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27 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News 911 CALL FOR DONATIONS - We got a very slow start and we are really in a deep hole. If we can get 50 people out of the tens of thousands who come to RSN today to donate it will really help. We need everyone who can make a donation to step up now. It is critical now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! EXCERPTS:  "....Senator John McCain so eloquently said, that “the mistreatment of prisoners harms us more than our enemies.” And the blind eye that the nation has turned on those responsible for the torture program is a good example of what that expansive moral corrosion looks like....." "...In 2014, the Senate Intelligence Committee completed a 6,700-page classified report on the torture program, which exhaustively determined that suffocating men nearly to death had not produced useful intelligence. When Republicans took control of Congress

Democracy Dies in Darkness The truth behind the rhetoric Surprise! It would take nine years for all of Trump’s nominations to be approved President Trump regularly complains about Democrats, but rarely is fully justified in his claims. In a tweet, he accused Democrats of  “slow walking’ all of [his] nominations — hundreds of people. At this rate it would take 9 years for all approvals!”  Nine years is a long time. Needless to say this caught our attention, and so, we did some math. It has taken Trump  much longer  to get his appointees confirmed compared with other recent presidents. Compared with those other presidents, however, Trump has also been much slower to submit nominees. Plus, Democrats claim that too many of Trump’s nominees were poorly vetted or had incomplete documentation, leading to delays and Trump has not helped matters by forcing out or firing key Cabinet members. But putting all of this aside, it’s clear that Democrats have

27 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News 911 CALL FOR DONATIONS - We got a very slow start and we are really in a deep hole. If we can get 50 people out of the tens of thousands who come to RSN today to donate it will really help. We need everyone who can make a donation to step up now. It is critical now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bernie Sanders Is Quietly Building an Alternative Media Powerhouse  Gabriel Debenedetti, New York Magazine Debenedetti writes: "The Vermont senator, who's been comparing corporate television programming to drugs and accusing it of creating a 'nation of morons' since at least 1979 - and musing to friends about creating an alternative news outlet for at least as long - has spent the last year and a half building something close to a small network out of his office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill." READ MORE President Trump

Bill Cosby’s conviction is a watershed. It also shows how hard it is to hold alleged abusers accountable. Bill Cosby found guilty in sexual assault trial BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: The cold hand of justice finally caught up with Bill Cosby. The 80-year-old comedian could receive as many as 30 years for the three counts of sexual assault he  was convicted of Thursday  in Pennsylvania, which would be tantamount to a life sentence. This is a watershed moment that represents one of the biggest downfalls in entertainment history. The onetime Jell-O pitchman, who made Dr. Cliff Huxtable so endearing on “The Cosby Show,” was a pioneer to the last generation and became a villain to this one. It was a retrial. Last summer, the jury hung after six days of deliberations. This time, a jury of seven men and five women took less than two days to convict. In between then and now, revelations a