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FRIDAY,  TODAY:  MORNING MESSAGE Jeff Bryant Trump Fills The Swamp To Exploit College Students The cost of student loan debt and the malfeasance of the for-profit college industry hurt everyone by bleeding the public treasury, directing huge amounts of economic capital to unproductive ends, and diminishing opportunities for a whole generation of young adults to realize their life goals. The Trump administration is hard at work doing everything it can to make this situation worse. Spending Showdown Moves To Senate House approves short-term spending, Senate Dems may block it. WaPo: “The House passed a short-term extension of government funding late Thursday after Republican leaders, with help from President Trump, cobbled together enough GOP votes to overcome an internal revolt. Still, the possibility of a federal shutdown moved closer to a certainty after Senate Democrats rallied against the GOP proposal, announcing they would not lend their votes to a bil...

16 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THESE DISASTROUSLY POOR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS - These numbers are - far - below what we normally can depend on. We have to confront this head-on. Really need your attention to donations now. The situation is quite bad. Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Masha Gessen | How Donald Trump Degrades Us All  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Five and a half years ago, I filed a story for the Times in which I used the word 'dickhead.' I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word."   READ MORE ive and a half years ago, I filed a  story  for the Times in which I used the word “dickhead.” I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word. The Times struck it from the story. I disagreed with the decision, because I thought that Putin’s use of the word conveyed important information, but such was the Gray Lady’s p...

MORNING MESSAGE Alan Jenkins Our President, the White Supremacist When the President candidly speaks the vitriolic thoughts that are in his head, the implications are moral, constitutional, and intensely practical. He is not just a defender or apologist for bigots and hatemongers, he is one of them. It’s past time that leaders who have supported or allied themselves with Trump disavow and disengage from him and his harmful policies. It’s also a moment of reckoning for everyday people of good will who’ve continued to support the man or his office while ignoring or explaining away his bigotry. Government Shutdown Four Days Away Clock ticking toward shutdown. CNN: “With just four days until a spending deadline, the government could be heading for a shutdown on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency. It’s long been thought that the key to unlocking any spending stalemate in Congress was to get closer to an immigration compromise. However, as lawmakers return f...

****Even as the MERCERS run attack ads against Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Chamber of Commerce targets the Senator, voters in Massachusetts are funding her campaign.  Senator Warren created the CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU [CFPB], the only federal agency that protects CONSUMERS.  CFPB investigated and pursued the outrageous conduct of WELLS FARGO, among others.  Wealthy Wall Street Weasel Steve Mnuchin, known as the Foreclosure King,  has neutered it.  Massachusetts Voters: Beware of the PROPAGANDA from wealthy sources .  Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/16/2018 Nuclear alarms | 'Racist bully' | Non-compete deal? Happening Today Ed commissioner finalists, Markey pres...