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RSN: Rebecca Gordon | Want to Bring Down Trump? Follow the People Who Follow the Money

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01 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Rebecca Gordon | Want to Bring Down Trump? Follow the People Who Follow the Money  Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Gordon writes: "Maybe bookkeepers and accountants deserve a little more respect. They're often the ones who actually bring down corrupt officials through dogged attention to those 'irrelevant' distractions." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Jelani Cobb | Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Fifty Years After His Death

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01 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Jelani Cobb | Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Fifty Years After His Death  Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker Cobb writes: "Occasionally, a particular year transcends its function as a temporal marker to become shorthand for all the tumult that occurred within its parameters." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Progressive Breakfast: Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children

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MORNING MESSAGE Richard Eskow Death by Inequality: Poverty and Racism Are Killing America’s Children A new report concludes 600,000 American children have died for no reason over 50 years. Thousands more will die this year, and next year, and the year after that. This is our nations real “death tax”: It’s a tax on poverty, race, and powerlessness. It’s paid with the lives of our innocents. Government Shutdown Enters Third Day Government shutdown goes into Monday as Senate inches toward deal. NYT: “Senators failed on Sunday to reach an agreement to end the government shutdown, ensuring that hundreds of thousands of federal employees would be furloughed Monday morning even as the outlines of a potential compromise came into focus. For much of the day, feverish work by a bipartisan group of senators offered a reason for cautious optimism that a deal could be reached soon. By Sunday night, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, moved to delay until noon M...

This & that.....

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Republicans have no interest in reducing POVERTY that costs us dearly.   Bill Bowring 's  post . ·  Bill Bowring December 9, 2017  ·    Freethinkers United For Change 's  post . Freethinkers United For Change  is with  Kim Staack Read . January 16  ·  CORRECTION: - *Illegal Immigrants *Budget Surplus is $6.2 Billion for 2018 Projection was reduced due to fires. Freethinkers United For Change

Shithole Countries?

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Alan Dorchak

Week of December 25, 2017

Intrepid Report Newsletter We cannot keep publishing without your help. We have no paywalls or ads. Nor do we receive corporate or foundation funding. All we have is you to keep us publishing.  We  rely  on you to help us  pay our monthly expenses. So please Donate   Tuesday No joy to the world this holiday season By Stephen Lendman How can there be joy with Washington and its imperial allies waging war on humanity, raping and destroying countries, responsible for millions of casualties post-9/11 alone? Does capitalism work? By Dave Alpert In the United States, one of the world’s wealthiest nations, 41 million people are living in poverty Freedom Rider: Alabama and the duopoly trap By Margaret Kimberley The electoral process has changed very little for black people. At this late date in history our highest political expectations still amount to little more than keeping hardcore racists out of office. Any other victories a...