RSN: Robert Reich | Trump Is a Conman for the Super-Rich - Democrats Must Expose Him

RSN25 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEED A QUICK START ON DONATIONS THIS MORNING - Yesterday was quite a bad day. Need to catch up a bit today. Normally if we get a good start early it sets the tone for the entire day. Can you help with that? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | Trump Is a Conman for the Super-Rich - Democrats Must Expose Him  Robert Reich, Newsweek Reich writes: "It’s a curious coalition, to say the least. But if Democrats don’t respond to it, it could protect Trump from impeachment and even re-elect him." READ MORE Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP) James Clapper Makes Bombshell Claim That Russia Swung the Election for Trump Tom Porter, Newsweek Porter writes: "In his new memoir, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence, Clapper describes evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin swayed the election in a bid to secure Trump’s election as 'staggering.'" READ MORE A drug ring operated undetected for nearly a year in an Air Force unit entrusted to protect nuclear missiles. (photo: Robert W. Black/AP) Security Troops on US Nuclear Missile Base Took LSD Robert Burns, Associated Press Burns writes: "A slipup on social media by one airman enabled investigators to crack the drug ring at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in March 2016, details of which are reported here for the first time. Fourteen airmen were disciplined. Six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both." READ MORE Cedric O’Bannon, a California activist and journalist who was stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally in Sacramento. (photo: Robert Gumpert/Guardian UK) Stabbed at a Neo-Nazi Rally, Called a Criminal: How Police Targeted a Black Activist Sam Levin, Guardian UK Levin writes: "Records show that police surveilled and tried to charge a citizen journalist attacked at a California rally. Does it fit a pattern of punishing black protesters?" READ MORE The government is monitoring immigrants via Facebook, among other social networks. (photo: Jason Alden/Getty) ACLU Demands Records of Social Media Surveillance Under Trump Daniella Silva, NBC News Silva writes: "An apparent spike in the government’s surveillance of Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts is raising privacy concerns." READ MORE An Israeli soldiers patrols territory in the occupied-Golan Heights. (photo: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) Israel to Push for US Recognition of Occupied Golan Heights Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Israel's intelligence minister has said US recognition of its sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights is at the top of the agenda in its diplomatic talks with its closest ally." READ MORE In this July 6, 2011, photo, a grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Wyoming will allow grizzly bear hunting for the first time in decades. (photo: Jim Urquhart/AP) Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Are Off the Endangered List; Wyoming Says It's Time to Hunt Them Again Karin Brulliard, Chicago Tribune Brulliard writes: "The decision, which opens the door for the largest grizzly hunt in the Lower 48 and the state's first since 1974, marks a major milestone in a divisive debate over protections for one the West's most iconic animals." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation