memeorandum: Inaugural Speech Dims G.O.P. Hopes for a More Conservative Trump Agenda (Jonathan Martin/New York Times)

5:35 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 …

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The Independent:

Donald Trump is so unpopular that there are even women marching against him in Antarctica. — The day after the inauguration of a president who bragged about grabbing women by their genitals, thousands will be marching in Washington and in more than 60 countries around the world, to …

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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.

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Justice Department opinion backs Trump on hiring of son-in-law

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New York Times:
Jared Kushner, Trump's Son-in-Law, Is Cleared to Serve as Adviser

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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 …

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Washington Post:
Women's March on Washington: A sea of pink-hatted protesters vows to resist Donald Trump

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Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
'We're Not Going Away': Huge Crowds for Women's Marches Against Trump

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Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Breitbart to open bureaus in Berlin and Paris: report — Right-wing website Breitbart News is opening up shop in Berlin and Paris, according to an Axios report. — The move could broaden the website's political reach at a time of growing nationalist sentiment in Europe and the U.S.

Discussion: RedState

Michelle Fitzpatrick / Yahoo:
‘Europe will wake up in 2017’, Le Pen tells Germany right-wing congress

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Bloomberg:
Merkel Scours Trump Archive for Clues on How to Read Him

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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.

William Turton / Gizmodo:
National Park Service Banned From Tweeting After Anti-Trump Retweets

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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Comparing Donald Trump and Barack Obama's inaugural crowd sizes

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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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Steve Rukavina / CBC News:
Montrealers bound for Trump inauguration turned away at border

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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

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Sarah Wheaton / Politico:

At CIA, Trump sticks to his media-bashing script — President Donald Trump declared fresh war on ISIS — and the news media — while trying to forge a new alliance with the intelligence community in a visit to the CIA headquarters, his first to an executive agency as president.

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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.

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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:

Trump's inaugural cake was commissioned to look exactly like Obama's, baker says — Amid the glitz of President Trump's inaugural festivities, one item stood out in particular late Friday night: a spectacular nine-tier cake that the new president and Vice President Pence cut into with a sword.

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

Inaugural Speech Dims G.O.P. Hopes for a More Conservative Trump Agenda — WASHINGTON — In the weeks after President Trump's stunning election, one topic dominated conversations among elected Republicans: Would the new president actually pursue his campaign agenda of big-government nationalism …

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.

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