Vice President Mike Pence swore in former astronaut Mark Kelly (D) as Arizona’s newest senator.
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Trump Bans Any Mentions of Nixon
CNN: “Trump has been consumed by the unraveling of his presidency during his last days in office, according to people around him, which included a casual discussion among advisers recently…
Rioters Intended to ‘Capture and Assassinate’ Officials
Federal prosecutors offered the most chilling description yet of rioters who seized the Capitol last week, writing in a new court filing that the intention was “to capture and assassinate…
‘Where They Countin’ the Votes?’
A new video, found in an archive of data uploaded to Parler, includes a fresh look at the mob’s confrontation with Eugene Goodman, the officer credited for luring rioters away…
Trump Leaves Presidency with 29% Approval Rate
A new Pew Research poll finds Donald Trump is leaving the White House with the lowest job approval of his presidency — 29% — and increasingly negative ratings for his…
Rioters Came Dangerously Close to Pence
“The violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 came perilously close to Vice President Pence, who was not evacuated from the Senate chamber for about 14 minutes after the…
Vaccine Reserve Was Already Exhausted
“When Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve…
Officials Seek Probe Into Boebert’s Actions
Sixty-eight elected officials in Colorado have sent a letter to congressional leadership requesting a probe into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-CO) actions leading up to and on the day of the…
Rioter Seeks Pardon from Trump
The lawyer for the “QAnon shaman” who was part of the deadly siege on the Capitol last week publicly petitioned President Trump on Thursday to pardon his client, Politico reports….
Longtime Trump Advisers Connected to Rally
ABC News: “Three of the key advisers who helped engineer Donald Trump’s’ rise to the presidency in 2016, and who fell from grace under the weight of federal criminal charges,…
Deep in the GOP Ranks, MAGA Mind-Set Prevails
New York Times: “As Mr. Trump prepares to exit the White House and face a second impeachment trial in the Senate, his ideas continue to exert a gravitational pull in…
Diminished Trump Leaves 2024 Vacuum
Politico: “As the politically diminished president prepares to leave office following a deadly pro-Trump riot at the Capitol and an impeachment vote backed by 10 GOP House members, ambitious Republicans…
Catsimatidis Mulls Mayoral Run as a Democrat
Billionaire John Catsimatidis — who Republicans have viewed as their best hope in the 2021 New York City mayoral race — now says he’s considering switching parties and jumping into…
Among the Insurrectionists
A must-read in the New Yorker from Luke Mogelson: “The Capitol was breached by Trump supporters who had been declaring, at rally after rally, that they would go to violent…
North Carolina Democrats Want Cawthorn Expelled
Democratic leaders from North Carolina’s western-most district are calling for the expulsion of freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), alleging his “seditious behavior” helped incite the “insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol last week, Fox…
Quote of the Day
“I think the president for all intents and purposes is not the president. He’s just nuts. He’s going crazy.” — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), quoted by CBS News. Save to…
Ex-Ted Cruz Staffers Are ‘Disgusted’
New York magazine: “Intelligencer spoke to more than half-a-dozen former Cruz staffers who have spent the past week trying to reconcile the man they once believed in with the politician…
Feds Edge Closer to Sedition Charge In Capitol Riots
“Federal prosecutors on Thursday for the first time described last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol as a ‘violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the United States Government’ — and…
Lawmakers Could Face Charges In Capitol Riots
“Lawmakers who interacted with the pro-Trump protesters who rioted at the Capitol last week could face criminal charges and will almost certainly come under close scrutiny in the burgeoning federal…
McCarthy Rejects Call to Kick Cheney from Leadership
“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejects calls within the Republican Caucus to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from party leadership over her vote to impeach President Trump,” Politico reports. Save to…
Online Extremists Ignore Trump’s Call for Calm
Politico: “A vast swath of the president’s diehard base in MAGA Nation — the conspiracy theorists, the militia members, and the followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory — has disregarded…
