Ivanka Trump Backed Flynn and Manafort. She Discussed Firing Comey. How Has She Evaded Mueller's Investigation?

10 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News "I'LL ONLY DONATE IF I THINK YOU'RE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS" A reader wrote in the other day saying, "I'll only donate if I think you are going out of business." Therein lies the problem clearly stated, no? What this funding drive and all funding drives are about is moving away from that way of thinking. Time to think. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Ivanka Trump Backed Flynn and Manafort. She Discussed Firing Comey. How Has She Evaded Mueller's Investigation?  Hannah Seligson, The Intercept Seligson writes: "Ivanka Trump is the ghost of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation: She is connected, either directly or tangentially, to events at the heart of the probe, yet all but invisible to the public." READ MORE Donald Trump and Steve Bannon in the Oval Office. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 'Hollowed Out' White House: Trump Is on a Dangerous Path Toward No Advisers David Smith, Guardian UK Smith writes: "Like many American presidents before him, Donald Trump held court in the East Room of the White House, surrounded by chandeliers, gold curtains, mirrors and portraits of George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt." READ MORE A classroom. (photo: Nicholas Fevelo/NY Daily News) Florida Governor Signs Gun Control Bill That Will Allow School Staff to Carry Guns Clio Chang, Splinter Chang writes: "Florida Governor Rick Scott signed new gun restrictions into law on Friday over objections by the powerful gun lobby, marking the first legislative effort to restrict firearms in the gun-friendly state in decades." READ MORE Jennyerin Steele Staats, a special education teacher from Jackson County, holds her sign aloft outside of the capitol building. (photo: Craig Hudson/AP) The Lessons of the West Virginia Teachers' Strike Eric Blanc, Jacobin Blanc writes: "The Great West Virginia Wildcat is the single most important labor victory in the US since at least the early 1970s." READ MORE An execution chamber. (photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP) Trump Administration Studies Seeking the Death Penalty for Drug Dealers Katie Zezima and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Excerpt: "The Trump administration is studying new policy that could allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers, according to people with knowledge of the discussions, a sign that the White House wants to make a strong statement in addressing the opioid crisis." READ MORE Hundreds of Palestinians participated in Mohammad al-Jabari's funeral in Hebron. (photo: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters) Israeli Forces Kill Mentally Disabled Palestinian Jaclynn Ashly, Al Jazeera Ashly writes: "Israeli forces have killed a mentally disabled Palestinian man during clashes in the Bab al-Zawiya area of Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, according to a family member and officials." READ MORE According to the EPA, people living within a mile of unlined coal ash storage ponds have a one-in-50 risk of developing cancer. (photo: Chuck Burton/AP) How an Alabama Town Is Fighting Against Cancerous and Toxic Coal Ash Dumping - No Thanks to Trump's EPA  Ben Eaton, Mustafa Ali and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Residents of Uniontown, Alabama, have lived with the Arrowhead landfill, which is twice the size of New York's Central Park, have protested shipments of toxic coal ash - the residual byproduct of burning coal - from a massive spill in Kingston, Tennessee, believed to be the largest coal ash disaster in U.S. history." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation