“While red states jumped to answer the president’s call, governors and Guard commanders in blue states were incredulous. The result was a deployment to the nation’s capital that military historians say appears to have been without precedent: Over 98 percent of the 3,800 troops that arrived in the District came from states with Republican governors.” WaPo: How Trump amassed a red-state army in the nation’s capital — and could do so again. (This, it turns out, is a pretty big deal when you have a candidate who has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power.)

+ “Yesterday I made a statement that was according to most, a perfect statement. I’ve said it so many times, even beyond that.” And with that preamble, Trump finally condemned the Proud Boys, lying that he really doesn’t know who they are…

+ Jane Meyer in The New Yorker: The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Departure from Fox. (This administration attracts quite the crowd…)