"We're Living in a Rigged System": Ari Berman Says GOP Uses Gerrymandering to Stay in Power

29 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News RSN ISN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE FOR FREE - To get what RSN has to offer, you have to be a part of it, you have to participate. That’s the key. It’s the participation that builds the social benefit. RSN, it’s about doing something. Help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! "We're Living in a Rigged System": Ari Berman Says GOP Uses Gerrymandering to Stay in Power  Democracy Now!  Excerpt: "Gerrymandering has existed forever, but it's gotten so much worse in recent years, with the maps being so sophisticated in terms of how they're drawn, and Republicans, in particular, targeting Democrats in such sophisticated ways."  READ MORE Report: Rosenstein Approved Surveillance Extension for Trump Aide Carter Page  Molly Olmstead, Slate  Olmstead writes: "Page, who served as Trump's foreign policy advisor until September 2016, had come under FBI scrutiny in 2014 for his contact with Russian agents, and he admitted more recently to taking a trip to Russia in 2016 while he worked on Trump's campaign."  READ MORE FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Stepping Down  Julia Ainsley and Adam Edelman, NBC News  Excerpt: "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has been attacked by President Donald Trump, stepped down Monday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told NBC News."  READ MORE Kirsten Gillibrand Is Bringing the Mayor of San Juan to the State of the Union  Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress  Koronowski writes: "On Monday morning, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced that she is bringing Carmen Cruz, the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, to President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address."  READ MORE Cleveland Indians Removing Chief Wahoo Logo From Game Uniforms in 2019  Tom Withers, Associated Press  Withers writes: "Divisive and hotly debated, the Chief Wahoo logo is being removed from the Cleveland Indians' uniform next year."  READ MORE Hondurans Protest US Support for Hernandez in Front of US Embassy  teleSUR  Excerpt: "Nearly 200 demonstrators, including members of religious groups, protested U.S. support for the re-election of right-wing Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in front of the U.S. embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Sunday evening."  READ MORE Class War in the American West: The Rich Landowners Blocking Access to Public Lands  Kathleen McLaughlin, Guardian UK  McLaughlin writes: "While public lands advocates battle the Trump administration over its plans to scale back national monuments, some private landowners - whether by tying up land access cases in courts or by putting up physical gates - present a rising threat to the millions of acres set aside for public use."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation