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People storm the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 in an attempt to prevent the counting of electoral college ballots to certify then president-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Photo courtesy TapTheForwardAssist/Wikimedia Commons via Creative Commons.

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