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17 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News YES IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTRIBUTE: Simple reason: You, not some far removed funder built Reader Supported News. Most of you have been here for years. You know the drill, you know how we survive. You are here. You have the option at just $10./mo to skip the fundraisers entirely. Jump in here and help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | NRA Proposes Having Second Armed Teacher in Every Classroom to Stop First Armed Teacher From Misfiring  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Hours after an armed teacher in a Northern California classroom fired a gun and injured a student, the head of the National Rifle Association proposed placing a second armed teacher in every classroom, to shoot the first armed teacher before he or she can do harm." READ MORE Donald Trump. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Former FBI Deput...

12 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News CONTINUE CHIDING US TO CONTRIBUTE - I truly don't believe enough have quite figured out HOW much they need RSN … if they hope to see past the brainwashing of an amoral, corporate-owned media oligopoly. Maybe I should just speak for myself, and say I need RSN in a major way. Seems like even our formerly quite progressive NPR-affiliate has now "gone lame" on us. By the way, the post-article "comments" have become ever-more important to me in recent months. They're oftentimes superb! Continue chiding us to contribute. I'm sure it's vitally necessary -- if not much fun. Thanks so much … Robert in SEA Sure, I'll make a donation! Masha Gessen | The Women's March, Louis Farrakhan, and the Disease of American Political Life  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Gessen writes: "Of all the news from which one can get a sinking feeling this week, my brain chooses two....

02 March 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FOCUS: Armed 'Teacher of the Year' Opens Fire in School  Michael Daly, The Daily Beast Daly writes: "A considerable number of the Dalton students who were thrown into an understandable panic by the gunshot on Wednesday were quick to offer their opinion of the notion that Trump shares with the NRA." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Most popular right now Trump stops short of full endorsement of gun proposals Lawmakers say the fate of any firearms restrictions after the Florida school shooting rests with the president. By Mike DeBonis  •   Read more » Trump said he would charge a gunman. Here’s what he’s actually done in the face of danger. Five Vietnam draft deferments. Ducking when rushed. Shrinking from an eagle. For all his talk, the president is not big on public displays of bravery. By Eli Rosenberg  •    Read more »   A Georgia Republican’s threat to Delta: Stop boycotting the NRA, or you won’t get your tax break After Delta cuts ties with NRA, Georgia conservatives threaten to kill a bill that until recently, was widely supported. By Marwa Eltagouri  •    Read more »   PowerPost •  Analysis The Daily 202: Trump gets a seminar on feder...