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• The Pentagon blocked the DC National Guard from receiving riot gear or interacting with protesters without explicit approval from Trump's defense secretary

  08-01-2021 06:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DC National Guard guardsmen stand outside the U.S. Capitol on January 07, 2021 in Washington, DC. Supporters of President Trump had stormed and desecrated the building the day before as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification.
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  The Pentagon placed major restrictions on the DC National Guard leading up to Wednesday's attempted insurrection, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
  Officials curtailed the ability of DC guardsmen to
  
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• Early study suggests Pfizer vaccine effective against COVID-19 mutations

  08-01-2021 06:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech appears effective against mutations, according to a new study.
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  A study by Pfizer and researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch indicates the company's COVID-19 vaccine is effective against mutations of the coronavirus.
  The study has not yet been peer-reviewed.
  "So we've now tested 16 different mutations, and none of them have really had any significant impact. That's the good news,"
  
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• A Chicago tech CEO was arrested for unlawful entry at the US Capitol riots and placed on a leave of absence from his company

  08-01-2021 06:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A pro-Trump rioter (Chicago CEO not pictured) carries the lectern of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi through the Rotunda of the Capitol.
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  A Chicago-area tech CEO was arrested and charged with unlawful entry for entering the US Capitol building in the riots on Wednesday, the US Capitol Police said on Thursday. 
  Bradley F. Rukstales from Inverness, Illinois, has been the CEO of Cogensia, a Chicago-area marketing data company, for 19 years, per his LinkedIn profile
  
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• US Capitol Police officer died after sustaining injuries while responding to the mob that stormed the US Capitol

  08-01-2021 06:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C., USA - JANUARY 6: Police intervenes in US President Donald Trumps supporters who breached security and entered the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021.
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  On Thursday night, Capitol Police confirmed that an officer died after being injured while responding to the riots in the Capitol building on Wednesday.
  "At approximately 9:30 p.m. this evening (January 7, 2021), United States Capitol Police Officer
  
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• Mike Pence's daughter tweets congratulations to Biden and Harris, after being in the Capitol during the violent mob

  08-01-2021 05:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In this image from video, Vice President Mike Pence speaks as the Senate reconvenes after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
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  CNN reported that during the four-hour siege by rioters at the Capitol, President Donald Trump did not check on Mike Pence and his family, who were on lockdown.
  The report also described a tense meeting at the White House before the certification process, where Pence's chief of staff was not allowed in the West Wi
  
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• Officers calmly posed for selfies and appeared to open gates for protesters during the madness of the Capitol building insurrection

  08-01-2021 05:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The US Capitol Police Force is under fire for its poor handling of Wednesday's insurrection at the Capitol Building.
  The mob took more than four hours to control.
  Protesters also documented the carnival-like atmosphere within the building during the siege and recorded themselves looting and vandalizing the building.
  Critics of the law enforcement response said officers' relative calm was in stark contrast to how Black Lives Matter protesters were handled. 
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• Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is the latest Trump administration official to resign in the wake of the violent Capitol siege by the president's supporters

  08-01-2021 03:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday night, citing the siege as an "inflection point."
  Associated PressSome White House officials have resigned from their posts following a violent siege of the US Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump rioters on Wednesday.
  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos resigned Thursday night, citing the siege in a letter to President Donald Trump.
  Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, Melania Trump's chief of staff Stephanie Grisham, and Deputy National Security Advise
  
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• VIDEO: Trump condemns the Capitol siege as 'heinous attack' and says he will focus on a smooth transition of power

  08-01-2021 02:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump.
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  President Donald Trump condemned the deadly siege on the US Capitol by his supporters as a "heinous attack" and said those who broke the law "will pay." 
  He also acknowledged a "new administration" will assume the presidency on January 20 and said he will work to ensure an "orderly" transition of power.
  Trump shared the video statement to Twitter Thursday, after being locked out of his account overnight for violating the platform's policies.
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• Simon & Schuster cancels Josh Hawley's book deal due to his continued support for overturning election results, even after a mob stormed the Capitol

  08-01-2021 02:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  President Donald Trump campaigned with Josh Hawley during his successful 2018 Senate campaign against Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill.
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  Simon & Schuster, one of the "Big Five" publishing houses, canceled the scheduled publication of Sen. Josh Hawley's upcoming book "The Tyranny of Big Tech."
  The senator from Missouri has been one of Trump's most ardent allies in his efforts to overturn election results, and after a right-wing insurrection rampaged through the US
  
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• Mary Trump says her uncle is more desperate now and Americans should be 'both enraged and terrified'

  08-01-2021 02:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mary Trump and President Donald Trump.
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  Donald Trump's estranged niece told Insider the failed coup leaves her uncle more desperate now. 
  Mary Trump said the president is incapable of accepting a loss.
  She predicts that if Trump isn't removed from office before his time runs out, he will grow increasingly unstable. 
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  Mary Trump was in the middle of a therapy session on Cape Cod Wednesday when a mob of extremists obsessed with
  
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• New Mexico Republicans peddle 'dangerous' myth of voter fraud in a state Trump lost by double digits

  08-01-2021 01:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New Mexico Republicans are continuing to insist that Donald Trump won the state, despite receiving nearly 100,000 fewer voters than President-elect Joe Biden.
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  The Republican Party of New Mexico is embracing an effort to "decertify" the election results in a state that outgoing President Donald Trump lost by nearly 100,000 votes.
  The party claims it is justified in seeking to disenfranchise New Mexico voters because of unproven "irregularities."
  There is no evidence of
  
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• Maryland governor tried to deploy National Guard in DC only for his calls to be ignored

  08-01-2021 01:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UNITED STATES - JANUARY 7: National Guard troops march past the Dirksen Senate Office Building on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Thursday, January 7, 2021, following the riot at the Capitol the day before.
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  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said Thursday that he tried to deploy his state's National Guard to assist in Washington, DC, but was thwarted.
  Hogan said he was "repeatedly" told he lacked the authorization to deploy the troops, The Washing
  
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• WhatsApp users must now share information with Facebook

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messenger service, has updated its privacy policy in which users must agree to share their personal data with the social network or lose access.
  
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• Uber Connect – agility in weeks

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  Uber Connect, an on-demand package delivery service, went from idea to launch in a matter of weeks as the brand responded decisively to the signals it saw in the market. Here’s how.
  
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• Nike looks to members and e-commerce

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  Nike, the global sportswear brand, is leaning into e-commerce and an exclusive membership programme to boost sales and customer retention.
  
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• LG Electronics expands into TV advertising

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  LG Electronics of South Korea, one of the largest TV manufacturers in the world, has acquired a 60% stake in Alphonso, a California-based TV data and measurement firm, as it seeks to expand its streaming TV ad business.
  
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• Indian gaming industry seeks regulatory framework for future growth

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  The online gaming sector in India generated $174m in revenues in 2020, compared with $97.2m in 2019, but further rapid growth depends on the industry persuading officials in some southern Indian states to overturn bans on betting sites.
  
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• Flexibility will be key to securing purchases in 2021

  08-01-2021 01:00
  
  If 2020 taught us anything, it was to be flexible. Going into 2021, according to a new report, flexibility and zero-commitment offers are increasingly important to conversion.
  
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• Goldman Sachs is rebranding an event that included 'storm the hill' T-shirts after Trump supporters violently stormed Capitol Hill

  08-01-2021 00:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A woman kicks over a "Help Still Wanted" sign on the east front lawn of the US Capitol on January 05, 2021 in Washington, DC. Goldman Sachs filled the lawn with 10,000 "Help Still Wanted" signs to call attention to small businesses in need of further government assistance.
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  Following Wednesday's violence on Capitol Hill, Goldman Sachs asked small-business owners not to wear "Storm the Hill" T-shirts it had mailed them for an unrelated event, The Wall Street Journal r
  
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• 'Traitors to the country': Military veterans in Congress accuse Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley of helping incite the fatal violence on Capitol Hill

  08-01-2021 00:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
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  Democratic lawmakers who've served in the US military condemned their Republican colleagues and President Donald Trump as "treasonous."
  GOP Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley "did not break in with the rioters, and neither did Donald Trump, but their words broke the barriers of civility that have really kept the country together for hundreds of years," Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego told MSNBC.
  "I've heard one woman say that this wa
  
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• The Supreme Court handed Trump another loss in his efforts to overturn the election a day after his supporters stormed the Capitol

  08-01-2021 00:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 3: Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and members of the House Freedom Caucus conduct a news conference to call on Attorney General William Barr to release findings of an investigation into allegations of 2020 election fraud, outside the Capitol on Thursday, December 3, 2020.
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  The Supreme Court rejected another challenge to President Donald Trump's election loss Thursday.
  It's one of more than 40 court cases challenging his loss,
  
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• US Capitol insurrection

  08-01-2021 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  How the attempted coup at the US Capitol unfolded in real time, resulting in Congress staying through the night to certify President-elect Joe Biden's election win.Despite growing pressure to remove President Donald Trump from office, Vice President Mike Pence opposes 25th Amendment efforts to do so, VP advisors tell Insider.There's a reckoning coming for the congressional police force that allowed the worst breach of the US Capitol since the British burned the building down in 18
  
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• Republican Loeffler concedes to Democrat Warnock in Georgia runoff election

  08-01-2021 00:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Senator Kelly Loeffler speaks during a debate with Raphael Warnock, December 6, 2020.
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  Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler conceded to Democrat Raphael Warnock Thursday in one of two Senate runoff elections in Georgia.
  Warnock's victory, along with Democrat Jon Ossoff's win against GOP Sen. David Perdue, give Democrats control of the US Senate.
  Loeffler was originally appointed to the position after then-Sen. Johny Isakson resigned due to health reasons.
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• All the actions big tech companies have taken against Trump's social media accounts following the US Capitol siege

  08-01-2021 00:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The rioters during the Capitol siege.
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  The US Capitol siege by pro-President Donald Trump rioters on Wednesday has set off a wave of actions from big tech companies.
  Platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter have removed a video of Trump telling rioters "we love you, you're very special" but "go home in peace."  
  Twitter and Facebook have both locked Trump's respective social media accounts. 
  Here's a list of all the actions big tech companies have taken ag
  
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• Facebook cracks down on Trump

  08-01-2021 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for January 8. I'm Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Send me feedback or tips at [email protected]'s news: Facebook suspends Trump, Shopify removes Trump stores, and investors pick the top DTC brands poised to take off in 2021.
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• Does Amazon Prime include ComiXology? Yes, and it comes with one big perk

  08-01-2021 00:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Amazon's ComiXology features a curated line of original comics, graphic novels, and manga.
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  ComiXology comes included with Amazon Prime — just like Prime Video and Amazon Music Unlimited — for the same $12.99 a month. 
  A ComiXology account made through Amazon Prime gives you access to ComiXology Originals — comics, books, and manga exclusive to paying customers.
  Remember, however, that a ComiXology account made with Amazon Prime isn'
  
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• White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany condemns Capitol riots and says administration will ensure an 'orderly transition of power'

  08-01-2021 00:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, in Washington.
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  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Thursday that the Trump administration is committed to "an orderly transition of power" and criticized the president's supporters who laid siege to the Capitol the day before.
  "The violence we saw yesterday at our nation's Capitol was appalling, reprehensible, and antithetical to
  
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