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FEMA.gov:
Hurricane Irma Rumor Control — Rumor: Pets in Shelters and Hotels — There are reports emergency shelters are required to accommodate pets and service animals belonging to people who have evacuated. This is TRUE. (September 8) — There are also reports hotels are required to accommodate pets for people who have evacuated.
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CNN:
Forecasters: Hurricane Irma to regain Category 5 strength — (CNN)Hurricane Irma battered parts of Cuba and the central Bahamas, and forecasters predicted Friday evening the massive storm will strengthen into a Category 5 storm again before it slams into the Florida Keys.
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Extreme Hurricane Irma closing in on Florida, posing dire threat — (This story will be updated throughout Friday. It was last updated to incorporate the 8 p.m. National Hurricane Center advisory; some more information about storm surge was added in section on Florida effects.)
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The Daily Caller, CityLab, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, ROMPER, Associated Press, Bryan Norcross, Grist and CBS Denver
Daniella Diaz / CNN:
EPA chief on Irma: The time to talk climate change isn't now — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told CNN in an interview about Hurricane Irma on Thursday that the time to talk about climate change isn't now.
Associated Press:
Caribbean residents left reeling over Irma's destruction
Caribbean residents left reeling over Irma's destruction
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FOX6Now.com, Mediaite and fox8.com
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Rush Limbaugh evacuates Florida home after floating unfounded theories about Hurricane Irma
Rush Limbaugh evacuates Florida home after floating unfounded theories about Hurricane Irma
Addy Baird / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax
Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Hurricane Irma threatens ‘to devastate the United States,’ FEMA chief says
Hurricane Irma threatens ‘to devastate the United States,’ FEMA chief says
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CNN, Snopes.com, ROMPER, TheBlaze, Gothamist, Raw Story and The Guardian
New York Times:
New White House Chief of Staff Has an Enforcer — Lost in the scramble to cope with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the response to North Korea's nuclear provocations and the shock at President Trump's instant alliance with Democrats was a little-noticed bureaucratic earthquake that shook the White House this week.
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Business Insider and Politicus USA
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Politico:
White House communications director Hope Hicks retains lawyer in Russia probe — White House communications director Hope Hicks has retained a personal attorney, as the special counsel's investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia is expected to heat up this fall.
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Washington Post and Business Insider
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Washington Post:
Spicer, Priebus, Hicks among six current and former Trump aides Mueller has expressed interest in interviewing for Russia probe … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has alerted the White House that his team will likely seek to interview six top current and former advisers to President Trump …
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Politico, Business Insider, Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Common Dreams, Raw Story, Daily Kos, IJR, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Will Part Ways With Eric Bolling After Harassment Investigation — Fox News Channel will part ways with host Eric Bolling, a host and contributor whose on-air presence at the 21st Century Fox-owned network had been growing in recent months, after allegations surfaced …
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Media Matters for America, Mediaite and RedState
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Yashar Ali / HuffPost:
Eric Bolling Out At Fox News — The news comes a month after HuffPost reported the host sent unsolicited lewd texts to female colleagues. — Fox News has parted ways with host Eric Bolling, the network confirmed Friday, just over a month after an exclusive HuffPost report revealed Bolling …
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
Eric Bolling is out at Fox News over sex pictures, while Charles Payne returns to Fox Business — Charles Payne, shown on the air at the Fox Business Network studios in New York in April 2015, is returning to Fox Business. (John Lamparski / Getty Images) — Sexual harassment investigations …
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Gail Schontzler / Bozeman Daily Chronicle Audio:
Baucus backs single-payer health system — It's time for America to consider seriously a single-payer, government-run health system, says Max Baucus, Montana's longest serving U.S. senator, former ambassador to China and one of the chief architects of Obamacare.
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Axios, Liberal Values, Washington Post, Common Dreams, IJR and Balloon Juice
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Holy Crap. Max Baucus Now Supports Single Payer?
Holy Crap. Max Baucus Now Supports Single Payer?
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
CNNMoney:
Chris Christie in talks to be cable news contributor after leaving office — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's possible career as a sports broadcaster may not have panned out, but he might still have a shot at a television gig. Christie has had conversations with both MSNBC and CNN …
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New York Magazine, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, TVNewser, Political Wire and Mediaite
The Hill:
GOP bristles at Mnuchin's debt plea: Do it for me — House Republicans bristled Friday at Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — 's pitch for them to vote for a three-month debt and spending extension “for me,” exacerbating divisions between Capitol Hill and the White House.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Seethe As House Passes Debt Deal Trump Struck With Dems
Conservatives Seethe As House Passes Debt Deal Trump Struck With Dems
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Politico, Washington Monthly and Balloon Juice
Ira Madison III / The Daily Beast:
Maria Sharapova's Vile, Racially Tinged Treatment of Serena Williams … To understand Maria Sharapova is to know that she had the gall to name her forthcoming memoir Unstoppable after she could not beat rival Serena Williams 18 times in a row, even with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs.
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East Bay Times and The Root
Rosemary Feitelberg / WWD:
Will Joe Biden Run in 2020? His Designer Daughter Ashley Sure Hopes So — Livelihood founder Ashley Biden is all about American manufacturing, a commitment she shares with her father Joe, who may run for president in 2020. — Ashley Biden and former Vice President Joe Biden
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Washington Free Beacon, Business Insider, The Hill, Politicus USA and IJR
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Joe Biden's daughter says ex-VP considering 2020 run
Joseph Lawler / Washington Examiner:
GOP outraged after Trump refuses to consider Lois Lerner prosecution … The Department of Justice told members of Congress Friday that it wouldn't reconsider the question of whether to prosecute former IRS official Lois Lerner for her role in the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups, eliciting criticism from House Republicans.
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Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent and RedState
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John Bowden / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner
GOP lawmakers furious after DOJ declines to prosecute ex-IRS official Lois Lerner
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Associated Press and IJR
James Barrett / Daily Wire:
Berkeley Announces EXTREME Security Measures For Shapiro Event — Shutting down multiple buildings, parking lots; imposing strict ID checks; providing alternative spaces for faculty, students... In what is a truly stunning response to the appearance of a single speaker …
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Berkeleyside, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and Lone Conservative
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Azwar Shakeel / The Daily Californian:
ASUC Senate fails to pass resolution denouncing UC Berkeley subsidization of Ben Shapiro event
ASUC Senate fails to pass resolution denouncing UC Berkeley subsidization of Ben Shapiro event
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The Daily Caller and Daily Wire
Public Affairs / Berkeley News:
Ben Shapiro visit: Campus details logistics and resources
Ben Shapiro visit: Campus details logistics and resources
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Daily Wire, The Daily Signal, MichelleMalkin.com and Lone Conservative
Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Man Turning Anti-Muslim Hate Into Law … Sixteen years after the 9/11 attacks and anti-Muslim bigotry is not only alive, it's thriving. In fact, Donald Trump would likely not be president without it because his demonization of Muslims during the GOP primaries played a big role in securing the nomination.
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Raw Story
Will Doran / Raleigh News & Observer:
Two NC Republicans say they accidentally asked the Supreme Court to end gerrymandering — RALEIGH — Two of the three North Carolina lawmakers who had joined with prominent national politicians to oppose gerrymandering have now backtracked, saying they didn't mean to add their names …
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Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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CNN:
Document details scrapped deal for Trump Tower Moscow — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Around the time presidential candidate Donald Trump was touting his real estate dealings at a Republican primary debate, a proposal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Russia that would have given …
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CNBC, The Nation, Mother Jones, Metro and Business Insider
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Equifax finally responds to swirling concerns over consumers' legal rights — Update: Equifax issued a statement Friday evening. “In response to consumer inquiries, we have made it clear that the arbitration clause and class action waiver included in the Equifax and TrustedID Premier terms …
Sarah Young / The Independent:
12-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO TRANSITIONED TO FEMALE CHANGES HIS MIND TWO YEARS LATER — ‘I began to realise I was actually comfortable in my body’ — Mexico earthquake death toll sharply rises to 58 — Shelter saves more than 100 cats and dogs from Hurricane Harvey floods
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IJR, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and AOL
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Trump Official Freezes On Camera After A Question About Climate Change — The silence was deafening. — Reporting From Washington, D.C. — During an exchange in Congress on Thursday, Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly asked USAID official Gloria Steele about any possible link between …
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Raw Story and New Yorker