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Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
I'm In Hawaii And Just Got The Scariest Alert Of My Life. Here's What I Did Next. — What would you do if you thought you had 15 minutes to live? — Reporting From — HONOLULU — On Saturday morning, I was basking in my usual routine, waking up with my yawning dog, walking upstairs to receive a macchiato made by my husband.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House scrambles after false missile warning in Hawaii — The erroneous alert triggered reminders inside the administration about long-delayed plans to prepare for a domestic missile attack. — A false warning of a missile threat in Hawaii sent White House aides scrambling Saturday …
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Raw Story, The Guardian and Politicus USA
New York Times:
Hawaii Panics After Alert About Incoming Missile Is Sent in Error — An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was already on emotional edge …
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Raw Story, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, VICE, The Verge, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, Althouse, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, NPR and Mediaite
New York Times:
False Alarm Adds to Real Alarm About Trump's Nuclear Risk
False Alarm Adds to Real Alarm About Trump's Nuclear Risk
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Hullabaloo, The Atlantic and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Hawaii officials mistakenly warn of inbound missile
Hawaii officials mistakenly warn of inbound missile
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NBC Bay Area, Breitbart, Power Line and Politicus USA
Jon Letman / The Daily Beast:
Terror in Paradise: I Got the Hawaii Missile Message and Prepared to Die
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Missile threat alert for Hawaii a false alarm
Missile threat alert for Hawaii a false alarm
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii
False ballistic missile alert spreads panic in Hawaii
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CNN, The Atlantic, The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, ThinkProgress, Politico and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland … Chelsea Manning, the transgender former Army private who was convicted of passing sensitive government documents to Wikileaks, has filed to run for the U.S. Senate in Maryland, according to federal election filings.
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USCIS:
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals: Response to January 2018 Preliminary Injunction — Update: Due to a federal court order, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance …
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New York Times, Politico, Washington Times, FOX40 and IJR
Eliza Dushku:
When I was 12 years old, while filming “True Lies”, I was sexually molested by Joel Kramer, one of Hollywood's leading stunt coordinators. — Ever since, I have struggled with how and when to disclose this, if ever. At the time, I shared what happened to me with my parents, two adult friends and one of my older brothers.
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New York Times:
Male Models Say Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Sexually Exploited Them — For a fashion model, success is the ability to incite desire. The job requirements often include nudity and feigning seduction; provocation is a lever for sales. In the industry, boundaries between the acceptable …
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Refinery29, AOL and thecut
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Obama: Fox viewers ‘living on a different planet’ than NPR listeners — Former President Obama said in an interview that Fox News viewers and NPR listeners are living on different planets in terms of what news they consume. — “If you watch Fox News, you are living on a different planet …
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Obama rips Fox News viewers: ‘You are living on a different planet’
Obama rips Fox News viewers: ‘You are living on a different planet’
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Scared Monkeys, IJR, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Woman at center of Greitens story asks for privacy; Greitens asks lawmakers for forgiveness — • The woman at the center of possible blackmail allegations aimed at Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens asked the media and the public for privacy Friday. — Through her attorneys …
Aurora Snow / The Daily Beast:
Trump Accuser Jessica Drake Silenced … The Daily Beast was informed late Friday that porn star Jessica Drake is not allowed to discuss President Donald J. Trump on account of a non-disclosure agreement she signed barring her from any such talk. NDAs are often deployed as part of settlements to silence accusers.
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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Fusion GPS, firm behind disputed Russia dossier, retracts its claim of FBI mole in Trump camp — Glenn Simpson, the Fusion GPS founder who sponsored the unverified anti-Trump dossier, claimed in August and again Jan. 2 that the FBI has a source inside the Trump camp who lent credence to the document.
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The Gateway Pundit
Mark Davis / WCTX-TV:
Puerto Rican storm refugees in Connecticut facing eviction this weekend — Related Coverage — (WTNH) — Dozens of Puerto Rican hurricane refugees that came here to Connecticut are now in danger of being evicted from their hotels tomorrow. FEMA says their homes back on the island are …
Rlitt / Lawfare:
The President is Wrong to Accuse the FBI of Treason — With all of the attention paid to President Donald Trump's confusing tweets about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and his profane description of African nations, another comment he made should not escape notice.
Alexandra King / CNN:
Condoleezza Rice on #MeToo: 'Let's not turn women into snowflakes' — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that while she believes the #MeToo movement is “a good thing,” people need “to be a little bit careful” about how they respond to it.
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The Daily Caller
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
The ‘genius’ of Trump: What the president means when he touts his smarts — The genius in the White House has always believed that what makes him special is his ability to get things done without going through the steps others must take. — In school, he bragged that he'd do well without cracking a book.
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Raw Story
Sophie Doughty / nechronicle:
VIDEO UNAVAILABLE — Six people who left offensive comments on social media about the Operation Shelter sex gang have been tracked down by police. — Northumbria Police posted a series of articles on its Facebook page following the conviction of 18 people after an investigation into sex exploitation in Newcastle's West End.
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Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Jihad Watch
Leigh Giangreco / CityLab:
The City That ‘This Town’ Forgot — On a bone-chilling January night last week, customers lined up inside Kramerbooks in Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle for the midnight release of Michael Wolff's account of the Trump administration, Fire and Fury. The occasion should have merited …
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Mark Wahlberg Donates $1.5M In Michelle Williams' Name To #TimesUp Legal Fund — BREAKING: Mark Wahlberg has announced that he will donate in Michelle Williams' name the $1.5 million in money he received for All The Money In The World reshoots. The donation is being made to #TimesUp …
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The Hill, RedState, The Daily Beast, Refinery29, thecut and Mediaite
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Facebook Couldn't Handle News. Maybe It Never Wanted To. — Getty Images / John Paczkowski, BuzzFeed News — When news broke on Thursday evening of Facebook's dramatic overhaul of its News Feed, the worlds of media and publishing erupted. But inside Facebook, the reaction was markedly different — indifference.
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