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From The Reporter’s Notebook
Science, the journal that published a June climate study by the NOAA, this week rejected GOP Rep. Lamar Smith’s recent claims that the agency “rushed” its June climate study to publication. The Science Committee’s ranking member last week sent Smith a letter calling him out for only accusing NOAA of rushing the study months after his initial inquiry. “To be frank, this appears to be an after-the-fact attempt to justify a fishing expedition,” she wrote.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “Many of us don’t always have the time to do this particular kind of homework. An opinion offered without links demonstrating knowledge of “data” can be acknowledged as such. One can say: “Hearing the MSM, checking in at the Hive, speaking to my neighbor, overhearing something at the grocery store…. etc….., I have come to opinion X.” I appreciate the people here who do all the homework, but important things can actually be missed if you are too far into the data. There is a lot of value in the anecdotal, and there is value in knowing what the low-information voter thinks. With facts, everyone of us here can dismiss Trump’s position on Syrian immigrants within about 10 seconds. That does not alter another fact: His data free ignorance, or cynicism, or hatred or whatever it is has proved no obstacle to his popularity. On the contrary.”
Related: Trump said in September that Syrians are “living in hell” and we “have to” take in refugees.
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What We’re Reading
Donald Trump’s alarming skid toward outright fascism. (The Week)
Sports media was once the province of beat writers and their “exclusive access,” but the landscape keeps shifting. (The Cauldron)
The most popular Thanksgiving side dishes across America. (Five Thirty Eight)
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