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24 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE ARE ANGRY TOO, DON'T ABANDON RSN - We are seeing the ruthless side of American politics rear its ugly head. Shocking and demoralizing to be sure. But in fairness certainly not surprising. Stick with Reader Supported News. We have a movement to build. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Rohingya refugees head to makeshift camps after crossing into Bangladesh from Burma. (photo: Jorge Silva/Reuters) The Real-World Consequences of 'Fake News' By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic 23 December 17 “Once you’re uprooted from your sense of reality, that allows all sorts of other uprootings to take place.” hen Donald Trump’s press secretary was  recently asked  to comment on a rogues’ gallery of foreign leaders embracing her boss’s catchphrase of “fake news,” she essentially made the Las Vegas argument: What happens in the United States stays in th...

23 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News DO NOT LET RSN STRUGGLE FOR BASIC FUNDING - You collectively have the power to ensure that a truly independent voice can stand in opposition to the commercial giants. Drop your drop in the bucket. Don't wait. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Brain Drain at the EPA    Lisa Friedman, Marina Affo and Derek Kravitz, ProPublica   Excerpt: "More than 700 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency since President Donald Trump took office, a wave of departures that puts the administration nearly a quarter of the way toward its goal of shrinking the agency to levels last seen during the Reagan administration."   READ MORE 12 Things We Can Definitively Say the Russia Investigation Has Uncovered So Far   Amber Phillips, The Washington Post   Phillips writes: "To review everything we've learned about Russia this year, let's rew...