One of Trump’s biggest initiatives just went down in flames



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The President’s tweet betrays a fundamental misunderstanding about the role of inspectors general and other executive branch oversight and accountability offices. Shortsighted on Oversight The special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections continues to attract politically charged pronouncements and calls for action. As part of the recent debate, government oversight institutions have been invoked by national and party leaders. However, the discussion in Washington, DC, and in the media is hobbled by incomplete knowledge of the various oversight tools and options available for major investigations. Read more Acquisition Insanity: USS Ford Block-Buy Proposal The ship’s electric advanced arresting gear is supposed to be able to go 16,500 landings between mission failures. So far, the best it can do is 19. The problems with these systems are bad enough that President Trump, in slightly more colorful language, has called for the Navy to r...
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Why the 2018 Midterms Are So Vulnerable to Hackers

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29 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WITH MANY SMALL DONATIONS, AND A PRECIOUS FEW LARGER ONES - We are making progress on the year-end funding-drive. A handful of people are keeping RSN going by stepping up with contributions. Don't let them stand alone. We need your help now. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Why the 2018 Midterms Are So Vulnerable to Hackers    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker   Osnos writes: "How much of an effect could Russian interference actually have in 2018? The effects could be meaningful, even if they never touch the tallies directly."   READ MORE   he first primary of the 2018 midterm elections, in Texas, is barely eight weeks away. It’s time to ask: Will the Russian government deploy “active measures” of the kind it used in 2016? Is it possible that a wave of disinformation on Facebook and Twitter could nudge the results of a tight congre...
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FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS & BILL O'REILLY SEX PERVERT

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THIS DESERVES TO STAND ALONE FOR THE DISBELIEVING HORDES WHO ALLOW THEIR DEDICATION TO FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS TO CLOUD THEIR JUDGMENT.  THE BLOVIATING BIG MOUTH & SEX PERVERT BILL O"REILLY, SUPPORTED FOR SO LONG BY FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS = SEX PERVERTS FORCED THESE WOMEN TO RELEASE THEIR SETTLEMENT STATEMENTS TO THE PUBLIC.  DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHEN BILL O'REILLY CALLED A CO-WORKER AND MASTURBATED TO THE SOUND OF HER VOICE?  SHE PAID A PRICE.  IT'S TIME FOR BILL O'REILLY AND FOX NEWS = FAKE NEWS TO PAY THEIR PRICE FOR THEIR COVER-UP.  05 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Bill O'Reilly. (photo: Ilya S. Savenok/Getty ********* O'Reilly Desperately Wanted to Keep His Sexual Harassment Settlements Secret. Now We Know Why. By Adam Peck, ThinkProgress 05 April 18 The settlements are now matters of public record. n Wednesday, a court in New York permitted the release of the full settlement agreements re...
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Must Reads: R. Kelly's #MeToo reckoning, Charlie Rose's enablers, and Erik Prince's China

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Compelling, ambitious reads you can’t afford to miss. When national arts reporter Geoff Edgers started working on his penetrating look at years of sexual abuse allegations involving R&B superstar R. Kelly, he was worried he wouldn't be able to uncover anything new. Kelly's behavior, which included marriage to then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah and a video that appeared to show him having sex with a 14-year-old, was well known. But Edgers, with encouragement from his editor, Christine Ledbetter, focused his reporting on the industry that enabled Kelly's career to flourish amid one disturbing scandal after another.  "How do you ignore something like this for so long?" Edgers said he asked himself. "How does that happen? You trace it back to the money, and who are the people who benefited?" Edgers, who also hosts a podcast called Edge of Fame, called, emailed and texted the people who knew the answers to those questions dozens of time...
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Bill McKibben | The Resistance to Trump Will Be Local

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20 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IF THE NEED FOR FUNDING WERE NOT SERIOUS WE WOULD NOT SAY SO - Funding is in fact critically lacking and the situation is now quite serious. Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bill McKibben | The Resistance to Trump Will Be Local  Bill McKibben, The Nation   McKibben writes: "Whenever progress is blocked in Washington, the pressure for progress always finds other outlets. During the George W. Bush administration, for instance, environmentalists looked to state and local governments for action on climate change, and the result was a slew of commitments that helped build the renewable-energy industry."   READ MORE The Federal Government Just Shut Down. What Happens Next?   Michael Collins, USA TODAY   Collins writes: "The federal government ran out of funding at midnight, but you may not have noticed."   READ MORE Fusion GPS: Kreml...
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Tools for Understanding State Budget Proposals

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MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. Tools for Understanding State Budget Proposals     Tomorrow the Governor will kick off the state budget season by releasing a detailed Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposal. The Governor's proposal begins an important process of determining what we as a Commonwealth hope to do together through our government next year, and detailing how we will pay for those things. The likely schedule for subsequent steps in the budget process is: In April, the House will debate and approve its FY 2019 budget proposal. In May, the Senate does the same. In June, a joint House/Senate conference committee reconciles differences between these two budgets which the Legislature approves. The final budget plan, which requires the Governor's signature, will ideally be completed by July 1st, the beginning of FY 2019. MassBudget works ...
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CC News Letter 14 March - Happy News From India!

Dear Friend, Here are two important news to report today. One is good and the other is bad.  First the good one.  In the all importan by-poll held in the states of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar of India, BJP lost all three seats. The oppositions took all three seats from BJP, including the all important seat of Gorakhpur, which was vacated by the UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth. This seat is a citadel of BJP which held on to it over three decades. The voter turn out was less than 40 %. The results and the voting percentage shows that the Indian public in UP and Bihar have given up on BJP. It must be the beginning of the end of the right wing BJP's fascist rule in India.  One of the greatest scientists of the world , Stephen Hawking passed away today. During his last days, he was more worried about the health of the planet than his own health. It falls upon us to carry on the fight against climate change.  Andre Vltchek reports that NATO is shifting ...
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