memeorandum: Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered (Jake Coyle/Associated Press)
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10:35 AM ET, January 5, 2022

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Matt Fuller / The Daily Beast:
The Real Tragedy of Jan. 6 Is That It's Still Not Over  —  I had a front-row seat to the riot.  A year later, one thing is clear: Nothing has changed. … It was around noon on Jan. 6, 2021, and I was already late.  —  I was supposed to be covering the counting of the electoral votes …
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Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was.  The violent storming of the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters bent …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but Big Questions Remain  —  In the year since the assault on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, more than 700 people have been arrested, with little public indication from the Justice Department of how high the investigation might reach.
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Did the January 6 Coup Fail?  —  By warping the Republican party, Trump made another coup attempt possible.  —  January 6th should have been the point of no return, the pivot point at which even the most blinkered sugarcoaters of Trumpism recoiled in disgust from what they had wrought.
Francis Fukuyama / New York Times:
One Single Day.  That's All It Took for the World to Look Away From Us.  —  Mr. Fukuyama is the author of the forthcoming book “Liberalism and Its Discontents.”  —  The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a mob inspired by former President Donald Trump marked an ominous precedent for U.S. politics.
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Real accountability for Jan. 6 requires political reform  —  The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was an attempt, through force and violence, to overturn the will of the majority expressed in a free and fair election.  In a well-functioning democratic republic, its anniversary would engender …
Associated Press:
Images of chaos: AP photographers capture US Capitol riot  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — When supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, The Associated Press had nine photographers inside and outside the building.  —  As the chaotic day unfolded …
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Brooke Staggs / Orange County Register:
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