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25 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WHATEVER WE GAINED IN DECEMBER WILL BE LOST IN JANUARY - In December we made our goal of 33K for only the second time in the past year. January is turning out to be so bad that we will likely lose all that we gained and potentially much more. This community that we serve could easily turn this around in 48 to 72 hours. A few hundred donations is all that would take. In earnest. / Marc Ash -Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Tom Engelhardt | Creating an Empire of Graveyards? At the Circus With Donald Trump    Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch   Engelhardt writes: "Who could deny that much of the attention he's received has been based on the absurdity, exaggeration, unsettling clownishness of it all, right down to the zany crew of subsidiary clowns who have helped keep him pumped up and cable newsed in the Oval Office?"   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Be...

01/26/2018 07:08 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) TGIF, MASSACHUSETTS.  Sunny and clear with a high around freezing in Boston. DORCENA FORRY DEPARTURE SPARKS SPECIAL ELECTION -  State Sen.  Linda Dorcena Forry 's  surprise announcement  yesterday that she's leaving Beacon Hill for the private sector has ignited a burst of interest in a rare opening to represent Dorchester and South Boston - as well as host the storied St. Patrick's Day Breakfast. The seat itself will be filled in a special election - under Senate rules, the date for an election to fill a vacant seat must be announced within 20 days after the vacancy occurs. Because it'll be a special, look for the field to consist of more established figures, presumably those who already hold office. Why? They'll likely have more access to the money and resources needed to craft a serious bid...