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New York Times:
Tells Reporters That Impeachment Effort Is Causing ‘Tremendous Anger’  —  The House will vote on a resolution on Tuesday calling on Vice President Mike Pence to wrest the powers of the office from President Trump.  If Mr. Pence fails to act, an impeachment vote is expected Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Six hours of paralysis: Inside Trump's failure to act after a mob stormed the Capitol  —  Hiding from the rioters in a secret location away from the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appealed to Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser.
Ben White / Politico:
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New York Times:   How a Presidential Rally Turned Into a Capitol Rampage
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump falsely blames Antifa for Capitol insurrection
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
House Democrats Briefed On 3 Terrifying Plots To Overthrow Government  —  One plot includes surrounding the Capitol and murdering Democrats to allow Republicans to take control of the government.  —  WASHINGTON ― Capitol Police briefed Democrats on Monday night about three …
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal:
Jayapal Tests Positive for COVID-19 Following Lockdown at Capitol With Republican Lawmakers Who Cruelly and Selfishly Refused to Wear Masks  —  WASHINGTON — United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) received a positive COVID-19 test result tonight after being locked down in a secured room …
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Maskless Pramila Jayapal Complains She Got COVID-19 From Republicans Who ‘Cruelly Refused’ To Wear Masks  —  Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal called out Republican lawmakers for not wearing masks while pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, however, a video shows Jayapal …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal Has Tested Positive for Covid  —  Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus after being sequestered for several hours during last week's siege on the Capitol building in a room with mask-less Republican colleagues.
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
Pramila Jayapal just caught the coronavirus and can't help but politicize the pandemic
Discussion: Fox News, Slate and Crooks and Liars
STAT:
Scott Atlas, controversial former Trump adviser, deletes Twitter account  —  Scott Atlas, the radiologist who served for much of 2020 as President Trump's most controversial coronavirus adviser, deleted his Twitter account this week, he confirmed to STAT, apparently in response …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Twitter:
An update following the riots in Washington, DC
Marina Pitofsky / The Hill:
70K QAnon Twitter accounts suspended in the wake of Capitol riot
Discussion: Breitbart, NBC News and The Week
Washington Post:
Several Capitol police officers suspended, more than a dozen under investigation over actions related to rally, riot  —  Several U.S. Capitol Police officers have been suspended and more than a dozen others are under investigation for suspected involvement with or inappropriate support …
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Washington Post:
Beaten, sprayed with mace and hit with stun guns: police describe injuries to dozens of officers during assault on U.S. Capitol
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Anna Schecter / NBC News:
Extremists move to secret on-line channels to plan for inauguration day in D.C.  —  Right-wing extremists are using encrypted channels to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, with some extremists sharing knowledge of how to make …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Las Vegas Sands Corp.:
Las Vegas Sands Announces Passing of Company Founder and Industry-Changing Entrepreneur Sheldon G. Adelson  —  Las Vegas Sands issued the following statement announcing the death of company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon G. Adelson: Our founder and visionary leader, Sheldon G. Adelson …
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Biden inaugural returns cash from ex-senator-turned-foreign agent  —  President-elect Joe Biden's inaugural committee will refund a donation from former Sen. Barbara Boxer after the California Democrat registered as a foreign agent for a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:   Barbara Boxer Registers To Lobby For Chinese Firm Blacklisted Over Surveillance Of Uyghurs
City of Alamo:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Information is being circulated that appears to indicate that President Trump will be making his way to the City of Alamo during his visit to the Rio Grande Valley.  The City of Alamo's City Commission and City Administration has NOT been officially contacted regarding …
New York Daily News:
Staten Island politician apologizes for using Hitler reference during heated lockdown protest  —  A Staten Island political consultant running for borough president on Monday offered an apology — and defense — of a garbled blast at COVID-19 lockdowns and her use of “Heil Hitler” …
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Joseph Ostapiuk / Staten Island Advance:   After Hitler remark, Staten Island BP candidate Leticia Remauro resigns position on Hebrew school board of trustees
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The End of the GOP  —  A dog in this condition would be put to sleep.  It would be a piece of mercy.  —  Welcome to . . . not quite “The Tuesday,” the weekly newsletter that will return in its familiar form on Tuesday next.  Think of this as a special edition.  To subscribe to “The Tuesday,” follow this link.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
How the Republican Party Could Break  —  After the Capitol Hill riot, the divide between reality and fantasy may become too wide to bridge.  —  For a long time, people have predicted the crackup of American conservatism, the end of a Republican Party dominated by the conservative movement as one of the major powers in our politics.
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
The Alt-Right Is Now the Entire Right
Discussion: Washington Post
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Capitol Rioters Weren't ‘Low Class’  —  They were business owners, CEOs, state legislators, police officers, active and retired service members, real-estate brokers, stay-at-home dads, and, I assume, some Proud Boys.  —  The mob that breached the Capitol last week at President Donald …
Glenn Greenwald:
How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler  —  In the last three months, tech giants have censored political speech and journalism to manipulate U.S. politics, while liberals, with virtual unanimity, have cheered.  —  Critics of Silicon Valley censorship for years heard …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Voice of America reassigns White House reporter after she sought to question Mike Pompeo  —  The director of the Voice of America ordered the reassignment of a reporter for the international news organization after she sought to ask questions of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during …
New York Times:
How White Evangelical Christians Fused With Trump Extremism  —  A potent mix of grievance and religious fervor has turbocharged the support among Trump loyalists, many of whom describe themselves as participants in a kind of holy war.  —  WASHINGTON — Before self-proclaimed members …
Discussion: Russell Moore and Raw Story
William Turton / Bloomberg:
‘No Regrets’: A Capitol Rioter Tells His Story From Inside  — Trump tweet inspired New York man to come to D.C. on Jan. 6  — He plans to return to protest inauguration unless arrested  —  Brandon Fellows had never attended a Trump rally before last week.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Acting United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael R. Sherwin's Statement Condemning Violence against the Media and Inviting the Report of Such Violence  —  WASHINGTON - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, along with its law enforcement partners …
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
White House insiders say Trump knew what was about to happen at the Capitol — because of his social media guru Dan Scavino  —  'He is closer to Donald than his sons and he has more intimate knowledge of Donald's thoughts,' said one insider about the head of Trump's social media strategy team
New York Times:
An Urgent Reckoning for the Trump Brand After US Capitol Attack  —  Companies and institutions are shunning President Trump and some associates.  His business, built on luxury hospitality, is contemplating a reinvention.  —  ‘An Epiphany Moment’ for Corporate Political Donors May Have Arrived
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expected to Require Covid-19 Tests for All International Visitors  —  Directive would expand CDC order requiring proof of negative coronavirus tests for all airline passengers from U.K.  —  The U.S. government is expected to require all international airline passengers to show proof …
Heather Hollingsworth / Associated Press:
Judge halts 1st US execution of female inmate in 67 years  —  MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A judge has halted the U.S. government's first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman who killed an expectant mother …
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Attack on Democracy Is Not Over.  It's Still Happening.  Right Now.  —  More violence is expected—and Republicans, far from being chastened by last week's mob, are still trying to derail the transfer of power.  —  Republicans in Congress are playing a dangerous game, again …
Politico:
Inside Pelosi's push to impeach Trump: This time it's personal  —  As Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced to huddle in a secure bunker during the Capitol riots, several of her young aides spent hours sheltered under a conference table in the speaker's suite as armed rioters pounded the door with menacing taunts of “Where's Nancy?”
Bill Bostock / Business Insider:
Trump has been told he could face massive damages for the Capitol riot even if he avoids criminal charges, with one advisor reportedly telling him: ‘Think OJ’ … - President Donald Trump was told by an advisor to “think OJ” over the legal issues he could face over the Capitol riot last week, ABC News reported.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and HuffPost
The Daily Beast:
Trump Officials Try to Keep Away From the ‘Violent Toddler’  —  BLOOD, SWEAT, AND...  Members of Trump's Cabinet are pushing their personal political agendas, while some of his political aides are just trying to keep him from blowing up the country—again.  —  In the closing days of the Trump era …
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Iran Is Al Qaeda's New Home Base, Pompeo Says  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Tuesday that al Qaeda's number-two leader was killed last year in Iran, which Pompeo said has become the terror group's primary base of operations in recent years.  —  “Al Qaeda has a new home base …
Bloomberg:
Pompeo Cancels End-of-Term Trip to Belgium  —  Secretary of State Michael Pompeo canceled a brief trip to Belgium set for Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.  —  The trip, in the works for several weeks, was scrapped Tuesday, a day after it was announced by the State Department …
 
 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
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