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RSN: Andy Borowitz | Macron, Trudeau Say They Weren't Going to Tell Trump Where G-7 After Party Was

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10 June 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IF THE NEED FOR FUNDING WERE NOT SERIOUS WE WOULD NOT SAY SO - Funding is in fact critically lacking and the situation is now quite serious. Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Macron, Trudeau Say They Weren't Going to Tell Trump Where G-7 After Party Was  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Saying that they were 'tremendously relieved' that Donald J. Trump is leaving the G-7 summit early, the leaders of France and Canada said on Friday that they had been planning not to tell Trump the location of the G-7 after party." READ MORE Senate Dems Introduce Bill Preventing Separation of Migrant Children From Parents Ashley Reese, Jezebel Resse writes: "Democrats drafted legislation that will prevent undocumented immigrant children from being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border." READ M...

Progressive Breakfast: When Will Democrats Start #Resisting GOP Voter Suppression?

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MORNING MESSAGE Richard Eskow When Will Democrats Start #Resisting GOP Voter Suppression? Americans love democracy, at least in principle. So how have Republicans been able to successfully engage in a decades-long assault on voting rights? It's time for the GOP to pay a political price for undermining democracy at home. And if Democratic party leaders won't campaign on this issue, insurgent candidates will have to do it for them. New York Sues Big Oil Over Climate Change Big Apple sues big oil over climate change. Bloomberg: “New York City’s effort to hold oil and gas producers responsible for costs related to the environmental effects of their products faces an uphill battle as it tries to stretch current law to address climate change. The biggest city in the U.S. sued BP Plc, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., and Royal Dutch Shell Plc claiming they’re the world’s largest industrial contributors to climate change. Several California municipaliti...

More GOP Rigged Elections & Voter Disenfranchisement

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06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Kris Kobach. (photo: AP) ALSO SEE:  Kris Kobach Is Prosecuting This Confused Senior With Four Counts of Felony Voter Fraud Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show By Aaron Sankin, Reveal 06 January 18 n Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a  statement , the president indicated the commission’s work would continue through the Department of Homeland Security. DHS’ involvement may initially seem perplexing, because the agency has traditionally had little to do with administering elections. However, documents unearthed in a lawsuit against Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who led the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, provide clues about why the project has been moved to DHS. They suggest the Trump administratio...

Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution

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06 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Masha Gessen | Fighting Fake News Is Not the Solution    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Despair pervaded American newsrooms following the 2016 election. It wasn't just that most of the media had failed to foresee the outcome of the vote; it was the realization, as one colleague put it, that 'nothing we do matters.'"   READ MORE Trump Wants $18 Billion for Wall in 'Dreamer' Deal   John Bowden, The Hill   Bowden writes: "President Trump this week offered his most detailed request to date of his plans for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border."   READ MORE Kobach Wants DHS to Pursue Voter Citizenship Tests, Internal Docs Show   Aaron Sankin, Reveal   Sankin writes: "On Wednesday, President Donald Trump disbanded a White House commission tasked with looking into unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud. In a statement, the presiden...

Greg Palast | Trump Is Not Ending Kobach's Racist Voter Purge Scheme, He's Putting It on Steroids

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05 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News FOCUS: Greg Palast | Trump Is Not Ending Kobach's Racist Voter Purge Scheme, He's Putting It on Steroids    Greg Palast, Greg Palast's Website   Palast writes: "Don't be fooled by news of Trump's Executive Order dissolving the so-called Commission on Election Integrity. Trump is not ending the Kris Kobach scheme to attack, he's moving it into Homeland Security as per Kobach's original plan."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Andy Borowitz | Trump Angrily Throws Steve Bannon's Signed Copy of "Mein Kampf" in Trash

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04 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Trump Angrily Throws Steve Bannon's Signed Copy of "Mein Kampf" in Trash    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker   Borowitz writes: "Furious over a very public breakup with his former adviser Steve Bannon, Donald Trump on Wednesday angrily threw a copy of 'Mein Kampf' that Bannon had inscribed to him in the trash."   READ MORE Trump Ends "Election Integrity" Commission Amid Voter Suppression Charges   John Wagner, The Washington Post   Wagner writes: "President Trump announced Wednesday that he is disbanding a controversial panel studying alleged voter fraud that became mired in multiple federal lawsuits and faced resistance from states that accused it of overreach."   READ MORE Jeff Sessions Will End Policy That Allowed Legalized Marijuana to Prosper   Reid Wilson, The Hill   Wilson writes: "Attorney General Jeff Sessions will rol...

One of Trump’s biggest initiatives just went down in flames

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  link . One of Trump’s biggest initiatives just went down in flames The President just suffered a humiliating defeat as his first year in office comes to… WASHINGTONPRESS.COM One of Trump’s biggest initiatives just went down in flames BY  LUCIA BRAWLEY The White House just released a statement announcing that President Trump is finally dissolving his  sham “Voter Fraud Commission,” which was really designed to suppress the votes of minorities and other likely Democratic voters.  View image on Twitter Peter Alexander ✔ @PeterAlexander BREAKING: President Trump announces he has dissolved his voter fraud commission. He never proved his claim that millions of Americans voted illegally. 6:48 PM - Jan 3, 2018   208 208 Replies     1,169 1,169 Retweets     2,205 2,205 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy The President’s press office, hea...