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RSN: James Risen | Donald Trump Declares War on the Press

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09 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FIGHTING HARD FOR A BUDGET FOR RSN: Take a look at how RSN has grown, it was all done with the support of our readers. No corporate money, no hidden financing. We built this. Take just a moment to hit the donation link and fund your voice. Sincere thanks to all. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: James Risen | Donald Trump Declares War on the Press  James Risen, The Intercept Risen writes: "Donald Trump’s real war on the press has finally begun. Ever since he began his campaign for president, Trump has engaged in a largely rhetorical battle against the press, casting the reporters who cover him as the enemy of the average American and as disseminators of what he calls 'fake news.'" READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

RSN: James Risen | Senate Report Strongly Implies Russian Hacking Story Was a Public Service - but Whistleblower Reality Winner Remains in Jail

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10 May 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News HOW RSN IS RESCUED BY THE FEW - Each day - somehow - RSN is literally rescued by a handful of donors. Sometimes they are very small donors and sometimes much larger. But it’s always a “few people” that take a moment out of their day to lend their support. Join them, they can’t do it alone. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! James Risen | Senate Report Strongly Implies Russian Hacking Story Was a Public Service - but Whistleblower Reality Winner Remains in Jail  James Risen, The Intercept Risen writes: "Press coverage of Russian intelligence attempts to hack into U.S. voting systems during the 2016 election played an important role in alerting state elections officials to the threat because government warnings were inadequate, according to a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report released this week." READ MORE Sheldon Adelson's donation c...

James Risen | US Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents and Trump-Related Material

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10 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News SO FAR TODAY, "5" DONATIONS, TOTAL - 22 Readers stepped up yesterday. Almost all made very small donations. Today is starting out much worse. It's early but so far we have 2 donations totaling $30. We'll get 30,000 readers today. Will we get 50 donors? Throw something in the hat. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: James Risen | US Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents and Trump-Related Material    James Risen, The Intercept   Risen writes: "The US intelligence community has been conducting a top-secret operation to recover stolen classified U.S. government documents from Russian operatives, according to sources familiar with the matter. The operation has also inadvertently yielded a cache of documents purporting to relate to Donald Trump and Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election."   READ...

James Risen | My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror

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03 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: James Risen | My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror    James Risen, The Intercept   Risen writes: "My case was part of a broader crackdown on reporters and whistleblowers that had begun during the presidency of George W. Bush and continued far more aggressively under the Obama administration, which had already prosecuted more leak cases than all previous administrations combined."   READ MORE My Life as a New York Times Reporter in the Shadow of the War on Terror  was sitting in the nearly empty restaurant of the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia, getting ready for a showdown with the federal government that I had been trying to avoid for more than seven years. The Obama administration was demanding that I reveal the confidential sources I had relied on for a chapter about a botched CIA operation in my 2006 book, “State of War.”...