We’re taking a small detour from Trump and Brexit this evening to point to a local story that’s going to need some explaining from those in authority who apparently blundered embarrassingly and expensively on a remarkable scale.
We likely haven’t heard the end of this one.
Watch the BBC Spotlight investigation here
#SpotlightNI 'Burn to Earn'
Tonight, 2240, BBC One NI@conorspackman reports pic.twitter.com/16M371IWbF
— BBC Spotlight NI (@BBCSpotlightNI) December 6, 2016
Renewable Heating Incentive: Whistleblower's warning obtained by @BBCSpotlightNI . #spotlightni #rhi https://t.co/coSfKHsdah
— BBC Spotlight NI (@BBCSpotlightNI) December 6, 2016
Spotlight reveals that Arlene Foster's department was warned by a whistle blower about the brewing RHI scandal…and ignored it #Spotlightni
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) December 6, 2016
VIDEO Foster denies responsibility for botched RHI scheme that will cost Stormont £1bn via @irish_news https://t.co/Fq63yY7o85
— Casual Gardener 🇵🇸 #StopTheSlaughter (@casualgardener1) December 6, 2016
DETI desperately went to Whitehall to ask for DECC to cover huge bill after mistakenly believing RHI covered by block grant… #spotlightNI pic.twitter.com/4H7MBnmNuF
— Leah Rachel 🌹 (@MissTwice) December 6, 2016
Most worrying thing about #spotlightni is knowing that in 4 yrs the NI electorate will go and vote for these very same people all over agian
— TerryMcHugh (@TerryMc_Hugh) December 7, 2016
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WORLD
"The city is liberated but the military operation is not over yet." https://t.co/Z7fWq2DFM1
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) December 7, 2016
There was me thinking "Brexit means Brexit" was the silliest and least meaningful thing they could say about it. https://t.co/0kIGrH0lmJ
— Alex von Tunzelmann (@alexvtunzelmann) December 6, 2016
Bernard Cazeneuve is named new French prime minister https://t.co/o5Cv27IXiW pic.twitter.com/3OHDuoBIOA
— The Atlantic: Ideas (@TheAtlIdeas) December 6, 2016
"The full veil must be banned wherever that is legally possible." https://t.co/IGExewvBrA
— Al Jazeera Breaking News (@AJENews) December 7, 2016
America prepares for a solemn anniversary, and to welcome an historic guest.
Japanese PM Abe won't apologize at Pearl Harbor https://t.co/qLCW0LWmQq pic.twitter.com/B0UnfPIY2B
— The Hill (@thehill) December 6, 2016
A Fake Story That Lives On: No, FDR Did Not Know The Japanese Were Going To Bomb Pearl Harbor : NPR https://t.co/nnzr3HzR8d
— Paul Wiggins 🍺 (@paulwiggins) December 7, 2016
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AMERICA IN TRANSITION
Trump: I'm proud to formally announce today my intention to nominate Gen. James Mattis as next Secretary of Defense https://t.co/MsvnpPETK0
— CNN (@CNN) December 7, 2016
GOP funding bill gives NY just $7M to cover Trump security that costs $35Mhttps://t.co/2toQr9vVvv pic.twitter.com/AlD4r1WTfs
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2016
Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call https://t.co/QuVafo3DK4
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) December 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/806310131638083585
Boeing stocks tumble after Trump tweet https://t.co/dvTkvlE1Dr pic.twitter.com/Au5EHi1O1s
— The Hill (@thehill) December 6, 2016
A look at 2 years’ worth of tweets suggests Trump is using Twitter mostly to react to whatever’s in front of him https://t.co/v0Vi8QtLCc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 6, 2016
Pizzagate: From rumor, to hashtag, to gunfire in D.C. via @mffisher @johnwoodrowcox @phscoops https://t.co/i0fsLsXafH
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) December 7, 2016
Wait, is this fake news or real news? Now I'm confused!https://t.co/30JcuAF1Fc
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) December 7, 2016
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BUSINESS
Australia’s economy recorded its first negative quarter of growth since early 2011 https://t.co/kZWOFzIczG
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/806317325360058368
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MEDIA
Fake news headlines fool American adults about 75% of the time, according to new research from BuzzFeed News/Ipsos: https://t.co/lBG1i8ktcZ pic.twitter.com/UiXLWtiHXd
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) December 7, 2016
"It's the death of the fact that has me really and truly worried," says POLITICO's @sbg1 on reporting in 2016 https://t.co/ZF7dsfaKCq pic.twitter.com/fwt7SS7qsR
— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) December 7, 2016
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CULTURE
Let's take a closer look at all the biggest wins and most glaring missteps from this year's Grammy noms https://t.co/Vhi3BMDOGq
— Vulture (@vulture) December 7, 2016
Really hard to decide what to watch on Discovery channel on Christmas day. pic.twitter.com/o5t7bFp0ry
— Joe Donnelly (@kildarejoe) December 6, 2016
The Overnight Note 