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Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump Charges of Treason

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07 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IF EVERYONE DONATED WHAT THEY COULD - If every one of our subscribers stopped today and donated what they could reasonably afford, we could stop fundraising for a year. It’s true. Not everyone can afford to donate a thousand dollars. But if you donate what you can, this works beautifully. Get involved … here. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump Charges of Treason  KRWG   Excerpt: "Our job now is to remind Trump and his allies what democracy is all about."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Russia Already Meddling in US Midterm Elections, Tillerson Says

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07 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News ON FUNDING FOR RSN THE STAKES ARE HIGH - The stakes are high. We can have a powerful, influential publication - that serves the community - or we can have nothing. It's a thin line. "We the community" often get less, because we accept less. Enough of that. Watch us fight, you fight too. Step up with what you can afford, watch what we do with it. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS:  c   Doug Stanglin, USA Today   Stanglin writes: "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is warning that Russia is already beginning to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections and the U.S. is ill-prepared to combat it."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Rick Wilson | Donald Trump Cracks the Seal on Talk of Treason

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07 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Rick Wilson | Donald Trump Cracks the Seal on Talk of Treason  Rick Wilson, The Daily Beast   Wilson writes: "One thing we've learned in the last two years is that no legal, moral, or cultural strictures bind Trump and that he is immune to the better angels of human nature."   READ MORE Trump's Desire for a Military Parade Reveals Him as a Would-Be Despot   Jonathan Freedland, Guardian UK   Freedland writes: "If the president insists on flexing his muscles on the streets, the opposition should have an alternative parade to mock his strongman tactics."   READ MORE Outspoken Nazi Set to Win Republican Nomination in Illinois Congressional Race   Molly Olmstead, Slate   Olmstead writes: "An outspoken neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier is set to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat."   READ MORE Flint Students' Reading Proficiency Plum

SouthCoast Rail service to Boston could start in 2022 or Charlie Baker's $935 MILLION Brain Fart!

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Charlie Baker's $935 MILLION Brain Fart! MassDOT spent GOBS of taxpayer dollars amending Route 105 in Middleboro - the results are a poorly conceived DISASTER!  This is Charlie Baker Up For Re-Election Carrot that failed to notify or consider the impacts on Middleboro/Lakeville.  Before rallying around a flawed plan, think about the costs and consequences.  SouthCoast Rail service to Boston could start in 2022 By  Steve Urbon Posted Feb 6, 2018 NEW BEDFORD — Commuter rail from SouthCoast to Boston took a leap closer to reality Wednesday as the Mass. Department of Transportation issued a draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) on a phased-in project. This postpones the full build-out originally proposed. The new report estimates the Phase 1 construction will take just three years rather than more than a decade; DOT predicts that should all go well, construction starting next year, service on the Middleboro route can begin in 2022. The M

MASSterList: One down | Too far, too fast | Skeptical justices

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 02/07/2018 One down | Too far, too fast | Skeptical justices Happening Today   Senate Dems caucus, commission reviews Wynn, Gore at Tufts   -- State marijuana regulators from the  Cannabis Control Commission  hold public hearings today in Worcester, 9 a.m., and Danvers, 2 p.m., to give residents a chance to weigh in on draft regulations the CCC has proposed. -- Sen.  Joseph Boncore  and Rep.  Kevin Honan  host Massachusetts Rental Voucher ‘Cookie Day,’ as part of a campaign to restore funding to the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Grand Staircase, 10 a.m. -- Auditor  Suzanne Bump  holds a closed-press meeting with  Tanisha Sullivan , president of the Boston chapter of the NAACP, to di