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22 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News SWITCHING TO EMERGENCY MODE ON DONATIONS - We have 4 days of fundraising left this month and we are nowhere near making our budget. We are going to have to stop the train and focus solely of bringing in the relatively few donations we need to function. The show will not go on without funding. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | The Trump Takeover of the Courts Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog Reich writes: "Trump's most lasting legacy might be his impact on the federal court system. It must be stopped." READ MORE Recently arrived migrant families rest at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty) ALSO SEE:  Detained Immigrants Are Being Held in Cells for 22 Hours a Day in Federal Prisons Members of Congress Are Worried the Administration Won't Be Able to...

21 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE STILL HAVE A VERY SERIOUS SHORTFALL FOR MAY - The May funding-drive is still well behind where it should be at this point, despite an increase in actual donations. We need a couple of “reasonable” fundraising days ASAP. Can you help? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Jeffrey Toobin | Will the Fervor to Impeach Donald Trump Start a Democratic Civil War?  Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker Toobin writes: "A push to remove the President from office may lead to disaster in the midterms." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

14 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHY THE DRAMA ON FUNDRAISING? For Reader Supported News to function we need about 700 donations @ $30. At this point for April we have about 160 of those. It isn't rocket science, it's just fundraising. To finish we need 550 donations at $30. 550 people come to RSN every 30 minutes. Fundraising drives do not need to be this difficult. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | This Might Be the Charge That Leads to Trump's Impeachment  Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page Reich writes: "Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing a report on Trump's repeated attempts to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation, according to NBC News." READ MORE President Trump receiving a briefing on Monday from military leaders at the White House. (photo: Tom Brenner/NYT) THIS SAYS IT ALL:  "...No lesson of history i...

Defeat is inevitable. Everybody knows it, even Trump Washington’s legal immune system is about to expel an infection from the body politic LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV 01.27.2018 I remember the day I first realized that Richard Nixon was doomed and one way or another would be removed from office. It was deep in the winter of 1974, I had been working for months on my own little corner of the Watergate story, and I was on Capitol Hill to meet one of the deputy counsels on the Senate Watergate Committee. I had been given an address on Capitol Hill for their offices, and when I arrived there I found myself standing outside an old movie theater. I was confused. This was supposed to be the office of the  Senate Watergate Committee ! I stopped somebody on the street and showed them my notebook where I had written down the address and asked them if I was in the right place. Yes, the passerby said. You’re at the right place. They’re right in there. I entered through the theater...

Dear Friend, Full-blown panic, chaos and rage are being reported after all Hawaiians received emergency alerts on their cell phones, televisions and radios Saturday morning warning that a ballistic missile attack was imminent. Richard Oxman writes, "The recent “mistake” in Hawaii which sent many people running for cover, as if they could actually protect themselves from an incoming ballistic missile from North Korea pushed my envelope on several counts. It’s too early to have a handle on all of the important variables at the moment, but I can ask a few questions" The GOP-controlled House of Representatives is prohibiting Members of Congress from discussing impeachment of President Trump, when they give speeches on the Floor of the House. Tomorrow is MLK Day. Edward Curtin writes, "As Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated with a national holiday, his death day disappears down the memory hole. Across the country – in response to the King Holiday an...