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The safety measures installed at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe ahead of anticipated protests were not put to the test Saturday.

January 12, 2021 at 2:35 PM Shares11 (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) As Donald Trump prepared to whip his militia of Proud Boys and Q Quacks into a violent and ultimately deadly frenzy, he was chilling out with his cronies in a tent listening to poor Laura Branigan who is unfortunately no longer around to issue a cease-and-desist letter for dragging her art into the administration’s bargain basement fascism pageant. And, because he’s a talentless disappointment thirsty for anyone to fill...

Carlos Lozada, and Rick Gates.) There’s also a deep shelf of massively buzzy Trump titles that came out during the first three years of the 45th presidency, from Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury to the infamous Anonymous tome to a tell-all from Omarosa Manigault Newman. All of which is to say that Trump books have been an undeniable powerhouse for the industry, the same way Trump coverage juiced the audiences of print, digital, and broadcast news. Despite the waning days of the Trump...

Theres no rival story. we have an emergency to our national election going on right now. our oath to the constitution requires us to take this drastic, solemn and regrettable step, but it is necessary. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and their insights, jeweulie davis with " new york times," michael bender with the wall street journal, manu raju and monica lopez. >> lets start with a viewers guide as to what to look for. we expect the house to vote on wednesday. the outcome not r...

Sometime soon, and then phase 2 begins, whether they pursue impeachment of the president. john? >> manu raju looifr on tive on . appreciate that. with us abby phillip, michael bender with the "wall street journal," melanie with "poliltico" and also with "time." theyre telling the associated press that congress is not following their own rules and precedent with that, and until they do that, i i dont want to be a participant in what i consider to be not only illegal but improper. they need to hav...

Welcome back. we have tried to re-establish communication so we believe our michael zeldin is back. he can hear us, i can hear him. how about if i see you just to make sure. okay, there you are. very good. let me ask you about this upcoming book called "a warning" written by the anonymous senior trump administration official. heres what the back of the book apparently looks like, and it reads, in these pages you will not just hear from me, you will hear a great deal from donald trump directly, f...

Gist of what hes saying. the ukraine investigation is just as corrupt and fake as all of the other garbage that went on before it, even shifty schiff got caught cheating when he made up what i said on the call. again, this is just one of many tweets. he attacked nancy pelosi, the media. he said wheres the whistle-blower, as i heard you repeat earlier. so this is not the messaging that republicans want to send and in fact theyre hoping that he would take an approach where he would just press on t...

The information to an impeachment inquiry. it could open up doors for lawmakers investigating going forward into these next critical several weeks. >> michael, that ruling twofold, release the documents and that the impeachment inquiry is legitimate, so the president has been calling this a hoax. he continues to call it a witch hunt but you have to wonder whether that ruling now -- yes, it will further bolster the democrats but you have to wonder how influential it could be now for republicans w...

Really kind of ob vee yats the need for the whistle-blower, their identity or even their complaint to be made public? >> well, the complaint has been made public so thats good. >> but its really the reports of the complaint. >> their identity is less important than the substance of what they have to say. and the lawyers for the whistle-blower have said if there are important issues that you need us to answer for you, we will do that under oath and in writing. so there is a mechanism in place for...

Department saying dont go. the committees hear that. they issue friendly subpoenas in order to enable the witnesses to have a legal defense basically to say, no, im not going to flout a subpoena and maybe risk going into a court process for myself, and under that subpoena they come to testify and that has been the case for witness after witness after witness, including mr. reeker today. hes operating under the same protection of that friendly subpoena. and so i think that this is going to be -- ...