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Wednesday Headlines: The rough draft of history is being written on Twitter.

The House of Representatives is currently engaged in debate over impeaching Trump for inciting insurrection. / The Guardian

In yesterday's House vote to request Pence invoke the 25th Amendment, all but one Republican voted against it. / BuzzFeed News

McConnell reportedly approves of impeachment, hoping it will make it easier to purge Trump from the Republican Party. / The New York Times

The Inauguration and surrounding dates have now been classified as a National Special Security Event, entailing significant security measures. / BuzzFeed News

In a letter, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff condemn the Capitol attack and remind American forces of their oath to defend the Constitution. / NPR

Citing safety concerns, Airbnb is canceling all reservations for the DC metro area during Inauguration week. / Airbnb

The rough draft of history is being written on Twitter right now. / The Morning News

Rep. Mikie Sherrill says on Jan. 5 she saw some members of Congress leading people through the Capitol, providing "reconnaissance for the next day." / North Jersey

"To run in the Capitol and not know if an officer is there to help you or to harm you is also quite traumatizing." Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she had a "very close encounter" during the attack. / BuzzFeed News

GPS data shows Parler users penetrated deep inside the US Capitol and areas normally restricted to the public. / Gizmodo

Related: How analysts are using Parler location data to extrapolate users' movements at the Capitol during the insurrection. / VICE

See also: How Parler's amateur coding practices made it easy to scrape and archive user content. / Ars Technica

YouTube has removed a recent Trump video for inciting violence, and has banned all new uploads to his account for a week. / Axios

Pompeo canceled his Europe trip at the last minute, after EU officials refused to meet with him. / Reuters

The Supreme Court granted a Trump administration request to reinstate a requirement that patients seeking abortion medication must pick up the drug in person. / NPR

America suffered its highest number of daily coronavirus deaths yesterday, with 4,320 fatalities. / CNN

Despite the worsening pandemic, most US states are resisting restrictions. / Associated Press

Social-distancing guidelines from 400 years ago helped contain the plague—and are similar to the rules we're using now. / BBC

With the death of Lisa Montgomery, the US has carried out its first execution of a female inmate since 1953. / Associated Press

How design can help mental health facilities become more calming and supportive. / The New York Times

Lovely, sparse illustrations of home exteriors, by Lucas Burtin. / This Isn't Happiness

"If you're looking at the clothes, then I'm not doing my job." How costume designer Stephanie Kennedy made Seinfeld. / InsideHook

Synthetic clothing and textile fibers—likely from laundry wastewater—make up 92% of microplastic pollution in the Arctic. / The Verge

Photos of a rare white moose in the forests of Sweden, by Roger Brendhagen. / My Modern Met

Video: A vocal synthesizer fronted by 25 sets of plastic teeth. / The Morning News

A blackout poetry maker. / Glitch