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...
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...
‘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...
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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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...
02 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News The Untold Story of the Pentagon Papers Co-Conspirators Eric Lichtblau, The New Yorker Lichtblau writes: "A small group of antiwar activists helped Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst at the rand Corporation, elude an F.B.I. manhunt and distribute the Pentagon Papers to nineteen newspapers." READ MORE Russian Spy Chiefs Met in Washington With CIA Director to Discuss Counterterrorism Shane Harris, The Washington Post Harris writes: "Two top Russian spy chiefs traveled to Washington last week to discuss counterterrorism issues with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but the unusual visit also raised concerns among some U.S. officials that Moscow could interpret the encounter as a sign the Trump administration is willing to move beyond the issue of election interference, current and former U.S. intelligence officials said." READ MORE Trump to Approve Release o...
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