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Weekly Alert: January 5, 2018

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    NYT Editorial Board cites POGO

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    The New York Times  Editorial Board weighed in on Pentagon spending this week POGO Quoted in NYT Editorial Board Opinion The New York Times  Editorial Board weighed in on Pentagon spending this week: "Yet the ground troops who are doing the actual fighting say there is no crisis, according to the analyst Mark Thompson of the Center for Defense Information at the Project on Government Oversight. Other experts say claims of a deteriorating military are exaggerated." Read More: "The Pentagon Is Not a Sacred Cow" Homeland Security Watchdog Finds Government Abuse at Detention Center A series of surprise inspections found immigrant detainees were subject to unnecessary strip searches, waited days for urgent medical care, and were placed in solitary confinement for minor infractions, among other issues. Read more As Clock Ticks Down on Warrantless-Surveillance Authority, Congress Races to the Bottom With just weeks before a controvers...
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    Michael Moore | "Zoe": On the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

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    23 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News DONOR ON SSI REGRETS SHE CAN'T GIVE MORE: That was one donation we had to give back. The people on SSI are not the people we are reaching out to. It's the people who can afford ten-dollars out of their monthly budget. We don't need our donors to give more, we need more donors to give. Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Michael Moore | "Zoe": On the 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade  Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page   Moore writes: "Her boyfriend called me from the hospital. 'The abortion, Mike. They botched it. We never made it to New York.'"   READ MORE This Is What Happens When You Trust Mitch McConnell   Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress   Koronowski writes: "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell managed to convince Senate Democrats to vote to fund the government on Monday on the strength of his wo...
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    TAXPAYERS FOR COMMON SENSE WEEKLY WASTEBASKET

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    Bipartisan Budget Debacle Weekly Wastebasket | Feb. 9, 2018 WEEKLY WASTEBASKET Bipartisan Budget Debacle Congress has usually at least come up with sham offsets to counter the costs. This time they didn’t even bother with that nicety. Budget & Tax ,  Featured    |  Quick Take Feb 9, 2018    | 5 min read | Print Article It should have been easy, but Congress didn’t like the budget caps they set for themselves in the Budget Control Act of 2011. They’ve done this before. In fact, since fiscal year 2012 they have never lived under the caps, amending them in the American Taxpayers Relief Act of 2012, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. But this time was different. In the past, Congress had the budgetary shame (dignity?) to come up with at least sham offsets to counter the costs. This time they didn’t even bother with that nicety. Instead they loaded the package with other taxpayer giveaways...
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    John Cory | In America

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    15 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE NOT DONATED: WE NEED 400: 400 donations will finish this drive. You're out there, you never donate, but you like RSN and you're thinking about it. Bring it, we need it now. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! John Cory | In America  John Cory, Reader Supported News   Cory writes: "In America we send our children off to school to be slaughtered."   READ MORE Detainees in the women's wing for unauthorized immigrants at the Eloy Detention Facility, a private prison under contract by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in Eloy, Ariz., in 2010. (photo: John Moore/Getty) Asylum Seekers Are Being Sexually Assaulted in US Detention   Gaby Del Valle, The Outline   Del Valle writes: "Twenty days after fleeing her small town in El Salvador last summer, Laura Monterrosa made it to the Te...
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    John Oliver: Scott Pruitt Can 'Go F*ck Himself

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    09 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHY DONATE? HAVE A LOOK AT OUR HOMEPAGE - Everything you see there is funded by Reader donations. That’s how we do it. It is proof that “you” and your contributions can make a difference. Wealthy interests did not, do not, pay for Reader Supported News. The people that make up the RSN community did and do. What will “we” do? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS | John Oliver: Scott Pruitt Can 'Go F*ck Himself  Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast Stern writes: "The 'Last Week Tonight' host didn't mince words when it came to Trump's scandal-plagued head of the Environmental Protection Agency." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation
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    National Law Journal

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    DNC Files Civil Suit Against Trump, Russia Over Election Hacking The suit, drawing on the volume of reporting over the issue, seeks to subject Trump campaign officials, as well as Russia,...  Read More REGULATORY   |   NEWS The Supreme Court's 'Little Pink House' Case Hits the Silver Screen By Tony Mauro The film recounts the 2005 eminent domain case "Kelo v. New London."  Read More REGULATORY   |   NEWS Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses By Mike Scarcella The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.  Read More Riley Safer's New Managing Partner Could Be a First for Law Firm Diversity Schiff Hardin spinoff Riley, Safer, Holmes & Cancila has appointed co-founding partner Patricia Brown Holmes as its...  Read More Higher Law: Your 4/20 Update on Cannabis as a Practice...
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    Bernie Sanders Says His 2016 Team Saw Effects of Russian Anti-Clinton Campaign

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    22 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News URGENT APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE: Donations are far behind for February. We are reaching out for immediate assistance on donations to finish this drive and cover expenses. RSN never wavers in its determination to keep you informed and provide you the tools you need to make a difference. Please stand with Reader Supported News now. In Peace and Solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bernie Sanders Says His 2016 Team Saw Effects of Russian Anti-Clinton Campaign  Jason Noble, Des Moines Register Noble writes: "In an interview with the Des Moines Register, Sanders described how an aide handling his social media accounts noticed an uptick in 'horrific and ugly things' directed at Clinton beginning around September 2016." READ MORE Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump’s campaign. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty) Muelle...
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