NY Times Editorial Board | Having a Torturer Lead the CIA

15 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN Isn’t Something You Can Take for Free - To get what RSN has to offer, you have to be a part of it, you have to participate. That’s the key. It’s the participation that builds the social benefit. RSN, it’s about doing something. Help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! NY Times Editorial Board | Having a Torturer Lead the CIA  NY Times Editorial Board Excerpt: "President Trump has displayed enthusiasm for brutality over the past year." READ MORE Democrat Conor Lamb won an incredibly close special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty) It's Official: Democrat Conor Lamb Wins Pennsylvania Special Election in Major Upset Ella Nilsen, Vox Nilsen writes: "In a stunning upset, Democrat Conor Lamb won an incredibly close special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, beating out Republican candidate Rick Saccone in a deeply conservative district the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated R+11." READ MORE Sen. Warren. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty) Senate Passes Rollback of Banking Rules Enacted After Financial Crisis Donna Borak and Ted Barrett, CNN Excerpt: "The Senate on Wednesday passed sweeping changes to a swath of rules adopted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis." READ MORE Larry Kudlow, a CNBC commentator, speaks about the economy during a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation on December 18, 2014, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Saul Loeb/Getty) God, Cocaine, Money and Forgetting: A Look at Donald Trump's New Economic Advisor Nina Burleigh, Newsweek Burleigh writes: "The story of the man who might rewrite America's tax plan if Donald Trump is elected is, as the mogul might say, really, really fantastic, just terrific." READ MORE ICE Agent makes an arrest. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty) ICE Deserves to Be Abolished Molly Roberts, The Washington Post Roberts writes: "Those appalled by the prospect of losing ICE, which has hardly existed since time immemorial, ask who would perform its essential functions in its absence." READ MORE Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (photo: AP) Juan Cole | Saudi Crown Prince Implicated: Credible Reports of Torture and Murder in Ritz Carlton: NYT Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "This Marxist fantasy of bourgeois abuse was carried out by the young prince in the name of an anti-corruption campaign." READ MORE Protesters from Buckingham County, Virginia, the planned site of an Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station, marched at last year's Water Is Life Rally. (photo: Irene Leech) The Koch Brothers Vs. God Kenya Downs, Grist Downs writes: "The event was one big bait and switch, according to environmental experts and local activists. Come for the gospel music, then listen to us praise the everlasting goodness of oil and gas." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation