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22 April 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL FUNDRAISING - You can rest 100% assured that if the pace of donations were anything even approaching reasonable we would be taking a much softer tone. More people keep coming and fewer people keep contributing. Situation very bad now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Tim Dickinson | The Divine Paranoia of Scott Pruitt  Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone Dickinson writes: "Scott Pruitt is at the center of a political firestorm that may see him removed from the Trump administration. It's a stark turn of events for the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who has seen himself as on a mission from God." READ MORE Colin Kaepernick. (photo: AP) Colin Kaepernick Receives a Humanitarian Prize - but No NFL Job Offers Stephanie Griffith, ThinkProgress   Griffith writes: "He can't get an NFL team to hire him, b...

18 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RAISE MY DONATION - It breaks my heart that RSN has to struggle for donations when they're one of the only completely trustworthy news sources available. If you're already a monthly donor, I challenge you to raise the amount you give. If I can do it, you can do it. / Betsey, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Jonathan Chait | Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert Mueller  Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine Chait writes: "A history professor of mine once attempted to explain to our class why Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, when the virtual impossibility of a land invasion of a country as vast as Russia was already well known in 1941." READ MORE Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. (photo: AP) Russia Investigation May Turn to Ivanka Trump as Mueller Examines Empire Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Guardian UK Kirchgaessner writes: "Ivanka Tr...

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Keeping up with politics is easy now By Amber Phillips Like any normal week in the Trump administration, there isn't just one massive story taking us into the weekend. There are three, or four, or half a dozen. And since I only have five minutes-ish of your time, let me boil down three of the biggest stories by attempting to answer three pressing questions: Will Jared Kushner survive at the White House? Can the economy survive a trade war? What is the FBI accused of doing wrong this time? 1. Will Jared Kushner survive at the White House? White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in November. (Evan Vucci/AP) President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law didn't just have a bad week; he had a potentially career-ending one. Kushner can no longer read top-secret documents,  like the Presidential Daily Briefing, bec...