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16 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THESE DISASTROUSLY POOR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS - These numbers are - far - below what we normally can depend on. We have to confront this head-on. Really need your attention to donations now. The situation is quite bad. Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Masha Gessen | How Donald Trump Degrades Us All  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Five and a half years ago, I filed a story for the Times in which I used the word 'dickhead.' I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word."   READ MORE ive and a half years ago, I filed a  story  for the Times in which I used the word “dickhead.” I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word. The Times struck it from the story. I disagreed with the decision, because I thought that Putin’s use of the word conveyed important information, but such was the Gray Lady’s poli

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16 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News RIGHT NOW WE ARE SIMPLY NOT GETTING ENOUGH DONATIONS - Some people are trying and it is helping, however overall, too few of the roughly 30,000 people who visit Reader Supported News every day are stopping to make a contribution. The situation is getting critical now. In earnest. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Bernie Sanders | Let's Wrench Power Back From the Billionaires  Bernie Sanders, Guardian UK   Sanders writes: "If we stand together against powerful special interests we can eliminate poverty, increase life expectancy and tackle climate change."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

16 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO DONATIONS - The January fundraiser still isn’t getting the necessary traction. We could very easily finish this drive in a  single day . We love your participation, the project never stops growing. We must ask you to take funding more seriously. Sincerely. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! George Lakoff | A Modest Proposal: #ProtectTheTruth  George Lakoff, George Lakoff's Blog   Lakoff writes: "America's tweeter-in-chief plans to attack the free press next week. He desperately needs your help to succeed. You can help him by repeating his words and lies. You can help him by focusing outraged attention on his antics."   READ MORE The Senate's Push to Overrule the FCC on Net Neutrality Now Has 50 Votes, Democrats Say   Brian Fung, The Washington Post   Fung writes: "Fifty senators have endorsed a

MORNING MESSAGE Alan Jenkins Our President, the White Supremacist When the President candidly speaks the vitriolic thoughts that are in his head, the implications are moral, constitutional, and intensely practical. He is not just a defender or apologist for bigots and hatemongers, he is one of them. It’s past time that leaders who have supported or allied themselves with Trump disavow and disengage from him and his harmful policies. It’s also a moment of reckoning for everyday people of good will who’ve continued to support the man or his office while ignoring or explaining away his bigotry. Government Shutdown Four Days Away Clock ticking toward shutdown. CNN: “With just four days until a spending deadline, the government could be heading for a shutdown on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency. It’s long been thought that the key to unlocking any spending stalemate in Congress was to get closer to an immigration compromise. However, as lawmakers return f

****Even as the MERCERS run attack ads against Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Chamber of Commerce targets the Senator, voters in Massachusetts are funding her campaign.  Senator Warren created the CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU [CFPB], the only federal agency that protects CONSUMERS.  CFPB investigated and pursued the outrageous conduct of WELLS FARGO, among others.  Wealthy Wall Street Weasel Steve Mnuchin, known as the Foreclosure King,  has neutered it.  Massachusetts Voters: Beware of the PROPAGANDA from wealthy sources .  Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/16/2018 Nuclear alarms | 'Racist bully' | Non-compete deal? Happening Today Ed commissioner finalists, Markey presser, opioid bill -- State educatio