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19 June 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE ON CONTRIBUTIONS: While we have made some progress on the June funding drive in the past 48 hours, we are still well short of our goal. If everyone pulls together, we can finish quickly. If you have not donated recently, please throw something in the hat. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Marc Ash | Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie, Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News Ash writes: "We are at a moment in history where we can once again live with the lies and wait for it to pass, or confront our destiny on our own terms." READ MORE Zinke Linked to Real Estate Deal With Halliburton Chairman Ben Lefebvre and Nick Juliano, Politico Excerpt: "A foundation established by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and headed by his wife is playing a key role ...

17 June 18 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! Jill Abramson | Now We Know the Outrageous Scale of the Trumps' White House Dividend  Jill Abramson, Guardian UK Abramson writes: "I'm feeling nostalgic for Hillary's Goldman Sachs speaking fees. Remember when we got our ethical knickers in a twist over Clinton's $225,000 (£170,000) Wall Street speeches?" READ MORE Roger Stone. (photo: Bridget Mulcahy/Politico) EXCERPT: The meeting took place two months earlier than federal officials have said a counterintelligence operation wa...

Trump is losing the debate over splitting up immigrant families Speaker Ryan 'not comfortable with' families being separated at the border   BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: Thursday was a tipping point in the debate over President Trump’s policy of separating children from their undocumented parents at the border, as GOP lawmakers distanced themselves and conservative faith leaders mobilized their flocks against it. Republicans might be able to win political fights over “sanctuary cities,” the border wall and the president referring to Hispanic gang members as “animals.” But party strategists privately acknowledge they will not be able to prevail in a messaging war over whether it’s a good idea to take kids away from their folks, especially against the backdrop of dramatic visuals and a stream of relatable stories about traumatized young people being housed in shelters. This policy...