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24 March 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FUND-RAISING IS THE HARDEST THING WE DO - With a budget, this Reader Supported News agency prospers. It's worth it no matter how difficult. Public donations are capable of building a news agency, of the readers, by the readers and for the readers. Nothing makes the corporate news cartel pay attention faster than a Reader Supported challenger. Get us a budget, we know you can do it. Thanks to all. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Al Franken | Lack of Candor  Al Franken, Al Franken's Facebook Page Franken writes: "That's one of the reasons that Attorney General Jeff Sessions used to justify his decision to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe last week, just two days before Mr. McCabe was set to retire from a distinguished 21-year career with the Bureau." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  ...

29 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News STAND UP FOR READER SUPPORTED NEWS: Come on folks don't just sit there and let RSN struggle financially. What we need to function is a drop in the bucket. When you get involved, when you take an ownership stake, good things happen. Help RSN! / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Senator Al Franken Tells Supporters: 'I'm Not Giving Up My Voice'    Jessie Van Berkel, StarTribune   Van Berkel writes: "In one of his last speeches to supporters before he resigns, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., promised to continue fighting for the causes he has championed over the past decade."   READ MORE Natasha Bertrand | Trump Made a Revealing, Off-the-Cuff Comment That Could Explain Why He Hasn't Fired Mueller   Natasha Bertrand, Business Insider   Bertrand writes: "While Trump said he expected Mueller would treat him 'fairly,' hi...

24 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 12 of the December Fundraiser and we are far, far behind we were last December at this point. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations alone produce everything RSN does! In Earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Al Franken's Final Senate Speech Reflect 22 December 17 "Al Franken gives his farewell address on the floor of the United States Senate." Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

19 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News SANTA'S NOT STOPPING HERE THIS YEAR - We are already so far behind where we would normally be for December that any chance of catching up is gone. We will see a major drop in funding. Our readership numbers are actually up. People just refuse to contribute. We are forced to fight for basic funding. This is not good. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Marc Ash | Senator Franken, Do Not Resign (An Open Letter)    Marc Ash, Reader Supported News   Ash writes: "While confronting sexual harassment is strongly supported by vast majority of Democrats and Progressives, the perception widely held among them is that you have been targeted for political ends, and it is a deeply troubling concern."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

18 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News A FEW MORE DONORS LIKE THIS - Donor writes in and says: “Monthly donation: I would like to increase it from $15 monthly to $25 monthly. I really value what you do and provide for readers.” It would only take a handful of donors like that to make this work. Inspiring. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Franken Urged to Reverse His Resignation    Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico   Dovere writes: "At least four senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment."   READ MORE Trump Camp Howls as Mueller Bags Thousands of Transition Emails   Stephen Braun and Chad Day, Associated Press   Excerpt: "Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian contacts with President Don...

08 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Masha Gessen | Al Franken and the Selective Force of #MeToo  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Gessen writes: "The roughly half of Americans who are actually deeply invested in thinking of themselves as good people are trying to claim a moral high ground. The urge to do so by policing sex is not surprising." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

07 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Broad Majority of Americans Support Moving Trump to Jerusalem    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker   Borowitz writes: "In a new poll conducted on Wednesday, a sweeping majority of Americans said they support moving Donald J. Trump to Jerusalem."   READ MORE Sen. Al Franken Announces He Will Resign 'in the Coming Weeks'   Brian Naylor, NPR   Naylor writes: "Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, announced Thursday that he will be resigning."   READ MORE Former SC Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison   Colin Dwyer, NPR   Dwyer writes: "Michael Slager, the white former police officer who was filmed killing an unarmed black man in North Charleston, S.C., has been sentenced to 20 years in prison."   READ MORE Kim Davis Once Denied Him a Marriage License. Now Kentucky Man See...

07 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell  From Left, Sen. Roy Blunt, Sen. John Then, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen John Barrasso.  (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) Al Franken, Roy Moore and the Audacity of Mitch McConnell By Addy Baird, ThinkProgress 07 December 17 The party recently returned to funding alleged child predator Roy Moore's campaign in Alabama. n Wednesday afternoon, nearly two dozen Democratic senators called on Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to resign. The calls came just hours after  Politico published the account  of an unnamed woman who alleged that Franken had tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006. When she rejected his advances, the woman — the seventh to accuse Franken of sexual misconduct publicly, so far — said Franken told her, “It’s my right as an entertainer.” Franken has denied the accusation. Around 11:30 a.m. Wednesd...