Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." / Twitter
"Can a disgraced president addicted to outrage and innately governed by the same forces as the attention economy survive without his primary outlet?" / The New York Times
Trump has been trying to tweet using other handles, and Twitter keeps shutting them down. / Slate
Twitter also banned Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell, and other high-profile QAnon figures. / NBC News
A running list of the platforms that have banned Trump. / Axios
Citing Parler's lack of content moderation, Google suspends the app from its store, and Apple says it may do the same. / BuzzFeed News
"Checks and balances have had a rough time in the age of the imperial presidency, but corporations still know how to throw their weight around." / n+1
A second impeachment could disqualify Trump from future public office, but would require a second Senate vote after voting on whether to convict and remove. / Reuters
As discussions of impeachment and the 25th Amendment continue, Pelosi asks the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing Trump from initiating military action or launching nuclear weapons. The New York Times
Two of the men seen carrying zip ties at the Capitol have now been identified. / The New Yorker, International Business Times
A law enforcement official: "We are interested in learning what people would do with things like zip ties." / The Washington Post
The family of Brian Sicknick, the police officer killed by Trump supporters at the Capitol, says he "wanted to be a police officer his entire life." / TIME
Extremely graphic: The moment Ashli Babbitt was shot while attempting to storm the US Capitol. / The Washington Post
Some of the Capitol insurrectionists defecated in the building and smeared their feces in several hallways. / New York Daily News
"They were sweeping up the broken glass inside while the mob was outside praising itself for undermining our democracy." On watching Black men clean up the Capitol. / CNN
Among those now arrested in the attempted coup: the man photographed at Pelosi's desk, the man seen carrying a lectern, and one of the organizers of the boat parade that sank a family's boat in Portland, Ore., last year. / The Guardian, NBC Miami, BuzzFeed News
An explanation of the various flags and banners spotted at the insurrection. / Quartz
New research shows anger makes brains more susceptible to misinformation. / PsyPost
"The climate crisis will be steroids for fascism." / Earther
"We're done with the drama. Done with the opportunism. Done with the cynical scheming that has now cost American lives. Resign, Mr. Cruz, and deliver Texas from the shame of calling you our senator." / Houston Chronicle
How the Washington Times created a conspiracy theory—later parroted by Fox News's Laura Ingraham and Rep. Matt Gaetz—that facial recognition identified Antifa at the Capitol insurrection. / Boing Boing
Toledo Blade reporters hold a byline strike in response to the paper's refusal to refer to the Capitol insurrectionists as Trump supporters. / Poynter
"We need strategies for the long haul." How to talk with children about the insurrection at the Capitol. / NPR
In December, America lost 140,000 jobs—all of them held by women. / CNN