Dan Rather | We're Not in Kansas Anymore? More Like, We Will All Be in It Soon Enough.

21 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION ON DONATIONS! - This is the worst December, year-end fundraiser we have ever seen. At this point in December 2016 we had double the number of donations we have now. This amounts to a slashing of RSN's budget. We need reasonable support, very badly. In earnest. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Dan Rather | We're Not in Kansas Anymore? More Like, We Will All Be in It Soon Enough.    Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page  Rather writes: "The headlines and many of the news writers are calling this big tax bill a 'win' for President Trump and the Republicans in Congress. I suppose it is, as far as it goes. That is if you define wins and losses solely in vote tallies and Presidential signatures. But is it a win for America?"  READ MORE The Government Has Screwed Up the Bundy Case Even Worse Than We Realized  Stephanie Mencimer, Mother Jones  Mencimer writes: "US District Court Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the prosecution of Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and Montana militiaman Ryan Payne, saying that the government had willfully withheld evidence from defense lawyers that was potentially helpful to their case, in violation of legal rules."  READ MORE Jonathan Chait | The Kochs Can't Make America Stop Hating Trump's Tax Cut  Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine  Chait writes: "The Republican self-delusion reflects a deep obliviousness to the suspicions with which the public regards them."  READ MORE Virginia Court Tosses One-Vote Victory That Briefly Ended GOP Majority in House  Jim Morrison, Fenit Nirappil and Gregory S. Schneider, The Washington Post  Excerpt: "Control of Virginia's legislature hung in limbo Wednesday after a three-judge panel declined to certify the recount of a key House race, saying that a questionable ballot should be counted in favor of the Republican and tying a race that Democrats thought they had won by a single vote."  READ MORE In Major Victory for First Amendment Rights, J20 Protesters Acquitted on All Counts  Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress  Pyke writes: "None of the six men and women facing felony charges tied to an anti-Trump Inauguration Day protest committed a crime, jurors decided Thursday."  READ MORE Over 100 Countries Defy Trump, Pass UN Measure Condemning US Recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli Capital  Reuters  Excerpt: "More than 100 countries defied President Donald Trump on Thursday and voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital." READ MORE The US Government Is Lifting a Ban on Engineering Deadly Viruses to Make Them More Dangerous  Kevin Loria, Business Insider  Loria writes: "Many experts think the greatest possible threat to humanity is a fast-moving airborne pathogen - a particularly deadly flu virus could kill tens of millions of people in a year."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation