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08 March 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Bernie Sanders Tells Democrats to Back Off Primary Attacks  Associated Press Excerpt: "Bernie Sanders is warning the Democratic Party not to attack its own candidates in primary battles, as happened in a Houston-area congressional race." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Democracy Dies in Darkness Keeping up with politics is easy now By Amber Phillips I'm not saying Texas will be one of the states to watch in November's battle for control of Congress. But right now, it's the only state Democrats can watch as the party looks for swells that could turn into a wave to carry it to control of the U.S. House of Representatives. So, did any evidence of an impending Democratic wave materialize? It depends how you want to interpret Tuesday's primary in Texas, the first of the 2018 congressional midterm elections. Good news for Democrats in Texas: 1 million voted in the primary. That's the highest Democratic turnout for a midterm primary in 16 years. Democratic turnout was 100 percent higher than 2014 levels, and Republican turnout ticked up just a bit, points out Republican strategist Brendan Steinhauser. But:  Some Democrats were predicting they would equal GOP turnout, and they fell short of that. ...

06 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Jane Mayer | Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier  Jane Mayer, The New Yorker Mayer writes: "A longtime friend of Steele's pointed out to me that Steele was in a singularly unenviable predicament. The dossier had infuriated both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump by divulging allegedly corrupt dealings between them." READ MORE Sam Nunberg. (photo: Amir Levy/NYT) ALSO SEE:  Former Trump Aide Sam Nunberg's Mueller  Meltdown Leaves Friends Petrified ALSO SEE:  Who Is Sam Nunberg? The World  Wants to Know. Former Trump Campaign Aide Burns Everything Down in Epic Series of Cable News Interviews Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress Rupar writes: "On Monday afternoon, former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg did three different television interviews - one with MSNBC, and then two with CNN - in which he explained why he doesn't plan to cooperate with a grand jury subpo...