Trump Is Furious—but Not at MAGA Mob That Stormed Capitol

By Asawin Suebsaeng, Lachlan Markay

As a mob of Trump supporters descended on and into the Capitol, the president did nothing and instead remained focused on how mad he was at Vice President Mike Pence.

By David Rothkopf

Trump has been telegraphing that this day was coming for years. The Republican establishment and the MAGA-friendly media were all in on the plot.

By Mark Hay

With the pandemic still raging—in some places, worse than ever before—the world of ayahuasca centers dabbling in pseudo-science has led to some bizarre and dangerous choices.

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By Jay Michaelson

They weren’t protesters or rioters. They were terrorists. Will they be brought to justice for their assault on our democracy?

By Donald Kirk

Kim Yo Jong was promoted to the presidium of North Korea’s ruling party after 29 officials were booted out following devastating economic news.

By Hanna Trudo

“Through war and strife America has endured much, and we will endure here and we will prevail again and we will prevail now,” Biden said.

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By Sam Brodey, Asawin Suebsaeng

Democrats will have unified control of the Senate, U.S. House, and White House for the first time in 10 years.

By Lloyd Grove

“We finally got the authoritarian liberals have been talking about,” the right-wing firebrand said Wednesday as pro-Trump mobs violently stormed the Capitol.

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‘I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL’

He told them to go home peacefully while whining of a fraudulent election.

 UNDER SIEGE

Lawmakers were taken out of the chamber on Wednesday afternoon as pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol and clashed with police.

 POP THAT CORK

Honestly, I’m not sure why it took me 30 years of my life to buy something that would make opening a bottle of wine so easy and fast.

 WAR ZONE

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser also instituted a curfew of 6 p.m. for both Wednesday and Thursday nights after the Capitol invasion.

 DELUSIONAL

The conservative network is baselessly suggesting that leftist protesters have “infiltrated the Trump rally-goers and are fomenting some kind of unrest.”

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