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25 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News I FOR ONE DO NOT WANT TO LOSE RSN AT THIS CRUCIAL TIME!! - I don't like getting solicitations for donations any more than anybody else does. Except that for RSN, this seems to be a very "necessary evil" for funding and continuing quality reading. BUT, RSN is one thing I am TOTALLY WILLING to contribute to! ...BTW, I'm retired, on a fixed income - and not all that much $$ income at that! So howzabout all you "readers" (but non-donors) become REAL SUPPORTERS - send RSN some $$$, PLEASE!! (I for one do NOT want to lose RSN at this crucial time!!) Thanx RSN! / Will, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: How Totally Out of Control Is Facebook? Read This  Sahil Chinoy, The New York Times Chinoy writes: "A review of hundreds of Facebook's patent applications reveals that the company has considered tracking almost every aspect of its users' li...
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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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MASSterList: Double jeopardy | Falling on the sword | 'Very slim'

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 02/01/2018 Double jeopardy | Falling on the sword | 'Very slim' Happening Today GIC meeting, Pelosi town hall, opioid crisis update -- The  Group Insurance Commission  will reconsider its controversial plan to jettison three insurance plans used by public employees and retirees, 19 Staniford St., 4th Floor, Nancy Bolduc Conference Room, Boston, 8:30 a.m. -- Secretary of Housing and Economic Development  Jay Ash  tours the facilities of S12 Technologies and makes an announcement relative to the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative program, 267 Boston Rd., North Billerica, 9 a.m. -- PRIM Administration and Audit Committee meets with Treasurer  De...
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Charles Pierce | The Mueller Bombshell Proves Republicans Are Running Out of Time

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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...
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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: ‘Vote her in next, Massachusetts’ — $15 minimum wage, paid family leave ballot questions to be dropped — KENNEDY joins hunger strike

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‘Vote her in next, Massachusetts’ — $15 minimum wage, paid family leave ballot questions to be dropped — KENNEDY joins hunger strike 06/27/2018 07:17 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. NY-14'S MASSACHUSETTS CONNECTION —  A progressive woman of color, facing institutional opposition and a significant fundraising gap, wages a long-shot bid against a 10-term, scandal-free white male incumbent. Sounds a lot like Boston City Councilor  Ayanna Pressley 's campaign to unseat Rep.  Michael Capuano  in Massachusetts' 7th District, right? But those were the contours in New York's 14th District, where 28-year-old  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  decisively defeated Rep.  Joe Crowley  in the Democratic primary last night. There's even a Massachusetts connection to the winning campaign — Pressley sent her field dire...
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Charles Pierce | How Much More of Trump's Insanity Are We Willing to Take?

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12 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News POINTLESSLY AGONIZING FUNDRAISING. WHY? Folks, this is "Reader Supported News." It's who we are and what we do. The reason people trust us is because they know where our money comes from. Then they let us starve. This is what we do, be a part of it. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Charles Pierce | How Much More of Trump's Insanity Are We Willing to Take?    Charles Pierce, Esquire   Pierce writes: "I'm truly not sure how long the institutions of government can withstand this daily insanity."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation
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Andy Borowitz | House Republicans Say Japanese Did Not Meddle in Pearl Harbor

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13 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEED TO PRESS NOW FOR DONATIONS - If we are to have any chance of finishing the March funding-drive we need to press now and pick up the pace. So far for today we have 3 donations @ $110. That's horrible. I know we can do better than that. Can you help? / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | House Republicans Say Japanese Did Not Meddle in Pearl Harbor  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Reaching the opposite conclusion of many of their committee peers, Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday that the Japanese did not meddle in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941." READ MORE Civil rights advocates and secretaries of states are warning against a provision in a DHS reauthorization bill that would let the president dispatch Secret Service to polling places. (photo: Penn State/flickr/cc) ...
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