Marc Ash | It Will Soon Be Trump's Time in the Barrel

29 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News People Are Helping, But We Are Still Way Short - We sincerely thank those who are helping out. It’s making a big difference. We are, however, still way short for January, way short. Need a hand here pretty badly. Can you help? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Marc Ash | It Will Soon Be Trump's Time in the Barrel  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News  Ash writes: "Mueller is playing a chess game, and he's playing to win."  READ MORE Dahlia Lithwick | Jeff Sessions Is Betraying His Own DOJ  Dahlia Lithwick, Slate  Lithwick writes: "Jeff Sessions playing a dangerous rhetorical game - and giving life to baseless Republican attacks on the department's credibility."  READ MORE In Bizarre Reversal Under Trump, Consumer Agency Reveals Moves to Protect Payday Lenders  David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times  Lazaraus writes: "In what would be a laughable move if it wasn't so incredibly tragic, the Trump administration's newly emasculated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week sided with payday lenders over consumers."  READ MORE In Larry Nassar's Case, a Single Voice Eventually Raised an Army  Juliet Macur, The New York Times  Macur writes: "Rachael Denhollander had the first word and the last one."  READ MORE The Unveiling of Christian Nationalism  William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, The Herald Sun  Excerpt: "As the Trump administration struggled to celebrate its first year amidst a government shutdown, Vice President Mike Pence had a particularly hard week with churches."  READ MORE Russian Police Release Arrested Opposition Leader Navalny  The Daily Beast  Excerpt: "Russian police have freed Alexei Navalny from jail hours after they swooped in on a major protest in Moscow on Sunday to arrest the opposition leader."  READ MORE Too Much Food, Too Many People on a Finite Planet  Steven Earl Salmony, The Herald Sun  Salmony writes: "Natural resources of the planet are being dissipated; the environment is being degraded. Humans are ravaging the planetary home upon which all of us are utterly dependent for our existence. By so doing now here, we are effectively ruining our children's home as a fit place for future human habitation."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation