Subject: Axios AM: Mike’s Top 10 -- Facebook organizing fueled women’s marches ... The lead Trump could have had ... Kellyanne as Broadway star
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Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:57:07 -0500 (EST)

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D.C. march bigger than inauguration * Trump's digressions * "Kellyanne" =n Broadway

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Axios AM

By Mike Allen = ·Jan 22, 2017

​The 1 thing: "A new era of protest"

New York Post

The overwhelming size of yesterday's peaceful women's marches against Tr=mp in 50-plus countries stunned even the organizers, drawing more than 1 m=llion people and dominating global attention on President Trump's first da= in office. In Washington, a huge column marched past Lafayette Park, acro=s from the White House, and women with pink hats and signs screamed and ch=nted at Trump's motorcade. Hundreds of thousands turned out in L.A. AP cal=ed it "a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity."

How it came together: Jenny Backus, a veteran Dem organizer,=emails us: "[O]ne of the biggest winners of this whole thing is Facebook a=d Zuckerberg. This was pretty much a testimony of what the Internet can do=right … after an election which was an example of what the Interne= can do wrong — fake news."

Backus says the untrad=tional organizing showed up in good and bad ways. Good: "reaching folks who had never done something like this — lo=king and feeling truly organic." Bad: "lack of traditiona= organizers and advance folks to help on staging, crowd movement."
The big picture: A front-page analysis by th= L.A. Times' Cathleen Decker, who has covered 10 presidential campaigns, s=ys marchers talked about trying to form a lasting opposition: "N=t for decades, since 1960s protesters took to the streets against the Viet=am War, has a chief executive faced such visible opposition."

=a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8669164.25545/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbW=zLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9sYS1uYS1wb2wtdHJ1bXAtcmVzaXN0YW5jZS0yMDE3MDEyMi1zdG9ye=5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWln=j1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cC0d288105">The crowd math: N.Y. Times graphics editors Tim Wallace and Al=cia Parlapiano quote crowd-counting exper=s as saying that the D.C. march was roughly triple the size of the ina=guration — 160,000 on the National Mall and vicinity in the hour l=ading up to Trump's speech on Friday, and 470,000 at about 2 p.m. yesterda=.

Just asking: Did anyone noti=e the irony of the crude, discriminating language and signs used by some t= lambaste a president they condemn as crude and discriminating?

<=>Spotted … Josh Kushner — investor and en=repreneur, and Jared's younger brother — at the anti-Trump women's=march in D.C. Sources close to Josh Kushner tell Axios' Dan Primack that h='s in D.C. supporting his brother, and that he was taking a walk near his =otel when a photo was taken. He also wanted to observe what the source ref=rred to as "a peaceful form of self expression."

Clicker �=80� Axios' Sara Fischer: saturation coverage aro=nd the country.

​2. Day 3

Reince Priebus on "Fox News Sunday": "There is an obses=ion by the media to delegitimize this president, and we are not going to s=t around and let it happen."

Kellyanne Conway o= "Face the Nation": "[I]t's disappointing to get into this argument about =rowd control."

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Ben=amin Netanyahu are to speak today.

​3. Trump tweets this AM

"Had a great meeting at CIA Headquarters yesterday, packed house, p=id great respect to Wall, long standing ovations, amazing people. WIN!"
"Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just=had an election! Why didn't these people vote? Celebs hurt cause badly."
"Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. Eve= if I don't always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express thei= views."

"Wow, television ratings just out: 31 millio= people watched the Inauguration, 11 million more than the very good ratin=s from 4 years ago."

Chaser … Hollywo=d Reporter headline, "TV Ratings: Trump =nauguration Sinks 18 percent From Obama's in 2009."

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​4. The lead he could have had

President Trump, on his first full day in office, praised the intell=gence community during a solemn trip to CIA headquarters and announced a s=ate visit and trade talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, reaffir=ing the skittish United Kingdom as a top U.S. ally.

Instead ...

​5. Game on! #Sad

President Trump introduced a new manifestation of the permanent campaign=on his first full day in office when he traveled to the CIA's most hallowe= ground to deliver remarks that included rally-style digressions, boasts a=d inaccuracies.

What Trump said:

He=started with a dig at "the dishonest media," then briefly got down to busi=ess, saying there is "nobody that feels stronger about the intelligence co=munity and the CIA than Donald Trump. There's nobody. Nobody. … I =m so behind you." Trump talked of getting rid of ISIS and eradicating radi=al Islamic terrorism.

Then he turned to himself: "I feel young. I =eel like I'm 30, 35, 39." And the "good reviews" of his inaugural address.=He lambasted coverage showing a smaller crowd on the Mall than Obama drew =or his first inaugural: "I get up this morning, I turn on one of the netwo=ks and they show an empty field. … But it's a lie. … So we=caught them, and we caught them in a beauty. And I think they're going to =ay a big price."

Then TIME magazine: "I have been on =heir cover, like, 14 or 15 times. I think we have the all-time record in t=e history of TIME magazine."

The facts:=Nixon had 55 TIME covers, and Hillary Clinton had 19 before this campaign =egan. On the crowds, decide for yourself, based on these=two pictures, 45 minutes before each oath of office. (The article note=: "Attendees were still entering the National Mall up until Mr. Trump's sp=ech.")

The reaction: John Brennan, who had been C=A director until the day before, said through an aide's tweet that he was =deeply saddened and angered at Trump's despicable display of self-aggrandi=ement … in front of CIA's Memorial Wall of Agency heroes."

​6. Spicer's podium debut

Hours later, Sean Spicer stepped into the press room and read a blast at=the press: "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration.=Period. ... There's been a lot of talk in the media about the responsibili=y to hold Donald Trump accountable. And I am here to tell you that it goes=two ways. We are going to hold the press accountable as well."

Look=how two former Republican White House officials responded:

Ari Fleischer: "This is call=d a statement you're told to make by the President. And you know the Presi=ent is watching."

Nicolle Wallace, communications=director for George W. Bush, in response to a query from Mark Halperin abo=t "costs of untruths from WH podium": "Credibility they don't value, goodw=ll they don't think they need, professionalism they aren't capable of, hum=lity they wouldn't recognize."

BUT, in Trumpland, it's missio= accomplished:

Ron Bonjean, an adviser to the =rump transition, tweeted: "Interesting how the narrative shifted away from=the marches after @PressSec briefing today. Like it or not, it's dominatin= our attention."

​7. Trump buries his own big news

Overshadowed by crowd-size nonsense: Trump will meet British Prime Minis=er Theresa May on Friday — sooner than anyone thought — AN= his aides are already working on a trade deal with the U.K.

Our own Jonathan Swan reported midday yesterday tha= Steve Bannon, the architect of the Inaugural speech, and Jared Kushner we=e instrumental in expediting the meeting. They also spent time with Boris =ohnson, the U.K. Foreign Minister.

Bloomberg: "T=e Trump administration will lay the groundwork this week for a trade deal between th= U.S. and the U.K. that would take effect after Britain leaves the Europea= Union, … as … May becomes the first foreign leader to vis=t the new president."

Earlier s=op: The British Prime Minister will speak late Thursday afternoon=to a Republican congressional retreat (House and Senate) in Philly. Trump =nd Pence will speak separately to the retreat.

​8. Who rides in the limo?

Caption for this AP pic by Andrew Harnik: "The crowds from the Women's M=rch on Washington can be heard audibly as Trump Chief of Staff Reince Prie=us, fourth from left, and Senior Counselor to the President Steve Bannon, =hird from left, arrive at the South Lawn … after visiting the CIA.=

​9. To tell your kids: Roots of greatness

Sports Illustrated's cover story goes ba=k to talk to Tom Brady's receivers in high school and college: "It was at =erra High [in San Mateo, Calif.] where Brady's hypercompetitiveness first =ook root, where he first started banging helmets with teammates in celebra=ion of big plays. It was at Michigan where he decided he would work from d=wn until nighttime to improve himself.

Wolverines t=ammate Tai Streets: "Before he was the starter, we would all be w=lking off the field after practice and Tom is out there throwing balls int= a trash can … We'd be like, Come on, man, practice is over. Wasn'= over for Tom. Work, work, work.'"

"He is an international =elebrity with a famous wife and vast resources, yet he unfailingly returns=[former receivers'] calls, texts and emails."

​10. 1 fun thing

No Alec Baldwin on "SNL" last night, but Kellyanne morphs from Jake Tapp=r interviewee to the Broadway star of "Conway." The chorus: "'Meet the Press,' Anderson, Hannity, 'Fox & Friends.'" "Con=ay": "And if they call, I'll do 'The Chew.' Oo! I'm a star, and t=e audience LOVES me, and I LOVE them. … That's show biz!" The poster … =a href="http://link.axios.com/click/8669164.25545/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGV3cm=wLmNvbS93YXRjaC1rZWxseWFubmUtY29ud2F5LXNpbmctc3R1Y2stdHJ1bXAtc25sLWZhbW91c=1rYW55ZS12aWRlbz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1f=2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBfa8b7010" tar=et="_blank">The video

A shirtless Vladimir Putin<=strong> opens the show with an addre=s to Americans: "You are worried that your country is in the hands of this=unpredictable man. But don't worry [fiendishly]: It's not. Relax. I've got=this! … I promise that we will take care of America: It's the most=expensive thing we've ever bought. … Many Russians were skeptical =f ME at first, too. But today, nobody ever seems to hear from ANY of them.=

Pootie Poot has this advice for the new president =bout crowd counts: "If you're going to lie, don't make it so obvious. You =now: Say you are FRIENDS with LeBron James, not that you ARE LeBron James.=

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