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8:50 PM ET, January 11, 2021

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Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Belichick Rebuffs Trump's Presidential Medal Offer  —  The New England Patriots coach turned down the nation's highest civilian honor in the aftermath of the president's supporters siege of the U.S. Capitol last week  —  New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has turned …
NBC News:
FBI memo warns law enforcement across U.S. of possible armed protests at 50 state capitols  —  The FBI has sent a memo to law enforcement agencies across the country warning of possible armed protests at all 50 state capitol buildings starting Jan. 16, and also says an armed group has threatened …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and Mediaite
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ABC News:
Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says  —  An internal FBI note obtained by ABC News shows warnings of “a huge uprising.”  —  House set to charge Trump with ‘incitement of insurrection’  —  House Democrats are ready to charge President Donald Trump …
Gina Harkins / Military.com:
‘QAnon Shaman’ Arrested for Storming the US Capitol Is a Navy Veteran  —  A 33-year-old Arizona man who was caught on camera shirtless while wearing a fur-lined headdress with horns and face paint during last week's siege at the U.S. Capitol served in the Navy for two years.
Discussion: KNXV, Twitchy and Associated Press
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Pursues at Least 150 Suspects in Capitol Riot
Discussion: Military.com, The Hill and Vox
New York Times:
‘They Got a Officer!’:  How a Mob Dragged and Beat Police at the Capitol  —  Videos show pro-Trump rioters pulling three officers down a set of stairs during a violent attempt to breach the building.  —  The Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob left a police officer and a rioter dead.
Discussion: Axios, Anchorage Daily News and CNN
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CNN:
2 Capitol Police officers suspended and 10-15 more under investigation for alleged roles in riot  —  (CNN)Two US Capitol Police officers were suspended and up to 15 more are under investigation for their behavior during last week's assault on the Capitol, and federal agents will look …
Julio Rosas / Townhall:
WATCH: Townhall's Frontline Video of the Capitol Building Riot
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Mike Ford / RedState:
Enough! There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!”
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Mediaite and The Wrap
CNN:
Pence and Trump finally speak after post-riot estrangement  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence received a memento from his aides the other day: the engraved chair set aside for him in the White House Cabinet Room, hauled over-the-shoulder from the West Wing and delivered to the Eisenhower …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Is Trump Actually Still in Control?
Discussion: HotAir and New York Times
Katherine Doyle / Washington Examiner:
Trump's treatment of Pence angers conservatives
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and NBC News
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf stepping down from Trump administration  —  Chad Wolf will resign from his position as acting secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, leaving the Trump administration nine days ahead of the president's departure from office, a senior DHS official told the Washington Examiner Monday.
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Fiona Hill / Politico:
Yes, It Was a Coup.  Here's Why.  —  Since last Wednesday, people have been arguing what to call what happened at the U.S. Capitol - was it a riot?  An uprising?  An insurrection?  I've been public in calling it a coup, but others disagree.  Some have said it's not a coup because the U.S. military …
Dell Cameron / Gizmodo:
Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived  —  In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler …
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Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
A Disgruntled Employee Changed The State Department's Website To Say That Trump's Term Ends Today, Sources Say  —  A disgruntled employee at the State Department changed the biographies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to say their term was coming to an end on Monday …
Susan DeSantis / New York State Bar Association:
New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership  — New York State Bar Association Launches Historic Inquiry Into Removing Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani From Its Membership  —  The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Giuliani hit with disbarment complaint, faces possible expulsion from New York lawyers association
Discussion: Associated Press
Susan Collins / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins recounts the moment rioters stormed the Capitol  —  The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com.  —  Susan Collins represents Maine in the U.S. Senate.
First Lady / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump: Our Path Forward  —  Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept across our beautiful country.  All Nations have experienced the loss of loved ones, economic pain, and the negative impacts of isolation.
Politico:
House to vote Wednesday as Pelosi gets the votes to impeach Trump  —  The House will vote Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week, just seven days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
Ivanka plans to attend Biden's inauguration to save political career  —  Ivanka Trump is worried that her ‘promising political career is in jeopardy’ and is doing ‘whatever she can to save her reputation,’ DailyMail.com can reveal.
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Kayla Brantley / Daily Mail:
Ivanka plans to attend Biden's inauguration to save political career
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman:
Watson Coleman Receives Positive Coronavirus Test Following January 6 Capitol Lockdown  —  f t # e  —  Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) received a positive rapid antigen test result for COVID-19.  She believes she was exposed during protective isolation in the U.S. Capitol building …
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Top official at Republican AGs group resigns amid Capitol robocall controversy  —  The executive director of the Republican Attorneys General Association has resigned amid backlash over a decision to send out robocalls urging people to march to the U.S. Capitol.
Discussion: The Hill
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Medium:
Historians and Constitutional Scholars' Statement on the Second Impeachment of President Donald Trump  —  Historians and Legal Scholars for Impeachment  —  As American historians and constitutional scholars, we support the impeachment and removal of President Donald J. Trump.
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Jazz Shaw / HotAir:
Donald Trump's Twitter Account Receives A Very Unexpected Defender
Discussion: IJR and Politico
New York Times:
Impeach Trump Again  —  It is a dark day for the nation when the president's behavior forces Congress to hold him accountable.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.
Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and Business Insider
Kelly Bjorklund / Foreign Policy:
'We're in a Worse Place Today Than We Were Before He Came In'  —  Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the mess Donald Trump is leaving behind.  —  President Donald Trump is on the way out of office—perhaps even earlier than the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric  —  After months of stoking anger about alleged election fraud, one of America's largest talk-radio companies has decided on an abrupt change of direction.  —  Cumulus Media, which employs some of the most popular …
Helen Smith / KREM-TV:
Citing ‘censorship’ concerns, North Idaho internet provider blocks Facebook, Twitter  —  Your T1 WIFI said it was blocking the sites for some customers who requested it due to “censorship.”  —  SPOKANE, Wash. — A North Idaho internet provider, Your T1 WIFI, confirmed it is blocking Facebook …
About Facebook:
Our Preparations Ahead of Inauguration Day  —  We began preparing for Inauguration Day last year.  But our planning took on new urgency after last week's violence in Washington, D.C., and we are treating the next two weeks as a major civic event.  We're taking additional steps and using …
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
QAnon Woke Up the Real Deep State  —  An open letter to QAnon, “stop the steal,” and other communities involved in the Capitol attack  —  To the QAnon community, and others involved in storming the Capitol:  —  The Deep State is real, but it's not what you think.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Republican No More: The GOP's Existential Crisis  —  In the wake of the trauma of the last two months, two inescapable questions emerge.  First, what does it mean to be republican?  And second, does the Republican Party represent those values at all any more?
Discussion: Raw Story
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
1,100 State Department employees got vaccinated.  At USAID, zero did.  —  When the federal government dispersed its first round of coronavirus vaccines to federal agencies last month, the State Department received and distributed them to about 1,100 employees in Washington …
 
 
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
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New York Times:
An Urgent Reckoning for the Trump Brand
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Robert Spencer / Front Page Magazine:
Fascism Comes to the U.S.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE:
Acting Secretary Miller Travels to CONUS Bases
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano called effort to overturn election a “death match with the Democrat Party” shortly before heading to insurrection attempt
Discussion: Slate
Miranda Green / New York Magazine:
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EJ Montini / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar implicated by activist in Capitol insurrection
 Earlier Items: 
Christopher Bing / Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI probes Russian-linked postcard sent to FireEye CEO after cybersecurity firm uncovered hack - sources
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's nonprofit inaugural committee improperly paid a $49,000 bill incurred by his company, D.C. attorney general alleges
Kristin Tate / The Hill:
The worst run cities in America
Joni Ernst / Des Moines Register:
What happened at the Capitol ‘is not the America that I know’