Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Comey Aide, DEA Head Who Rebuked Trump


Crowell & Moring Adds Ex-Comey Aide, DEA Head Who Rebuked Trump

Chuck Rosenberg, who was a partner at Hogan Lovells before leaving to serve as James Comey's chief of staff, has joined... Read More


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A tale of two democracies, India and USA

Dear Friend, This was one of the most eventful and traumatic days in recent history in two of the most powerful democracies in the world. The president of the 'democratic' USA called Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations as “shitholes countries”. This is the lowest a democracy can get.  In India, the most populous 'democracy' in the world, four Supreme Court judges publicly spoke against the Chief Justice of India and his way of functioning. It is unprecedented in India. Perhaps, things like this never happened any other democratic country. Unlike the Trump 'shithole' it gives an iota of hope. It gives us hope that at least there are some responsible persons in India who are ready to stand up for real democracy. They publicly said "democracy in India is at stake". It really is. It is the responsibility of all democratic minded persons to stand up for justice.  People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are worri...
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Greg Palast | Poor People's Non-Profit Bank Sues Trump Over Illegal Seizure Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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08 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Greg Palast | Poor People's Non-Profit Bank Sues Trump Over Illegal Seizure Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau    Greg Palast, Greg Palast's Website   Palast writes: "Medal of Honor for the Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union - the poor people's non-profit bank that's suing Donald Trump over the illegal seizure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see story). This is the same little bank that took on Goldman Sachs (see my Democracy Now! report above) and kicked ass."   READ MORE Ceridwen Dovey | Mapping Indigenous Massacres   Ceridwen Dovey, The New Yorker   Dovey writes: "In Australia, historians and artists have turned to cartography to record the widespread killing of Indigenous people."   READ MORE GOP Senator Pat Roberts Is Helping the Kochs Get a Tax Break for Pushing Money to 'Dark Money' Groups   David Sirota and Josh ...
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MASSterList: No Pablo hunt | 'Hard left turn' | Nurses vs Nurses

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Stephen Eric Bronner | Next Year in Jerusalem

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20 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News RIGHT NOW WE DON’T HAVE A PRAYER OF FINISHING - Based on where we are at this point in the month and the pace at which the donations are coming in, we have no chance of meeting our budget for December. It is absolutely critical that we find a way to get the flow of contributions moving. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Stephen Eric Bronner | Next Year in Jerusalem    Stephen Eric Bronner, Reader Supported News   Bronner writes: "'Next year in Jerusalem!' was once the cry of an oppressed people seeking liberation from slavery and repenting its sins. Those same words now express the sentiments of an arrogant regime with expansionist ambitions."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation
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Supreme Court Takes Up Dispute Over SEC Judges

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