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This week we look at upsets within the GOP as Bush-era Republicans announce their departure from the party, which some call the "Cult of Trump."

Americans continue to suffer sleepless nights as the coronavirus pandemic ensues, but some doctors are now saying many Americans are exhibiting concussion-like symptoms. Murder rates also saw historic highs in 2020, according to a new study, which affects everything from education and films, to Super Bowl Sunday. Meanwhile, all hell broke loose last week when the Robinhood trading app restricted transactions for certain securities after a group of Redditors decided to cause GameStop shares to surge.

We weigh in on the Robinhood controversy, and then looking at politics this week, there have been shake ups in the GOP in recent days after many Bush-era Republicans have announced they are leaving the GOP after likening it to a "Cult of Trump." Will the Republican Party be able to realign its interests over the next four years, or did Trump's presidency present greater challenges to the party's standards and leadership than many may realize?

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• ZOMBIES: Zombie Nation: Third Of Adults In Concussion-Like Daze
• BIG GAME: CBS Promises Most Innovative. Cinematic Super Bowl In Broadcast History
• MURDER: US murder rate increase in 2020 has 'no modern precedent'
• ROBIN IN THE HOOD: Robinhood gets $1 billion infusion, signaling cash crunch
• Robinhood restricts crypto trading 'due to extraordinary market conditions'
• VIDEO: Glenn Greenwald on Carlson breaking down the Robinhood scandal
• CASH GRAB: As Trump raked in cash denying his loss, little went to actual legal fight
• CULT OF THE DON: Dozens of former Bush officials leave party, calling it 'cult'
• 'We traffic in lies': A House Republican launches campaign to 'take back our party'

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This week we examine the first few days of Joe Biden's presidency, and the high volume of executive orders it has produced.

In a recent press statement, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has argued that we are closer to midnight on the doomsday clock than at any time since 1947. Meanwhile, as the United States continues to feel the ideological aftershocks of the tumult that ensued during the transition between administrations, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a new alert warning about future unrest and potential terrorism… but their concern seems to extend far beyond any single particular ideological group.

Then turning our attention to presidential administrations past and present, we look at Trump's record of "draining the swamp" compared with his final days in office, the pardons he issued (and chose not to issue, as with the case of Julian Assange), and his choice in revoking his own executive order on ethics. This, contrasted with President Biden's first days in office, and the unprecedented number of executive orders it has seen. While many view it as a proportional response to the last administration, do Biden's executive orders also represent the potential for concern?

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• COUNTDOWN TO DOOMSDAY: Press Release—IT IS NOW 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT
• REMEMBERANCE: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• ALERT: US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence
• SECRET PARDONS: Secret Pardons for Self, Family?
• ASSANGE: Trump slammed for failing to pardon Assange, Snowden
• Trump Didn't Pardon Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange And His Supporters Aren't Happy
• SWAMP THE DRAIN: Trump's pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters
• Trump Revokes Lobbying Ban After Promising to 'Drain the Swamp'
• Extends clemency to sports gamblers and rappers
• LOBBYING: Trump Revokes Lobbying Ban He Signed At The Beginning Of His Presidency
• FACT CHECK: Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven't.
• ETHICS: Executive Order 13989: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel
• EXECUTIVE ORDERS: 2021 Joe Biden Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents
• Biden addresses racial bias in housing, directs DOJ to phase out private prisons
• Remarks by President Biden on the American Rescue Plan and Signing of Executive Orders
• BACKGROUND: Here's the full list of Biden's executive actions so far (NBC)
• CHARTING: All of President Biden's key executive orders — in one chart
• Executive Authority: The Good, The Bad, And The Downright Ugly
• Biden to sign major executive orders on climate change
• I'm a proud conservative. Here's my view on the transgender military ban.
• BLOCKAGE: Federal Judge Blocks Biden's 100-Day Deportation Moratorium

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With less than 24 hours left in Donald J. Trump's presidency, we reflect on the changes that have taken place in the last four years, and what they mean for the future.

In the final 24 hours of Donald Trump's presidency, Gallup has released polls detailing that the 45th Commander in Chief of the United States will exit on a low note, with an approval rating of just 39%. Overall, Gallup says Trump never peaked above 50% approval during his single term in office, as other presidents before him had.

And yet, despite what the numbers say, many of Trump's supporters are frighteningly loyal, as the recent insurgency on the U.S. Capitol building seemed to show. What does this mean for the future of American politics, and how has the Trump Presidency shaped both parties over the last four years? We look at these questions on this week's edition of Middle Theory.

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• LINDELL ME YOUR EARS: MyPillow CEO Visits Trump in Oval Office with Notes Proposing Drastic Action
• DOMINION sends cease and desist to MYPILLOW CEO
• Retailers Dropping MyPillow Products
• BLAME GAME: 'Destroy Trump': Breitbart Staffers Seethe After Capitol Riot
• LAST CALL: Trump era's battles over truth will outlast his term, experts say
• PARDON-SPREE: Trump to issue nearly 100 pardons and commutations Tuesday, sources say
• GALLUP: Last Trump Job Approval 34%; Average Is Record-Low 41%
• YOU Q's, YOU LOSE: QAnon Is Destroying the GOP From Within
• Alex Jones goes nuts on Q Anon caller

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In the "final daze" of Donald Trump's administration, the atmosphere is tense as new calls for his removal from office ensue following the siege on the U.S. Capitol Building.

It's been a tense last few days in Washington, and throughout the United States, following a demonstration by supporters of President Donald Trump which resulted in a temporary siege on the U.S. Capitol Building last week. In the aftermath of the incident, renewed calls for Trump's removal from office have led to a second impeachment effort, as well as the possibility that the 25th amendment could be invoked.

We analyze what led to this point, the political attitudes that fostered it, and why the problems we are seeing in America right now will not simply go away with a transition of power into future administrations. With America closer than it has been in decades to civil war, we look at how America became so divided, and what the path to restoration of unity may be in the years to come.

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• AFTERMATH: Trump concedes… sort of.
• Mitt Romney responds to Capitol Lockdown
• WSJ Editorial Board asks Donald to resign
• Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says
• THE RIOTERS: The hunt to identify Hill rioters
• Capitol assault a more sinister attack than first appeared
• Backup was denied, former Capitol Police chief says
• FBI: No evidence 'antifa' involved
• Texas woman took private jet to DC to 'storm the Capitol'
• Feds catch Arkansas man who stole mail from Pelosi office
• Man spotted carrying Speaker's lectern nabbed in Florida
• Tech CEO Arrested: 'Worst Personal Decision of My Life'
• 70-year-old had 11 Molotov cocktails akin to 'homemade napalm'
• UNFOLLOWED: A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets
• Trump went ballistic after being tossed off Twitter
• Apple suspends Parler social network from its App Store
• Conservative website Parler forced offline: web trackers
• The strange beginnings of right-wing social
• LAST WORD: Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric
• IMPEACHMENT 2.0: Pelosi says House will impeach Trump, pushes VP to oust him

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As we kick off a new year, chaos ensues in Washington as protesters flood the Capitol Building, interrupting Congress's Electoral College Certification.

It's a new year, everyone... and yet it feels pretty familiar, as we begin our coverage of the news in 2021 with chaos unfolding in the Nation's Capital. While Vice President Mike Pence performed the awkward role of presiding over the Senate's certification of Electoral College votes that will ultimately put Joe Biden in the White House, supporters of Donald Trump marched through Washington and made their way to the Capitol Building, where things quickly escalated and protesters made their way into the building.

We look at the events leading up to this unprecedented breach of our Nation's Capital, as well as what the responses by President-Elect Biden, as well as President Trump, have been. Will America be able to find its way back to a more stable way of life, and government? We ask these questions, and look at the events of the last few hours on this week's edition of Middle Theory.

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• LAST STAND: Pence told Trump he doesn't have power to block certification of Biden win
• 'Do it Mike': Trump leans on Pence to reject Biden's Electoral College certification
• 'I hope Mike Pence comes through for us': Trump puts vice president under pressure
• Trump allies hope Wednesday's drama will be his last stand — but no one knows what's next
• Trump and Senate GOP's Electoral College vote objections betray conservative legal thought
• CHAOS: Guns out, windows smashed: Trump crowd turns Congress into battlefield
• MSNBC Airs Woman Covered in Blood Carried Out of Congress on a Stretcher
• Ted Cruz: "Those storming the Capitol need to stop NOW."
• Explosive device found at RNC
• Multiple bombs found in DC
• D.C. Mayor Orders Curfew
• WSJ OP ED: Why America Needed Mike Pence
• Trump privately admits it's over, but wants to brawl for attention
• As Trump backers descend on capital, military hopes to avoid political fray

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