Governors Reject Refugees, House Science Comm to Interrogate Scientists, Weapons Stock Prices Soar
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November 17, 2015
Good morning! Here’s your daily digest of money-and-politics news and the headlines of the day, compiled by BillMoyers.com’s John Light. (You can sign up to receive Morning Reads daily in your inbox!)
Goodnight, transparency –> After the state assembly approved them Monday, two bills dramatically rolling back transparency and oversight of election spending in Wisconsin are on their way to Governor Scott Walker’s desk. Shawn Johnson for Wisconsin Public Radio: “One of the measures would allow unlimited donations to state political parties and permit coordination between candidates and interest groups with secret donors. It would also double the contribution limits to candidates… The other bill passed Monday does away with the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board.”
Behind closed doors –> Climate scientists and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials will be brought before House investigators for “interviews akin to depositions” that will be shielded from the public, writes Lisa Rein at The Washington Post. But the House science committee expects even more: “Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) wants thousands of e-mails among scientists and NOAA’s staff of political appointees that he thinks will show that the researchers had something to hide when they refuted claims that global warming had ‘paused’ or slowed over the past decade.”
Bloodlust and ratings lust –> At a press conference yesterday during which Obama answered questions about the Paris terrorist killings and his strategy in Syria, CNN’s Jim Acosta felt it was appropriate to ask: “Why can’t we take out these bastards?” Jack Mirkinson at Salon writes that we should be concerned by rhetoric like this from the press: “Acosta’s language may have been rougher than some might have used, but he was speaking for a press corps whose thirst for an apocalyptic confrontation with ISIS has been let loose by last Friday’s attacks in Paris.” ALSO: Glenn Greenwald’s article at The Intercept: “Stock Prices of Weapons Manufacturers Soaring Since Paris Attack.”................