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McConnell Issues Timeline For Second Trump Trial

The Washington Post reports: On the cusp of the second impeachment battle in just over a year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is circulating a memo to Republican senators that outlines how a potential Senate trial would work for President Trump — proceedings that would all but certainly occur after he leaves the White House. In the memo, obtained …

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REUTERS: 57% Want Trump Removed Immediately

Reuters reports: Fifty-seven percent of Americans want Republican President Donald Trump to be immediately removed from office after he encouraged a protest this week that escalated into a deadly riot inside the U.S. Capitol, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The national public opinion survey, conducted Thursday and Friday, also showed that seven out of 10 of those who voted for …

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Furious Trump Tries Tweeting From Other Accounts

TechCrunch reports: After Twitter took the major step Friday of permanently banning President Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account, the President aimed to get the last word in through his government account @POTUS which has a fraction of the Twitter followers but still offered the President a megaphone on the service to send out a few last tweets. The tweets were deleted …

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BREAKING: Twitter Permanently Bans Trump

NBC News reports: Twitter on Friday permanently banned President Donald Trump, citing his recent comments ahead of a mob of his supporters that stormed the Capitol.”After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” Twitter’s official “Safety” account tweeted. …

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INCITEMENT: Impeachment Move To Start Monday

The Associated Press reports: Democrats laid plans Friday for impeaching President Donald Trump, even as he’s headed out of the White House, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing an “unhinged” Trump from ordering a nuclear strike in his final days. Pelosi and the Democrats are considering …

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Murkowski: “I Want Trump To Resign, I Want Him Out”

“I want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage. I think he should leave. He said he’s not going to show up. He’s not going to appear at the at the inauguration. “He hasn’t been focused on what is going on with COVID. He’s either been golfing or he’s been inside the Oval Office fuming …

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Pelosi Speaks To Pentagon About Keeping “Unstable President” From Accessing US Nuclear Launch Codes

The Washington Post reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told her House colleagues Friday that she had spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Milley, about keeping an “unstable president” from accessing the nuclear codes. “The situation of this unhinged President could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to …

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Nikki Haley: Trump Will Be “Judged Harshly By History”

Politico reports: Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley sharply criticized President Donald Trump over the Capitol riot and his behavior since the election, telling Republican National Committee members in a closed-door speech Thursday evening that Trump’s actions “will be judged harshly by history.” “President Trump has not always chosen the right words,” Haley said during an appearance at the RNC’s winter …

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Johnson “Unreservedly Condemns” Trump Over Riots

The BBC reports: Asked by the BBC’s political correspondent Alex Forsyth if President Trump was directly responsible, he said: “All my life America has stood for some very important things. An idea of freedom, an idea of democracy” “As you say, in so far as he encouraged people to storm the Capitol, and in so far as the president has …

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Sponsors Articles Of Impeachment

ABC News reports: There have been discussions among some members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet and his allies over invoking the 25th Amendment, a potential vehicle for removing the president from office, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the discussions told ABC News. It’s unclear how extensive these conversations have been or whether Vice President Mike Pence is supportive of such …

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Schumer: Impeachment Or 25th Amendment Now

CNBC reports: The top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer called for President Donald Trump’s removal Thursday a day after a mob spurred by the president overran the Capitol as lawmakers tallied President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential win. “What happened at the U.S. Capitol yesterday was an insurrection against the United States, incited by the president. This president should not hold office one …

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Kinzinger: “It’s Time To Invoke The 25th Amendment”

CNN reports: On Thursday morning, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois became the first Republican member of Congress to call for Trump’s removal from office. “It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment and end this nightmare,” Kinzinger said in a video he published online. Some Cabinet members are holding preliminary discussions about invoking the 25th Amendment, a well-placed GOP source told …

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Facebook Blocks Trump For Remainder Of His Term

Via press release from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his …

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Chinese State Media Exults In US Capitol Rioting

NDTV reports: China’s internet erupted in mirth at America’s troubled democracy after supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol, with Beijing criticising the “sharp contrast” between Washington’s response to the chaos and the 2019 Hong Kong anti-government protests. On Thursday morning, state media tabloid Global Times tweeted side-by-side photo comparisons of Hong Kong protesters occupying the city’s …

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Liz Cheney: “Trump Incited The Mob, He Lit The Flame”

Via press release from GOP Rep. Liz Cheney: We just had a violent mob assault the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent those from carrying out our Constitutional duty. There is no question that the President formed the mob, the President incited the mob, the President addressed the mob. He lit the flame. This is what America is not. …

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WaPo Board: Trump Must Be Removed Immediately

From the Washington Post editorial board: The president is unfit to remain in office for the next 13 days. Every second he retains the vast powers of the presidency is a threat to public order and national security. Vice President Pence, who had to be whisked off the Senate floor for his own protection, should immediately gather the Cabinet to …

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Obama On Rioting: Republicans Can Continue To “Stoke Raging Fires” Of Trumpism Or They Can Chose America

From former President Barack Obama: History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonor and shame for our nation. But we’d be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise. For two months now, …

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Advisors: Pence Won’t Interfere With Electoral Result

Reuters reports: Despite growing pressure from President Trump to help overturn his election loss, Vice President Mike Pence plans to stick to his ceremonial duties when presiding in Congress on Wednesday, advisers said. Pence plans to make clear in his statements that he backs the president but will stick to the constraints of his role, a former White House official …

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Scottish Leader To Trump: Don’t Even Try To Come Here

The Scotsman reports: Speaking at Tuesday’s daily coronavirus briefing, Ms Sturgeon said that she “has no idea what Donald Trump’s travel plans are” but that she hopes that the only immediate plans he has are to exit the White House. She went onto say in her answer: “We are not allowing people to come into Scotland, without any central purpose …

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Kinzinger Sorry For Backing Trump, May Leave GOP

Yahoo News reports: Describing President Trump’s phone call with Georgia’s top election official as “frightening,” an Illinois Republican congressman suggested that he now regrets his vote for the president and might even be open to a third party if his GOP colleagues continue to echo baseless conspiracy claims about a stolen election. In an interview with Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast, …

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