Marcy Wheeler | Democrats' Surrender on Torture Is Nearly Complete

18 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Super important to get these few donations in. The dollar figures are by no means daunting. Your donation has made the difference in building RSN from day one. Invest in freedom support RSN with a donation. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Marcy Wheeler | Democrats' Surrender on Torture Is Nearly Complete  Marcy Wheeler, Reader Supported News Wheeler writes: "America continues to suffer the consequences of those twin acts, the torture and the cover-up." READ MORE Andrew McCabe is escorted by U.S. Capitol Police before a meeting with members of the Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary committees in the Rayburn House Office Building December 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The Only Relevant Known Fact About McCabe's Firing Is That He Is a Key Witness Against Trump Jeremy Stahl, Slate Stahl writes: "Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe would be one of the top two or three key witnesses in any obstruction of justice case against President Donald Trump. On Friday, Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions destroyed McCabe professionally in a way that could ruin his reputation for telling the truth." READ MORE Christopher Wylie. (photo: Guardian UK) 'I Created Steve Bannon's Psychological Warfare Tool': Meet the Data War Whistleblower Carole Cadwalladr, Guardian UK Cadwalladr writes: "Going public involves an enormous amount of risk. Wylie is breaking a non-disclosure agreement and risks being sued. He is breaking the confidence of Steve Bannon and Robert Mercer." READ MORE A student holds a sign in memory of Helena Ramsay, a victim of the Parkland, Florida, shooting during the National School Walkout. (photo: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) Meet the Students Leading Mass Protests for Gun Control Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Al Jazeera Kestler-D'Amours writes: "As families and friends grapple with the death of their loved ones in the aftermath of the shooting, Parkland students and others have emerged as leaders of a nationwide movement calling for stricter gun control laws in the US." READ MORE ICE agents. (photo: Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/AP) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Arrests 115 Immigrants in Southern California Allison Horn, KGTV Horn writes: "Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 115 San Diego and Imperial County residents in a three-day sting targeting federal immigration law violators, officials said Friday." READ MORE One siege may be ending in Eastern Ghouta, but another is beginning 200 miles to the north in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin. (photo: Getty Images) Patrick Cockburn | The Syrian War Will Continue for Years, Unless the US and Russia Agree to End It Patrick Cockburn, The Independent Cockburn writes: "'Will the war in Syria ever end?' After seven years of conflict, the same question is being asked by politicians, diplomats, fighters in the front line, and families cowering in unlit basements to escape devastating bombardments from Ghouta to Afrin." READ MORE A winter blizzard descends on the camps just outside of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota. The gathering has been the largest meeting of Native Americans since the Little Bighorn camp in 1876. (photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images) What Standing Rock Gave the World Jenni Monet, YES! Magazine Monet writes: "At the height of the movement at Standing Rock, Indigenous teens half a world away in Norway were tattooing their young bodies with an image of a black snake. Derived from Lakota prophecy, the creature had come to represent the controversial Dakota Access pipeline for the thousands of water protectors determined to try to stop it." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation