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4:05 PM ET, January 21, 2017

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German Lopez / Vox:
DC's metro system keeps trolling Trump for his poor inauguration attendance  —  It keeps pointing out on Twitter how bad attendance was for Trump's event — and how good it is for the Women's March on Washington.  —  Washington, DC's metro system, WMATA, just keeps throwing shade …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Politicians, Activists Rally Crowd at Women's March in Washington  —  Activists and politicians are participating in the Women's March on Washington this morning, the biggest of hundreds of marches taking place today.  —  The rally featured speeches from women's rights activist Gloria Steinem …
Daily Mail:   The enthusiastic crowd brought instruments as they cheered and chanted during the protest
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Department reactivates Twitter accounts after shutdown following inauguration … The Interior Department reactivated its official Twitter accounts early Saturday after an abrupt shutdown following two shares of tweets that were unsympathetic to President Trump during his inauguration.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Trump's executive order on Obamacare, explained by two health policy experts  —  Shortly after the end of his inaugural parade, President Donald Trump issued his first executive order: instructions for the federal government to dismantle the Affordable Care Act “to the maximum extent permitted by law.”
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CNN:
Trump issues executive order to start rolling back Obamacare
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department blesses White House post for Kushner  —  In a reversal of legal advice given to prior presidents, the Justice Department has concluded that it is lawful for President Donald Trump to appoint his son-in-law Jared Kushner to a White House post.
Discussion: AOL and The Week
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Justice Department opinion backs Trump on hiring of son-in-law
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Canadians traveling to Women's March denied US entry after sharing their plans  —  After telling border agents their plans to march, group's cars were searched and phones examined, and each person was fingerprinted and had their photo taken  —  Would-be protesters heading to the Women's March …
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The Independent:
Donald Trump is so unpopular that there are even women marching against him in Antarctica.
Chicago Tribune:
Hundreds march through Loop as part of Women's March on Chicago  —  An estimated 250,000 people gathered to rally in downtown Chicago as a sister event to the National Women's March taking place in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 2017.  —  Organizers officially canceled the march portion …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's Dean Baquet rips ‘fairly ridiculous conclusion’ in public editor's column on Russia coverage … Executive editors at the New York Times routinely differ with the public editors who deliver less-than-flattering judgments on the work of their colleagues.  Less routinely do they express their misgivings afterwards.
Ken White / Popehat:
On Punching Nazis  —  1. Nazis are scum.  —  2. Principles are in a constant struggle with viscera.  I want punching Nazis to be acceptable, and find the spectacle of Nazis getting punched to be viscerally satisfying.  Jesus Christ and John Donne aside, Nazi suffering does not move me.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Flynn is creating the most military-heavy National Security Council of the modern era  —  President Trump is filling the government's national security leadership with former military officials and businessmen, rejecting the policy and academic types both parties have traditionally relied on.
Discussion: RedState
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Strikes Nationalistic Tone in Inaugural Speech  —  Donald Trump delivered what historians and speechwriters said was one of the most ominous inaugural addresses ever, reinforcing campaign themes of American decline while positioning himself as the protector of the country's ‘forgotten men and women.’
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Trump's first full day: Prayer, bowling, and a visit to the CIA  —  President Donald Trump quickly set to work in his signature style—including hanging gold drapes in the Oval Office—making good on his promise to radically change the government he now controls, even as demonstrators marched through …
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Churchill bust returns to Trump's gilded Oval Office
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Michelle Fitzpatrick / Yahoo:
‘Europe will wake up in 2017’, Le Pen tells Germany right-wing congress  —  Koblenz (Germany) (AFP) - French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen on Saturday told a European gathering of rightwing populists in Germany that a string of high-stakes elections in 2017 would blow a wind of change across the region.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
White House site updated to remove Melania Trump QVC reference  —  Washington (CNN)The White House edited First Lady Melania Trump's biography on WhiteHouse.gov Friday “out of an abundance of caution” that a reference to her clothing line on QVC could be seen as an endorsement, a spokesperson for Trump told CNN.
Discussion: Mediaite and Donald Trump
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Washington Post snipes at Melania Trump's bio
Washington Post:
Trump's America is a rotten place  —  President Trump delivered a campaign speech, not an inaugural address today.  That he and his staff do not understand the difference goes to the heart of his insufficiency as a leader.  Addressing a shockingly sparse crowd, he painted a picture …
Discussion: IJR
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Ryan Saavedra / The Gateway Pundit:   Trump Referred To Himself Only 3 Times During Speech; We 45 Times; You 24 Times
 
 
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New York Times:
What President Trump Doesn't Get About America
Reuters:
'It's made in Vietnam!' At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many
Discussion: TheStreet.com
Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Trump starts on familiar note: with exaggeration
Joe Concha / The Hill:
ABC reporter: Trump speech carried anti-Semitic ‘overtones’
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
Merkel Scours Trump Archive for Clues on How to Read Him
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Andrew Follett / The Daily Caller:
Trump Terminates Obama's Global Warming Website Seconds After Taking Office
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 Earlier Items: 
Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Grasping for Metaphor, Reporters Flock to Burning DC Garbage Can
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
‘God is not against building walls!’  The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inauguration.
Gabrielle Bluestone / The Slot:
Donald Trump Plagiarized Bane in His Inaugural Speech
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, New York Magazine and Vox
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
Photos: President Trump's inaugural parade attracted relatively few people
Washington Post:
A most dreadful inaugural address
 

 
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