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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 …
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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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
Montrealers bound for Trump inauguration turned away at border
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The Guardian
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
Justice Department opinion backs Trump on hiring of son-in-law
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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.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Breitbart to open bureaus in Berlin and Paris: report
Breitbart to open bureaus in Berlin and Paris: report
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RedState
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
Trump issues executive order to start rolling back Obamacare
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act's individual mandate
Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act's individual mandate
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signs ObamaCare executive order
Trump signs ObamaCare executive order
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo to Widen Access to Free Abortion and Contraception
Andrew Cuomo to Widen Access to Free Abortion and Contraception
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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.
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William Turton / Gizmodo:
National Park Service Banned From Tweeting After Anti-Trump Retweets
National Park Service Banned From Tweeting After Anti-Trump Retweets
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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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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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ABC News
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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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.
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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.’
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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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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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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Washington Post snipes at Melania Trump's bio
Washington Post snipes at Melania Trump's bio
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AOL, The Gateway Pundit and Politicus USA