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by Paolo Cappelli
11 January 2021
TAZ - Die Tageszeitung
The Final Trumpdown, Trump's countdown
USA Today
Betrayed
Nancy Pelosi and others are calling for Trump to be removed by calling for the 25th Amendment.
But Vice President Mike Pence objects.
The Democrats then threaten to resort to impeachment.
The Minister of Transport also resigns.
Under the 25th Amendment, the vice president and a majority of the 15 cabinet members can declare the president unable to "exercise the powers and duties of his office."
If the president disputes this decision, two-thirds of the House and Senate must vote to transfer powers to Pence as interim president.
Riding on this insurrection and coaxing the rioters, the president renounced his moral authority to hold the highest office in the nation, albeit for a few more days.
Keeping Trump in office poses unacceptable risks for America.
Resignation would be the preferable means.
Richard Nixon resigned when Republican Party elders told him she was in the middle of the Watergate scandal.
But there is no reason to believe that Trump will leave voluntarily, even with the pleas of top advisers and Republican lawmakers.
The impeachment of Congress is another possibility.
But time is running out and Trump maintains significant support among Congressional Republicans.
Even after Wednesday's uprising, 139 lawmakers and eight senators backed Trump's efforts to overturn the will of voters in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Daily News
The Republican Party Identity Crisis
With Trump crippled, discredited, will the Republicans eventually cut ties with this president?
The Federalist
The Republican Party has failed, here's how it must change now, writes Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota.
We all agree that the events that took place on Capitol Hill this week were unacceptable.
But there are many in the media eager to blame Republicans for these facts.
And there are many in our party who are keen to blame President Trump for both the violence in Washington and the Senate election results in Georgia.
We have a lot of work to do in the coming days.
What may have worked in the past is no longer enough.
It is not enough to say: "vote for us because you will earn more".
It is not enough to say: "vote for us because we will cut your taxes or we will reduce the rules and regulations for your business".
It is not enough to say: "vote for us because we will fight against abortion, Obamacare or anything else".
It is not enough to be against.
Fox News
Newt Gingrich (former Speaker of the House, Republican): Even after Trump's exit, the crusade to preserve America's freedom must continue
More than 74 million Americans voted for Trump in the 2020 presidential elections, a record.
The anti-Trump news media spent four years defining these voters as racist and now portrays them as insurrectionists due to the actions of a small minority.
In fact, most are patriotic and law-abiding Americans who see a culture under siege by the radical left.
All aspects of our culture - schools, media, Big Tech, bureaucracy, corporations - are dominated by the left and are becoming more radical.
The behavior of the media is particularly striking.
Let's remember last summer, when countless journalists defended and even supported the Antifa-Black Lives Matter riots.
What happened on Wednesday at the Capitol should obviously be condemned.
But the same should be true of the violence and chaos perpetrated by the left that has destroyed businesses and ruined countless lives.
This double standard is striking.
Liberation
Trump silenced on social media
No more tweets, no more FB posts: the president of the USA is banned on the main social networks after inciting the assault on Capitol Hill.
A late decision that questions the role of the web giants in democracies
Dominique Boullier, digital media specialist, professor at Sciences Po in Paris speaks: platforms must take editorial responsibility for published content and, above all, change their architecture, which now it is bound to highlight the most divisive content, even when it is detrimental to public debate.
Politicians must be detoxified from Twitter, politicians must leave this platform
Legal censorship, by Christophe Israel
By prohibiting any comment - even if lawful - Twitter, Facebook and others have knowingly decided to exercise their power of censorship.
A legal decision under American law, supported by a legal basis - the violation of their terms of use - questionable but solid.
It is an emancipation, in the name of the moderation principle, from the duty of neutrality that their guest status naturally imposes on them.
Beyond the legal quibbles, Trump's ban from agora 2.0 recalls the absolute need for transnational regulation.
Wall Street Journal
Twitter, Facebook and others silence Trump.
Now they will learn what will happen next
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Can right-wing populist sentiment be banished from American life by the brute force of social media censorship?
We're about to find out.
After the invasion of Capito Hill, the big tech companies moved aggressively and in unison against Donald Trump and his supporters.
They say they want to marginalize the violent fringe, but their censorship will instead make it grow.
Alexei Navalny stressed that, unlike the open election process that ousted Trump, social media decisions are irresponsible and arbitrary.
"Don't tell me he's been banned for violating Twitter's rules. I've been receiving death threats here every day for many years and Twitter has never banned anyone," tweeted Navalny.
The actions against Trump and Parler demonstrate the influence of companies on online conversations and the political nature of their decisions.
Now the spotlights are fully on them.
Is Trump Finished?
Not So Fast, by Chris Cis
Even after the events last Wednesday, 138 Republicans in the House voted to oppose the results of the Electoral College in Pennsylvania, despite the fact that there is no evidence of fraud.
And among them party leaders such as Kevin McCarthy (California) and Steve Scalise (Louisiana).
Just Friday morning, Ronna McDaniel was unanimously re-elected president of the Republican National Committee.
McDaniel was Trump's choice and, in his speech, after getting another two-year term, he praised the outgoing president for "redesigning our party's political map and proving that we can compete and win in non-traditionally republican communities. ".
He has not exposed any criticism, veiled or otherwise, of Trump's actions over the past week.
Washington Post
Resigning Capitol Hill Police Chief says security officials thwarted attempts to call the National Guard.
Steven Sund said in an exclusive interview with the Post that non-commissioned officers in the House and Senate took more than an hour to implement his directive
The Capitol Crowd: A Furious Collection of Grievances and Disillusionment
Those who broke into Capitol on Wednesday come from at least 36 states, according to a list of more than 100 people identified as present on the scene.
Their professions touch almost every aspect of American society: lawyers, local politicians, real estate agents, law enforcement officers, veterans, blue collar workers, bricklayers, hairdressers, and nurses.
Pious Christians with Bible verses, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and members of documented hate groups, including white and far-right nationalist organizations such as the Proud Boys.
Some surprising commonalities are hard to ignore.
Most of them are white.
Most are men.
Many have left extensive social media documentation of their passions, ideologies and, in some cases, disillusionment and thirst for revenge.
Democrats split over how hard it is to push Trump's impeachment
House members insist the president faces the aftermath of inciting last week's deadly assault on the United States Capitol while President-elect Joe Biden doesn't want the effort to interfere with his agenda.
Der Spiegel
The Trump Army
Will Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20 be safe?