John Kiriakou | Treason

21 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News THE FUTILITY OF “EMERGENCY ONLY” CONTRIBUTING: We are blessed with supporters, readers, and community members who sustain Reader Supported News month in and month out. But for some reason, only when it becomes clear that the organization is absolutely desperate. If there is any hint of optimism in our fundraising messages whatsoever, the donations stop immediately. Yesterday we said we had “momentum” … that killed the momentum. This is the exact recipe for long, aggravating fundraisers. We can finish with reasonable support. Why not do it? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! John Kiriakou | Treason  John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News  Kiriakou writes: "President Donald Trump last week accused an FBI agent who, during the 2016 campaign, had sent anti-Trump texts to his girlfriend, also an FBI agent, of 'treason.' He told the Wall Street Journal, 'A man is tweeting [sic] to his lover that if Hillary loses, we'll essentially do the insurance policy. This is the FBI we're talking about - that is treason.'"  READ MORE Still 'Pretty Damn Mad' Protesters Unite in Second Annual Women's March  Amy Held, NPR  Held writes: "Determined to not let the momentum die, protesters once again converged on hundreds of cities - at home and abroad - for the second annual Women's March, seeking not only to unite in a call for social change but also to channel their fury into voter action."  READ MORE Donald Trump 'Thanks' Democrats for the Government Shutdown His Own Party Orchestrated  Adam Peck, ThinkProgress  Peck writes: "A little over six hours after the Republican-controlled Congress and Republican-controlled White House shut down their own government, Donald Trump was back on Twitter insisting that the shutdown was a 'nice present.'"  READ MORE NSA Deleted Surveillance Data It Pledged to Preserve  Josh Gerstein, Politico  Gerstein writes: "The National Security Agency destroyed surveillance data it pledged to preserve in connection with pending lawsuits and apparently never took some of the steps it told a federal court it had taken to make sure the information wasn't destroyed, according to recent court filings."  READ MORE Workers' Rights Dealt Major Blow as GOP-Led Labor Board Sides With McDonald's  Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress  Entralgo writes: "In September, the National Labor Relations Board tilted to a 3-2 GOP majority for the first time in ten years. Thus began a series of Obama-era policy reversals that previously strengthened worker protections."  READ MORE This Is What It Looks Like When You Are Against Women and Children  Katie McDonough, Splinter News  McDonough writes: "Friday marked the 45th annual March for Life, a day when hundreds of teenagers in church youth groups across the country are bussed into Washington, D.C., to hold signs that read 'I Am the Pro-Life Generation' for several hours and then throw those signs in the garbage before being bussed home the next morning."  READ MORE Greenpeace Slams Coca-Cola Plastic Announcement as 'Dodging the Main Issue'  Louise Edge, Greenpeace  Edge writes: "Friday Greenpeace criticized Coca-Cola's new global plastics plan for failing to address the urgency of ocean plastic pollution."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation