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Calls intensify to remove Trump from office even as he acknowledges ‘a new administration’ Mike DeBonis "President Trump promised a smooth transition in a video message posted on Twitter Thursday night, saying that his supporters had pursued post-election challenges in good faith, but “now tempers must be cooled and calm restored.” MORE

Justice Dept. Open to Pursuing Charges Against Trump in Inciting Riot "The top federal prosecutor in Washington said investigators were examining anyone involved, “not only the people who went into” the Capitol. MORE

We’re starting to see a narrative emerging from the digital music services in reaction to artists chafing under the misery of streaming royalties. Streamers want lawmakers to focus on the allocation of current period revenue that they pay to creators. MORE

Retired Capitol Police Officer: If that was a Black org., they would have never gotten to the steps MORE

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From Charlottesville to the Capitol: how rightwing impunity fueled the pro-Trump mob Lois Beckett "Supporters of Donald Trump gather at the US Capitol on Wednesday. MORE

How the U.S. Capitol Police were overrun in a ‘monumental’ security failure Aaron C. Davis "Trump supporters were roaming freely, carrying off furniture. Capitol Police had not asked other law enforcement agencies for help until their building was surrounded by a mob seeking to overturn the election results. Now, their officers were exhausted and injured. Their chief was down the street, in the department command center, and a police commander on the scene was pacing in a circle. MORE