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26 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News AT THIS POINT A DISASTER ON FUNDING FOR JUNE - Regardless of what we want, what we have is a funding disaster. This is the worst fundraiser in nearly a year, and one of the worst ever. As always the number of people visiting the site is exponentially greater than the number of people donating. The financial distress caused by that is easy to forecast. If we are to continue we must have the support of those we serve. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | It's Mueller Time    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker  Borowitz writes: "Amid reports that Donald Trump might soon be summoned to appear before Robert Mueller, the White House doctor wrote a note on Wednesday indicating that Trump was too sick to talk to the special counsel."  READ MORE Koch Brothers Could Be $1 Billion Richer Each Year From GOP Tax Bill  Alex Kotch, International Business Times Kotch writes: "A new analysis has found that political mega-donors Charles and David Koch and/or the business they operate could make between $1 billion and $1.4 billion more money each year, thanks to the tax breaks in legislation passed in December by Republican members of Congress."  READ MORE Trump's War on Science Threatens Our National Security  Andrew A. Rosenberg and Kathleen Rest, Scientific American  Excerpt: "We are seeing three troublesome developments unfold: the loss of senior scientists in public service, the dwindling of new scientific and technical talent coming into public service, and the chilling effect on the work of scientists who decide to stay."  READ MORE White House Threatens to Deport Dreamers if No Deal Is Reached by March 5  Addy Baird, ThinkProgress  Baird writes: "Giving immigrants many things to worry about has been a top priority of the Trump administration, and Thursday's deportation threat is more evidence that the White House sees the 690,000 young people who benefit from DACA as a bargaining chip, not as 690,000 people with lives, jobs, homes, and families."  READ MORE Women's Rights Attorney Gloria Allred on Suing Donald Trump for Sexual Assault: "Truth Matters"  Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!  Excerpt: "I am so proud of all of the women who have had the courage to speak out."  READ MORE Israel Had Plan to Shoot Down Civilian Airliners in Effort to Assassinate Arafat, According to New Book  teleSUR  Excerpt: "Israel's late notorious politician Ariel Sharon had ordered, during his time as the defense minister in the 1980s, Israeli fighter jets to shoot down passenger planes suspected of carrying Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestinian Liberation organization, Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman has claimed."  READ MORE For Native People, Fighting Trump's Repeal of Fracking Regulations Is Personal  Yessenia Funes, Earther  Funes writes: "Navajo Nation member Mario Atencio has seen the ways oil and gas can divide people. His cousins work for the industry out in New Mexico, and his grandmother lives in the unincorporated town of Counselor, not far from Chaco Canyon in the northwest corner of the state."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation