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Matt Taibbi | James Comey, the Would-Be J. Edgar Hoover

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18 April 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News MY DONATION, YOUR WORK - I am extremely grateful for the immense service you provide with RSN. So much of my information comes from the brilliant articles RSN publishes, both with your own writers and those from other services. The perspective I get from your articles is invaluable to my overall view of the world. Please do keep up your important work, and I hope my $50 contribution today helps. It certainly will not be the last. Peace. / Freebo, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | James Comey, the Would-Be J. Edgar Hoover  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "In denying that he was angling to be a modern Hoover, James Comey more often than not seems to be confirming it. The possible resurgence of such figures gives us one more thing to worry about in an era already chock-full of political dangers." READ MORE US soldiers in Afghanistan. (photo: Parwi...

Naomi Klein and Lauren Feeney | The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island

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09 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT RSN MEANS: There are some people reading this message who do in fact contribute and help sustain RSN. To you we offer a heartfelt thank you. However, in truth, most of the people reading this are highly resistant to contributing. We have to do everything in our power to bring the people who are not yet donors onboard. Please stand with those who sustain RSN. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Naomi Klein and Lauren Feeney | The Battle for Paradise: Puerto Ricans and Ultrarich "Puertopians" Are Locked in a Pitched Struggle Over How to Remake the Island  Naomi Klein and Lauren Feeney, The Intercept Excerpt: "When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, Puerto Ricans almost immediately began worrying about disaster capitalists swooping in to buy up beleaguered public utilities and damaged beachfront property on...

Michael Moore | Thank You, Dr. King, for All You Did

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07 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FREE WOULD BE BETTER: We would sincerely prefer it if RSN could be produced for free. It would be nice. We do however make it work on a budget the big corporate newsrooms would laugh at. We're proud of that. But we haven't found a way to do it for free. Get behind this thing folks! / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Michael Moore | Thank You, Dr. King, for All You Did Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page Moore writes: "64% of white guys and 53% of white women voting for Trump was never a surprise to me. My goal remains to lessen that number and to reduce the cheers or indifference when racism rears its ugly head." READ MORE Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock) Trump Adviser Played Key Role in Pursuit of Possible Clinton Emails From Dark Web Before Election Jenna McLaughlin, Jim Sciutto ...

Tim Dickinson | Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump

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03 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Tim Dickinson | Inside the Decade-Long Russian Campaign to Infiltrate the NRA and Help Elect Trump  Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Dickinson wrote: "In November 2013, the president of the National Rifle Association, David Keene, was introduced as an honored guest at the conference of the Right to Bear Arms, a gun lobby in Moscow." READ MORE Donald Trump. (photo: Mark Seliger) Jill McCabe | The President Attacked My Reputation. It's Time to Set the Record Straight. Jill McCabe, The Washington Post McCabe writes: "I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician - someone who never thought much about politics until I was recruited to run for state office after making a statement about the importance of expanding Medicaid." READ MORE An airport terminal. (photo: Thinkstock) Foreign Visas Plunge Under Trump Nahal Toosi, Ted Hesson and Sarah Fr...

Dan Rather | Please Take a Moment to Breathe in Deep

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31 March 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News URGENCY AND PROGRESS - HELP FOLKS! - We are making the best progress on donations we have made all month at this point. Still the vast majority of those who have come to Reader Supported News this month have not contributed. Give us a hand - today, please. With urgency. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Dan Rather | Please Take a Moment to Breathe in Deep  Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page Rather writes: "Dispiriting and often depressing news continues to hit at a consistent pace. There are reminders everywhere of what an unusual and in many ways perilous age we find ourselves. But there is something about this time of year that always fills me with a sense of hope. And this year is no different." READ MORE Businessmen on Wall Street. (photo: AP) ALSO SEE:  Americans Are Realizing They've Been Scammed by the GOP Tax Bill: M...