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29 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE NEED TO TURN OUR FULL ATTENTION TO FUNDING - Regrettably, funding must take center stage. While the overall success of Reader Supported News is very encouraging, we have once again hit a dead spot on donations. A 1% donation rate sounds easy but this month, after a promising start, the donations have tailed off badly. As a result, we are forced to turn our undivided attention to finishing this fundraiser as soon as possible. Please, if you are able toss in a donation, now would be a great time. Thank you sincerely in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Charles Pierce | The Un-American ICE    Charles Pierce, Esquire   Pierce writes: "When the damage done by this administration* is toted up, assuming there will be somebody left to count the cost, the unleashing of Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, and the s

There are no words to define or describe this loss. 29 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News DISASTER FUNDRAISING: IS THAT ALL THAT WORKS? - It’s nearly impossible at this point to run a normal fundraiser. Unless things get seriously dire, we get no support. That is one bad formula. Again, a “reasonable” stream of donations fixes all of this. At this stage, the January fundraising drive is - far - behind where it should be. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Nat Parry | Robert Parry's Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews  Nat Parry, Consortium News Parry writes: "It is with a heavy heart that we inform Consortiumnews readers that Editor Robert Parry has passed away." READ MORE Robert Parry's Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews By Nat Parry, Consortium News 29 January 18 We want to extend our sincere condolences to Bob's family, friend

By Amber Phillips The No. 2 at the FBI is, for all intents and purposes, out of a job. News broke Monday that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is rather abruptly stepping down. Then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on Capitol Hill in June 2017. (Alex Brandon/AP) We knew for a few months that McCabe was going to leave, but this confirms he's leaving as quickly as he can. In the Trump era, the comings and goings of top FBI officials are extremely newsworthy for two reasons: The FBI started the investigation that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is now leading into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Trump and his allies have made McCabe Exhibit A in what they allege is anti-Trump Democratic bias in the FBI. McCabe in particular has taken a lot of heat because: * McCabe was part of the FBI when it started investigating Trump in 2016. * His wife ran as a Democrat in a Virginia state race and accepted donations from Hill