Charles Pierce | The Mike Flynn Freak Show Continues

11 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News STILL CAN’T GET DONATIONS MOVING - HELP OUT! - We are still trying to get the December fundraiser moving (unsuccessfully so far). We certainly have enough Readers but so far very few donations. A few donations would really help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | The Mike Flynn Freak Show Continues  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "You have to love a guy who's gone into business for himself before his boss even has the job." READ MORE One Person in Custody, Several Injured, in New York Explosion Reuters Excerpt: "An explosion rocked New York's Port Authority, one of the city's busiest commuter hubs, on Monday morning and police said one suspect was injured and in custody but that no one else was hurt in the rush-hour incident." READ MORE Mueller's Investigation Just Got Some Insurance Greg Farrell, Tom Schoenberg and Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg Excerpt: "The Flynn plea makes it difficult for Trump to can the special counsel without inviting charges of a cover-up and sparking a constitutional crisis." READ MORE Alabama Senator Richard Shelby Denounces Roy Moore Michael Scherer, The Washington Post Scherer writes: "When Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama came hat in hand to Capitol Hill last month to ask his state's senior Republican for help raising money, Sen. Richard C. Shelby had a blunt reply." READ MORE How 'Debtor's Prisons' Are Ruining Holidays for Families Across the Nation Nusrat Choudury, Ebony Choudury writes: "In modern-day 'debtors prisons,' poor people - disproportionately people of color - are locked up because they are unable to pay fines and fees for traffic violations and other misdemeanors. This holiday season, these debtors' prisons will unlawfully separate poor people from their families, undermining core values of fairness and equal treatment of rich and poor that should be the hallmark of our justice system." READ MORE How Young Women in Delhi Are Fighting Street Harassment Alia Dharssi, Al Jazeera Dharssi writes: "Established by Plan International - a child rights charity - in 2014, and run in partnership with local non-governmental organisations, the 'Safer Cities' programme has almost 10,000 active members, including 8,300 girls and 1,400 boys, in 40 community-based clubs in India's capital New Delhi." READ MORE While America Focuses on Tax Bill, Congress Quietly Tries to Open Arctic Refuge to Oil Drilling The Wilderness Society Excerpt: "The U.S. Senate has passed a Republican tax-reform package that contains a provision to authorize oil drilling on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, placing the biological heart of one of our last pristine, untouched places in severe peril." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation