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RSN: Naomi Klein: 4,645 Deaths in Puerto Rico From Hurricane Maria Were "State-Sponsored Mass Killing"

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08 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS IS NOT A "FREE WEBSITE." HERE'S WHAT IT IS ... RSN is a project with a purpose. We are doing this to effect change. Every single person at this organization is dedicated to putting an end to the corruption that has become our country. We did not get here on a magic carpet, we took the bus. What we see lacking in America's fourth estate today is moral honesty. You know when you come to RSN that you will get the straight story, and the backstory. Think it's not important? Watch any of the political analysis shows on TV. What in the world are they talking about? It's astounding, it's like they are all lobotomized, it's excruciating. Who is going to really challenge this nonsense? We do, every day. When you contribute, that's what you are contributing to. That's what you get for your money. If you hang out ... chip in. We love you. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Sup...

RSN: Elizabeth Warren Makes a Case for Democrats to Be the Anti-Corruption Party

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EXCERPT: Warren was speaking at Georgetown University, at an event called The War on Regulation, and her speech was a robust defense of federal agencies such as the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—the parts of the government that keep lead paint out of toys, insecticide out of medicine, and bad brakes out of cars. The point seems obvious, but it bears repeating: while much of the press, and therefore the country, is preoccupied by the President’s daily outbursts on Twitter and by the leaks and twists of  Robert Mueller ’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election,  Donald Trump  and the Republican-controlled Congress have been aggressively rolling back regulations of all kinds. The effects of some of these changes may not be directly felt by the voting public for years, when a major health crisis, a financial collapse, or some ot...