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Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He’s a ‘Fascist’

 “The legacy of the Trump administration is going to be that the president sparked an insurrection and people died.” By Olivia Nuzzi
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Biden’s Hill Allies: We Got This, You Focus on Taking Over

 By Gabriel Debenedetti The incoming president struck a milder tone than Democrats in Congress who want to expel Republicans and impeach Trump again.
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A Domestic Terrorism Law Can’t Solve Right-Wing Violence

 By Sarah Jones The idea is back after the Capitol riot, but the enemies of democracy could use such a statute as a tool against the left.
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georgia
Trump Also Made Call to Pressure Georgia Election Investigator
By Chas Danner
The president called the state’s top elections investigator on December 23 and urged them to “find the fraud.”
capitol riot
capitol riot
A Domestic Terrorism Law Can’t Solve Right-Wing Violence
By Sarah Jones
The idea is back after the Capitol riot, but the enemies of democracy could use such a statute as a tool against the left.
politics
politics
Twitter Bans Trump for Life
By Justin Miller
The president got banned from his personal account, then got busted using the White House and campaign accounts.

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  1. Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He’s a ‘Fascist’
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  2. Twitter Bans Trump for Life
    By Justin Miller
  3. The Lab-Leak Hypothesis
    By Nicholson Baker
  4. Feds Arrest Pro-Trump Insurrectionists Across the Country
    By Justin Miller
  5. Watch Giuliani Demand ‘Trial by Combat’ to Settle the Election
    By Charlotte Klein
the swamp
the swamp
Senior Trump Official: We Were Wrong, He’s a ‘Fascist’
By Olivia Nuzzi
“The legacy of the Trump administration is going to be that the president sparked an insurrection and people died.”
capitol insurrection
capitol insurrection
‘It Was No Accident’
By Rebecca Traister
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on surviving the siege.
politics
politics
Will Donald Trump Try to Take His Act to TikTok?
By Chris Stokel-Walker
I asked the company whether he’d be welcome on the platform. Its silence raises some interesting questions.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Pelosi Prepares to Impeach Again: Live Updates
By Intelligencer Staff
The Speaker also revealed that she spoke to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs about keeping Trump from using nuclear codes.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Democrats Keeping It Simple on Basis for Impeachment
By Ed Kilgore
The draft article, which could come to a vote by next week, has one article focused on Trump’s incitement to insurrection on January 6.
biden inauguration
biden inauguration
Trump Will Be the First President in 152 Years to Skip Successor’s Inauguration
By Ed Kilgore
Another one-term impeached president, Andrew Johnson, snubbed Ulysses S. Grant.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Biden’s Top Hill Allies: We Got This, You Focus on Taking Over
By Gabriel Debenedetti
The incoming president struck a milder tone than Democrats in Congress who want to expel Republicans and impeach Trump again.
biden inauguration
biden inauguration
Everything We Know About Joe Biden’s Inauguration
By Charlotte Klein
Biden’s inauguration was already set to look drastically different due to COVID, and after the Capitol riot, security concerns have skyrocketed.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Feds Arrest Pro-Trump Insurrectionists Across the Country
By Justin Miller
At least three people were charged Friday for their alleged role in the mob siege of Congress.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Trump Supporters Harass Lindsey Graham at Airport
By Charlotte Klein
The president’s loyalists chanted “traitor” and heckled the Republican lawmaker on Friday.

David Perdue concedes

Photo: @AdamBassWCCS
the national circus
the national circus
The Trashing of the Republic
By Frank Rich
The only response to the carnage in Washington is to banish Trump and his traitorous collaborators from civil society.
capitol riot
capitol riot
What Experts on Extremism Want From the Biden Administration
By James D. Walsh
Debating the utility and perils of a domestic-terrorism statute.

Several more arrests today

NEW: @derrickevans_WV, a Republican member of West Virginia’s legislature, has been charged for playing part in the pro-Trump assault on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Justice Department officials say on a press call.
—@C_Sommerfeldt
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capitol riot
Impeachment Could Ban Trump From Running in 2024
By Ed Kilgore
It’s too late for Congress to remove Trump before Inauguration Day. But a post-presidential impeachment and conviction could prevent a Trump comeback.
coronavirus vaccine
coronavirus vaccine
Biden to Release Nearly All Available COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
By Charlotte Klein
In a major break from current policy, Biden will stop holding back second doses “to ensure the Americans who need it most get it as soon as possible.”

Normal president stuff

I myself once suggested to a German bank president that people who drive the speed limit in the left-hand lane should face a firing squad. I had a little whiskey in me and was feeling puckish. I am also vehemently opposed to the death penalty for any crime at all.
—@asymmetricinfo

A good thing for everyone involved

To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
—@realDonaldTrump

Vaccine squabbling between de Blasio and Cuomo continues

Mayor @BilldeBlasio says NYC has 270,000 unused doses that could go to people over 75, age cohort likeliest to die from the disease, and 560,000 people in NYC over age 75. Asking state for permission to use those extra doses for the elderly.
—@nahmias
capitol riot
capitol riot
Capitol Police Officer Dies After Sustaining Injuries in Riot
By Benjamin Hart
Brian Sicknick’s death marks the fifth stemming from Wednesday’s melee.

Well, at least there’s good news on the vaccine front

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.


The study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, indicated the vaccine was effective in neutralizing virus with the so-called N501Y mutation of the spike protein.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants -study
—Reuters
capitol riot
capitol riot
Everyone Who Has Quit the Trump Administration After Wednesday’s Anarchy
By Benjamin Hart
After the president incited a mob in Washington, the list promises to get longer.
coronavirus
coronavirus
U.S. Surpasses 4,000 COVID Deaths in a Day for the First Time
By Matt Stieb
The record is unfortunately bolstered by other indicators which suggest the rate of death will rise.
coronavirus
coronavirus
Could the Capitol Riot Become a Superspreader Event?
By Charlotte Klein
Experts fear the “Save America” rally may result in mass COVID transmission, as lawmakers hid in close quarters and rioters mostly went maskless.
politics
politics
‘The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back’
By Ben Jacobs
A dozen Republican operatives speak out after the party lost the Senate and a mob attacked the Capitol in the president’s name.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Is There Really Enough Time to Impeach and Remove Trump?
By Ed Kilgore
There may be a point to doing this beyond throwing him out of the White House two weeks early.
capitol riot
capitol riot
Simon & Schuster Cancels Josh Hawley’s Book Deal After Capitol Riot
By Matt Stieb
The publisher stated it “cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat.”
the republican party
the republican party
The GOP’s Leaders Are Ditching Trump. Will His Base Ditch Them?
By Eric Levitz
After Wednesday’s insurrection, the divide between the Republican old guard and their party’s voting base is larger than ever before.