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13 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News IS "SURVIVING DECEMBER" THE NEW NORMAL? Increasingly, December is becoming a fundraising nightmare. Traditionally, December was always considered a month where we would get a year-end boost. It's not only no longer that, it's rapidly becoming the worst month of the year. No traction at all on donations. Big concern. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Jonathan Chait | Voters to Roy Moore: F*ck You and the Horse You Rode in On    Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine   Chait writes: "Roy Moore is Donald Trump, but more so. He is a buffoon, a racist, authoritarian demagogue, and a sexual predator. In all these qualities, save buffoonery, he exceeds Trump."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

12 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News ALARM ON DONATIONS, A STRUGGLE SO FAR - This is day 4 of the December Fundraiser and we have raised little more than a thousand dollars. Very important to get the process moving. Reader donations do this all. In Earnest. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Charles Pierce | Anyone Who Says They Know What Will Happen Tuesday Is Lying    Charles Pierce, Esquire   Pierce writes: "There are so many forces at play here, both openly and deeply beneath the surface, that anyone who says they know what will happen Tuesday is lying."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

12 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News EXTREME DIFFICULTY WITH DONATIONS NOW - We have a trickle of very small donations coming but overall we are making little or no progress. #DonationsSeriouslyMatter / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Jonathan Chait | The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger    Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine   Chait writes: "If there was any single event that would cause the Republican elite to openly revolt against the ongoing Trumpification of their party, it would be the nomination of Roy Moore for U.S. Senate in Alabama."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

12 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU ARE IGNORING THE FUNDRAISER: The vast majority of you visiting Reader Supported News today are ignoring the fundraising efforts entirely. We need a few readers with a little resolve. Who can help? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! If Roy Moore Isn't Rock Bottom for Republicans, What the Hell Is?  Ed Burmila, Rolling Stone   Burmila writes: "If this isn't rock bottom, pray that a comet hits Earth before we reach it."   READ MORE Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Will Jim Crow Strip and Flip the Alabama Senate Race? Or Will Yesterday's Major Court Victory Stop That From Happening?   Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Solartopia   Excerpt: "While the whole world watches Tuesday's Alabama US Senate election, race-based battles behind the scenes could decide the outcome. They focus on likely stripping ...

10 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News MY STRUGGLE AS A FUNDRAISER - Fundraising is probably the least fun thing that I do. However, without a budget of course, the wheels come off. So I do what must be done. We pay people. Our staff members, writers, service providers, the whole kit and caboodle. Regardless of the work that we do, nothing exempts us from meeting our financial obligations. I would rather be spending my time on our mission rather than funding it. Of that you can be sure. For me, that is a point of significant frustration. I started Reader Supported News to raise public awareness - not money. If you can see your way clear to a donation, that would be wonderful. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Pence Asks Jesus to Rapture Him Up Before Mueller Can Indict Him    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker   Borowitz writes: "Vice-President Mike Pence has requested that...

10 December 17 Free Is Not Possible - You Know It The organization has to have a budget. We have never had more readers, or fewer donors. We are confronting that now. Help, please, you. Marc Ash Founder,  Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts, CA 95611 Roy Moore pauses while speaking during a news conference on Nov. 16 in Birmingham, Alabama.  (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Roy Moore's Story Is Unraveling By William Saletan, Slate 10 December 17 The Alabama Senate candidate knew his accusers, until he didn’t.  month ago, when Roy Moore was accused of having pursued teenage girls while in his 30s, he equivocated. “Do you remember dating girls that young?” Sean Hannity  asked him . Moore hedged: “Not generally, no. If I did, you know, I’m...

09 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News INDIFFERENCE CAN BE LETHAL | Over the years we have made a lot of powerful enemies, and withstood their collective wrath. Indifference to the organization's funding by the community it serves is by every measure a far more dangerous enemy than all the others combined. Indifference, the true enemy. In all things. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | This Is How Tyranny Begins    Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page   Reich writes: "Yesterday at his rally in Florida, Trump attacked one of the women who has accused Roy Moore of pursuing a sexual relationship with her when she was a teenager and he was in his 30s."   READ MORE Juan Cole | Massive Worldwide Rallies Condemn US, Courtesy of Trump Jerusalem Call   Juan Cole, Informed Comment   Cole writes: "Ayat Ahmad reports for Elbalad (Beirut, liberal) that Friday...