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10:55 AM ET, January 20, 2017

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New York Times:
Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates  —  WASHINGTON — American law enforcement and intelligence agencies are examining intercepted communications and financial transactions as part of a broad investigation into possible links between Russian officials …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Report: Manafort part of intelligence review of intercepted Russian communications  —  American intelligence and law enforcement agencies are looking at intercepted communications and financial transactions as part of an investigation into possible ties between Donald Trump
David Frum / The Atlantic:
An Inaugural Celebration That Rings Hollow  —  Every presidency is different, but inaugural coverage is always the same.  Commentators congratulate Americans on the peaceful transition of power and intone solemn sentences about democratic renewal.  —  There is something unnerving …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Ex-Bush speechwriter: Trump is worse than slave-holding presidents  —  A speechwriter for former President George W. Bush on Friday called President-elect Donald Trump  —  “the worst human being ever to enter the presidency” just hours before Trump's inauguration.
Discussion: Raw Story
Clemence Michallon / Daily Mail:
‘Thank you, baby’: Donald Trump pays tribute to Kellyane Conway for going on CNN to ‘destroy’ his critics when ‘my men are petrified to go on’  —  Donald Trump paid a vibrant tribute to his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway at his campaign donors' dinner Thursday night.
Discussion: BizPac Review
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NBC News:
Anti-Trump Protesters Pepper Sprayed on Eve of Inauguration Outside ‘DeploraBall’ in D.C.  —  Hundreds of Inauguration Weekend Protests Planned Across the Country 1:40  —  A weekend of protests over the inauguration and presidency of Donald Trump began Thursday night with police in Washington …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: Trump's inauguration ‘will be a shock to the system’  —  President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration “will be a shock to the system that is Washington D.C.,” incoming counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Friday morning.  —  Conway, who took over as Trump's campaign manager …
Discussion: The Week
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Donald Trump 'Didn't Divide the Country' but Can ‘Heal and Unify,’ Senior Adviser Says
Discussion: Hot Air
Associated Press:   Protesters Make Their Mark on Trump's Inauguration
Camille Dodero / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin Address Crowd at Anti-Trump Rally in NYC
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
A Trump Administration, With Obama Staff Members Filling In the Gaps  —  WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington the day before his inauguration as the nation's 45th president in a swirl of cinematic pageantry but facing serious questions about whether his chaotic transition …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:   ‘None of us knows what is going to happen’
David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump to be sworn in, marking a transformative shift in the country's leadership
Discussion: The Week
Claudia Koerner / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Inaugural Concert Didn't Fill The National Mall  —  Here's the crowd outside the Lincoln Memorial on Thursday for a concert celebrating President-elect Donald Trump's upcoming inauguration. … The National Park Service declined to estimate how many people attended the concert.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Anti-Fascists Crash Alt-Right Deploraball  —  As attendees poured into the Deploraball, a celebratory event organized by figures in the Alt-Right and their Trump-loving allies, hundreds of protesters gathered outside yelling “Nazi scum” as they walked in.  —  Around a half-hour before the event …
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Protests already underway in Washington ahead of Trump's inauguration
Discussion: USA Today and Mediaite
Jessica Schulberg / The Huffington Post:
Trump Sought Military Equipment For Inauguration, Granted 20-Plane Flyover  —  “It's very Red Square,” said Stephen Kerrigan, who oversaw the past two inaugurations.  —  Foreign Affairs Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON Part of being a great president is showing off America's …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Is Trump Stronger Than He Seems?  —  New polls suggest that Donald J. Trump has the lowest approval and favorability ratings of any incoming president in the polling era — by a lot.  Unsurprisingly, he is not buying it.  —  He tweeted that the polls are “rigged” just like the “phony” …
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Senate set to confirm two Trump Cabinet nominees Friday; others will wait  —  President-elect Donald Trump's two least controversial Cabinet nominees are expected to be confirmed by the Senate Friday afternoon, but the rest may have to wait before they can officially join the Trump administration.
Discussion: USA Today and Talking Points Memo
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump West Wing's power brokers jockey for sway  —  In the two months since Donald Trump won the most coveted office in the United States, his aides have quietly jostled for the next most valuable workspace—the short corridor just down the hall from the Oval Office.
Christy Gutowski / Chicago Tribune:
Dennis Hastert seeks repayment of $1.7 million from sex abuse accuser  —  Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is serving a 15-month sentence in a Minnesota federal prison hospital after pleading guilty in October to a financial crime.  —  Imprisoned former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert …
New York Times:
Can President Trump Be Presidential?  —  A special strength of American democracy has been the desire of newly elected presidents to unite the public with healing words after the sound and fury of the campaign.  —  Now comes President-elect Donald Trump.  He has won the office and yet …
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Malia Obama's Secret Trip to Bolivia and Peru
Discussion: AOL
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
In Trump We Trust: Inauguration prompts celebration in Russia  —  The Kremlin may have spent years reviling America, but Russians hoping Donald Trump will usher in a new era of detente marked his inauguration on Friday with parties and trinkets from commemorative coins to “matryoshka” nesting dolls in his image.
Discussion: CNBC and The Week
Bloomberg:
Wright Under Consideration as Trump's Antitrust Chief, Source Says  —  Ex-FTC commissioner said in running for Justice Department job  —  Courts have countered Wright dissents in FTC enforcement cases  —  The Trump team is considering giving a top antitrust post to a former U.S. trade …
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
It's time to relax about Trump  —  Hugh Hewitt hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and is author of the forthcoming “The Fourth Way: The Conservative Playbook for a Lasting GOP Majority.”  —  My wife and I welcomed Mike and Debbie for dinner at our California home Tuesday night.
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Trump has given up personal cellphone  —  Less than 24 hours before his inauguration, the Associated Press reports President-elect Donald Trump  —  has given up his personal cellphone.  —  Trump apparently told a friend on Thursday that he has given up the phone on the advice of security agencies.
Discussion: The Week and RedState
Fox News:
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Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
 
 
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Elijah Cummings: ‘If the public knew what Congress knows’ they would boycott the inauguration too
Discussion: IJR and Washington Times
Alex Felton / CNN:
From Russia with love: A $10,000 Trump coin
Charlie Hoffmann / Washington Free Beacon:
Al Franken Criticizes Tom Price for Holding Tobacco Stocks He Owns Too
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
Trump's K Street Office Is Open for Business
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Jim Brown backs Donald Trump
Discussion: Washington Post and USA Today
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed How to stop Trump: Lessons from the tea party
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Trump on Supreme Court pick: ‘I think in my mind I know who it is’
Discussion: Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Cornyn: No One Covered Under Medicaid Expansion Will Lose Coverage
Discussion: ACASignups.net and Mother Jones
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Wyden objection to Pompeo could push vote to Monday
New York Times:
Washington Hotel Presents Trump With a ‘Minefield’ of Potential Scandal
Heather Hansman / The Guardian:
Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue
Discussion: Occupy Democrats and The Slot
John Ziegler / Mediaite:
A Final Reminder: Here's Who ‘Owns’ the Trump Presidency and Who Will Get the Blame/Praise
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
G/O Media sells The Onion to Global Tetrahedron, a new Chicago firm owned by former Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson; former NBC News senior reporter Ben Collins is CEO

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

Financial Times:
Sources: RedBird IMI prepares to withdraw its Telegraph bid as early as next week, triggering an auction expected to draw bids from Rupert Murdoch and others

 
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