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11:15 PM ET, January 21, 2017

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Z. Byron Wolf / CNN:
Comparing Trump's inauguration crowd to the Women's March  —  This post has been updated to add context.  —  Washington (CNN)It's going to be impossible to gauge how many people exactly attended the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 as opposed to Barack Obama in 2009.
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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 …
Washington Post:
Women's March on Washington: A sea of pink-hatted protesters vows to resist Donald Trump
Washingtonian:
Photos: Scenes from the Women's March on Washington
Discussion: New York Magazine and AOL
New York Times:
Pictures From Women's Marches Around the World
Discussion: The Good Men Project
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Politicians, Activists Rally Crowd at Women's March in Washington
Washington Post:
Metro Inauguration Day trips top 500,000, but still lowest since 2005 … Friday's Metro ridership was the lowest in at least two presidential Inaugurations, and also was lower than that of an average weekday, the agency said Saturday.  —  Metro said 570,557 people took trips in the system between its early 4 a .m.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Spicer Assails Media For ‘Misrepresenting’ Inauguration Crowd (VIDEO)  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday accused the media of misrepresenting the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration in order to dampen enthusiasm for the event, getting some numbers wrong himself in the process.
Max Kutner / Newsweek:
INAUGURATION AND WOMEN'S MARCH, BY THE NUMBERS  —  U.S. INAUGURATION 2017 DONALD TRUMP WASHINGTON D.C. BARACK OBAMA  —  Riders took fewer trips on Washington, D.C.'s Metro on Friday morning during President Donald Trump's inauguration than did during his predecessor's inaugurations, according to the transportation provider.
Bloomberg:
Women's Marches Flood Cities Worldwide on Trump's First Day
Discussion: ThinkProgress and twitchy.com
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Comparing Donald Trump and Barack Obama's inaugural crowd sizes
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds  —  “That's what you guys should be writing and covering,” new White House press secretary Sean Spicer angrily lectured reporters on Saturday during his first remarks from the podium of the press briefing room.
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and his staff spent their first full day in the White House waging a bitter war against the news media over depictions of the crowd at the inauguration on Friday.  —  In a pair of angry public appearances …
Bloomberg:
Trump Spokesman Accuses Media of False Inaugural Reporting  —  Spicer insists that inauguration crowds larger than reported  —  Photographs show far fewer people on Mall than Spicer claimed  —  Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, took to the White House briefing room …
Discussion: ABC News
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
On Day 2, Trump sticks to media bashing and boasting
Discussion: Washington Post and fox8.com
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Trump's real war isn't with the media. It's with facts.
Discussion: Nielsen
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump attacks Time reporter for mistake about MLK bust  —  President Trump on Saturday attacked a Time magazine journalist for mistakenly reporting that a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. had been removed from the Oval Office.  —  Trump called out the reporter, Zeke Miller …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
At CIA headquarters, Trump boasts about himself, denies feud  —  President Donald Trump, in his first speech in his first full day as commander in chief, visited the Central Intelligence Agency on a mission to reassure the intelligence community that they have his full support …
Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Makes Bizarre Courtesy Call At CIA Headquarters (VIDEO)
Discussion: The Mahablog
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.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Fox declines to renew contracts for several contributors  —  Fox News has declined to renew contributor contracts for longtime political commentator George Will, Republican strategist Ed Rollins and actress Stacey Dash, according to a network spokesperson.  —  Will, 75, is a Pulitzer-winning …
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
Discussion: Politico and Fox News Insider
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Women's March Organizer Recently Met Ex-Hamas Operative, Has Family Ties To Terror Group  —  Linda Sarsour is organizing women's march  —  GOP Congressman Shakes Hillary's Hand Only To Later Mock Her  —  Melania Trump's Dress Stole The Show At The Inaugural Balls  —  Bill Was Staring — And Hillary Caught Him
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution / WPXI-TV:
Jesse Jackson: Trump's inauguration speech was ‘full of hope and inclusion’  —  WASHINGTON - Not long after President Donald Trump was sworn in, we happened to run into the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the street.  He gave a thumbs-up to Trump's inauguration speech but said the new commander in chief …
Discussion: RedState
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
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Breitbart to open bureaus in Berlin and Paris: report
Discussion: Axios, RedState and Bloomberg
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Inaugural TV Ratings Fall Short of Obama's in 2009
Discussion: The Hill
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Brock groups set $40 million budget to fight Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump attends interfaith prayer service in Washington as a huge crowd protests his presidency
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and RedState
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Inaugural Speech Dims G.O.P. Hopes for a More Conservative Trump Agenda
Ken White / Popehat:
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
NYT's Dean Baquet rips ‘fairly ridiculous conclusion’ in public editor's column on Russia coverage
Reuters:
'It's made in Vietnam!' At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many
Discussion: TheStreet.com
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Flynn is creating the most military-heavy National Security Council of the modern era
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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