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18 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE WILL FIGHT FOR FUNDING - This is a great publication, with a wonderful Readership and a serious problem: funding. Before we will allow the organization to be jeopardized by the lack of a “reasonable” budget, we will stand up and fight. We fight against external forms of injustice everyday. We are well aware of how to do it. So far for January, 340 donors are keeping the ship afloat. Literally tens of thousands are ignoring the appeals. We need your help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS | Daniel Ellsberg: Under Trump, the Threat of Catastrophic War With North Korea Is Very Real.  Lucy Feldman, TIME   Feldman writes: "The country is currently not the closest we've ever come to nuclear war, says Daniel Ellsberg, but we are still likely to face annihilation."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Face...

Americans are entitled to know where their tax dollars were spent. Americans are entitled to boot these creeps out of office NOW!   More members of Congress hit with sexual misconduct allegations — and they’re still not resigning Allegations about Reps. Ruben Kihuen and Blake Farenthold surfaced this week. By  Emily Stewart     Dec 2, 2017, 4:33pm EST Rep. Ruben Kihuen is the latest member of Congress to be hit with allegations of sexual misconduct.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images EXCERPT:  Texas Republican behind secret $84,000 harassment claim unmasked On Friday,  Politico  reported that Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) in 2014 used $84,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former aide. He is the only known sitting member of Congress to make use of the  little-known congressional account  used to cover workplace settlements involving lawmakers — everything from sexual harassm...

TODAY:  MORNING MESSAGE Cindy Garcia A New American Dream for Jorge Garcia and All Of Us Our immigration system is broken; everybody knows it. And until we have a new system, I have to speak up for all those who live in the shadows through no fault of their own. I will stand up and fight, not only my husband Jorge and our family, but for every family, because I believe in justice for all, and the American Dream. Majority Of Americans View Trump As A Failure Majority of Americans see Trump’s first year as a failure. NPR: “As President Trump approaches the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, a majority of Americans think his first year in office has been a failure — and that he’s divided the nation. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that by a 53-to-40-percent margin, Americans deemed Trump’s first year a failure. And by an almost 2-to-1 margin (61 to 32 percent), Americans said they believe Trump has divided the country since his election. Americans giv...

18 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Ratio of Readers to Donors: 1000 to 1 - Folks, please be serious. That is abusive of everything and everyone RSN stands for. If you are looking to be entertained, look elsewhere. For the serious. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Betsy Woodruff | Will Russia Investigators Crack Steve Bannon 'Like an Egg'?  Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast   Woodruff writes: "Steve Bannon tried to walk back the 'treasonous' line, saying he had only been referring to Manafort. But behind closed doors and under oath, that story could potentially be a little different."   READ MORE Steve Bannon's Hill Appearance Reveals White House Effort to Restrict Testimony   Sara Murray, Gloria Borger, Manu Raju, Jeremy Herb and Evan Perez, CNN   Excerpt: "The White House is working behind the scenes to limit the testimony to congressional investigations i...