According to Melania and Me, which I just received in the mail, Donald Trump wanted his inauguration to look like a North Korean military parade. Said Trump: ‘I want tanks and choppers. Make it look like North Korea.” Politico has eight other “juicy details” from the book.

“It’s real. It’s happening. We all knew this day would come — it’s inevitable, like death and never seeing his taxes.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExD2VB5w21I

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is using Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s own words against him in a looming confirmation fight, sending the Kentucky Republican his own 2009 letter outlining nomination requirements.

Keith Olbermann tries to understand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv28Hnx9uCg

Evan Puschak: “Instead of asking us to read, he forces us to hear.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geEVwslL-YY