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Paul Demko / Politico:
Trump will scrap critical Obamacare subsidy — President Donald Trump plans to cut off subsidy payments to insurers selling Obamacare coverage in his most aggressive move yet to undermine the health care law, according to two sources close to the discussions.
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New York Times:
Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again
Trump to Scrap Critical Health Care Subsidies, Hitting Obamacare Again
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The Atlantic, Splinter, Forbes, Must Read Alaska, AOL, The Stranger … and Associated Press
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Trump to sign order to eliminate ACA insurance rules, undermine marketplaces
Trump to sign order to eliminate ACA insurance rules, undermine marketplaces
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Trump's New Executive Order Makes It Easier to Buy Insurance Outside of Obamacare
Trump's New Executive Order Makes It Easier to Buy Insurance Outside of Obamacare
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baker, National Review, VICE News and Bloomberg
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump's executive order to undermine Obamacare, explained
Trump's executive order to undermine Obamacare, explained
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The Hill, New York Magazine, TheStreet, Daily Kos, ABC News, IJR, Balloon Juice, Consumerist, Joe.My.God. and Politico
TMZ.com:
Harvey Weinstein's Contract Allowed for Sexual Harassment — Harvey Weinstein may have been fired illegally by The Weinstein Company, a company that wrote a contract that said Weinstein could get sued over and over for sexual harassment and as long as he shelled out money, that was good enough for the Company.
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RedState, IndieWire, Raw Story, Fox News Insider, twitchy.com, IJR, PerezHilton, Mediaite and The Stranger …, more at Mediagazer »
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Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Will Harvey Weinstein Finally Kill the Old Boys' Network?
Will Harvey Weinstein Finally Kill the Old Boys' Network?
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The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, Mashable and IJR
CNNMoney:
Can the company Harvey Weinstein founded survive his scandal?
Can the company Harvey Weinstein founded survive his scandal?
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Washington Post, WTVR-TV, PerezHilton, CBS Los Angeles, Deadline and Splinter
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Cuomo defends keeping Weinstein money, says criticism ‘misses the point’
Cuomo defends keeping Weinstein money, says criticism ‘misses the point’
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New York Times, The Guardian, Splinter and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Even Pokémon Go used by extensive Russian-linked meddling effort — Russian efforts to meddle in American politics did not end at Facebook and Twitter. A CNN investigation of a Russian-linked account shows its tentacles extended to YouTube, Tumblr and even Pokémon Go.
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Liberal Values, Mashable, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Raw Story, IJR, Axios, The Verge, VICE News and twitchy.com
Kim Masters / Hollywood Reporter:
Amazon TV Producer Goes Public With Harassment Claim Against Top Exec Roy Price (Exclusive) — “You will love my d**k,” Price allegedly said to Isa Hackett, a producer on ‘The Man in the High Castle,’ who details a July 2015 incident at Comic-Con in San Diego.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Exclusive: Sources say California Senate leader to challenge Sen. Dianne Feinstein — Kevin de Leon asserts DACA is constitutional — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)California Democratic state Senate president Kevin de León intends to enter California's 2018 Senate race …
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Roger Goodell Has a Secret Defender on Twitter: His Wife — When media outlets wrote about the NFL commissioner, an anonymous tweeter hit back — When National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell is under attack, as he so often is these days, @forargument is there to fight back.
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Mediaite, TVNewser, New York Magazine, ProFootballTalk, USA Today, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller and Deadspin
Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
As Trump slams media, an Indiana lawmaker has drafted a bill to license journalists — An Indiana lawmaker has drafted a bill that would require professional journalists to be licensed by state police. — Rep. Jim Lucas had the measure drawn up earlier this year and said he may file …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Oops: Rick Perry just called Puerto Rico a ‘country’ — A new poll shows that 55 percent of Americans think the Trump administration hasn't done enough to help Puerto Rico, and that 52 percent believe Trump doesn't even care about the U.S. territory's problems after Hurricane Maria.
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Washington Post:
The misery in Puerto Rico is completely unacceptable
The misery in Puerto Rico is completely unacceptable
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The Nation, The Guardian, VICE News, FOX6Now.com and Outside the Beltway
Amanda Becker / Reuters:
White House ‘committed’ to Puerto Rico relief after Trump criticism
White House ‘committed’ to Puerto Rico relief after Trump criticism
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Shareblue Media and Daily Kos
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Where's Zinke? The interior secretary's special flag offers clues — At the Interior Department's headquarters in downtown Washington, Secretary Ryan Zinke has revived an arcane military ritual that no one can remember ever happening in the federal government.
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Raw Story
Amanda Erickson / Washington Post:
Inside American Caitlan Coleman's five-year ordeal as a Taliban prisoner — It must have felt like such an exciting time: Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Joshua Boyle, were embarking on a six-month adventure through Central Asia. — But their exuberant trip ended in a nightmare …
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Michelle Shephard / Toronto Star:
Kidnapped Canadian-American family freed in Pakistan gun battle after 5 years in captivity
Kidnapped Canadian-American family freed in Pakistan gun battle after 5 years in captivity
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ABC News, Washington Post, Business Insider, The Guardian and RedState
Matthew Diebel / USA Today:
Yellowstone supervolcano may blow sooner than thought — and could wipe out life on the planet — Scientists working in and around Yellowstone National Park say that the supervolcano sitting under the tourist attraction may blow sooner than thought, an eruption that could wipe out life on the planet.
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New York Magazine, National Review, CBS Dallas and New York Times
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump's pick for NOAA chief causes a storm — As a top executive at AccuWeather, Barry Myers has pushed for limits on the kinds of products that the National Weather Service offers to the public, saying they offered unfair competition to his industry. — Now, President Donald Trump's nomination …
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Political Wire and Union of Concerned Scientists
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
California Journal They survived six hours in a pool as a wildfire burned their neighborhood to the ground — (Video by Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) — Jan Pascoe and her husband, John, were trapped. The world was on fire, and Jan was hyperventilating from fear.
Jack Shafer / Politico:
I've Normalized Trump — On Wednesday, Baby Donald threw a one-two punch at the press that sent it on a quick trip to the mat, stunned and bleeding. In a tweet, responding to an NBC News story he insisted was inaccurate, the president called for the revocation of the network's broadcast licenses.
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Taylor Marsh, Fortune, Mediaite and Politicus USA, more at Mediagazer »
Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
Ethics investigators suggest Rep. Chris Collins may have engaged in insider trading — WASHINGTON — Congressional ethics investigators have concluded there is “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. engaged in insider trading and either took or requested official actions …
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The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Doree Shafrir / BuzzFeed:
What To Do With “Shitty Media Men”? — A document circulating late Wednesday named and shamed dozens of men in media for bad behavior toward women. — On Wednesday afternoon, I received an email from a friend, a woman writer, that had been forwarded from another woman, also a writer.
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CNN, twitchy.com, NewsBusters, Shakesville, Mashable and New York Magazine
CNN:
Roger Stone faces subpoena threat over Assange contact — Who is Roger Stone? — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The leaders of the House intelligence committee are warning that President Donald Trump associate Roger Stone will be slapped with a subpoena Friday if he does not reveal the name …
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Joe.My.God.
Meghann Myers / Army Times:
West Point superintendent responds to outrage over pro-Communist former cadet — Since photos surfaced in late September of a now-second lieutenant sporting a Che Guevara T-shirt under his uniform at West Point's 2016 graduation and commissioning ceremony, West Point and the Army have drawn …
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RedState, Task & Purpose, Instapundit and Robert Ulisse
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Robert M. Heffington / American Military News:
Exclusive: Former West Point professor's letter exposes corruption, cheating and failing standards [Full letter]
Exclusive: Former West Point professor's letter exposes corruption, cheating and failing standards [Full letter]
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IJR, neo-neocon, The Daily Caller, Clayton Cramer and Weekly Standard
Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
Mnuchin won't fill No. 2 Treasury post as Brooks opts out of the running — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has no plans to fill the No. 2 slot in his department after two candidates for the job dropped out of the running. — The department made the surprising announcement …
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Political Wire
Associated Press:
Dangerous sound? What Americans heard in Cuba attacks — https://apnews.com/88bb914f8b284088bce4 8e54f6736d84 — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
We're About to Fall Behind the Great Depression — Since the first rumblings of the financial crisis, in 2007, people have comforted themselves by looking back to the Great Depression and thinking about how much worse things could be. It's true, too. Our modern economic crisis has been far less severe than the Depression.
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