In Speech Today Jeff Flake Will Compare Trump to Stalin

17 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News WE SERIOUSLY NEED A GOOD DAY OF FUNDRAISING - CAN YOU HELP? - All it takes to turn a very bad fundraising day into a reasonable one is a few decent donations. That’s it. This has been a month with very few reasonable fundraising days. Now we have a problem. Who can reasonably help? Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! In Speech Today Jeff Flake Will Compare Trump to Stalin    Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post  O'Keefe writes: "Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) plans to give a speech in the coming days that compares President Trump's public criticism of the news media to similar comments once made by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin."  READ MORE Betsy Woodruff | Steve Bannon Will Tell All to Robert Mueller, Source Says  Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast  Woodruff writes: "Trump's one-time chief strategist and current frenemy may have been tight-lipped with Congress. He won't be that way with the special counsel."  READ MORE DOJ Will Ask Supreme Court to Intervene, Allow Trump Administration to End DACA  Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post  Sacchetti writes: "The Justice Department on Tuesday said it would take the 'rare step' of asking the Supreme Court to overturn a judge's ruling and allow the Trump administration to dismantle a program that provides work permits to undocumented immigrants raised in the United States."  READ MORE The Department of Education Isn't Handling Trans Student Discrimination Complaints, Report Says  Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress  Quinlan writes: "The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights continues to say they are not required to handle cases relating to discrimination against transgender students."  READ MORE ICE Continues Targeting Prominent Immigration Activists  teleSUR  Excerpt: "Nationally known immigrant rights activist Maru Mora Villalpando announced on Tuesday, that she received a notice initiating deportation proceedings by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."  READ MORE Trump Administration Holding Back $65M in Funds for Palestinian Refugees From UN Program  The Associated Press  Excerpt: "The Trump administration on Tuesday cut tens of millions of dollars in money for Palestinian refugees, demanding that the UN agency responsible for the programs undertake a 'fundamental re-examination,' a U.S. official said."  READ MORE Majority of National Parks Panel Quits in Protest of Ryan Zinke  Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch  Chow writes: "Nearly all members of the National Park Service advisory panel abruptly quit on Monday in protest of the Trump administration's policies, which they say have neglected science, climate change and environmental protections."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation