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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
Members of the National Guard stand across the street near the Senate office buildings with the U.S. Captiol in the background as heightened security measures are put in place around the U.S. Capitol Building a day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the nations capitol while Congress voted to certify the 2020 Election Results on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Feds fear "inside attack" from Guard

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump plans 100 pardons on last day

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story
Martin Luther King Jr. | Capitol Riot on January 6th, 2021 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

For MLK, no healing without justice

Chauncey DeVega
A campaign sign for U.S. President Donald Trump lies beneath the water in the Capitol Reflecting Pool, near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Trump plans $2B presidential library

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
Democratic candidates for Senate Jon Ossoff (L) and Raphael Warnock (R) bump elbows on stage during a rally with US President-elect Joe Biden outside Center Parc Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 4, 2021. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Warnock and Ossoff: A new era?

Terrence L. Johnson, Jacques Berlinerblau
Indiana anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp while protesting against the execution of Lisa Montgomery and two others, which are scheduled at Terre Haute Federal Prison this week. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Calls to abolish health penalty continue

Andrea Germanos - Common Dreams
Storming of the Bastille | Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Image)

From the Bastille to the Capitol

Andrew O'Hehir
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Why Zuckerberg is Lindsey Graham’s twin

Uwe Bott, Stephan Richter - The Globalist
Donald Trump, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks Coffee (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump and the coffee wars

Bob Deutsch
Ted Cruz holds his Texas mask over his face (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Texas Dems demand Senate oust Ted Cruz

Jon Queally - Common Dreams
Ivanka Trump (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Does Ivanka have a "political future"?

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
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)

Omar, AOC call for Josh Hawley to resign

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Donald Trump | Capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP insider urges harsh crackdown

David Masciotra
Capitol Riot | The US Constitution, shredded (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images)

Who loves America? Not these people

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Mark Zuckerberg | capitol Riot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Facebook played big role in Capitol riot

Igor Derysh
Trump supporters take over the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, as the Congress works to certify the electoral college votes. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Blue, but white first?

Vida Johnson - The Conversation
US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

DeVos leaves behind a troubled legacy

Mark Hlavacik, Dustin Hornbeck, Kevin Welner, Nicholas Tampio, Stanley S. Litow - The Conversation
Democratic presidential hopeful former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. speaks during the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

How to deal with U.S. social media

Steven Hill - The Globalist
Donald Trump along with his son Donald, Jr., arrive for a press conference at Trump Tower in New York, as Allen Weisselberg (C), chief financial officer of The Trump, looks on January 11, 2017. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

DC's top cop calls in Don Jr.

Jon Skolnik
U.S. Capitol Police officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed by rioters Wednesday, passes members of the Capitol and Metropolitan police during a procession on Third Street on Sunday, January 10, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Black cops warned about Capitol Police

Joshua Kaplan, Joaquin Sapien - ProPublica
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