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07 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Bernie Sanders | We Must Continue to Fight the GOP Tax Bill    Bernie Sanders, Bernie Sanders' Facebook Page   Sanders writes: "The idea that the Republican tax reform plan was supposed to be a middle class tax cut was a lie from the start."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Volkswagen Official Gets 7-Year Term in Diesel-Emissions Cheating BILL VLASIC December 6, 2017 Oliver Schmidt, a Volkswagen executive, speaking at an industry  event in Michigan in 2014. He had been with the company for two  decades when he was arrested in a scheme to deceive regulators. DETROIT — A top Volkswagen official in the United States was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison for his role in the German automaker’s decade-long scheme to cheat on diesel emissions tests. The sentencing of Oliver Schmidt, a former Volkswagen manager in Michigan, was the latest turn in a vast scandal that has tarnished the company’s reputation and has cost the carmaker more than $20 billion in fines and settlements. The sentence, including a fine of $400,000, was imposed by Judge Sean F. Cox in Federal District Court in Detroit four months after Mr. Schmidt, 48,  pleaded guilty  to conspiracy to defraud the federal government and to violating the Clean Air Act. The sente

Dear Friend, By recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel President Trump has thrown the Middle East into a cauldron of fire.  A 64-year old widow, Premani Kunwar, died of hunger and exhaustion on 1 December in Danda Block of Garhwa district (Jharkhand). Contrary to some media reports, there was no money in Premani’s bank account when she died. Two months earlier, the Aadhaar-based payment system had redirected her pension money to a different account, without her knowledge. She was also denied her grain entitlement inAugust and November. Also more stories from around the world.  If you don't mind, and if you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You can subscribe to our news letter here  http://www.countercurrents.org/news-letter/.  In Solidarity

Worth listening to in its entirety! Time's Person Of The Year: People Who Broke Silence On Sexual Abuse 46:37 Play December 06, 2017 Share close more Time magazine’s Person of the Year is the #MeToo silence breakers. They spoke out and held powerful men accountable, from Matt Lauer to Harvey Weinstein and more. Where does the movement go? Clip from this show :  Time editor says no, President Trump wasn't going to be Person of the Year Related audio Clip: Time Editor Says Trump Wasn't Going To Be Person Of The Year, Despite Claim Play On Point 01:04 2 hours ago Guests: Susanna Schrobsdorff , editor at Time Magazine. ( @SusannaSchrobs ) Haley Edwards , correspondent at Time Magazine. ( @haleybureau ) Sarah Sobieraj , professor at Tufts University. ( @sobieraj ) From Tom's Reading List: TIME:   Person Of The Year: The Silence Breakers  — "Movie stars are supposedly nothing like you and me. They're svelte, glamorou

07 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell  From Left, Sen. Roy Blunt, Sen. John Then, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen John Barrasso.  (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell By Addy Baird, ThinkProgress 07 December 17 The party recently returned to funding alleged child predator Roy Moore's campaign in Alabama. n Wednesday afternoon, nearly two dozen Democratic senators called on Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to resign. The calls came just hours after  Politico published the account  of an unnamed woman who alleged that Franken had tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006. When she rejected his advances, the woman — the seventh to accuse Franken of sexual misconduct publicly, so far — said Franken told her, “It’s my right as an entertainer.” Franken has denied the accusation. Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, in what appeared to be