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2:10 PM ET, January 11, 2021

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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.
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Politico:
Trump's New Criminal Problem
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
House has the votes to impeach Trump for inciting Capitol riots  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on the cusp of majority support in the House to impeach President Donald Trump, part of a two-front effort to punish and remove him for inciting the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week.
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CNN:
House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days
Discussion: Axios, UPI and The Guardian
The Hill:
Democrats file impeachment article accusing Trump of inciting attack on Capitol
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 …
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 …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate  —  Senior Republicans are crediting Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton's surprise break with President Trump for preventing a flood of his GOP colleagues from objecting to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
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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Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived  —  In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump's supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the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 …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat, to run the CIA  —  President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate William J. Burns, a former career diplomat who has served both parties and won respect at home and abroad, to run a CIA that has been badly battered by the Trump administration.
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Biden taps William J. Burns, longtime diplomat, as next CIA director
New York Times:
William Burns, a career diplomat, is Biden's choice to head the C.I.A.
Associated Press:
Army investigating officer who led group to Washington rally  —  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Army is investigating a psychological operations officer who led a group of people from North Carolina to the rally in Washington that led up to the deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump's Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol
Discussion: Vox and The Moderate Voice
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Germany's Merkel hits out at Twitter over ‘problematic’ Trump ban  — German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds Twitter's decision to ban President Donald Trump's account “problematic,” her spokesperson said.  — Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account on Friday, following outcry over riots on Capitol Hill.
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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) …
Matthew Beck Photo / Chronicle Online:
Federal officials seek information on manatee harassment  —  Updated with video  —  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the harassment of a manatee.  The animal was reported to federal authorities over the weekend when it was discovered with the words “Trump” scraped in its back.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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 and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Outgoing Capitol Police chief: House, Senate security officials hamstrung efforts to call in National Guard  —  Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden's victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
We Worked Together on the Internet.  Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.  —  At BuzzFeed, we followed the signals of social media.  A young employee followed them all the way to Charlottesville and Capitol Hill.  —  He fit in as well as anyone did at our Los Angeles studio, a place full of ambitious misfits with an unusual gift.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court won't fast-track Trump challenges to election results  —  As expected, the Supreme Court refused Monday to fast-track a batch of challenges to the presidential election filed by President Trump and his allies.  —  The rejections came without comment or noted dissent …
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Supreme Court refuses quick action on last-ditch Trump election lawsuits
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and KVIA-TV
QU Poll:
74% Of Voters Say Democracy In The U.S. Is Under Threat, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 52% Say President Trump Should Be Removed From Office  —  Following last week's mob attack on the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to formally certify Joe Biden's victory …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News removes one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage  —  New York (CNN Business)Fox News Channel is removing one of its only nighttime hours of news coverage and replacing it with a right-wing opinion show, signifying a further shift toward the incendiary programming that Fox viewers overwhelmingly prefer.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox News Announces Major Revamp of Daytime Lineup
Discussion: The Daily Beast
NPS.gov:
Record of Determination for the Temporary Closure of Public Facilities, Parking and Roads in Response to Threats to Visitors and Park Resources  —  § 1.5(a)(1) the National Mall and Memorial Parks is implementing temporary closures of National Park Service public facilities …
Mike Ford / RedState:
Enough!  There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!”  —  Enough!  Enough of the gaslighting by the press.  Enough of the gaslighting by the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK, want, deprivation, envy and murder of the unborn in the womb.  Most especially, enough of their “Republican …
Matthew Schmitz / New York Post:
What the left wants to ignore about slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick  —  On Thursday, Brian Sicknick, an officer with the US Capitol Police, died from injuries sustained during the storming of the Capitol Building.  Democratic leaders have presented Sicknick as a martyr …
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton: Trump should be impeached.  But that alone won't remove white supremacy from America.  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton is a former U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic nominee for president in 2016.  —  Wednesday's attack on the Capitol was the tragically predictable result …
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Scott says Democratic ‘overreach’ will help GOP win back Senate in 2022  —  New NRSC chair doesn't rule out a role for Trump in helping Republicans in midterm elections  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for January 10  —  EXCLUSIVE - Sen. Rick Scott predicts that the Democrats …
Rich Miller / Capitol Fax.com:
UPDATED x1 *** Speaker Madigan to suspend campaign... for now  —  * Two high-level House Democrats have confirmed rampant rumors that House Speaker Michael Madigan is suspending his reelection campaign so that he's not standing in the way of someone else trying to get to 60.  More in a bit.
Discussion: The Hill and Peoria Public Radio
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
FBI Arrests Grapevine Man Photographed in Tactical Gear on US Senate Floor  —  The FBI arrested a North Texas man Sunday in connection with last week's riots at the U.S. Capitol.  —  Larry Rendell Brock, of Grapevine, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct.
Mark R. Whittington / The Hill:
NASA's Europa Clipper has been liberated from the Space Launch System  —  Almost unnoticed, tucked into the 2021 fiscal NASA funding section of the recently passed omnibus spending bill, is a provision that would seem to liberate the upcoming Europa Clipper mission from the Space Launch System (SLS).
ABC News:
In blow to Trump, golf's PGA strips major championship from Trump-owned course  —  The 2022 PGA Championship will no longer be held at Trump Bedminster.  —  US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection  —  On Jan. 6, rioters coming from a pro-Trump rally broke into the U.S. Capitol …
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
New push to kill Section 230 protections for Twitter, Facebook, big tech
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
FBI: Does Anyone Know the Confederate Flag Guy From the Capitol Riot?
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and HuffPost
Ken Klippenstein / Jacobin:
Ken Klippenstein Knows Where the Bodies Are Buried
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro / Wall Street Journal:
No, Trump Isn't Guilty of Incitement
Jillian C. York:
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Politico:
Biden dresses down his Covid team over plans to speed vaccinations
Discussion: CNN and The Week
WWNY:
Stefanik opposes impeachment, wants “a peaceful transition of power”
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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