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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Marine One as they depart the White House on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Trump is making his scheduled departure from the White House for Florida, several hours ahead of the inauguration ceremony for his successor Joe Biden, making him the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend the inauguration. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

"Have a good life": Trump finally leaves

Igor Derysh
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater on October 19, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. According to the campaign, Biden is recording an interview with CBS 60 Minutes that will air Sunday evening. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden begins term with a bold plan

Jon Skolnik
Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist, attends the media conference Nordiske Mediedager 2019 in Bergen. (Gonzales Photo/Jarle H. Moe/PYMCA-Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Bannon could face charges despite pardon

Igor Derysh
American flags placed on the National Mall by the Covid Memorial Project to represent the 200,000 Americans that have lost their lives due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Washington, DC, USA on September 22, 2020. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Now what?

Amanda Marcotte
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) questions U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images)

Graham's call for "unity" gets shut down

Jon Queally - Common Dreams
Joe Biden | Trump Supporters (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Can we clean up Trump's American carnage

Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump turns on loyal supporters

Jon Skolnik
Donald Trump (Getty Images)

Stop being afraid of Donald Trump

Alan D. Blotcky, Seth D. Norrholm
Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Did Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley succeed?

Igor Derysh
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asks questions during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on December 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push baseless claims of voter fraud during the presidential election, which Chris Krebs called the most secure in American history. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Josh Hawley's fundraising problem

Roger Sollenberger
Supporters of President Trump rally outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 3, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump arrived at the hospital yesterday after testing positive for COVID-19. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

Can the cult of Trump be saved?

Sophia A. McClennen
Members of the National Guard in the plaza in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. After last week's riots and security breach at the U.S. Capitol Building, the FBI has warned of additional threats in the nation's capital and across all 50 states. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

2 Guardsmen linked to militias: report

Igor Derysh
Trump supporters near the US Capitol following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Selcuk Acar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Trump's legacy is right-wing entitlement

Amanda Marcotte
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during a House debate session to ratify the 2020 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump (congress.gov via Getty Images)

Dem says Boebert gave tour before riot

Igor Derysh
(Getty/Joe Raedle/Chris Hondros)

Trump: Biggest war president

Heather Digby Parton
Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Gerald Ford (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A precedence for Trump's post-presidency

Matthew Rozsa
A black Lives Matter protester scuffles with attendees of a pro-Trump rally during an event held to show support for the president on August 29, 2020 in Clackamas, Oregon. Far left counter-protesters and pro-Trump supporters clashed Saturday afternoon as a parade of cars carrying right wing supporters made their way from nearby Clackamas to Portland. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Capitals on guard against "shock troops"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
A Stop The Steal is posted inside of the Capitol Building after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

How two losers created Stop the Steal

Roger Sollenberger
Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Clean air and a climate fix are possible

Carl Pope
Former US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland testifies during a hearing on Policy Response to Russian Interference in the 2016 US Elections before the Senate Intelligence Committee at Capitol Hill in Washington, USA on June 20, 2018. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Victoria Nuland and Ukraine

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd
President Donald Trump walks on the south lawn of the White House on October 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is headed to a rally in Pennsylvania, first lady Melania Trump was to join him, but does not feel well and is recovering from Covid-19, he last event was August's Republican National Convention speech at the White House. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump's language shift, explained

Roger J. Kreuz, Leah Cathryn Windsor - The Conversation
A pro-Trump mob floods into the Capitol Building after breaking into it on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Video details tense moments from riot

Jack Gillum - ProPublica
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

GOP's Bernie nightmare coming true

Jon Queally - Common Dreams
A supporter of President Trump carries a Confederate flag in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Confederate flag and white insurrection

Jordan Brasher - The Conversation
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