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9:30 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
Discussion: RedState
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.
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David Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump to be sworn in, marking a transformative shift in the country's leadership  —  Donald John Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States at noon on Friday, on a day that is expected to offer less ceremony and flourish than previous inaugurations …
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:   Washington Hotel Presents Trump With a ‘Minefield’ of Potential Scandal
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump begins inaugural festivities as he prepares for the presidency
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
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’  —  No one knows.  —  Everything in Washington is a question—what kind of bills are going to come through Congress, how radically Republicanism and conservatism are going to be reshaped, what the Democratic Party is going to do in an attempt to be relevant again …
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
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 …
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Camille Dodero / Hollywood Reporter:
Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin Address Crowd at Anti-Trump Rally in NYC
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Michael Moore leads massive anti-Trump protest in NYC
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
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump says his Cabinet has ‘highest IQ of any Cabinet’
Discussion: TheBlaze and Politicus USA
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Trump aides jockey for best White House real estate  —  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.
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.
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
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
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
First on ABC: George W. Bush's Inauguration Day Letter to Barack Obama  —  Writing a letter to the next commander-in-chief has been a tradition for outgoing presidents.  —  As Barack Obama prepares to hand the baton to Donald Trump, ABC News has obtained an exclusive look at the missive …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Jim Brown backs Donald Trump  —  Who are the most formidable and iconic male African-Americans of the 1960s?  Martin Luther King and Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali are surely the top two.  —  Who is third?  For me, it's Jim Brown (and not John Lewis).  —  Brown is as great an athlete as I've ever seen.
Discussion: Washington Post and USA Today
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” …
Alex Felton / CNN:
From Russia with love: A $10,000 Trump coin  —  Moscow (CNN)Money, the saying goes, can't buy love.  But $10,000 will buy you the perfect Donald Trump inauguration keepsake — a coin with the words “In Trump we trust.”  —  It's the handiwork of a Russian mining company because …
 
 
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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
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
Devin Henry / The Hill:
Dems blast Trump plans for deep spending cuts
Discussion: Vox, The Week, AOL and RedState
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Cornyn: No One Covered Under Medicaid Expansion Will Lose Coverage
Discussion: ACASignups.net and Mother Jones
 Earlier Items: 
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Wyden objection to Pompeo could push vote to Monday
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Democrats prepare for Trump with one of the earliest resistance movements ever to greet a new president
Discussion: Associated Press
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
The Troublemaker Behind Donald Trump's Words
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Ronna Romney McDaniel tapped to be new RNC chair
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
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
This is the most ominous Inauguration Day in modern history