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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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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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Zero Hedge, CNNMoney, Mediaite, Washington Post, KTLA, AOL and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Patrick Brzeski / Hollywood Reporter:
Oliver Stone on Harvey Weinstein: “It's Not Easy What He's Going Through” — The director addressed the international media at the Busan International Film Festival, where he is serving as chair of the event's competition jury. — Oliver Stone intitially declined to condemn Harvey Weinstein …
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New York Times, Betsy's Page, People.com, NBC News, Washington Free Beacon, IndieWire and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Jimmy Vielkind / Politico:
Cuomo defends keeping Weinstein money, says criticism ‘misses the point’ — ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated Thursday that he will keep some of the campaign money he's raised from embattled Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, declaring the inquisition on that topic “misses the point.”
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NPR, The Guardian and RedState
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, Taylor Marsh, Mashable, The Daily Caller, IJR and Althouse
New York Times:
Amazon Studios Chief Suspended After Sexual Harassment Claim
Amazon Studios Chief Suspended After Sexual Harassment Claim
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Washington Post, Axios, CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Mashable
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, CBS Los Angeles and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Lisa O'Carroll / The Guardian:
Harvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined her film career
Harvey Weinstein: English actor says alleged sexual assault ruined her film career
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RedState and ThinkProgress
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Jane Fonda: I knew about Weinstein, and I'm ‘ashamed’ I didn't say anything
Jane Fonda: I knew about Weinstein, and I'm ‘ashamed’ I didn't say anything
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New York Times, The Daily Signal, KTLA, The Daily Caller, ThinkProgress, Washington Free Beacon, The Guardian, AOL, Obsidian Wings, TheBlaze, Infowars, Fox News, Gothamist, Truth Revolt and IndieWire
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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Nicholas Bagley / The Incidental Economist:
Cutting off the cost-sharing payments. — Politico just broke the news that the Trump administration will terminate the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing payments, further destabilizing the already-fragile exchanges on the eve of open enrollment. Although state regulators and insurers …
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NPR and New York Magazine
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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RedState, The Atlantic, Associated Press, Must Read Alaska, AOL, CBS News and Washington Post
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Trump will pull Obamacare subsidies in another attack on health law
Trump will pull Obamacare subsidies in another attack on health law
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ABC News
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Trump administration hints at enforcing ObamaCare mandate
Trump administration hints at enforcing ObamaCare mandate
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Washington Examiner, Vox and Talking Points Memo
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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Mashable, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, IJR, Axios, Raw Story, The Verge and twitchy.com
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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TVNewser, New York Magazine, TheBlaze, ProFootballTalk, The Daily Caller, Mediaite and Deadspin
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.
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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Union of Concerned Scientists and Political Wire
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 …
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, Business Insider, Washington Post, The Guardian and RedState
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 …
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Raw Story
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
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States — PROMOTING HEALTHCARE CHOICE AND COMPETITION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
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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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National Review, Bloomberg, Daily Kos and ABC News
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Background check chief has ‘never seen’ mistakes and omissions at level of Jared Kushner forms — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)The head of a government bureau responsible for clearing background checks told lawmakers Wednesday he has “never seen that level of mistakes” when asked …
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Raw Story
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 and Fortune
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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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
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
Lauren Wolfe / Foreign Policy:
The Trump Administration Wants Refugees to Fit In or Stay Out — An obscure new policy would give priority to refugees who seem like they might “assimilate.” — Out in New York Harbor in 1903, the bronze plaque with Emma Lazarus's poem “The New Colossus” was affixed to the Statue of Liberty.
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.
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IJR
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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KTLA, Infowars, National Geographic, ZME Science, New York Magazine, IJR, National Review and CBS Dallas
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 …