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11:45 AM ET, January 21, 2017

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William Turton / Gizmodo:
National Park Service Banned From Tweeting After Anti-Trump Retweets  —  The National Park service retweeted some sick Donald Trump burns, noting how, uh, lightly attended his inauguration was compared to Barack Obama's in 2009.  But now, the NPS has been ordered by its Washington support office to …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Interior Department told to stop tweeting after unflattering retweets about Trump … The Interior Department was ordered Friday to shut down its official Twitter accounts — indefinitely — after the National Park Service shared two unsympathetic tweets during President Trump's inauguration.
Forrest Wickman / Slate:
Donald Trump's First Twitter Background as President Was a Photo From the Inauguration of Barack Obama
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signs ObamaCare executive order  —  President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.”  —  Trump signed the order in front of reporters at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, one of his first official acts as president.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act's individual mandate  —  President Trump signed an executive order late Friday giving federal agencies broad powers to unwind regulations created under the Affordable Care Act, including the penalty for people who fail …
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.”
Discussion: Daily Kos
CNN:
Trump issues executive order to start rolling back Obamacare
Discussion: The Week
Reuters:
Trump, in Oval Office, signs first order on Obamacare
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Washington Post snipes at Melania Trump's bio  —  Is this garbage the kind of story the Washington Post will try to pass off as scandalous during the next four to eight years? … I guess all previous First Ladies who modeled, appeared in a magazine swimsuit issue, and started a jewelry line omitted …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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CNN:
White House site updated to remove Melania Trump QVC reference
Discussion: Mediaite
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW STATEMENT: TRUMP NOW VIOLATING CONSTITUTION
Discussion: Common Dreams, Shareblue and Politico
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.
Reuters:
'It's made in Vietnam!'  At inauguration, origin of red Trump hats shocks many  —  One of the biggest cheers President Donald Trump received from supporters watching his inaugural address on Friday was his call to “buy American and hire American.”  —  It was a moment rich in irony.
Discussion: TheStreet.com
Joe Concha / The Hill:
ABC reporter: Trump speech carried anti-Semitic ‘overtones’  —  ABC journalist Terry Moran on Friday said President Trump's inaugural address used a “loaded term” that carried “overtones from the 1930s, when an anti-Semitic movement” blamed Jews for global problems.
Discussion: RedState
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.
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Catherine Thorbecke / ABC News:
Live Updates: President Donald Trump Celebrates at Inaugural Balls
Discussion: Mother Jones and Axios
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 …
Bloomberg:
Merkel Scours Trump Archive for Clues on How to Read Him  —  Chancellor aims for early meeting with Trump in Washington  —  German leader to push back on Trump views on EU, NATO, trade  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been poring over old interviews and video of Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ryan Saavedra / The Gateway Pundit:
Trump Referred To Himself Only 3 Times During Speech; We 45 Times; You 24 Times  —  President Trump Shows Complete Humility In Speech  —  For all the criticisms President Donald Trump receives for being a so called narcissist, critics will be unable to point to anything he said in speech as evidence of their claims.
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Washington Post:
Trump's America is a rotten place
Discussion: IJR
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Churchill bust returns to Trump's gilded Oval Office  —  President Donald Trump has returned a bust of Winston Churchill to the Oval Office—undoing former President Barack Obama's most contentious interior decorating decision.  —  The Oval Office was redecorated in the hours between Obama's exit …
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump puts Churchill bust back in the Oval Office
Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Trump starts on familiar note: with exaggeration  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's inaugural address held familiar echoes of the campaign speeches that led to his presidential win: downbeat about the state of the nation, to the point of hyperbole.  A look at some of his assertions Friday:
Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Grasping for Metaphor, Reporters Flock to Burning DC Garbage Can  —  As chance would happen, many of the people upset by the presidency of Donald Trump took to the streets of Washington today to express their displeasure with the new administration.  Shortly after Trump was sworn in …
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
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Curtis Houck / NewsBusters:
Matthews: Trump Speech Was ‘Hitlerian,’ Jokes He Could Fix Nepotism Laws By Hanging Son-in-Law
 
 
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Andrew Follett / The Daily Caller:
Trump Terminates Obama's Global Warming Website Seconds After Taking Office
Discussion: BizPac Review and RedState
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
‘God is not against building walls!’  The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inauguration.
Gabrielle Bluestone / The Slot:
Donald Trump Plagiarized Bane in His Inaugural Speech
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Vox and New York Magazine
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Donald Trump completes hostile takeover of Washington, puts both parties on notice
Sarah Frostenson / Vox:
Photos: President Trump's inaugural parade attracted relatively few people
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Democrats block Pompeo CIA confirmation vote amid Trump's feud with intel
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
#DisruptJ20:
Well, hi there!  Curious about what's going on? …
Discussion: Vox
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The System Has Failed and a Con Artist Has Won
Discussion: Towleroad and Liberal Values
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
James Mattis is sworn in as defense secretary, pledges to build alliances