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02 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: John Kiriakou | In the Crystal Mason Case, What Was the Intent of the State of Texas?  John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News Kiriakou writes: "Crystal Mason voted in the 2016 election. She made no secret of it. She went to the polling station, showed her driver’s license, and cast a provisional ballot. Imagine her shock when she was then arrested and charged with felony voter fraud. Last week, she was sentenced to five years in a state prison. For voting." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

 

02 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News How to Kill Democracy in Four Easy Steps  Clive Irving, The Daily Beast Irving writes: "Democracy dies, not with a bang but with a whimper." READ MORE Donald Trump on Easter. (photo: Getty Images) Trump's Easter Wish: An End to Protections for Undocumented Youth Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress Pyke writes: "After managing just one tweet of holiday kindness, the president went back to the xenophobic well." READ MORE Rep. Steve King questions witnesses during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Oct. 26 in Washington. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Kids vs. the King: Can Parkland Activists Help Defeat Iowa Rep. Steve King? Josh Vorhees, Slate Vorhees writes: "Parkland students are vowing to unseat Iowa's most senior congressman. But beating Republican Steve King is easier said than done." READ MORE Senator Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane O'M

POT LICENSING kick-off — ‘Series of reforms’ coming to STATE POLICE — WILBUR ROSS buys Berkshire home 04/02/2018 06:58 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.  And welcome to April! LET THE GOOD LEGAL TIMES ROLL SOON -  High times are coming for Massachusetts. Beginning  today at noon , the state will begin accepting applications to open recreational marijuana dispensaries. It's all ahead of the state's goal of recreational pot sales coming from legal and licensed dispensaries beginning in early July. Officials hope this goes better than the last time the state sought marijuana dispensary licenses. After voters legalized medical marijuana in 2012, the state's licensing  process  was,  by all accounts , fraught with issues around properly vetting applicants, disproportionate advantages to those with political connections, delays, and

Trump’s DACA tweetstorm speaks volumes about his presidency Trump: 'Mexico has got to help us at the border' BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: Donald Trump is either woefully uninformed or intentionally misleading the American people about one of his most consequential decisions as president. Which is the more charitable explanation? With a trio of temperamental tweets on Easter Sunday and three follow-ups this morning, Trump announced there will be  no deal  to save the 700,000 “dreamers” whose futures he put in peril by ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. He also called on Republicans to  change the rules of the Senate  to pass anti-immigration legislation with a simple majority and  threatened to kill the North American Free Trade Agreement  if Mexico does not step up border security. The president then  falsely claimed  that there are “big flows of people” who are sneaking into the Uni