PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
House fires burn much faster than they used to. Here’s how to survive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/house-fires-burn-much-faster-than-they-used-to-heres-how-to-survive/2017/11/20/1c1eb7f8-c890-11e7-aa96-54417592cf72_story.html?utm_term=.25f77f4a0bda&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

Homeless man in New Haven who returned $10,000 check rewarded in a big way
http://fox61.com/2017/11/22/homeless-man-in-new-haven-who-returned-10000-check-rewarded-in-a-big-way/

Post-Harvey Houston faces a dilemma: how to rebuild with integrity 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/24/houston-texas-hurricane-harvey-rebuilding-immigrant-rights?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253905&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Jake Tapper Beautifully Rebukes Teen Vogue Writer Who Said She Doesn’t Care If ‘Innocent Men’ Are Harmed By ‘False’ Assault Allegations
http://www.dailywire.com/news/23919/jake-tapper-beautifully-rebukes-teen-vogue-writer-frank-camp

French president to launch 'cultural war' on sexual abuse 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/french-president-emmanuel-macron-launch-cultural-war-on-sexual-abuse?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=253905&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

ANTHOZOANS
Northern Red Sea Could Be Unique Global Warming Refuge for Coral 
https://www.ecowatch.com/northern-red-sea-coral-2511611993.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=48fa89f833-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-48fa89f833-85328381

BUSINESS
A growing number of young Americans are leaving desk jobs to farm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-growing-number-of-young-americans-are-leaving-desk-jobs-to-farm/2017/11/23/e3c018ae-c64e-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.1ec070ec85a2

Unions applaud White House on apprenticeship push
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/unions-applaud-white-house-on-apprenticeship-push/article/2641104

DEFENSE
Can the world's mightiest naval fleet survive the perfect storm? 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/23/politics/us-navy-seventh-fleet-breaking-point/index.html

JUDICIARY
Justices to weigh cell phone privacy in landmark case
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/361594-justices-to-weigh-cell-phone-privacy-in-landmark-case

FCC
FCC net neutrality process ‘corrupted’ by fake comments and vanishing consumer complaints, officials say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/24/fcc-net-neutrality-process-corrupted-by-fake-comments-and-vanishing-consumer-complaints-officials-say/?utm_term=.9c26c578967d&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

EPA
Pruitt kicks out professors, researchers under federal grant money rule
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/23/scott-pruitt-kicks-out-professors-researchers-unde/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpWa05ESmxOREk0WXpBNCIsInQiOiJJWTBaN1dhQksxRnBlMGtIdFwva1MxQWJtR1wvRlhyQ1A3cnllK0lvbHdUWWFNYVJDUGFYV2xLMDhSQ2t2SjVnMlhOMGlBaFwvTEVkN3RlQVBkUHZJSmpNZTJ4aXVkZGpnNUJ1RHU3eTc5dlZCZGJKSW1NWmZLS3ZMSHE4dlYyWU9cL3IifQ%3D%3D

MEDIA
How to protect against fake ‘facts’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/getting-back-to-facts/2017/11/23/ebd6a12e-cfb9-11e7-81bc-c55a220c8cbe_story.html?utm_term=.b7b3af9da56c&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

MIDDLE EAST
The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2017/11/24/the-ussaudi-starvation-blockade-n2413176?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

POLITICS
Republican retirements give Democrats hope for election wave
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/23/republican-retirements-give-democrats-hope-for-ele/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWm1Sa016RTROV05pWkdZMiIsInQiOiJYdzVNc2dyRVNmSEZ0cWpTU0U4MG1Dbk9OUHdaSmpVbURoTVJRd3Bwb3ptUjYwbkJxWHF2SUhsZk1TOU1YQVZrTWtPVFlYaTc3eDBaRGpUMng0XC9Cb0pYTXora1N5VmlFajZFNVpTb2t6emkrM1hXNCtTVDczVitQMkpLbGlUaVQifQ%3D%3D

How entitlement programs ruined our politics 
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-entitlement-programs-ruined-our-politics/article/2641405

A gladiator battles for the minds of young conservatives
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/ben-shapiro-conservative.html

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