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07 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? WE BEGIN ANOTHER FUNDRAISER. - We have to find a way to raise a budget. In the case of Reader Supported News that has always been accomplished through reader donations. It’s not the economy, that appears strong, by means of Trump or Obama. However in either case these are not bad economic times. Our readership remains strong, people love what we do. But getting people to actually donate has become a real battle. It is a battle that we have no choice but to fight and win. We will. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | An Ode to the Feeble Corporate Apology  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "Three of America's biggest companies - Facebook, Wells Fargo and Uber - have been offering up vague apologies via television commercials in recent weeks. If you watch the Cavs-Dubs game tonight, you'll proba...

07 June 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN: William Boardman | Trump Weaponizes Pardon Power: Scorched Earth Campaign Against Law  William Boardman, Reader Supported News Boardman writes: "When the target is Hillary Clinton, what's wrong with abuse of power?" READ MORE Republicans Stop Democrats From Intensifying Investigation Into Scott Pruitt's Ever-Growing Scandals Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress Mandel writes: "House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon blocked an effort by Democrats to increase funding for the agency's watchdog, which is tasked with investigating the many scandals surrounding agency administrator Scott Pruitt." READ MORE ACLU Sues Over Plans for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Associated Press Excerpt: "Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census." READ MORE New Mexico Could Elect Firs...

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. June 6, 2018 Budget Monitor Conference Preview: Differences between the Senate and House budgets for FY 2019 The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center's latest  Budget Browser   highlights several of the substantial differences between the House and Senate budgets that the Legislature's Conference Committee will have to reconcile. Education. Both branches made targeted new investments in education: the House proposed larger investments in early education and care, focused on quality, and the Senate proposed greater funding for local K-12 public schools. Neither branch proposed significant increases in higher education funding, continuing a pattern that has led to rising student costs and debt. The Senate includes a new provision, prompted by the sudden Mount Ida College closure,...

WARREN’s bipartisan pot protection — SENATE takes up ‘red flag’ bill today — BROWNSBERGER backs L’ITALIEN 06/07/2018 07:28 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) PUTTING THE "POT" IN BIPARTISANSHIP —  Sen.  Elizabeth Warren  unveils a high-profile, bipartisan bill in Washington today that's designed to protect legalized state marijuana industries from federal government meddling. Warren's Republican cosponsor is Colorado's Sen.  Cory Gardner , who's familiar with the issue — Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use. While Warren and Gardner are on opposite sides of the aisle, they're on the same side in wanting to protect their states' lucrative legalized marijuana industries. Gardner did not sign on to Warren's bipartisan  letter  in January asking AG  Jeff Sessions  to protect states' existing ma...

Not long after Trump was elected, he blocked us on Twitter. We don’t know if it was the ads we ran, our tweets getting into his mentions, or a staffer protecting him from the voices of progressive veterans speaking out against him. Whatever it was, he blocked us. Weak and pathetic. But last week, the courts ruled he had to unblock us and others he blocked. He’s done it for some… but not us. We’ll probably be the last ones. Here's the truth, Trump can block VoteVets on Twitter, the voice of 550,000 progressive veterans, military family members, and their civilian supporters, but we will NOT be silenced. Stand with us today: Make a $10 donation to VoteVets today to help us continue to elevate the voices of veterans who are willing to stand up to Donald Trump. He can block us, but make sure we can’t be silenced. Like General Wesley Clark says, there is no organization more decisive in a fight than VoteVets. We are one of the few out there who have ac...

06 June 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Philadelphia Eagles Accept Mueller's Offer to Celebrate With Him  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "The Philadelphia Eagles have accepted Robert Mueller's invitation to come to his office and celebrate their Super Bowl victory with him, Mueller has confirmed." READ MORE Progressive Victories You May Have Missed in Tuesday's Elections Josh Israel, ThinkProgress Israel writes: "Voters in 8 states cast primary votes on Tuesday, and one state Senate district in a ninth state hosted a special election. The results included some big wins for progressives." READ MORE US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. (photo: Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast) Steve Mnuchin Blacked Out Schedule on Days of Controversial Trips Justin Glawe, The Daily Beast Glawe writes: "Almost entire days of the Treasury secretary's schedule are redacted using a '...