Jindal Drops Out, Obama Takes Down GOPers’ Refugee Rhetoric, and How Climate Change Causes Terrorism

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November 18, 2015 9:22 a.m.

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November 18, 2015

The Gist: Presidential candidate and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal suspended his bid for the presidency Tuesday, saying “This is not my time.”

Obama Takes Down GOPers’ Refugee Rhetoric: They’re Afraid Of Orphans

The Gist: President Obama tore into Republicans’ recent focus on barring Syrian refugees from the U.S. following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Where Security Experts Stand On The Claim Climate Change Causes Terrorism

The Gist: The national security community is serious about the idea that climate change, primarily by causing resource scarcity, is causing instability in regions vulnerable to unrest.

From The Reporter’s Notebook

Some GOPers requested equal air-time after Donald Trump hosted “Saturday Night Live” earlier this month. TPM’s Sara Jerde read a history of the FCC regulation in The Wall Street Journal, which explained that the equal time rule was created as part of The Radio Act of 1927. WSJ wrote that it was a time when radio was such a “scarce commodity, so important for electoral success that federal regulation was deemed the only way to protect the public interest.”

Agree or Disagree?

According to a TPM Prime reader, “The idea that we cannot put troops on the ground without entailing a commitment to build a functioning, stable state in Iraq and Syria is, in my opinion, insane.”

Say What?!

“Nobody has been able to sit down with him and have him get one iota of intelligent information about the Middle East.”

– One of Ben Carson’s top advisers said he has struggled to get him to understand the nuances of foreign policy.

BUZZING: Today in the Hive

From a TPM Prime member:“Hillary has consistently had a backing of a majority of SEIU members. Over 72% according to sources, which makes sense when you think about how so many of their members are people of color, and how much better Clinton does with non-Whites compared to Bernie. I don’t think Hillary is taking anything for granted this time around, but some insurgent move by Unions for Bernie seems unlikely at this time.”

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What We’re Reading

The Bill Simmons interview of President Obama. (GQ)

We have a media problem when it comes to covering attacks in white, western countries, but we also have an audience problem. (Cosmopolitan)

At least 100,000 women have attempted self-induced abortions in Texas. (Slate)

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