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On this date in 1946, the “Subsequent Nuremberg Trials” began. While the first trials, beginning in 1945, had focused on the Nazi high command, the second round sought to bring others to account. These included Nazi medical doctors, judges who had helped implement the Nazis’ racial purity policies, and German industrial giants IG Farben and Krupp. While the first trials were heard by an international tribunal, growing tensions among the Axis powers made that impossible, and the Subsequent Trials were heard by American judges.
Policing the police –> New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Monday that people had lost faith with local prosecutors, and urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give his office the authority to investigate police shootings. Karen Freifeld and Scott Malone report for Reuters. AND: At Demos, Matt Bruenig writes of the grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown case: “Whites, conservatives, and the rich approved of the whole affair by very large margins, while liberals, poor people, and people of color disapproved by equally large margins.”
Epic –> A study of tree-core rings suggests that California’s drought is the worst in at least 1,200 years. Dana Nuccitelli reports for The Guardian.
The money primary –> Nick Confessore reports for the NYT that “dozens of the Republican Party’s leading presidential donors and fund-raisers have begun privately discussing how to clear the field for a single establishment candidate to carry the party’s banner in 2016.” They worry that a messy primary season in which all the candidates try to be the most conservative will help the Democratic nominee.
“The plan to get climate-change denial into schools” –> At The Atlantic, Clare Foran looks at a group called Truth in Texas Textbooks, which plans to punish education publishers for educating kids about science.
Itching for a battle –> US-led airstrikes have helped put Islamic State fighters in Mosul on the defensive. Eric Schmitt reports for the NYT that the Iraqi government now wants to move into the city and recapture it, but US advisors say the Iraqi army isn’t prepared for a winter offensive on that scale.
Inequality matters –> According to a new study by the OECD, inequality inhibits economic growth in a way that “redistribution of wealth via taxes and benefits does not.” Via: the BBC.
“Cromnibus” –> That’s what Roll Call has dubbed the government spending bill that Congress is working on in the hope of avoiding a shutdown this weekend (continuing resolution + omnibus spending bill = “cromnibus”). Matt Fuller and Emma Dumain report that negotiators are finding it harder to craft than they thought, and that a number of riders to limit the EPA’s regulatory authority are a particularly sticky point. Since some House Republicans won’t vote on any resolution to fund the government, House leaders know they need some Democratic votes to succeed. ALSO: Alexander Bolton at The Hill: “Republicans clash on reversing nuclear option in Senate.”
Whistling past Dixie –> At The Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky says that Democrats should write off the deep South because they can win without it. “Let the GOP have it and run it and turn it into Free-Market Jesus Paradise,” he writes.
Headlines you don’t see every day –> “Lions maul neo-Nazi activist in Spain.” Subhead: “Mane kampf.” VIA: The Times of Israel/ AP.
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