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29 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SWITCHING TO EMERGENCY MODE ON DONATIONS - Due to a total lack of donations for May the organization’s funding situation has become critical. We are going to have to stop the train and focus solely of bringing in the relatively few donations we need to function. The show will not go on without funding. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | Making Myself Useful for Heaven's Sake  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "I've just done a sensible thing and boxed up a couple thousand good books that I'm never in this lifetime going to read and packed them off to my old high school library, mostly classics and histories and art books, an impressive sight on my shelves, but as an author, I don't feel right about books as decor." READ MORE Rudy Giuliani at Monday's Yankees game. (photo: Elsa/Getty I

30 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News CRUNCH TIME ON DONATIONS - 48 HOURS TO RAISE 5K! We MUST raise 5K in 48 hours to finish the May fundraiser. Stop! Take a moment of your time to chip in. Think of how consistent and reliable RSN is, this site is for you. Sincere thanks to all. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Juan Cole | Is Roseanne Barr What America Has Become?  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "At least we have not retrogressed to the point where Barr's attack on a prominent African-American was allowed to pass by her employers, though it should be noted that Trump has said many things as offensive as Barr and remains at 40% in the polls." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

APOLOGIES! THIS GOT BURIED & IS LATE! Stopping the privatization of veterans’ health care. North Korea. Russian collusion. Gun violence prevention. Stopping the military parade. Getting Congress to debate a new AUMF. Electing progressive veterans. Protecting Mueller. Homeless veterans. No matter what Trump tweets tomorrow morning. No matter what the latest outrage. We won’t stop fighting for what matters to veterans, military family members, and our civilian supporters. But we can’t do it alone. Make a $10 donation to VoteVets before our end of month fundraising deadline comes to a close at midnight tonight. VoteVets Fundraising Deadline Suggested Donation:  $10.00 Thanks for being such an important part of our work. Truly, we could not do it without your support. And that has never been as important as it is today. - The Team at VoteVets DONATE PAID FOR BY VOTEVETS ACTION FUND

01 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Jeffery Toobin | Why Trump Pardoned Dinesh D'Souza - and May Pardon Martha Stewart  Jeffery Toobin, The New Yorker Toobin writes: "It's pardon month in the White House edition of 'The Apprentice.' Jack Johnson got one. Dinesh D'Souza's getting one. So might Martha Stewart, and Rod Blagojevich could see his sentence commuted." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

01 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | Seymour Hersh's Memoir Is Full of Useful Reporting Secrets  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "The best of his generation writes a how-to that undermines the industry of Access Journalism." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

01 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News An Undeniable Problem on Fundraising A lot of our readers took a moment of their time this past month and take time every month to provide the support that makes Reader Supported News possible. We deeply and sincerely appreciate the funding and the confidence you show in this project. Overall raising enough money on a monthly basis to meet the organization’s basic expenses grows increasingly difficult. May saw an 18% decline in funding from April. We have to find a way to do better. The big problem is the vast cache of people who come to RSN and will not donate no matter what. They have always been there, but their proportional numbers are off the scale at this point. We have a few days off without fundraising now. A moment for reflection. Marc Ash Founder,  Reader Supported News Update My Monthly Donation Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter James Risen | The Case for

Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now   By Amber Phillips Let's start by summing up the Roseanne drama in two paragraphs: On Tuesday, among other offensive things, Roseanne Barr tweeted this: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” By “vj,” the star of “Roseanne” meant former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. The reference to Jarrett, who is black, was clearly racist. Barr apologized, but ABC canceled her hit show.  President Trump has thoughts  about the show's cancellation, and they're pretty consistent with what he's said (or hasn't said) in the past about condemning racism. Roseanne Barr in January. (Getty) The Fix team also has thoughts about yet another moment in the Trump era that sits at the intersection of race, culture, entertainment and politics. Here are five of them: 1. Barr undercut the very Americans she was trying to lift up: