RSN: How Michael Avenatti Got Michael Cohen's Emails - and Why That's a Big Problem for Cohen

12 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RIGHT NOW MAY FUNDING IS MOSTLY BEING IGNORED - Great readership, few donations. It’s a simple formula for serious problems. With respect the vast majority of you are not donating, and you know it. Drifting in a bad direction for May. Need to address this now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! How Michael Avenatti Got Michael Cohen's Emails - and Why That's a Big Problem for Cohen  Judd Legum, ThinkProgress Legum writes: "Over the past few days, Michael Avenatti, the attorney for Stormy Daniels, has been steadily releasing what appear to be private communications between Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime attorney, and Keith Davidson, who represented Daniels when she inked a $130,000 hush-money agreement that was facilitated through a shell company set up by Cohen." READ MORE Bernie Sanders talks to supporters during a rally at the University of Washington, in Seattle. (photo: Joshua Trujillo/Seattlepi.com) Every Democrat Should Support Bernie Sanders's New Labor Bill Eric Levitz, New York Magazine Levitz writes: "The Democratic Party's official mission is to win elections for its candidates - and 'a better deal' for American workers. Strengthening America's labor unions would advance both of those goals, simultaneously." READ MORE Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo: Stephane Mate/Reuters) Trump Withdrew From Iran Nuclear Deal. Now Israel May Be Trying to Provoke War Laleh Khalili, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Tension is mounting between Israel and Iran in Syria. On Thursday, Israel bombed dozens of Iranian targets inside Syria in the largest attack by Israel since fighting began in Syria in 2011." READ MORE Arizona teachers and education advocates march at the Arizona Capitol protesting low teacher pay and school funding in Phoenix. (photo: Ross D. Franklin) If Teachers' Unions Want to Build Off the Momentum of Recent Strikes, They Cannot Return to Business as Usual Chris Brooks, Jacobin Brooks writes: "It was only eight years ago that seething hostility towards teacher unions was the status quo. The national media lauded their demonization in liberal documentarian Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for Superman and corporate-backed education reform policies enjoyed a bipartisan consensus - from Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's Act 10 to Democratic president Barack Obama's Race to the Top." READ MORE Voters at a polling precinct. (photo: John Sommers II/Getty Images) Rejection of Gerrymandering in Ohio Suggests the US Wants Fairer Elections Fran Korten, YES! Magazine Korten writes: "This week's primary elections drew a lot of interest, primarily because of some high-profile races for U.S. senator in West Virginia and governor in Ohio. But a little-known ballot measure approved by the voters in Ohio may have greater long-term political effects." READ MORE A demonstrator with the number 43 written on her face, symbolizing the 43 students who were kidnapped on September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerrero. (photo: Reuters) Mexico's Missing 43: UN Report Accuses State Forces of Torture teleSUR Excerpt: "Torture and cover-ups by Mexican police investigators may have rendered testimony for the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students inadmissible in court, a report ratified by the United Nations said Wednesday." READ MORE Carbon dioxide concentrations have ticked upward in an unbroken progression for many decades. (photo: Peter Parks/Getty Images) Earth's Atmosphere Just Crossed Another Troubling Climate Change Threshold Chris Mooney, The Washington Post Mooney writes: "For the first time since humans have been monitoring, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have exceeded 410 parts per million averaged across an entire month, a threshold that pushes the planet ever closer to warming beyond levels that scientists and the international community have deemed 'safe.'" READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation