PLATT - MISC News

SPECIAL
Of Crudeness and Truth
https://www.city-journal.org/html/crudeness-and-truth-15668.html

GENERAL INTEREST
For the Love of the Game: Hawaiian Man Spends Potentially Last Moments on Earth Golfing
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/01/13/for-the-love-of-the-game-hawaiian-man-spends-potentially-last-moments-on-earth-golfing-n2434233?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=

Now We Really Know The Reason Why Mark Wahlberg Got Paid More Than Michelle Williams
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25761/now-we-really-know-reason-why-mark-wahlberg-got-hank-berrien?utm_medium=email&utm_content=011418-news&utm_campaign=position7

News Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the Week’s Headlines (2/11)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/12/briefing/12weeklynewsquiz.html?emc=edit_nn_20180114&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

Oh, to be six years old again ... 



HEALTH
Everything you've ever wanted to know about my colonoscopy (but never dared to ask)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/13/colonoscopy-bowels-pain-stress-anxiety?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=260390&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

The more you endlessly scroll on Facebook, the bigger the risk to your mental health 
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-more-you-endlessly-scroll-on-facebook-the-bigger-the-risk-to-your-mental-health-2018-01-12

HEALTH CARE
Why does America still have so few female doctors? 
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/14/why-are-there-still-so-few-female-doctors?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=260451&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

SCAM
Woman returns to find strangers living in her new home
https://nypost.com/2018/01/12/woman-returns-to-find-strangers-living-in-her-new-home/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

BUSINESS
Trump deserves credit for strengthening America’s business-friendly economy, Nissan chairman says
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2018/01/14/trump-deserves-credit-for-strengthening-america-s-business-friendly-economy-nissan-chairman-says.html

JOBS
The NYC minimum wage hike is going to screw over workers
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/the-nyc-minimum-wage-hike-is-going-to-screw-over-workers/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

ECOLOGY
‘Salmon Cannon’ Safely Transports Fish
https://weather.com/science/video/salmon-cannon-safely-transports-fish?pl=pl-editor-picks

POWER
Diablo Canyon Closure Decision Missing Critical Elements 
https://www.ecowatch.com/diablo-canyon-closure-2524855951.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0de8bcb641-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0de8bcb641-85328381

Chernobyl's Transformation Into a Massive Solar Plant Is Almost Complete
http://www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-massive-solar-plant-almost-complete

NATIONAL SECURITY
What If Hawaii's False Missile Alert Had Been Real? Here's What Would Happen Next
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-apos-false-missile-alert-044316057.html

Nuclear deterrence is a myth. And a lethal one at that 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/nuclear-deterrence-myth-lethal-david-barash?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=260451&subid=24222148&CMP=GT_US_collection

LAW ENFORCEMENT
Illinois Attorney General candidate Aaron Goldstein (D) was robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight during a campaign stop in Chicago on Thursday.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/12/illinois-attorney-general-candidate-robbed-gunpoint-chicago-campaign-stop/

BIG BROTHER
In Some Countries, Facebook’s Fiddling Has Magnified Fake News
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/technology/facebook-news-feed-changes.html?emc=edit_nn_20180114&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408&te=1

FAKE NEWS: Google Targets Daily Wire, Other Conservative Sites With Left-Wing Fact Checks, Immunizes Left-Wing Sites
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25576/fake-news-google-targets-daily-wire-other-ben-shapiro

IMMIGRATION
Bipartisan Deal Would Create 12-Year Citizenship Pathway
http://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-bipartisan_deal_would_create_12year_citizenship_pa-ap/category/news

U.S. Resumes Accepting DACA Renewals
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/u-s-resumes-accepting-daca-renewals-1515910722-lMyQjAxMTI4MzEwNDQxNTQzWj/

RUSSIAGATE
Russia claims the US is messing with its elections
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/russia-claims-the-us-is-messing-with-its-elections/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POTUS
Trump may be digging himself into a ‘shithole’
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/trump-may-be-digging-himself-into-a-shithole/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

POLITICS
Chelsea Manning is running for US Senate
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/chelsea-manning-is-running-for-us-senate/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app

NBC: 'Nothing But Respect For OUR Future President,' Oprah
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25503/nbc-nothing-respect-our-future-president-oprah-ben-shapiro

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