memeorandum: The System Has Failed and a Con Artist Has Won (Jonathan Chait/New York Magazine)

7:35 PM ET, January 20, 2017

Top Items:

An America First Energy Plan — Energy is an essential part of American life and a staple of the world economy. The Trump Administration is committed to energy policies that lower costs for hardworking Americans and maximize the use of American resources, freeing us from dependence on foreign oil.

Discussion: Esquire, Bloomberg, IJR, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Reuters, New York Magazine, Common Dreams, Vox, The Guardian, Occupy Democrats, Hit & Run, Gothamist, DeSmogBlog, Joe.My.God., Mashable, Gizmodo, The Daily Caller, Morning Consult, The Week, Grist, New York Times and CNBC

The White House:

Standing Up For Our Law Enforcement Community — One of the fundamental rights of every American is to live in a safe community. A Trump Administration will empower our law enforcement officers to do their jobs and keep our streets free of crime and violence. The Trump Administration will be a law and order administration.

Discussion: Slate, PINAC, Hit & Run, Political Insider blog, Washington Post, Vox, Mashable, 24Ahead and Rewire

Rebecca Leber / Mother Jones:

Donald Trump Just Replaced the White House Climate Website With...This — As Donald Trump was sworn in Friday, the White House website got a major makeover. One of the casualties in the reset: any mention of the need to fight climate change. — The original White House page dedicated …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Daily Kos and Gizmodo

The White House:

America First Foreign Policy — The Trump Administration is committed to a foreign policy focused on American interests and American national security. — Peace through strength will be at the center of that foreign policy. This principle will make possible a stable, more peaceful world with less conflict and more common ground.

Discussion: New York Times, Vox, NPR, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, Washington Post and Naked Politics

Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Trump's WhiteHouse.Gov Disappears Civil Rights, Climate Change, LGBT Rights

Discussion: The White House, Washington Monthly, New York Times, The Verge, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog and Shakesville

Marc Morano / Climate Depot:
All References to ‘Climate Change’ Deleted From White House Website at Noon Today

Discussion: Rush, Scared Monkeys and The Gateway Pundit

Jason Koebler / Motherboard:
All References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted From the White House Website

Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite, KTLA, Raw Story, Vox, Mashable, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Grist, CNBC and Politico

Washington Post:

A most dreadful inaugural address — Twenty minutes into his presidency, Donald Trump, who is always claiming to have made, or to be about to make, astonishing history, had done so. Living down to expectations, he had delivered the most dreadful inaugural address in history.

Discussion: Roll Call and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Politico:

Full text: 2017 Donald Trump inauguration speech — President Donald Trump's full inaugural address remarks. — Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world, thank you.

Discussion: New York Times, The White House, Vox, RedState, ABC News, Outside the Beltway, The Guardian, Business Insider, IJR, Daily Kos, Hit & Run, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Daily Caller

ABC News:
Obama Family Farewell Includes a Final Missive to Donald Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, CNN and IJR

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump rattles the establishment with a populist inaugural address true to his campaign

Discussion: Politico

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Key moments from Trump's inauguration speech

Discussion: ABC News and Washington Times

Rachel Cao / CNBC:
Read President Trump's full, blistering inaugural speech, attacking Washington, promising ‘America first’

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, neo-neocon, Common Dreams, Friendly Atheist and Power Line

NPR:
President Trump's Inaugural Address, Annotated

Discussion: The Atlantic, WFLA-TV, Washington Post and The Daily Caller

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's full inauguration speech transcript, annotated

Discussion: The Atlantic, Politico, Daily Wire, New York Magazine and The Last Refuge

Libby Nelson / Vox:
Trump's vision of education begins and ends with schools being bad

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Washington Post:

White House website promotes Melania Trump's modeling and jewelry line … Visitors to the newly revamped White House website get more than a simple rundown of first lady Melania Trump's charitable works and interests — they also get a list of her magazine cover appearances and details on her jewelry line at QVC.

Discussion: Mother Jones

Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW STATEMENT: TRUMP NOW VIOLATING CONSTITUTION

Discussion: Common Dreams

Mrs. Karen Pence / The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, New York Magazine and Joe.My.God.

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Watchdog group files complaint over Trump's Washington hotel

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine

President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Politico, The Guardian and The Week

Sarah Frostenson / Vox:

Photos: the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration vs. Barack Obama's — President Donald Trump boasted his inauguration would have an “unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.” — But aerial shots of the National Mall from President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration and today show that isn't likely.

Discussion: ABC News, Shareblue, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, DCist and The Guardian

Forrest Wickman / Slate:

Donald Trump's First Twitter Background as President Was a Photo From the Inauguration of Barack Obama — President Donald Trump officially took over the @POTUS Twitter account on Friday: — The new Twitter background made me wonder: Whose inauguration is this from? The answer:

Discussion: SFist, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera English, New York Times, KTLA, The Week, New Urban Legends, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, Mashable, NPR, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Political Wire and WBAY-TV

Nathalie Baptiste / Mother Jones:
These Aerial Photos Show How Trump's Inauguration Crowd Compares With Obama's

Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine and Vox

David Ferguson / Raw Story:

‘Jesus, Chris’: Rachel Maddow shocked when Chris Matthews suggests Trump might execute son-in-law — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Chris Matthews made a startling comparison during Friday morning's inaugural coverage. — Noting that Republican President-elect Donald Trump's son …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats

Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
Matthews: Trump Speech Was ‘Hitlerian,’ Jokes He Could Fix Nepotism Laws By Hanging Son-in-Law

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit

Caleb Howe / RedState:
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Refers to Trump's Inaugural Address as “Hitlerian” [VIDEO]

Discussion: Townhall.com and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Laurel Raymond / ThinkProgress:

Trump just violated his oath to the Constitution — His first act as President. — On January 20th, 2017, President-elect Trump put his hand on two bibles—one a family bible, and one the same bible that President Lincoln was sworn in for his first term, and that President Obama used …

Discussion: Rewire, New Century Times, The Week and Towleroad

Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org launched immediately after Trump sworn in

Discussion: RedState

Matea Gold / Washington Post:
The campaign to impeach President Trump has begun

Discussion: Mother Jones and American Prospect

Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:

Senate confirms retired Gen. James Mattis as defense secretary, breaking with decades of precedent … The Senate confirmed James N. Mattis as President Trump's defense secretary Friday, breaking with decades of precedent by making a recently retired general the Pentagon's top civilian leader.

Discussion: Reuters, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys and The Week

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump takes first official acts at signing ceremony

Discussion: IJR

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: Rush and Raw Story

David Frum / The Atlantic:
An Inaugural Celebration That Rings Hollow

Discussion: New York Times and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

ProPublica:

Trump Promised to Resign From His Companies — But There's No Record He's Done So — To transfer control of his companies, the president has to submit filings in Florida, Delaware and New York. We spoke to officials in each of those states. — At a news conference last week …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Slot and Axios

Alex Gangitano / Roll Call:

Lewandowski Stopped From Joining Trump at Inauguration — Ex-aide identifies himself as 'Mr. Trump's campaign manager' when stopped by police — New Yorkers Celebrated Inauguration With or Without Trump Word on the Hill: Inauguration Day Celebrating the Inauguration

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Slot

Joe Light / Bloomberg:

Trump Administration Overturns Obama's FHA Mortgage-Fee Cut — Obama sought to reduce fees by a quarter percentage point — Loan program is popular among first-time home buyers — The Trump administration overturned a mortgage-fee cut under a government program that's popular with first-time home buyers and low-income borrowers.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Shareblue, Occupy Democrats and The Real Deal New York

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:

Pen Trading and Peekaboo at President Trump's 1st Law Signing — Sitting in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol, with his grandchildren by his side, President Donald Trump had some fun signing the formal nominations for his Cabinet picks. — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi smiled and told …

Discussion: Politico

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate breaks confirmations logjam — for now

Discussion: ABC News

#DisruptJ20:

Well, hi there! Curious about what's going on? We've got answers to some of your burning questions. We'll update this as the Inauguration rolls closer. Any more questions? Contact us here! — Who is behind all this? — #DisruptJ20 is supported by the work of the DC Welcoming Committee …

Discussion: Vox and DCist

Tony Romm / Politico:

Trump said to elevate Ajit Pai to FCC chairman — President Donald Trump will tap Ajit Pai as his pick to lead the FCC in the new administration, elevating the sitting GOP commissioner to the top spot overseeing the nation's communications industry, according to four industry sources familiar with decision.