A Letter from the Chairman  —  As I write to you today, I have no doubt that this letter will find many of you crushed under the weight of despair or perhaps lost in a maze of confusion.  It is my hope that by the time you finish reading this letter you will be able to confidently join millions …
Discussion: HotAir
Timothy Snyder / New York Times:
The American Abyss  —  A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next  —  When Donald Trump stood before his followers on Jan. 6 and urged them to march on the United States Capitol, he was doing what he had always done.
Discussion: Informed Comment and CNN
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Three major corporations say they will stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election  —  On January 6, a violent mob stormed the Capitol of the United States, disrupting the joint session to confirm Joe Biden's victory.  The incident left five people dead …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Foreign Policy:
Group of State Department Officials Call for Consultations on Trump's Removal  —  Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.  —  Career officials at the State Department filed a second unprecedented dissent cable …
Discussion: Political Wire and ABC News
Brad McElhinny / WV MetroNews:
Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob  —  Derrick Evans, facing federal charges for entering the U.S. Capitol with a mob, has resigned from West Virginia's House of Delegates.  —  “I hereby resign as a member of the House of Delegates, effective immediately …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump and the Nation, a Final Test of Accountability
Dalton Walker / Indian Country Today:
Capitol's double standard: 2014 Lakota song
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia man among those facing federal charges following Capitol riot
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
BrieAnna J. Frank / Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County Republican Committee votes to censure Cindy McCain, who endorsed Joe Biden for president
Discussion: 12news.com, The Hill and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The Silence of the Damned  —  The first time I walked through the West Wing …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Capitol Offense
ProPublica:
Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot
Daniel N. Gullotta / The Bulwark:
Violence in the Capitol: A Historic Wake-Up Call
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Chris Christie Has No Regrets
New York Times:
Democrats Are Determined to Pressure Biden to Investigate Trump
New York Times:
‘Our President Wants Us Here’: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol
Discussion: Raw Story