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RSN: Micah Lee and Alice Speri | Police Broke Into Chelsea Manning's Home With Guns Drawn - in a "Wellness Check"

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06 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Micah Lee and Alice Speri | Police Broke Into Chelsea Manning's Home With Guns Drawn - in a "Wellness Check"  Micah Lee and Alice Speri, The Intercept Excerpt: "Welfare checks like this, usually prompted by calls placed to 911 by concerned friends or family, too often end with police harming - or even killing - the person they were dispatched to check on." READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: Getty Images) If Mueller Is Ever Going to Flip Manafort, Now Seems Like the Time Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine Hartmann writes: "It's long been believed that Mueller is approaching the Russia probe like the prosecution of a crime family, pressuring underlings to flip on the boss." READ MORE Agents take a woman into custody at Corso's Flower and Garden Center in Castalia, Ohio, on Tuesday. (photo: John Minchillo/AP) 'Utter Chaos': ICE Arrests 114 Work

RSN: Dan Rather | We Are in a Moment of Deep and Abiding Sham

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05 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Dan Rather | We Are in a Moment of Deep and Abiding Shame Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page Rather writes: "I look out at our nation today and feel great pride in so many ways and with so many people. And yet that pride must compete with a powerful gut-level feeling of shame. For make no mistake, we are in a moment of deep and abiding shame. And that shame must belong to all of us." READ MORE California senator Scott Wiener. (photo: AP) States Defy FCC Repeal of Net Neutrality Harper Neidig, The Hill Neidig writes: "States are pushing their own net neutrality laws and rules in defiance of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) repeal, heightening the possibility that supporters will be waging another legal battle over the popular Obama-era regulations." READ MORE David Koch is leaving both Koch Industries and his role as chairman of the Americans for Prospe

RSN: Edward Snowden: 'The People Are Still Powerless, but Now They're Aware'

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05 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS | Edward Snowden: 'The People Are Still Powerless, but Now They're Aware'  Ewen MacAskill and Alex Hern, Guardian UK Excerpt: "Edward Snowden has no regrets five years on from leaking the biggest cache of top-secret documents in history. He is wanted by the US. He is in exile in Russia. But he is satisfied with the way his revelations of mass surveillance have rocked governments, intelligence agencies and major internet companies." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

RSN: Seymour Hersh: The CIA Is Filled With Criminals

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05 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS | Seymour Hersh: The CIA Is Filled With Criminals    Elon Green, Columbia Journalism Review   Green writes: "When a reporter has covered 50 years of American foreign policy disasters, the last  great untold story may be his own."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

RSN: Bill Simpich | Bobby Kennedy and the Promise of Rebirth

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05 June 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Bill Simpich | Bobby Kennedy and the Promise of Rebirth  Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News Simpich writes: "Bobby took the hardest blow that anyone can imagine - the assassination of his brother - and rose up to fight again. His power - his passion - is the heart of his hidden legacy." READ MORE Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. (photo: Carlo Allegri/Reuters) FBI Accuses Manafort of Witness Tampering in Russia Probe Spencer S. Hsu, Rosalind S. Helderman, Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Federal prosecutors accused former Trump presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort of witness tampering late Monday in his criminal case and asked a federal judge to consider revoking or revising his release." READ MORE Jeff Merkley was confronted by both police and the center's supervisor, who claimed that he is not allowed