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RSN: Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Jim Crow Supremes Enshrine Voter Lynch Law and May Have Stolen the 2018 Election for Trump's GOP

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12 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SERIOUS FUND-RAISING, HERE AND NOW - Reader Supported News is surviving and maintaining services in the most challenging fundraising environment our organization has ever seen. But just barely. Today we ask for the support of all RSN readers who can afford to give. This will be a good fund-raiser. Thanks to all in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Jim Crow Supremes Enshrine Voter Lynch Law and May Have Stolen the 2018 Election for Trump's GOP  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News Excerpt: "In an age of computerized registration books and extensive ID requirements, there's no real reason to strip people's names from voter rolls." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Juan Cole | Let's Call Bolton What He Is, a War Criminal With Terrorist Ties, Not Just "Hawkish"

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26 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Waiting For Someone Else to Donate: Yesterday, thirty thousand people visited RSN, "12" donated. There is no way on earth we can sustain that. Impossible. Obviously, if people are coming but not donating then those who are not donating must believe someone else will. Don't wait for someone else to be the one ... be the one. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | Let's Call Bolton What He Is, a War Criminal With Terrorist Ties, Not Just "Hawkish"  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "John Bolton helped lie our country into an illegal war of aggression that killed several hundred thousand Iraqis, wounded over a million, and displaced 4 million from their homes, helped deliver Baghdad into the hands of Iran, and helped create ISIL, which blew up Paris." READ MORE Stormy Daniels. (photo: CBS News) Sto...

How the Republicans Helped Trump Steal the Election

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Truthout Spon S sored S  ·  Whose votes get thrown in the ballot dumpster? According to the US Civil Rights Commission, the chance your vote will be disqualified is 900 percent higher if you're Black than if you're white. How the Republicans Helped Trump Steal the Election The truth behind the 3 million disqualified ballots. TRUTH-OUT.ORG Intrepid reporter Greg Palast has pursued the Republican war on voters that the mainstream corporate media is afraid to touch. Now, Palast has just updated his DVD,  The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election  with new footage revealing how Trump and cronies used voter suppression to win. Click here to make a contribution to Truthout and get the new, enhanced DVD. Believe me, the last damn thing I wanted to do was make an update of  The Best Democracy Money Can Buy . But you gave me no choice. The...

Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman | Will Trumputin's State of the Union Be in Stormy Russian?

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30 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE HAVE A CRITICAL SHORTFALL ON DONATIONS FOR JANUARY - We far behind where would normally be and far behind where we need to be. We must find a way to stimulate a couple of good fundraising days. With the greatest respect. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman | Will Trumputin's State of the Union Be in Stormy Russian?  Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News Wasserman writes: "All tortured explanations of Donald Trump and his Russian handlers can be boiled down to one simple word: Mafia." READ MORE Will Trumputin’s State of the Union Be in Stormy Russian? By Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News 30 January 18 ll tortured explanations of Donald Trump and his Russian handlers can be boiled down to one simple word: Mafia. He dare not mention it in the State of the Union. But with Trumput...

"We're Living in a Rigged System": Ari Berman Says GOP Uses Gerrymandering to Stay in Power

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29 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News RSN ISN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE FOR FREE - To get what RSN has to offer, you have to be a part of it, you have to participate. That’s the key. It’s the participation that builds the social benefit. RSN, it’s about doing something. Help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! "We're Living in a Rigged System": Ari Berman Says GOP Uses Gerrymandering to Stay in Power  Democracy Now!   Excerpt: "Gerrymandering has existed forever, but it's gotten so much worse in recent years, with the maps being so sophisticated in terms of how they're drawn, and Republicans, in particular, targeting Democrats in such sophisticated ways."   READ MORE Report: Rosenstein Approved Surveillance Extension for Trump Aide Carter Page   Molly Olmstead, Slate   Olmstead writes: "Page, who served as Trump's foreign policy advisor until September 20...

Pennsylvania's Gerrymandered House Map Was Just Struck Down - With Huge Implications for 2018

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23 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE HAVE A FUNDING CRISIS ON OUR HANDS - We have donors, many good ones, in fact. But the the overall response rate - at a fraction of one percent - is just too low. It is absolutely causing a crisis. If we did not need the funding we would not spend this much time raising money - would not happen. What we need really are a few good donors. See what you can do. - Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Pennsylvania's Gerrymandered House Map Was Just Struck Down - With Huge Implications for 2018  Andrew Prokop, Vox   Prokop writes: "If the ruling holds, it will be an enormous help to Democrats' efforts to regain control of the House of Representatives in 2018 - because Pennsylvania's House map was one of the most wildly biased toward Republicans in the country."   READ MORE Shutdown Ends After Dems Agree to Trust That McConnell Will Allow '...