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RSN: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | How We Can Really Make America Great

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08 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FUNDING IS PRIORITY ONE - Funding is Priority one at this point. Reader Supported News continues to exceed all expectations for community based news. But we have to find a way to keep the project funded. Please make a donation if you can. Thanks to all in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | How We Can Really Make America Great  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Washington Post Abdul-Jabbar writes: "America’s most dangerous enemy is not terrorism, war or immigration. The greatest threat to our country is ignorance." READ MORE Demonstrators rally in support for Obamacare. (photo: Getty) The Trump Administration Believes Obamacare’s Preexisting Conditions Protections Are Now Unconstitutional Dylan Scott, Vox Scott writes: "Insurers could once again deny people coverage based on their medical history, undoing the law...

RSN: Andy Borowitz | Trump Makes Pence Watch Him Issue Pardons to See How It's Done

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02 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Trump Makes Pence Watch Him Issue Pardons to See How It's Done  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "President Donald J. Trump made Vice-President Mike Pence watch him issue pardons for several hours to see how it is done, a White House source confirmed." READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: James Berglie/TNS) Trump's Spent Far More Going to Mar-a-Lago Alone Than the Mueller Probe Has Cost Philip Bump, The Washington Post Bump writes: "President Trump's frustration with the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any coordination with his campaign was expressed in dollar terms Friday morning." READ MORE A banner depicting Gregory Hill Jr. is on display before a news conference with Hill's family at his home in Fort Pierce. Gregory Hill Jr. was killed in January 2014 after a confrontation with St. Lucie C...

RSN: Matt Taibbi | John McCain's Revisionist History Is a Team Effort

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24 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THE INJUSTICE OF REFUSING TO CONTRIBUTE: We Challenge Injustice All Day Long and we’ll challenge you too. We have a great site that many people come to but we are facing – serious adversity – because 1% of the readers will not contribute? That is wrong. It’s not that hard to donate. We need your help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | John McCain's Revisionist History Is a Team Effort  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "I hope my editors boil in oil in the afterlife for asking me to review John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls." READ MORE San Francisco 49ers Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem on September 12, 2016. (photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP) All Colin Kaepernick Ever Did Was Ask Elizabeth Bruenig, The Washington Post Bruenig writes: "Like all civil peace, American contentment depends...

Tim Dickinson | The Divine Paranoia of Scott Pruitt

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22 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL FUNDRAISING - You can rest 100% assured that if the pace of donations were anything even approaching reasonable we would be taking a much softer tone. More people keep coming and fewer people keep contributing. Situation very bad now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Tim Dickinson | The Divine Paranoia of Scott Pruitt  Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Dickinson writes: "Scott Pruitt is at the center of a political firestorm that may see him removed from the Trump administration. It's a stark turn of events for the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who has seen himself as on a mission from God." READ MORE Colin Kaepernick. (photo: AP) Colin Kaepernick Receives a Humanitarian Prize - but No NFL Job Offers Stephanie Griffith, ThinkProgress   Griffith writes: "He can't get an NFL team to hire him, b...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why the NFL Player Protests Still Matter

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04 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Why the NFL Player Protests Still Matter  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Guardian UK   Abdul-Jabbar writes: "If people of color want to figure out who's got to shoulder the heavy lifting to bring about meaningful change, the answer is the same. Just us."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Colin Kaepernick Is a Hero Muhammad Ali Would Be Proud Of

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06 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Colin Kaepernick Is a Hero Muhammad Ali Would Be Proud Of    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sports Illustrated   Abdul-Jabbar writes: "Why am I so proud of America? Because, to paraphrase what Thomas Paine famously said during the Revolutionary War, these are the times that try Americans' souls. It is during tumultuous times like these - times when we are challenged to defend our most sacred beliefs with more than trite slogans on caps-that real heroes rise up to face that challenge."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation