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Republican Prostitution to the Kochs!

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The Kochs show their appreciation! Wake up folks! Democracy SOLD! VOTE THEM OUT! Charles Koch donated $500K to Ryan days after GOP tax plan passed GOP mega-donor Charles Koch and his wife donated around $500,000 to Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) joint fundraising committee, just days after the GOP tax plan… THEHILL.COM Charles Koch donated $500K to Ryan days after GOP tax plan passed GOP mega-donor Charles Koch and his wife donated about $500,000 to Speaker  Paul Ryan ’s (R-Wis.) joint fundraising committee, just days after the GOP tax plan was passed. Charles Koch made the donation 13 days after the plan was passed, which lowers the corporate tax rate and cuts estate taxes,  the International Business Times reported . He and his wife also gave $237,000 each to the National Republican Congressional Committee on the same day, according to the report. Charles Koch and his brother David Koch were both major advocates for the tax p

Senator Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]

Thank you Senator Warren! U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren  — US Senator for Massachusetts   Washington  ·  It’s been over 100 days since Donald Trump ended protection for Dreamers – 800,000 young people who are part of our American family. It’s been over 100 days since funding for community health centers lapsed. It’s been over 100 days since hurricanes ravaged Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico – and Congress still hasn’t provided enough funding for disaster relief. For over 100 days, Republicans have refused to fix any of these issues, and today’s stopgap spending bill just kicks the can further down the road. We don't need new promises. We need new laws and real solutions.

Rebecca Gordon | Becoming Stable Geniuses, Seeking New (and Very Old) Habits for a New Year

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22 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU HAVE TO HELP - The budget is too thin to do this. We have many, many more readers than donors and it is breaking the process down. We understand that we will lose some readers, although we haven’t lost many yet. If we do, we do. If you stay, we need your help and we need it now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Rebecca Gordon | Becoming Stable Geniuses, Seeking New (and Very Old) Habits for a New Year  Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch   Excerpt: "Justice in the form of habitual respect for those who are - perhaps profoundly - different from ourselves is crucial if we are to build strong and effective coalitions of resistance."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Progressive Breakfast: Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children

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MORNING MESSAGE Richard Eskow Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children A new report concludes 600,000 American children have died for no reason over 50 years. Thousands more will die this year, and next year, and the year after that. This is our nations real “death tax”: It’s a tax on poverty, race, and powerlessness. It’s paid with the lives of our innocents. Government Shutdown Enters Third Day Government shutdown goes into Monday as Senate inches toward deal. NYT: “Senators failed on Sunday to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be furloughed Monday morning even as the outlines of a potential compromise came into focus. For much of the day, feverish work by a bipartisan group of senators offered a reason for cautious optimism that a deal could be reached soon. By Sunday night, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, moved to delay until noon M

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Are the Supremes About to Give Trump a Second Term?

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22 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOLKS, WE ARE NOT GETTING ANY DONATIONS - This is day 10 of the January funding drive and we are getting no real traction at all. We are doing everything in our power to communicate the seriousness of the situation and it’s falling on deaf ears. There must be a budget. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Are the Supremes About to Give Trump a Second Term?  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, The Columbus Free Press   Excerpt: "The nine 'Justices' have just heard oral arguments in an Ohio voter registration case. If their decision goes with Secretary of State Jon Husted, it would mean Republicans like him throughout the United States will be able to scrub from the voter rolls millions of citizens merely because they are suspected of wishing to vote Democrat."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fa

UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE

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  Really American 's  post . Really American  . Don't you appreciate the USPS, rain, snow and shine?

MASSterList: Virtual crackdown | 'Bill Belichick smiled' | JOB BOARD MONDAY

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 01/22/2018 Virtual crackdown | 'Bill Belichick smiled' | JOB BOARD MONDAY Happening Today   Online education, GIC hearing, DOT-MBTA meeting   -- Judges from the oldest appellate court in North America discuss the  Supreme Judicial Court's history  in Salem, where it held its first sitting 325 years ago, with SJC Chief Justice  Ralph Gants , Justice  David Lowy and  Robert Brink , executive director of the Supreme Judicial Court Historical Society, expected to attend, Courtroom K, 5th Floor, 56 Federal St., Salem, 8:30 a.m. --  Department of Higher Education  holds a public hearing on an interstate reciprocity agreement on  distance and online education  for colleges and universities,