‘Violent Threats’ Shadow Post-Riot Plans for Biden Inaugural

By Scott Bixby

“You don’t need a great inauguration to be a great president,” one major Biden donor said.

By Will Sommer, Kelly Weill

“This is an infiltration and setup tactic used to incite violence and blame us,” wrote one group, which organized a Minnesota “Storm the Capitol” event on Jan 6.

By Sam Brodey

Despite all the fighting, there has always been an undercurrent of bipartisanship on the Hill—but Democrats say for Republicans who carried Trump's water post-riots, that is over.

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By Asawin Suebsaeng

Lisa Montgomery’s allies tried to convince the White House that Trump should grant her clemency. But sources say it wasn’t even clear if Trump was aware of the case.

By Spencer Ackerman

The U.S. government does not need new domestic terrorism laws to stop white insurrectionists. It needs the will to confront a violent and deeply American legacy on the march.

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From the rioters who came with their moms to the chickensh*ts in Congress who riled them up to the “most masculine” president ever, these are a sad bunch of men.

Republicans have a truly remarkable capacity to see themselves as victims even at the moment when they are beating people to death with flagpoles and fire extinguishers.

The transition team tells The Daily Beast that the former assistant secretary of state for Asia will return to government service in an expansive White House role.

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 WAR ZONE

The National Guard was deployed to the Capitol ahead of the debate, with photos showing some troops armed with weapons and others sleeping on the floor.

 GO AWAY

The move came in response to “new content” uploaded on Trump’s channel Tuesday.

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