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1:05 PM ET, January 20, 2017

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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.
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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 …
Discussion: The Week
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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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.
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Associated Press:
Smashed Windows, Chaotic Confrontation Near Inauguration
Discussion: WSVN-TV
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Conway: Trump's inauguration ‘will be a shock to the system’
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
Fox News:
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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” …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: A divided, yet optimistic country awaits Trump
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, AOL and The Week
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’
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
Soo Oh / Vox:
Inauguration Day emotion tracker: share your feelings, and we'll tell you where you stand with others  —  How many people feel just like you right now?  —  On Inauguration Day, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the president of the United States with the lowest approval rating for any incoming president in the modern era.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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.
Mary Katharine Ham / The Federalist:
More Than A Year After My Children's Father Died, We're Still Learning How To Transition  —  It sounded simple enough.  —  “Stripes in the corner?”  —  “Yeah, the rest of the room will be peach, but the corner will be striped— gray and peach,” I said, seeing myself pulling …
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Trump supporters greeted by massive projection of quotes from sexual assault survivors  —  “In this man, I see my abuser.”  —  WASHINGTON, D.C.—As thousands of Trump supporters poured into the nation's capital on Thursday evening to attend the president-elect's inauguration …
Mattathias Schwartz / The Intercept:
Rudy Giuliani Kicks Off Inauguration Lunch With 9/11 Sex Joke  —  More than 200 Republican lawyers gathered in a ballroom inside Washington, D.C.'s Four Seasons hotel for a celebratory inaugural luncheon on Thursday with incoming White House Counsel Don McGahn and Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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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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.
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 …
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.
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
 
 
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Melania Trump Channels Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in Inaugural Day Fashion
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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
Christy Gutowski / Chicago Tribune:
Dennis Hastert seeks repayment of $1.7 million from sex abuse accuser
New York Times:
Can President Trump Be Presidential?
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Wright Under Consideration as Trump's Antitrust Chief, Source Says
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump sworn in, marking a transformative shift in the country's leadership
Discussion: The Week
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
Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
It's time to relax about Trump
Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed How to stop Trump: Lessons from the tea party
Discussion: Common Dreams
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Report: Trump has given up personal cellphone
Discussion: IJR and RedState
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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