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13 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE ARE WELL BEHIND PACE AT THIS POINT: Starting out pretty slow on donations for January. This money is badly needed to pay salaries, contributors and contractors. Most of you have not yet donated. Make RSN yours, help out with a donation. Thank you. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Robert Reich | How the Media Protects a President Unfit for Office  Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog   Reich writes: "Now that Trump has been president for almost a year, it's time the media called his behavior for what it is rather than try to normalize it."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

13 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News COME ON FOLKS, JOIN THE READER SUPPORTERS - We need a few more people who believe in this project to join those who actually do support it. Truth: The vast majority of RSN readers are not yet supporters. We have to find a way to change that. Jump in and join those who have taken the time to become supporters. A sincere thank you in advance. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Bill McKibben | New York City Just Declared War on the Oil Industry  Bill McKibben, Guardian UK McKibben writes: "Over the years, the capital of the fight against climate change has been Kyoto, or Paris - that's where the symbolic political agreements to try and curb the earth's greenhouse gas emissions have been negotiated and signed. But now, New York City vaulted to leadership in the battle." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook

Dear Friend, US President's racist "Shithole" remark has received international condemnation. Should he just get away with a mild slap on the wrist? He should be prosecuted.  Moreover, who created the "shithole" that Trump mentioned? Christian Christensen a professor of Journalism at Stockholm University writes, "The creation of global “shitholes”— from Africa to Central and South America to portions of Asia—was achieved primarily via a combination of “crisis journalism” and non-coverage. For decades (and up to the present day), massive portions of Africa only received coverage if there was a war, famine, or natural catastrophe. In the absence of disasters, the coverage disappeared. Without mass death or armed conflict, Africa, and huge sections of the globe, largely cease to exist." Sally Dugman writes, "Now why do lots of people in Haiti eat mud cookies? Why do they eat mud to get rid of hunger pangs? Why do many Haitian people

It's time for  SINGLE PAYER UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE    and to end the expensive American Empire Military Costs.  13 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News HELLO FOLKS, YOU ARE NOT DONATING! - Truth: We only need a few donations every month to make Reader Supported News work. More Truth: Without those few donations we - can - not - do - this. We have a completely independent 100% Reader Supported news agency. Get behind it. Please! / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! On Tuesday night, Imamu Baraka was heading home when he saw a woman wearing nothing but a hospital  gown and socks being dropped off by hospital staff at a nearby bus stop. (photo: Imamu Baraka Shock and Anger After Video Shows Dazed Woman Put Out in Cold by Baltimore Hospital By John Woodrow Cox, Theresa Vargas and Justin Wm. Moyer, The Washington Post 13 January 18 he man hurried up the Baltimore sidewalk w

13 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News HELLO FOLKS, YOU ARE NOT DONATING! - Truth: We only need a few donations every month to make Reader Supported News work. More Truth: Without those few donations we - can - not - do - this. We have a completely independent 100% Reader Supported news agency. Get behind it. Please! / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Naomi Klein | The Politically Impossible Has Suddenly Become Possible    Naomi Klein, The Intercept   Klein writes: "Five years ago, when 350.org helped kick off the global fossil fuel divestment movement, one of the slogans the team came up with was 'We > Fossil Fuels.'"   READ MORE Trump Lawyer Allegedly Paid Porn Star $130,000 in Hush Money to Keep Affair With President Under Wraps   Denis Slattery, New York Daily News   Slattery writes: "A former porn star was paid $130,000 by President Trump's personal lawyer a