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Bernie Sanders: DCCC Attacks in Texas 'Absolutely Unacceptable'

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11 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE HERE TO BE ENTERTAINED, GO HOME NOW: RSN is about change. It’s what we do on a day-to-day basis. This is a place notions are challenged and barriers to progress are broken down. If you are just looking to read free articles, you have other options. If you want to be a part of something that makes a difference – take part. We need your support. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bernie Sanders: DCCC Attacks in Texas 'Absolutely Unacceptable'  Devan Cole, CNN Cole writes: "The Democratic House primary in the Houston area has become a stand-in for the broader battle within the party between progressives, who backed Sanders, and members of the establishment." READ MORE Fred Guttenberg, father of student Jaime Guttenberg, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Wednesday. (photo: UPI/Barcroft Images) 'I'm Not Going Aw...

Mort Rosenblum | "Bastille" Is Not French for Bullshit

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10 February 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News YOUR WONDERFUL AND INDISPENSABLE WORK: I am in full support of RSN and have found it immensely helpful in keeping abreast of our body politic from a perspective which is not driven by money but by the appeal to truth and accountability among all the institutions of our government as well as among all of us who are citizens of this country and world. I have sent what is for me a significant contribution to you. I hope that your cause will not only survive but thrive in the months and years ahead, because I for one am fully convinced that we as citizens need what you provide. Thank you. / Donovan L., Ph. D., RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Mort Rosenblum | "Bastille" Is Not French for Bullshit    Mort Rosenblum, Mort Report   Rosenblum writes: "The old saw, monkey-see-monkey-do, is hard to avoid as Donald Trump plans to ape France's Bastille Day parade. H...

Bob Bauer | The Demagogue as President: Speech, Action and the Big Parade

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10 February 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News HOW RSN IS RESCUED BY THE FEW - Each day - somehow - RSN is literally rescued by a handful of donors. Sometimes they are very small donors and sometimes much larger. But it's always a "few people" that take a moment out of their day to lend their support. Join them, they can't do it alone. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bob Bauer | The Demagogue as President: Speech, Action and the Big Parade    Bob Bauer, Lawfare   Bauer writes: "We are constantly confronted with the question of how seriously to take the president's words. By one interpretation, not so much: His verbal excesses and outrages should not be confused with action."   READ MORE Rachel Brand. (photo: Melina Mara/WP) In an Ominous Sign for the Mueller Investigation, Number 3 at DOJ Resigns   Carrie Johnson and Jessica Taylor, NPR   Excerpt: "The...

The Post Most: The White House’s Rob Porter debacle is a sign of incompetence or hubris — or both

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Most popular right now The Fix •  Analysis The White House’s Rob Porter debacle is a sign of incompetence or hubris — or both How in the world did the White House issue those glowing initial statements about Porter? By Aaron Blake  •   Read more » Ben Carson, or the tale of the disappearing Cabinet secretary The best-known Trump appointee quietly grapples with his conflicting sense of mission at HUD and long-held beliefs about government. By Ben Terris  •    Read more » Opinion Explain the Rob Porter story. Any of it. The departing White House aide’s ex-wives accuse him of abuse. By Ruth Marcus  •    Read more » Sweeping budget deal would add more than $500 billion in federal spending, end months of partisan wrangling The move came amid rising fury from Democrats angry the agreement lacked protections for young immigrants who could soon be at risk for deportation...