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10 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News AN EXPECTATION THAT IT SHOULD BE FREE - It is not free. Regardless of how we may believe it should be. It is not. A budget is required. When the budget is ignored, the mission suffers. 0.1% of our Readers contributing on a monthly basis is a nightmare. We can absolutely do better. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Malala Yousafzai | Girls Can Change the World - but We Have to Invest in Them First  Malala Yousafzai, TIME Yousafzai writes: "One hundred and thirty million girls are out of school. As I travel the world to advocate for them, not every day is easy." READ MORE David Sirota and Josh Keefe | Trump Administration Waives Punishment for Convicted Banks, Including Deutsche - Which Trump Owes Millions David Sirota and Josh Keefe, International Business Times Excerpt: "The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for f...

MORNING MESSAGE Robert Borosage The Orange Menace and the Even More Dangerous Party That Stands With Him Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “very stable genius,” stands astride the political world like a cartoon dybbuk, an orange menace of terrifying impulsiveness.Yet in one calamitous year, Trump has helped rouse the resistance. Movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo mobilize new energy. The new Poor People’s Campaign will revive a moral voice in our politics. Nascent progressive electoral efforts are recruiting and supporting bold reformers. Let us remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s wisdom: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.” After one year of Trump, we can already see the first rays of light. North Carolina Gerrymander Ruled Unconstitutional North Carolina Congressional Map Ruled Unconstitutionally Gerrymandered. NYT: “A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s congressional map on Tuesday, condemning it as unconstitution...