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Weekend Roundup: Inauguration Into The Unknown

The Huffington Post 

This week a whole nation was inaugurated into the unknown. We don’t know what Donald Trump will do once in the White House. But we do know how he got there. Everyone of good faith must hope that the new president will succeed in his promised aim of lifting up the left behind, which the political establishment he ousted could not do. Yet, anyone with the slightest sense of history must also worry how his path to power will define what he does with it.

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People noticed that Trump basically quoted Bane in his inauguration speech

BusinessInsider.com 

Getty, Warner Bros.

A line from President Donald Trump's inauguration speech on Friday eerily echoed the Batman villain Bane.

After Trump's speech, people quickly noticed one line's similarity to a Bane quote from the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," which came out in 2012.

"Today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another — but we are transferring power from Washington, DC, and giving it back to you... Читать дальше...

Moody's cuts Sears' credit ratings further into junk territory on weak sales

MarketWatch.com 

Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded ratings on Sears Holdings to Caa2 from Caa1, sending the credit further into speculative, or "junk" territory. The action reflects the retailer's steadily deteriorating performance after it said holiday same-store sales fell 12% to 13% from the year-earlier period. "Although Sears has been able to fund its continued cash shortfalls through planned asset monetization, and additional financings, a meaningful business turnaround in fiscal 2017 is critical... Читать дальше...

Falcons WR Julio Jones practices, coach says 'looked good'

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones cleared his final hurdle for Sunday's NFC championship game against Green Bay by practicing for the first time this week on Friday.

Falcons WR Julio Jones practices, coach says 'looked good'

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones cleared his final hurdle for Sunday's NFC championship game against Green Bay by practicing for the first time this week on Friday.



Falcons WR Julio Jones practices, coach says 'looked good'

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones cleared his final hurdle for Sunday's NFC championship game against Green Bay by practicing for the first time this week on Friday.

Recalls this week: Baby mobiles, bicycles

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

Baby and child mobiles are being recalled this week because a wheel that can detach. Other recalled consumer products include bicycles with a structural defect.

Recalls this week: Baby mobiles, bicycles

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Baby and child mobiles are being recalled this week because a wheel that can detach. Other recalled consumer products include bicycles with a structural defect.

Falcons WR Julio Jones practices, coach says ‘looked good’

TheRepublic.com 

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Falcons star wide receiver Julio Jones cleared his final hurdle for Sunday’s NFC championship game against Green Bay by practicing for the first time this week on Friday. Coach Dan Quinn said Jones had no limitations in his first practice since aggravating his sprained left toe last week. Jones did not

Washington Is Now a Three-Party Town

The National Interest 

Matt Purple

Politics,

America’s forty-fifth president views himself as both an embodiment of the national mood and a wrecking ball aimed at the political class.

The two American presidents most alike Donald Trump are Andrew Jackson and Theodore Roosevelt (nationalism, hostility towards concentrations of power—that last one is more apt than you think). Yet if you’re looking for similarities to President Trump’s maiden speech on Friday, you’ll comb through Jackson’s and Roosevelt’s inaugural addresses in vain. Читать дальше...

Obamaism sought strength in unity. Trumpism finds power through division.

Vox 

Trump thrives on heightening the divisions in American politics.

Barack Obama burst onto the national scene with a speech denying the power — denying even the reality — of the deep divisions that seemed to define American politics.

“The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states: red states for Republicans, blue states for Democrats,” he said in 2004. “But I've got news for them, too. We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like... Читать дальше...

Ted Thompson calls Packers turnaround an “astronomical feat”

NBCSports.com 

The Packers are getting set to face the Falcons for the NFC title on Sunday, which isn’t where it looked like their season was headed when they were 4-6 in the regular season. There was a lot of talk at that time about what the offseason might bring in Green Bay if the team remained…





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