More officials resign in protest as President Trump reluctantly concedes defeat without giving up his lies about election fraud. / The New York Times

Online researchers race to identify raid participants. / The Verge

Some of the wanted rioters: Holocaust deniers, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and six Republican lawmakers. / The Independent

Interviews with insurrectionists from Wednesday's “mass-delusion event.” “They just wanted Trump. It's all just Trump.” / The Atlantic, Twitter

“The people I managed to speak to didn’t seem to understand the gravity of what they had done.” / The Washington Post

From Ankush Khardori, “Wanted: Lead Suspect in Election Fraud Conspiracy.” / The New York Review of Books

The Capitol Police made more arrests on each of the first three days of the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings than they did on Wednesday. / The New Yorker

They also rejected offers of federal help to quell the rioting—three days beforehand and also while the mob descended. / The Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the Pentagon placed tight limits on the DC National Guard ahead of time. / The Washington Post

From 2017, a relevant view on the Trump era: Given Shakespeare’s brilliance in dramatizing the irrational, are we living through one of his tragedies? / Bloomberg

The congressional leaders responsible for coordinating the Biden-Harris inauguration insist that events will move forward. / The Associated Press

Can Trump be ousted before then? Yes, but Congress would have to roll back much of “the pomp and circumstance it has developed." Also, Republicans would need to participate. / Lawfare, Twitter

From the Wall Street Journal, a longtime Trump supporter: “The best outcome would be for him to resign to spare the US another impeachment fight.” (Maggie Haberman: This is best seen as an effort to keep Trump from returning post-White House.)  / The Wall Street Journal, Twitter

See also: The ways Trump can be held accountable, ranked by likelihood. / The Washington Post

Can Trump pardon himself? More than a dozen experts say the answer is “strangely murky.” / Vox

Repeat a lie enough times and people believe it—like the young people today who think Helen Keller was a hoax. / The Guardian

Of the nearly two million people vaccinated so far against the coronavirus, only 21 had severe allergic reactions. / The Washington Post

For people who fear germs and have OCD, the ongoing pandemic is justifying their irrational fears and excessive precautions. / STAT

The recent Covid-19 relief bill includes a law requiring US intelligence services to submit an unclassified report on UFOs. / Sky News

FYI: Insulated bags used to deliver groceries to people's homes can be recycled into jackets for dogs. / Between Two Naps

A retrospective for Larry Fink, photographer of swells. / Galerie Bene Taschen

Neil Sheehan died, which means the gray lady can finally reveal how he obtained the Pentagon Papers. / The New York Times