Middleboro Review et al

07 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News Matt Taibbi | Why Michael Wolff's Book Is Good News    Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone   Taibbi writes: "Most of the world seems to have concluded that the lunatic chaos described in Fire and Fury, the 'bombshell' new book about the Trump White House by Michael Wolff, foretells the end of civilization."   READ MORE Companies That Announced Big Bonuses After GOP Tax Cut Are Now Laying Off Their Workers   Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress   Culp-Ressler writes: "At least two major companies that publicly announced large bonuses for their employees after the passage of a massive GOP-led tax overhaul - which represented a windfall for wealthy Americans and big corporations - quietly laid off hundreds of workers at the same time."   READ MORE US Customs and Border Protection Sets New Rules for Searching Electronic Devices   Vanessa Romo and Joel Rose, NPR   Excerp...

01 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News John Pilger | Why the Documentary Must Not Be Allowed to Die    John Pilger, Peak Prosperity   Pilger writes: "I first understood the power of the documentary during the editing of my first film, The Quiet Mutiny."   READ MORE Bernie Sanders Resolves to 'Intensify the Struggle Against Trumpism' in 2018   Brett Samuels, The Hill   Samuels writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) late Sunday shared his New Year's resolution: to 'intensify the struggle against Trumpism.'"   READ MORE The Trump Administration's Disturbing Fight to Stop Teenagers From Getting Abortions   Quinta Jurecic, The Washington Post   Jurecic writes: "The coupling of a government official's power alongside a private individual's relative lack of legal restraint makes for a disturbing combination - especially when that power is wielded over some of the most vulnerable among us,...