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11 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IT'S EARLY BUT SO FAR, NO DONATIONS: Who out there can get the ball rolling with a donation? Thanks to all in advance. - ma/RSN Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Kareem Abdul-Jabaar | 'The Big Sick' and Hollywood's Muslim-American Renaissance    Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, The Hollywood Reporter   Abdul-Jabaar writes: "Muslims have had a great run being portrayed as rabid, merciless terrorists. That's what Americans saw in movies and television shows from True Lies to 24 to Homeland."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. Sweeter than SALT: Highest-Income Households Get Federal Tax Cuts More Than Twice SALT Losses    The federal government has enacted very large tax cuts targeted mostly at higher-income taxpayers. The resulting loss of an almost $1.5 trillion in federal revenue is likely to lead to cuts in federal support for programs that are important to people in Massachusetts and to the state budget.  Amid these deep tax cuts, a new federal limit on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) has received a lot of attention. Households that itemize deductions and pay over $10,000 in combined state and local taxes will no longer be able to deduct more than this amount when calculating their taxable income for feder al taxes. For Massachusetts' highest-income households-those with annual incomes over $1 million-the average...

TODAY'S TOP STORIES Steve Bannon Turns to Quinn Emanuel's Burck Amid Russia Probe White-collar and government investigations pro Bill Burck has reportedly landed yet another high-profile Trump administration...  READ MORE » Meet the Cleary Gottlieb Partner Who Lobbied for Big Banks on Tax Reform During a Cleary Gottlieb webinar on Dec. 20, James Duncan began his remarks with a word of caution: “One phenomenon...  READ MORE » What Does Baker Hostetler Have to Do With the Fusion GPS Controversy? A brief guide to how the law firm's work for a Cyprus-based holding company became part of the investigation into Russian...  READ MORE » Venable's David Strickland Is Now Lobbying for Velodyne, Big Player in 'Lidar' Driverless Tech "That's the fun thing about this technology right now. Everyone is trying to throw the hardest cases at it—weather in...  READ MORE » Federal Judge, For Second Time, Won't Yank Mulvaney From CFPB Direct...

Australia's largest privately owned solar and smart battery rooftop power station On December 7 Planet Ark Power launched Australia's largest privately owned solar and smart battery rooftop power station on-site at Llewellyn Motors in Ipswich, Queensland. Find out more… Marine plastic pollution: a personal perspective Moved by what she learned at the Beyond Plastic Pollution Conference in Sydney in October, Planet Ark Deputy CEO Rebecca Gilling conducted her own mini-audit of plastic pollution on a recent beach holiday. F ind out more... Our green resolutions There's always more ways to be green. The team at Planet Ark share their environmental goals for 2018 and how we plan to stick to them. Find out more... 8 ways to green your 2018 From reimagining to reusing and even rotting (yes you read correctly!), we have 8 fantastic Rs to form and maintain green resolutions for 2018. Find out mor...

Dear Friend, Around 160,000 employees in the automotive, steel and electrical industries have engaged in token strikes called by the IG Metall union, which is currently negotiating a new wage contract for 3.9 million workers in Germany’s largest industrial sector. The actions include workers at Porsche, Daimler, Bosch and other auto, auto parts and electrical companies like Siemens and AEG. Sally Dugman gives 10  Tips to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint  Alan Danesh gives a list of recommendations for some long-overdue and much needed genuine reforms in the Catholic Church.  Dr Shepherd Bliss writes about the mushrooming Death Cafes Also more stories from around the world.  If you don't mind, and if you think the content of this news letter is critical for the dignified living and survival of humanity and other species on earth, please forward it to your friends and spread the word. It's time for humanity to come together as one family! You...