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07 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Robert Reich | As Mueller Gets Closer, We'll See More Signs of Trump's Obstruction    Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog   Reich writes: "As special counsel Robert Mueller gets closer to revealing Trump's ties to Russia, Trump is encouraging House Republicans and Fox News to intensify their anti-Mueller campaign."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

07 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Charles Pierce | There Are Lots of 'Lone Wolves' out There, and They Have Guns    Charles Pierce, Esquire   Pierce writes: "These are the real lone wolves in this country. People living on the far fringes of The Grid, nursing private grudges, and finding meaning in lunatic causes they read about on the Intertoobz and discovering in themselves the whiskey courage it takes to bring your private self into the public space."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

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07 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Matt Taibbi | Why Michael Wolff's Book Is Good News    Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone   Taibbi writes: "Most of the world seems to have concluded that the lunatic chaos described in Fire and Fury, the 'bombshell' new book about the Trump White House by Michael Wolff, foretells the end of civilization."   READ MORE Companies That Announced Big Bonuses After GOP Tax Cut Are Now Laying Off Their Workers   Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress   Culp-Ressler writes: "At least two major companies that publicly announced large bonuses for their employees after the passage of a massive GOP-led tax overhaul - which represented a windfall for wealthy Americans and big corporations - quietly laid off hundreds of workers at the same time."   READ MORE US Customs and Border Protection Sets New Rules for Searching Electronic Devices   Vanessa Romo and Joel Rose, NPR   Excerp...

06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (photo: Bryan Cox/Getty Images) ICE to Deport Sole Provider of a Paraplegic 6-Year-Old, Report Says By David Boddiger, Splinter 06 January 18 ollowing  the publication of a profile  of 6–year–old Ricky Solis, who will require around–the–clock medical care for the rest of his life after a car crash left him paraplegic, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced they will deport the boy’s sole financial provider and one of only two trained caregivers at home. Earlier this week,  The Cincinnati Enquirer  profiled Solis, along with his mother, Sandra Mendoza, 24, and Yancarlos Mendez, 27, an undocumented mechanic who for years has been involved in Solis’ life in Ohio after the boy’s biological father left following domestic abuse allegations. After the accident, in which Mendoza also was seriously injured, the couple r...

06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Kris Kobach. (photo: AP) ALSO SEE:  Kris Kobach Is Prosecuting This Confused Senior With Four Counts of Felony Voter Fraud Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show By Aaron Sankin, Reveal 06 January 18 n Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a  statement , the president indicated the commission’s work would continue through the Department of Homeland Security. DHS’ involvement may initially seem perplexing, because the agency has traditionally had little to do with administering elections. However, documents unearthed in a lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who led the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, provide clues about why the project has been moved to DHS. They suggest the Trump administratio...

06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Despair pervaded American newsrooms following the 2016 election. It wasn't just that most of the media had failed to foresee the outcome of the vote; it was the realization, as one colleague put it, that 'nothing we do matters.'"   READ MORE Trump Wants $18 Billion for Wall in 'Dreamer' Deal   John Bowden, The Hill   Bowden writes: "President Trump this week offered his most detailed request to date of his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."   READ MORE Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show   Aaron Sankin, Reveal   Sankin writes: "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a statement, the presiden...