It's a well-known fact that Hillary Clinton's campaign used the 2015 pop hit "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten as its unofficial anthem. Platten herself even spoke on Clinton's use of the song back in November, before the election.

"I love that the song helped her," Platten said in an interview with the LA Times. Though she noted at first she was a bit scared to have the song used in a political context, she ultimately was proud to be aligned with Clinton's message. "I feel like she’s a fighter, and I love that she got to take those words and make them feel like her own."

At this point, the song couldn't be more associated with Clinton's platform. So then why the heck would it be played at one of Trump's inauguration balls last night? Maybe The Piano Guys, who were introduced as "four musical guys from Utah," according to the New York Times, weren't paying attention for the last year. Or maybe all four of them were in comas from a freak piano accident and were still disoriented when they agreed to play at a highly contentious event, and maybe they still out of it when they arranged and then performed a cover of a song that was the unofficial anthem of Trump's opponent.

This isn't the only thing that Trump's team seems to have copied from the democrats for his inauguration. Pastry chef Duff Goldman noted that the cake Trump and Pence cut into looked strangely similar to the one he made for Obama's 2013 inauguration. Similarly, Platten spoke out about the use of her song, which she did not approve.

My mom always told me that imitation is the highest form of flattery. I also think Oscar Wilde said that.

A group of Canadians were denied entry into the U.S. on Thursday after disclosing that their reason for visiting was to attend the Women's March on Washington in the nation's capital, The Guardianreports.

When the group, which included six Canadians and two French nationals, got to the land crossing border in Quebec they were upfront about their plans with the border patrol. "We said we were going to the women’s march on Saturday and they said, 'Well, you’re going to have to pull over'," Montrealer Sasha Dyck told The Guardian. In the two-hour ordeal that followed, the group was fingerprinted and photographed, as well as had their cell phones and cars searched.

After the search, the border patrol denied entry to the two French citizens, and told them that they would need a visa for all future entry to the U.S. The rest of the group, who were all Canadian citizens, were also denied entry and told that if they tried to cross the border again this weekend, they would be arrested. They weren't given any justification or explanation.

The experience was a sharp contrast to what Dyck previously experienced when he crossed the border for Obama's inauguration in 2009. "I couldn’t even get in for this one, whereas at the other one, the guy at the border literally gave me a high five when I came in and everybody was just like, 'welcome'," he said.

Dyck's group was not the only ones to be turned away at the border on Thursday and subject to questions of political affiliation. Montreal resident Joseph Decunha, who was traveling with two Americans, said they were also straightforward at the border and told them of their plans to attend the inauguration and the women's march. They were then taken for secondary processing. "The first thing he asked us point blank is, 'Are you anti- or pro-Trump?'" Decunha told the CBC. Decunha was denied entry to the U.S. and said that he felt that "if we had been pro-Trump, we would have absolutely been allowed entry."

While it makes sense that during this transitional period the border patrol would be practicing extra high security, the fact that they asked the political affiliation of each group feels like only the beginning of a future in which anyone who isn't "pro-Trump" will be denied access to their rights as citizens. And so it begins.

Today, January 21, simultaneous Women's Marches are taking place around the world as a protest of Donald Trump's presidency. Already, it's been reported that there are more people at the march in D.C. than were present for Trump's inauguration. Celebrities too, have acknowledged that being physically present for the marches is an important and symbolic part of protesting. Here are some of their thoughts and experiences as the protests are underway. (Please note: Michael Ian Black really wants you to know he's at the march.)

In Washington, D.C., and around the globe this weekend, women are coming together by the tens of thousands to protest the inauguration of a U.S. president who has openly objectified and bragged about sexually assaulting them. And if that doesn't call for some fiery signage, then what does?

Yes, these women are marching to make their voices heard—and it turns out there are some very funny, extremely sassy voices among their ranks. Many of these protest signs go after Trump, a few mock his team, and others strike a tone of steely solidarity it will take more than a comb-over to cover up. If I were sitting in the White House, I'd be pretty scared right now.

No matter how far we've come as organizers, protesters, and demonstrators, somehow it's always a perfectly witty poster that gets our point across best.

As thousands of people are showing their solidarity for women and against President Trump today by marching at organized protests around the world, inspiration is truly everywhere. But perhaps the best among the protesters are the amazing older ladies who have seen even more sexism and misogyny in their lifetimes than us young whippersnappers could fathom. If these ladies can get their bones out of bed and walk for miles in the name of equality, well then the rest of us have no excuse. Here are some wise and sharp words from the older generation of feminists from the Women's March.

Richard Spencer, the Nazi goon who has tried and failed to rebrand white supremacy as "the alt-right," was giving an on-the-street interview to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after President Donald Trump's inauguration speech on Friday when an unidentified person clocked him right in his Nazi face. It was perhaps the only good thing that happened that afternoon.

He was in the middle of trying to explain Pepe the Frog, a decade-old meme that has been repurposed by anti-Semites and/or Trump supporters and declared a hate symbol by the Southern Poverty Law Center, when the haymaker landed.

While many conservatives and even few moderate leftists condemned this outburst of violence in the midst of otherwise peaceful protest, most saw the humor in decking an unapologetic fascist who thinks he can spout his toxic rhetoric without consequence. Spencer hasn't earned much sympathy.

In no time at all, people were remixing the footage to fantastic effect.

Anyway, until that day when someone successfully punches Trump, we can enjoy watching his racist, Hitler-loving lackeys catch hands—or, in the case of Martin Shkreli, a handful of dog poop. Activism comes in many forms.

President Trump has some vocal critics down under. Way down under.

Friday's pitiful Inauguration Day crowds were easily overshadowed on Saturday by hundreds of thousands of women who poured into the streets across the nation and more than 60 other countries for a worldwide #WomensMarch, protesting the pussy-grabber-in-chief. Marchers made their voices heard in signs as sassy as they were savage, and organizers said that turnout in some cities was double or triple what they'd expected.

But what really surprised was the news that about 30 people would be protesting in Paradise Bay, a part of Antarctica usually only populated by penguins. Linda Zunas of Oakland, California, organized the demonstration, which had to be short so that participants—who bore signs in support of peace and climate science—did not overly impact the sensitive ecosystem.

When even the penguins are against you, it may be time to admit that politics isn't your strong suit.

In case you were wondering how President Trump's White House Press secretary would handle embarrassments like, say, a general lack of anyone willing to be seen with this administration: Basically he's just gonna lie.

In a Saturday briefing, Sean Spicer whined at the media for nearly six minutes about how they were big mean liars for saying that only 250,000 people had attended Trump's inaugural ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday, as compared to the 1.8 million for Obama in 2009 and 1 million in 2013. (Trump's own ridiculous estimate was that 1.5 million turned up.) Spicer claimed that pictures were taken from angles that made the crowd look smaller.

Remember? This crowd?

Even if the estimated numbers are a little off, it's hilariously clear that Trump's audience was dwarfed by both of Obama's and the #WomensMarch on Saturday. Yet Spicer had to go even further and claim that what we saw on Friday "was the largest audience ever to witness an inauguration, period."

LOL, no it wasn't. Not even close, dude. Dang, you are... not good at this.

Oof. I'd say to walk it off, because the job will only get easier—but we both know that's not true, either. Have fun for the six weeks it takes you to get fired!

Scarlett Johansson was one of many celebrities to address the #WomensMarch crowd in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. But unlike the speeches from Michael Moore and Gloria Steinem, hers was unexpectedly cut short, prompting confusion and some apparent annoyance from ScarJo herself.

Johansson was focused on the topic of reproductive rights, recounting her personal experience with the healthcare nonprofit Planned Parenthood. At one point she beseeched President Trump not to deny young women the same "privileges" his own daughter Ivanka had. And then, as she was exhorting the crowd to volunteer and remain involved in the cause, music started up and her mic was muted. A few very awkward moments of confusion followed.

The bizarre interruption comes around the 7:10 mark in the first video below, with Scarlett abandoning the podium shortly after.​

Right now there doesn't seem to be any agreement as to why the speech was abruptly shut down—or if it was just some miscommunication that caused it—but suffice it to say, Johansson had a few more things on her mind.

It's been reported dozens of times by now that the crowd for Trump's inauguration looked empty, especially compared to Obama's in 2009, but honestly compared to a grocery store parking lot it still looks pathetic.

But yesterday at a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer refused to admit that was true. "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period," Spicer said, according to CNNMoney. And well, that's just not true. Numbers, unlike how good an episode of SNL is, are harder to lie about. Either they're right or they're wrong. While estimating attendance isn't a perfect science, there are widely accepted numbers for inauguration turnouts, and Trump's 900,000 crowd on Friday was lower than Obama's crowd of 1.8 million in 2009, Heavy.com reports. So, Twitter decided that if Spicer was going to set the tone of yelling lies at a group of reporters and calling it "press briefing," then they could come up with some Spicer "facts" of their own. Here are the best make-em-ups of the bunch.

The numbers are still rolling in, but one thing is for sure: yesterday's Women's Marches were an incredibly moving demonstration of solidarity felt around the world. In every city, people came out dressed to express themselves with signs of hope, determination, fierce resistance and most importantly, humor. It was a beautiful cacophony of fiery protests.

Of course, there were some Trump supporters hanging around, trying to rain on everyone's parade. The Cut's Rembert Browne witnessed one exchange, between a Trump supporter and a marcher that is so good it will flood you with happiness and carry you all the way through next week. Whenever you're feeling down, remember this moment.

As a woman with a Trump scarf on climbed into the backseat of a black Suburban — her driver standing by her side, eagerly waiting for her to sit down so he could close the door — she kept lunging out the vehicle to give her commentary on the scene around her. She was clearly disgusted by the marchers surrounding her car. At one point, the woman in the Suburban said to a passerby:

“If you people had jobs, you wouldn’t be out here doing this mess.”

As this happened, another woman walked by and, without pausing to look at the Chevrolet Suburbanite, said:

“Bitch, it’s Saturday.”

Live every day like it's Women's March day.

Just off the top of your head, what would you think the term "alternative facts" means? If you said, "lies" or "things that are not facts," you are correct!

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer gave a press conference in which he yelled that it was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, a lie. Since then, Twitter has been destroying him over these blatant false claims. Today, Kellyanne Conway is claiming that was Spicer did was not lie, NBC reports. In fact, he presented what Conway is calling "alternative facts." I've never heard of this term before, but maybe that's just a hip new slang word all the fascists are using?

To me, what that word means is "lies," because if something is a fact, then it is accepted as true, and if something is not a fact, it is unable to be proven. For example, an opinion like "SNL is a bigly bad show, horribly overrated, yet I keep watching it every week," is an opinion; it can not be proven true or false. But the statement "1.8 million is a bigger number than 160,000," is a fact. (That's the difference between the crowd number at Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Trump's on Friday, as determined by crowd experts who spoke with the New York Times.)

"I don't think you can prove those numbers one way or another. There's no way to quantify crowd numbers," Conway went on to say. Conway is correct in that there is no way to pin down the exact number of attendees at inauguration events; however, there are methods for estimating crowd size that allow experts to create a ballpark number that is typically accepted. This MSNBC article which was published in 2009 leading up to Obama's first inauguration explains how experts draw grids and use density to make estimations. But the point here isn't that crowd estimation is difficult but possible using a scientific method. The point is that Kellyanne Conway said the phrase "alternative facts" without a hint of sarcasm and that's insane.

See it for yourself below. She almost can't handle that she says it.

"Yesterday we all made Donald Trump the 45th President of the United States," Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) announced in a mock paid message from the Russian Federation on SNL last night. "Hooray, we did it!"

Now that it's an accepted fact that Russia hacked the election, SNL has made their Putin character more brazen than ever, as he overtly points out that he aided in electing Donald Trump. Putin then goes on to address Trump directly in his statement, and explain to him that he needs to tone down his lies (like saying that 1 million people came to his inauguration), with this great piece of advice: "say that you are friends with Lebron James, don't say that you are Lebron James."

Putin tried to comfort Americans by showing them how well he treats Russian citizens, by bringing on a terrified Russian lady (Kate McKinnon) who was clearly reading her positive review of Russian quality of life from a script.

What's scary is that living in a place where citizens fear criticizing their leader doesn't feel too far off. The way that Trump lashes out at any ounce of criticism or negative ratings on Twitter is absolutely something to be nervous about. But in the past two days there have been instances in which members of Trump's cabinet have completely denied facts, including Sean Spicer saying that Trump's inauguration was the best attended in history, and Kellyanne Conway supporting him by saying he was using "alternative facts," whatever that means. Even scarier, perhaps, is that The Interior Department, after retweeting two different tweets about inauguration attendance that seemed anti-Trump, had its Twitter account shut down.

And while the joke about living under Putin feels like a bit of a jab at the innocent people living in the country, the sketch managed to punch up. At the very end, the scared Russian citizen reappears in the background, from behind Putin. At first she seems afraid, but then she pulls on a pink "p*ssy" hat and signals that she's watching his every move. That's right, Trump, the people are always watching.

Aziz Ansari on SNL last night had the unenviable task of trying to cheer up a country reeling from the dystopian inauguration of President Trump the day before—and he nailed it. First jabbing Trump for his slavish devotion to trashing the show every week, he noted that it was "pretty cool that he's probably at home watching a brown guy make fun of him right now."

From there, he shouted out Saturday's #WomensMarch, then picked apart the culture of xenophobia at large, from overexcited Trump voters who need to go back to pretending they're not racist, to the idea that minorities like he and Beyoncé are going to "move back" to countries they never lived in, to the media's obsession with scary Muslims (and that creepy exotic music that plays for the bad guys in Homeland.) All in all, he instilled some much-needed optimism for the days and months ahead.

A day after women led the largest inaugural protest in U.S. history, with an estimated 5 million marching against Trump around the globe, progressives are marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a landmark Supreme Court decision that may come under threat in the next few years.

Roe v. Wade in 1973 famously legalized abortion, with the court finding that a woman's right to choose was protected under her right to privacy as outlined by the 14th Amendment. But since Trump has blithely promised to appoint pro-life justices who would overturn the case—and with Vice President Mike Pence's absolutely dismal record on women's and reproductive health—pro-choice activists are gearing up for a fight. On Twitter, the hashtag #7in10forRoe, referring to the 70% of Americans who support the current law of the land, was trending, with people explaining their position.

If Saturday's marches are any indication, Trump and Pence are going to have a much tougher time rolling back the clock on Roe v. Wade than they thought—because a powerful majority is allied against them.

This week, America was baffled by a report of a massive spill of Skittles on a rural highway in Wisconsin. It wasn't just that only red Skittles littered the road in the aftermath, but an offhand comment from a sheriff who posted photos of the scene on Facebook: He said the candy was "intended to be feed for cattle."

"As a Dairy farmer I find this appalling feeding their animals Skittles," wrote one commenter, while another simply asked: "Feeding cows skittles???!!!" There was much arguing about inhumane treatment of animals, vegetarianism, and whether we should be worried about stampedes of sugar-high cattle. (OK, I just made up that last part, but it's now a genuine concern of mine.)

Apparently, Skittles maker Mars Inc. was as clueless as everyone else: "We don’t know how it ended up as it did and we are investigating," the company said, according to CBS. They did clarify that the Skittles in question were meant to be destroyed because a manufacturing glitch had prevented them from being stamped with their signature white "S." So the question becomes, how did a bunch of defective Skittles—which I would have happily eaten, by the way—get rerouted from whatever fructose vat they should have been melted in to a farm out in the middle of nowhere, allegedly for a bunch of cows to graze on?

I'm afraid I really don't know, but I think I have a better idea of why the last steak I grilled tasted so much like a Snickers bar.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, who is likely to be the first in a long, sad line of propagandists fired by President Trump for failing to sell his alternate version of reality to the American media, got off to a rocky start on Saturday by straight-up lying about the size of inauguration crowds the day before. As of Sunday, he had morphed into a meme, with #SpicerFacts coming to serve as a useful term for those Trump administration whoppers so ridiculous you can't believe anyone really tried to coat them in a veneer of truth.

Meanwhile, Spicer's Wikipedia page fell victim to this brutal edit:

Of course, some editors were more mischievous in their changes. At one point, Spicer's photo was replaced with an image of Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, aka "Baghdad Bob," a Foreign Minister of Iraq before and during the 2003 war who was ridiculed for his proclamations of Iraq's impending victory.

There were more obvious jokes to be made as well.

But nobody was better at vandalizing the page than writer Patricia Lockwood.

Currently, Spicer's Wikipedia page is more or less back to normal—though it still does make extensive note of his lying, and how bad he is at it. Which, you know, will haunt him for the rest of his political career and, ideally, his life.

Madonna has undergone so many transformations in her career, from material girl to Evita to glamor goth to... domestic terrorist?

At Saturday's gigantic Women's March in Washington, D.C., the pop diva performed a couple of suitable songs—"Express Yourself" and "Human Nature"—but got more headlines for an incendiary speech in which she swore a fair amount. Multiple networks broadcast her F-bombs live, which is enough to get some people in trouble with the FCC, but Madonna may be in hot water with the Secret Service for what sounded (vaguely) like a threat:

"I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House. But I know that this won't change anything. We cannot fall into despair. As the poet W. H. Auden once wrote on the eve of World War Two, 'We must love one another or die.' I choose love. Are you with me?"

Gateway Pundit has since reported that a Service source confirmed their "investigation" into this remark, but said that the choice to prosecute it belongs to the U.S. Attorney's Office. While it is technically, definitely, and seriously illegal to directly threaten the life of the president, there is plenty of disagreement about how and when the law can be applied.

Anyway, Madonna on Sunday posted a message on Instagram, emphasizing that she is "not a violent person" and does not "promote violence."

Madonna may have to answer a few questions, but it's unlikely she'll be charged with a felony for saying what we're all thinking.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton wants you to leave Barron Trump alone.

Clinton took to her Twitter and Facebook accounts to urge bullies not to pick on Donald Trump's 10-year-old son, instead asking that people use their energy and meme-making skills to oppose the policies the new POTUS is putting place that could hurt kids (we're looking at you, Betsy DeVos).

Clinton was compelled to stand up for Barron Trump after trolls made him the subject of their jokes during the inauguration. One SNL writer in particular got a lot of heat for tweeting "Barron will be this country's first homeschool shooter." She has since deleted her Twitter account. Back in November, Rosie O'Donnell faced backlash for speculating that Barron Trump was autistic, which, whether he is or not, is none of her damn business.

Plus, Chelsea knows what it is like to be scrutinized from the sidelines, especially after rocking some of the boldest looks from the '90s.

Chelsea Clinton is a mother herself, and though she has made it abundantly clear that she opposes Barron's father on almost every conceivable level, she is adamant that targeting a child is off limits. Even if Barron Trump ends up Chelsea Clinton's old bedroom in the White House, it is nice to see her stand up for him—one first kid to another.