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1:20 PM ET, January 11, 2021

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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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Associated Press:
House preps impeachment; GOP blocks ouster-by-Cabinet call  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke constitutional authority to remove President Donald Trump from office was blocked Monday by Republicans.  —  Democrats in the House are pushing Pence …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Impeachment looms as fury grows over new details of Capitol attack  —  With help from Melanie Zanona.  —  Democrats are weighing how to fast-track their plans to impeach President Donald Trump this week as new details, images and video further fuel the rage over the deadly domestic terrorist attack …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: For GOP, nine perilous days  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  FOR GOP, NINE PERILOUS DAYS.  There are some Republicans in Washington who wish inauguration day were today, or tomorrow — or yesterday.
Discussion: Axios and The Guardian
CNN:
House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with 'incitement of insurrection
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republican leaders say Tom Cotton halted landslide of GOP objections in Senate
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Live updates: Pelosi says House will move on impeaching Trump if Pence doesn't meet a deadline to remove him
David Montanaro / Fox News:
Turley: Democrats ‘impulse buy’ impeachment of Trump would have ‘very serious implications’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Nancy Pelosi on the riot at the Capitol, Congress' mandate under Joe Biden and the youth in the Democratic party
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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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Melania Identifies Real Victim of the Deadly Capitol Riots: Herself
Politico:
Trump's New Criminal Problem
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Parler goes dark after move by Amazon
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
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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New York Times:
William Burns, a career diplomat, is Biden's choice to head the C.I.A.
CNN:
Biden to nominate William Burns as CIA director, turning to a longtime diplomat to lead agency in post-Trump era
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 …
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) …
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.
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 …
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: 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
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 …
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.
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 …
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: Raw Story
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.
Jillian C. York:
Everything pundits are getting wrong about this current moment in content moderation: An ongoing list  —  Since Twitter and Facebook banned Donald Trump and began “purging” QAnon conspiracists, a segment of the chattering class has been making all sorts of wild proclamations about this “precedent-setting” event.
WWNY:
Stefanik opposes impeachment, wants “a peaceful transition of power”  —  DANNEMORA, N.Y. (WWNY) - Congresswoman Elise Stefanik publicly opposed the push to impeach President Trump Saturday.  —  Stefanik was in Dannemora, New York rallying against the state closure of the Clinton Annex …
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Takes Further Action Against Russian-linked Actors  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took additional action against seven individuals and four entities that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network associated with Andrii Derkach.
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: Facebook freezing political spending after Capitol attack  —  Facebook is halting political spending for at least the first quarter of 2021 following last week's deadly attack on the Capitol.  —  Why it matters: Tech companies have been de-platforming President Donald Trump …
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Post
 
 
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Rich Miller / Capitol Fax.com:
UPDATED x1 *** Speaker Madigan to suspend campaign... for now
Discussion: The Hill and Peoria Public Radio
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Biden inauguration theme: ‘America United’
Mike Ford / RedState:
Enough! There Was No Riot, Insurrection or “Storming!”
Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
FBI: Does Anyone Know the Confederate Flag Guy From the Capitol Riot?
Discussion: CNN, Fox News and HuffPost
Evan El-Amin / The American Conservative:
The GOP Can't Afford to Leave Trump's Voters Behind
Discussion: Axios
 Earlier Items: 
Ken Klippenstein / Jacobin:
Ken Klippenstein Knows Where the Bodies Are Buried
Jeffrey Scott Shapiro / Wall Street Journal:
No, Trump Isn't Guilty of Incitement
Politico:
'It's all fallen apart': Newsom scrambles to save California — and his career
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CalMatters
Washington Post:
The Capitol mob: a raging collection of grievances and disillusionment
Discussion: Althouse
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
At least 25 troops under investigation for terrorism in connection with Capitol riot
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%
 
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