Marc Ash | Senate Intelligence Committee Takes Control of Yates Testimony
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The testimony of former acting attorney general Sally Yates had long been sought by Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee and delayed by their Republican counterparts. It now appears the Senate Intelligence Committee will instead be the first to hear testimony from Yates."
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Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "The testimony of former acting attorney general Sally Yates had long been sought by Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee and delayed by their Republican counterparts. It now appears the Senate Intelligence Committee will instead be the first to hear testimony from Yates."
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EPA Cuts Half of Advisers on Key Panel
Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has chosen to replace half of the members on one of its key scientific review boards, the first step in a broader effort by Republicans to change the way the agency evaluates the scientific basis for its regulations."
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Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has chosen to replace half of the members on one of its key scientific review boards, the first step in a broader effort by Republicans to change the way the agency evaluates the scientific basis for its regulations."
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Liberals Should Still Be Worried About France
Heather Hurlburt, New York Magazine
Hurlburt writes: "Americans wrote their French friends lots of open letters in recent weeks, imploring them not to 'make the same mistakes we did.' Perhaps Americans ought to write one more, thinking of 2009: Don't assume, because the candidate of wide smiles and new ideas has triumphed, that old fears and resentments - and older power structures - are gone for good."
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Heather Hurlburt, New York Magazine
Hurlburt writes: "Americans wrote their French friends lots of open letters in recent weeks, imploring them not to 'make the same mistakes we did.' Perhaps Americans ought to write one more, thinking of 2009: Don't assume, because the candidate of wide smiles and new ideas has triumphed, that old fears and resentments - and older power structures - are gone for good."
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Texas Governor Signs Ban on So-Called 'Sanctuary Cities'
Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
Weber writes: "Texas pushed to the forefront of national debate over immigration Sunday night when Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a so-called 'sanctuary cities' ban that lets police ask during routine stops whether someone is in the U.S. legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with federal immigration agents."
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Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
Weber writes: "Texas pushed to the forefront of national debate over immigration Sunday night when Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a so-called 'sanctuary cities' ban that lets police ask during routine stops whether someone is in the U.S. legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with federal immigration agents."
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HHS Chief Insists Cutting Nearly $1 Trillion From Medicaid Will Help Patients
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "Slashing $880 billion from Medicaid will help make the program 'more responsive' to users, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said."
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Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "Slashing $880 billion from Medicaid will help make the program 'more responsive' to users, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said."
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Anti-Vaxxers Targeted a Somali Community and a Measles Outbreak Resulted
Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
Ford writes: "As of Thursday afternoon, there were 41 documented cases of measles in Minnesota, 40 of which were in children, 39 of which were in people who had not been vaccinated, and 34 of which were in people of Somali descent. It's no coincidence that anti-vaxxers have targeted Minnesota's Somali community for the past 15 years with their propaganda, convincing them to cut vaccination rates from 92 percent in 2004 to 42 percent in 2014."
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Zack Ford, ThinkProgress
Ford writes: "As of Thursday afternoon, there were 41 documented cases of measles in Minnesota, 40 of which were in children, 39 of which were in people who had not been vaccinated, and 34 of which were in people of Somali descent. It's no coincidence that anti-vaxxers have targeted Minnesota's Somali community for the past 15 years with their propaganda, convincing them to cut vaccination rates from 92 percent in 2004 to 42 percent in 2014."
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Chicago Mayor Recoups Climate Change Data Deleted From EPA Website
Cassie Kelly, EcoWatch
Kelly writes: "This weekend, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel posted the scrubbed data on the City of Chicago's official website to preserve the 'decades of research [the agency] has done to advance the fight against climate change.' Emanuel said he plans to develop the site further in the coming weeks."
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Cassie Kelly, EcoWatch
Kelly writes: "This weekend, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel posted the scrubbed data on the City of Chicago's official website to preserve the 'decades of research [the agency] has done to advance the fight against climate change.' Emanuel said he plans to develop the site further in the coming weeks."
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