Charles Pierce | The Mueller Bombshell Proves Republicans Are Running Out of Time

28 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News FOLKS, WE - REALLY - NEED SOME PROGRESS ON DONATIONS - We are looking at really poor fundraising returns. Some of you are going to be offended, but we have to improve on this situation. We need you to help. The time is now to get it done. With urgency. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | The Mueller Bombshell Proves Republicans Are Running Out of Time  Charles Pierce, Esquire  Pierce writes: "So, if I read the state of play correctly, special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the president* and the president*'s administration* for obstruction of justice, and Mueller has been running this investigation for seven months knowing that the president* came within an ace of firing him last June for the purposes of, ah, obstructing justice."  READ MORE Kushner Companies Are Fighting to Hide Their Investors. A Judge Just Forced Them Out in the Open  Emily Q. Hazzard, ThinkProgress  Hazzard writes: "On Friday, a federal judge rejected a request to hide details of rental properties affiliated with Jared Kushner's real estate empire."  READ MORE How the Far Right Has Reshaped the Refugee Debate in Europe  Nicole Einbinder, PBS  Einbinder writes: "Across Europe, parties on the far right are experiencing renewed vigor, fueled by economic uncertainty, cynicism toward the European Union, and anger over an ongoing crisis that has brought more than 1.5 million refugees and migrants to the West since 2015."  READ MORE Alabama Sheriffs Filled Their Wallets by Starving Prisoners  Kelly Weill, The Daily Beast  Weill writes: "Alabama law lets sheriffs keep whatever doesn't get spent on food from their jail food funds. Now 49 of those sheriffs are refusing to disclose how much of that money made it to detainees' plates, and how much landed in their own pockets."  READ MORE A Partial List of Companies That Definitely Could Have Afforded to Pay Their Employees a Good Wage at Any Point Before the GOP Tax Bill  Emma Roller, Splinter News  Roller writes: "Since the passage of the GOP's wildly unpopular and regressive tax bill, American companies have been coming out of the woodwork to announce they are using their tax windfalls to invest in their employees. Even nominally 'liberal' companies like Apple and Starbucks have credited Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration for finally giving them the ability to invest more in their workers."  READ MORE Duterte Offers '42 Virgins' to Visitors of Philippines  Al Jazeera  Excerpt: "Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a group of Indian and Filipino business leaders in New Delhi that he would like to attract visitors to his country by offering '42 virgins.'"  READ MORE 2017 Was the Hottest Year on Record for Oceans  Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch  Chow writes: "Last year wasn't just one of the hottest years on Earth's surface, as it was the hottest year on record for the global ocean, according to a new study from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)/Chinese Academy of Science."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation