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Saturday, January 9, 2021

“Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service; Amazon’s suspension of Parler’s account means that unless it can find another host, once the ban takes effect on Sunday Parler will go offline”: John Paczkowski of BuzzFeed News has this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“How likely is it that Trump will face criminal prosecution after leaving office?” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Can Twitter Legally Bar Trump? The First Amendment Says Yes. There are reasons to question the wisdom of recent actions by Twitter in barring President Trump from its site and Simon & Schuster in canceling the publication of Senator Josh Hawley’s book. But the First Amendment is on their side.” Adam Liptak will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:34 PM by Howard Bashman



“Ginni Thomas’ Facebook Page Disappears After Media Reports on Her Support for Pro-Trump Rally that Turned into Attack on U.S. Capitol”: Colin Kalmbacher of Law & Crime has this post.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Election gambit blows up on Hawley and Cruz; The potential 2024 contenders face a fierce backlash after the riot at the Capitol”: Marianne LeVine, Holly Otterbein, and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

And in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Lindsay Wise has an article headlined “Hawley Faces Fierce Backlash From Colleagues, Donors After Capitol Riot; Missouri senator’s objection to election results has drawn widespread condemnation, raising questions about his political future.”

Posted at 1:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“With Democrats poised to take over Washington, Supreme Court’s Breyer faces renewed calls to retire”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Posted at 1:18 PM by Howard Bashman