John Kiriakou | Can #MeToo Reach the Hidden Victims?

27 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News WE CAN’T AFFORD THE LUXURY OF FAILURE: When we said no to the corporations and the moneyed interests we canceled our “option to fail.” We finish our funding-drives because we must. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! John Kiriakou | Can #MeToo Reach the Hidden Victims?    John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News  Kiriakou writes: "The #MeToo movement is one of the most important societal watersheds in recent history. But not everyone is benefiting from society’s newfound conscience."  READ MORE Judge Dismisses CREW Emoluments Lawsuit on Technical Grounds  David A. Fahrenthold and Jonathan O'Connell, The Washington Post  Excerpt: "A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that President Trump violated the Constitution’s emoluments clause because his hotels and restaurants do business with foreign governments while he is in office."  READ MORE Sanctuary Churches Fight Trump's Deportation Surge  Patrick Strickland, Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath and Creede Newton, Al Jazeera  Excerpt: "Although arrests at the border have decreased during Trump's first year, the total number of 'interior removals' - or deportations of people already in the US - grew by 37 percent under the new president when compared with the same period in 2016. Against this backdrop, progressive churches are revamping their efforts to push back against the government's ostensible crackdown on immigrants."  READ MORE House Republican Calls for 'Purge' of the Department of Justice  Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress  Barnes writes: "On Tuesday, Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) called for a 'purge' of the Department of Justice to root out officials who may be biased against Trump."  READ MORE To the Chicago Police, Any Black Kid Is in a Gang  Tamar Manasseh, The New York Times  Manasseh writes: "My son is a teenager and he is black. So he must be in a gang. At least that’s what a white woman wrote in the comment section of a newspaper article that mentioned him."  READ MORE Parched for a Price: Karachi's Water Crisis  Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera  Hashim writes: "It is so rare for water to flow through the taps here that residents say they have given up expecting it."  READ MORE Analysis: Congress Attacked Endangered Species Every 6 Days in 2017  Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch  Chow writes: "The Republican-controlled 115th Congress has introduced at least 63 separate pieces of legislation that would strip federal protections for specific threatened species or undermine the U.S. Endangered Species Act, according to a new analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity. That's one such bill every six days in 2017 alone."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation