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Masha Gessen | How Donald Trump Degrades Us All

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16 January 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THESE DISASTROUSLY POOR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS - These numbers are - far - below what we normally can depend on. We have to confront this head-on. Really need your attention to donations now. The situation is quite bad. Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Masha Gessen | How Donald Trump Degrades Us All  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker   Gessen writes: "Five and a half years ago, I filed a story for the Times in which I used the word 'dickhead.' I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word."   READ MORE ive and a half years ago, I filed a  story  for the Times in which I used the word “dickhead.” I had met with Vladimir Putin, and he had used that word. The Times struck it from the story. I disagreed with the decision, because I thought that Putin’s use of the word conveyed important information, but such was the Gray Lady’s p...