The woman, identifiable by a pink ski cap, at the January 6th domestic attack at the Capitol who bellowed orders to fellow insurrections through a bullhorn, has been arrested in Pennsylvania, the York Daily Record reports.

Rachel Marie Powell, a mother of eight from Sandy Lake in Mercer County along the Pennsylvania-Ohio border, was arrested away from her home in New Castle, Pennsylvania Thursday night.  The arrest was coordinated with an FBI raid of her home.

Powell was recorded planning attacks on the Capitol during the unrest: “People should probably coordinate together if you’re going to take this building … We got another window to break to make in-and-out easy.”  She’s seen later with a bullhorn telling domestic terrorists in the building how to work their way around the complex.

In a damning analysis for Donald Trump’s impeachment defense, the New York Times published a detailed analysis of cell phone tracking in the vicinity of Trump’s inflammatory speech on the Ellipse January 6th and found that 40% of those people participated in the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol minutes later.

The anonymized data, using cell phone signals pinging towers and relays as well as apps with location tracking, provides detailed information on the number and travel of people that day.  It collected more than 100,000 pings from thousands of phones, including around 130 devices that pinged sensors from inside the Capitol complex itself.

The analysis undercuts the claims of Donald Trump and his supporters that his call from the dais at the Ellipse to go to the Capitol to “fight” otherwise “you won’t have a country” were inconsequential to the subsequent attack by domestic terrorists.

“President Joe Biden seized on January’s anemic jobs report Friday to argue for his $1.9 trillion relief package, while also bracing the public for the long road to a full economic recovery and robust job growth. January’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.3% in Trump’s last month in office, but the economy gained just 49,000 jobs. ‘Only 6,000 private sector jobs been created,’ Biden said. ‘At that rate it’s going to take 10 years before we get to full unemployment.’ ‘That’s not hyperbole, that’s a fact,’ he added. Biden met with House Democrats Friday to strategize on how to pass his relief plan, which many Republicans – and now former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers – have criticized for being too big” – Axios.

Business Insider: “A Donald Trump comeback tour is in the works once he’s beyond a second Senate impeachment trial, Insider has learned. That’s the strategy emerging out of Mar-a-Lago, the Trump-owned private club in South Florida where the former president now lives. Trump and his small post-White House team are holed up there planning out potential trips to campaign against Republicans who voted in support of his removal from office, according to 6 people close to the former president. ‘I’m sure he wants to get out a roulette wheel with all their faces on it,’ said one of the Republicans who remains tight with Trump. For now, the ex-president is shying from the spotlight as House Democrats prepare to make their case next week on the Senate floor that he bears direct responsibility for his supporters leading a deadly riot at the US Capitol on January 6th. Nobody in Trump’s orbit believes he will ultimately be convicted by the Senate. But Trump and his staff also know they need to be careful before the Senate trial. They’re getting advice that it’s not the right moment for him to go back out in public quite yet delivering stemwinding diatribes at campaign rallies targeting incumbent Republicans. ‘Even he recognizes that we have Trump fatigue,’ said the Republican close to Trump.”

“‘Even he knows that you can get overexposed, and he wore the electorate out. And that was part of the problem. He clearly wore the country out with his behavior between the election and the inauguration.’ ‘Honestly, Twitter did him a favor,’ the Republican added, referring to the social media company’s lifetime ban on the now-former president. Minus that free megaphone, some Trump advisors are pushing him to speak publicly as soon as possible. They’re concerned that he may be losing his grip on the GOP the longer he stays quiet. And there’s an argument that Trump staying silent for too long could undermine his chances to be a serious contender to once again secure the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, a former Trump campaign advisor noted.”

“It started off as false equivalence. But it’s turned into something much darker, as Republican politicians suggest that attempts to enforce any kind of accountability for or reckoning with the events that led to Jan. 6 are threats to their political freedom. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said on Jan. 22 that he was ‘concerned’ that the ’74 million Americans who voted for President Trump’ would be ‘labeled as insurgents,’ as a Fox News chyron reading ‘Domestic Terror Proposal Raises Fear Of Overreach’ blared beneath him.”

“‘I think what we’re witnessing is the cancel culture purge being kicked into overdrive here,’ Johnson said. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who played his own well-known role in challenging legitimate election results, fanning the flames on Jan. 6, has flirted with a similar idea. ‘Joe Biden and the Democrats talk about unity but are brazenly trying to silence dissent,’ said Hawley (R-MO) in a statement on Jan. 21. ‘Democrats appear intent on weaponizing every tool at their disposal – including pushing an unconstitutional impeachment process – to further divide the country.’ Hawley later blocked the nomination of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, accusing him of being weak on immigration, but prompting consternation from specialists in far-right extremism. Others have responded to proposed DHS programs to help people walk away from being radicalized by arguing that those initiatives constitute examples of tyrannical government overreach. One proposal in particular would see the government fund ‘deprogramming’ initiatives, efforts to convince people that extremist belief systems like QAnon, which envisions mass executions of supposedly baby-eating Democrats, are incorrect. ‘Deprogram these people? Into what, conservatives want to know? Little totalitarians? Little socialists?’ wrote Tony Perkins of the influential evangelical Family Research Council” – Talking Points Memo.

Politico: “Allies of former President Donald Trump are imploring his impeachment team to avoid one specific topic when they defend the ex-president at his Senate trial next week: the deadly riot that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol. Despite Trump’s likely acquittal on charges that he incited an insurrection, some of his most ardent supporters fear the trial could further damage his reputation if his attorneys wade into the events of Jan. 6, when five people were killed – including a Capitol police officer – after pro-Trump demonstrators stormed the halls of Congress.”

“The former president, whom House Democrats have accused of inciting the rioters at a rally earlier the same day, is already hemorrhaging support within the GOP. Recent public polls have shown a sharp decline in support among Republican voters for a potential Trump comeback bid in 2024. And a widely televised trial that reminds voters and lawmakers of the disturbing moments when MAGA devotees assaulted law enforcement officials and broke into the Capitol building could harm his future political aspirations even more. ‘The Democrats have a very emotional and compelling case,’ said former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon. “They’re going to try to convict him in the eyes of the American people and smear him forever.””

In a rant about the Department of Defense ordering a 60-day stand-down, Laura Ingraham declares that it’s “un-American” to eliminate white nationalism.

Ingraham also shockingly asserts that if the 60-day “stand down” to root out white nationalism and extremism is implemented, she and her ilk will try to de-fund the military services by “push[ing] for steep cuts in military spending.”

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“After all,” she says without factual basis, “why should we fund an organization that Democrats plan to use not to protect us, but to restrain us in order to protect themselves and their grip on power.”

Dominion Voting Systems has asked social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Parler to preserve past posts that might relate to their lawsuits against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others, the Washington Post reports.

On Wednesday, Dominion’s lawyers stated in letters to the companies that the social media posts exemplify the spread of misinformation about the company propagandized by the defendants.  The deplatforming of Parler, as well as the suspension of the accounts on the other services of accounts of Giuliani and Powell, have made the posts unavailable to the lawyers.

The lawyers also asked for the preservation of accounts run by Donald Trump, the Trump campaign and media companies including Fox News, Newsmax and One America News.

From his 8:45 p.m. ET break:

• MyPillow (of course)
• A “buy silver” scam company
• The Battery Daddy to organize your batteries
• Balance of Nature mail order vitamins
• WaxRx ear wax removal system
• GOLO.com weight loss online service

A Long Island man was arrested after he attempted to kidnap two teenage girls, claiming to be an undercover police officer investigating gang crime, NBC News reports.

Donald Cristiano Jr. approached the girls, age 14 and 16, as they were walking to a local library.  He was driving a white Nissan Xterra and informed the girls that he was investigating gang activity in the area.  Cristiano then offered the girls a ride to the library so they would not have to walk alone.

Arriving at the library, Cristiano then got the older girl out of the car and drove off with the younger one.  He then drove off to Lindenhurst, where the remaining girl fought off Cristiano’s assault and escaped, running to a neighborhood house for help.

(UPDATE 6:51 p.m.)  In a bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives voted to remove Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) from her seats on the Education and Labor committee and the Budget committee.

In a 230-199 vote, eleven Republicans voted with all the Democrats to remove Greene, who has repeatedly threatened members of the Democratic leadership, propagated QAnon conspiracy theories, and promoted debunked election fraud statements.

Greene took to the House floor earlier to grovel for her seats, stating that she believed 9/11 happened, although she didn’t address her claims that the Pentagon attack was a “false flag” operation.  Nor did she admit that the school shootings at Parkland, Florida or Sandy Hook, Connecticut really happened, although she said generally, “school shootings happen.”

One of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump for incitement of insurrection, Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, has been censured by his county Republican Party for breaking with Republican dogma that Trump can do no wrong, Politico reports.

Kinzinger, who stated that he would vote to remove Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments for promoting violence and conspiracy theories, has been a vocal critic of the abasement Trumpism brought to the GOP.

The LaSalle County Republican Central Committee issued a statement saying that Kinzinger took actions “contrary to the values” of the Republican Party, which appears to be an endorsement of inciting violence.  Only 12% of the committee voted to support Kinzinger.

“Biden withdraws Trump’s nomination of Judy Shelton to be Fed board member. Shelton was once a Trump campaign economic adviser and considered a controversial nomination for her views – one of which is a return to the gold standard” reports PBS Newshour’s Harry Zahn.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) spoke in front of a large placard of a September Facebook post (since deleted) by Marjorie Taylor Greene appearing to threaten the Squad.

The Maryland Attorney General announced that he is proceeding with the consumer fraud case against the rental property company run by Jared Kushner after finding “numerous, serious violations” of consumer protection laws, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh received more than 600 pages of testimony from renters of Kushner properties that were infested with mice, rats and insects.  The renters complained of mold and leaking pipes, but the company didn’t fix problems or address complaints.

Administrative Law Judge Emily Daneker now has 90 days to submit a proposed order, which in Maryland serves as a draft for the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division to direct Kushner’s company, Westminster Management, to pay fines and fix problems.  It is also possible that the company could lose its license to operate in Maryland.

Rudy Giuliani took exception Thursday to WABC 770 AM airing a disclaimer prior to his radio show, which is kind of smart considering he’s potentially on the hook for $4 billion in defamation claims. Here’s an excerpt of the transcript from Media Matters (audio also available there):

DISCLAIMER: “The views, assumptions, and opinions expressed by former U.S. attorney, former attorney to the president of the United States, and NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, his guests, and callers on his program are strictly their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions, beliefs, or policies of WABC radio, its owner, Red Apple Group, and other WABC hosts or our advertisers.”

RUDY GIULIANI: “I would have thought they would have told me about that before just doing what they just did. Rather insulting. And gives you a sense of how far this free speech thing has gone and how they frighten everybody. I mean we’re in America, we’re not in East Germany. They’ve got to warn you about me? I’m going to have to give that a lot of consideration. I also think putting it on without telling me, not the right thing to do, not the right thing to do at all.”

Fox News: “The city of Frostproof, Fla., has declared the first week of February ‘Donald J. Trump Week’ in honor of the former president, who remains a popular figure in the area. ‘Former President Donald J. Trump was overwhelmingly supported, and received 76.43% of the votes in Frostproof, Fla., Precinct 537, won the state of Florida twice and received more votes than any incumbent in United States history,’ the proclamation from Mayor Jon Albert reads. The proclamation praised Trump for his record on jobs – touting 1.2 million in manufacturing and construction during his term – and his foreign policy, which ‘engaged in no new wars’ and brought some troops home from abroad. Donald J. Trump week runs this year from Feb. 1 to 6.”

“State Rep. Anthony Sabatini, who has proposed renaming U.S. Route 27 as ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway,’ spoke in support of the proclamation and called it ‘a great initiative.’ ‘First city in the nation to do this,’ he noted in a Facebook post. Critics of the move said they disagree with its timing, during the first week of Black History Month, according to the Tampa Bay Times. ‘I voted for Trump, but I feel this is stirring the pot,’ White city resident Aimee Ward told the paper. ‘If they declared Trump Day on his birthday in June, I wouldn’t think twice. Doing this on Black History Month is absolutely unacceptable.'”