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“No I’m not … I’m not afraid of taking the oath outside,” Biden replied when asked by a reporter who asked him about the upcoming inauguration ceremony on January 20. 

Joe Biden has not even taken office yet, but he appears to be jettisoning his promise to restore bipartisanship in Washington, D.C. —at least according to the makeup of the president-elect’s cabinet.

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine said Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that he is “looking at” charging President Donald Trump and others who spoke at the rally proceeding the deadly riots at Capital Hill, “under the D.C. code of inciting violence.”

One anonymous House Democrat said Monday that he or she fears a backlash from House Republicans over Democrats’ move to impeach President Donald Trump. 

The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) wrote in a scathing letter Monday it had launched an inquiry into removing President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, from its membership.

Organizers are reportedly planning armed protests slated to occur at 50 state capitols, as well as the U.S Capitol, in the days leading up to Inauguration Day, according to an internal FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News.

Pompeo announced the lifting of all self-imposed restrictions on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship, a major reversal of policy since 1979.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), along with other members of the House of Representatives, vowed to “restore our democracy” after introducing articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday.

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), whom some consider the newest member of the far-left “Squad,” is slated to introduce a resolution on Monday to expel lawmakers she alleges “incited a white supremacist coup attempt” last Wednesday as Congress met to certify the electoral votes.

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan blamed President Trump Sunday for “stoking the flames” of the violence that erupted in Washington D.C. last Wednesday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to a complaint from former White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who noted she had lost tens of thousands of Twitter followers as the social media platform began cracking down on accounts and removing President Trump’s, contending the platform is simply targeting “Neo-Nazis and violent insurrectionists.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed on Sunday that she respects Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a far-left “Squad” member who has openly criticized the Democrat Party’s leadership, telling CBS News’s Leslie Stahl she is “not dismissing” people like AOC despite years-long rumors of infighting within the caucus.

Monday, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) weighed in on the GOP senators who continued to support the electoral vote challenge following the Wednesday riot at the U.S. Capitol.

At least 5,000 law school students and alumni have signed a petition urging that Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) be disbarred for their attempt to urge the Senate to reject the Electoral College vote making Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff received significant boosts in their challenges to Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) in Georgia’s runoff elections this month after the state’s foreign-born population ballooned over the last three decades.

At least four police officers from across the country were placed on administrative leave for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday.

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Donald Trump should be impeached for inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are collecting items from Wednesday’s protest and siege on the U.S. Capitol for its political and military history division.

Several Republican members of Congress wrote a letter to President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday urging him to intervene in the Democrat push to impeach President Donald Trump.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is accusing the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol this week of choosing “whiteness over democracy.”

Pope Francis sent greetings and prayers to the American people Sunday while urging national reconciliation and the recovery of “democratic values.”

The left-wing National Catholic Reporter fumed that Catholic supporters of President Donald Trump “have blood on their hands.”

Apple has removed social media platform Parler from its App Store, claiming that the platform has not adequately implemented moderation policies that crack down on free speech. Google banned Parler from its Android app store on Friday.

The DOJ said this week four men from four states have been arrested and face charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

More than a dozen platforms controlled by the Big Tech Masters of the Universe have blacklisted or restricted President Donald Trump.

Pompeo delivered a defiant message amid former administration officials walking away from President Trump, Breitbart News learned exclusively.

The self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” Reddit, has banned an unofficial Donald Trump forum following the President’s blacklisting across Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites.

Pennsylvania Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday addressed the U.S. Capitol riots during a press conference about the coronavirus, saying the “assault” on the Capitol was “traumatic.”

Twitter banned President Donald Trump’s official campaign account and his campaign’s digital director Gary Coby on Saturday.

The Houston Chronicle editorial board is calling on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to resign, contending that “his lies cost lives.”

Since Twitter banned President Donald Trump this week, prominent conservative voices on the platform users are reporting that they’ve lost tens of thousands of followers.

Hillary Clinton on Friday celebrated Twitter’s permanent ban of President Donald Trump’s personal account, less than two weeks before his term expires.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) circulated procedures this week for another impeachment trial against President Trump, but, per the timeline, proceedings would not occur until after Trump is already out of office.

House Republicans expressed outrage after Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, and Google and Apple moved to remove the conservative social media app Parler from their stores.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Friday denounced President-elect Joe Biden likening Cruz to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels as “vicious partisan rhetoric” that only serves to further divide the country.

Sen. Josh Hawley called upon Democrat members of Congress to “disavow” Joe Biden’s “disgusting” comparison of him to Nazi Joseph Goebbels.