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RSN: Shaun King | How Bernie Sanders Evolved on Criminal Justice Reform

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14 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ONE TIME DONATIONS - The one-time donations are the subject of the progress bar. There’s a reason for that. The monthly donations are great but they’re prone to a high failure rate. When we reach our goal on the one time and new donations, that is the sure-fire remedy. It ensures that we have an operating budget and it also ensures that we have new monthly donations coming in as some of the older ones fail, and they do. When we say “donate” we mean hit that link in the mailer and make a donation. That’s what’s required. Thank you for a great publication. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Shaun King | How Bernie Sanders Evolved on Criminal Justice Reform  Shaun King, The Intercept King writes: "Many years ago, an editor gave me some sage but surprising advice. He told me not to meet face-to-face with politicians. He said although I...

RSN: Charles Pierce | Rand Paul Is a Sheep in Sheep's Clothing

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06 May 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Charles Pierce | Rand Paul Is a Sheep in Sheep's Clothing  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "There is a kind of odd, and apparently endless, fascination with Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentucky, which manifests itself on those occasions when Senator Aqua Buddha behaves like every other opportunistic omadhaun in his chosen line of work." READ MORE Less than a month before he became the Republican nominee for president in 2016, Donald Trump celebrated the grand reopening of Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland. (photo: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg) As the 'King of Debt,' Trump Borrowed to Build His Empire. Then He Began Spending Hundreds of Millions in Cash. Jonathan O'Connell, David A. Fahrenthold and Jack Gillum, The Washington Post Excerpt: "In the nine years before he ran for president, Donald Trump's company spent more than $400 ...

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WARREN’s Boston stop — Criminal justice reform hits BAKER’s desk — The state Senate spat

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WARREN’s Boston stop — Criminal justice reform hits BAKER’s desk — The state Senate spat 4/05/2018 07:03 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS.  And happy Red Sox home opener. WARREN IN BOSTON -  Sen. Elizabeth Warren heads to Boston today for her first moderated town hall - and first town hall in Boston since 2016. The senior senator will take to the stage in the Boston Teachers Union hall to field questions from the Dorchester Reporter's News Editor Jenn Smith, followed by a question and answer period with submitted questions. It's a slightly different format for the former professor, who's used to holding court from the stage. It allows her to control the run of show herself - and a sign the senator could be venturing out of her comfort zone of carefully contained public events. Warren has become a veteran o...

MASSterList: Worse than thought? | Reverse commuting | JOB BOARD MONDAY

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 03/26/2018 Worse than thought? | Reverse commuting | JOB BOARD MONDAY Happening Today MassWorks Infrastructure, MBTA Control Board and more --  Jane Doe Inc.,  the Massachusetts coalition against sexual assault and domestic violence, holds a day of action to ask lawmakers to support its legislative and funding priorities, Great Hall, 9:30 a.m. -- Gov.  Charlie Baker  will join Boston Mayor  Marty Walsh  and local officials for a MassWorks Infrastructure Program celebration, AMC South Bay 12, 95 Allstate Road, Dorchester, 11 a.m. -- Director of VA Boston Healthcare System  Vincent Ng  welcomes veterans and families of the Vietnam War to the V...