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Party at the White House! (for the 1%)

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From Protest to Power Trump is hosting a huge celebration at the White House today for Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and GOP Members of Congress. They passed the biggest wealth transfer in American history -- from the poor, working and middle classes to the super rich. Trump and the GOP are emboldened. Want to ruin their party? There must be a political price to pay for the tax scam. If we can’t change the minds of GOP Members of Congress, then it’s time to change who is in office. The rich and big corporations are about to get what President Donald Trump called “a big beautiful Christmas present.” GOP politicians have sold their souls to pay back their billionaire donors. Wall Street is about to have a party at our expense even though two thirds of people know that the tax scam will help the rich instead of working and middle class families and the poor. Will you help us take back Congress in 2018? Our movement politics program is training and supporting hundreds of g...

Juan Cole | Yes, America, There Is a Class War, and You Just Lost It

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20 December 17 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News URGENT AND IMMEDIATE APPEAL FOR DONATIONS - At this stage we have little or nothing coming in at all. Traditionally, December has been our best fundraising month of the year. Instead we find ourselves in survival mode. If you are coming here, we need you to help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Juan Cole | Yes, America, There Is a Class War, and You Just Lost It    Juan Cole, Informed Comment   Cole writes: "The Republican Party did not just overhaul the tax code and they did not cut 'your' taxes. They engineered a coup against the middle and working classes and they threw enormous amounts of public money to private billionaires and multi-millionaires."   READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Tax Dollars spent to settle SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIMS Protecting PREDATORS?

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Think about it.....your tax dollars went to settle claims against ....WHO?  We should protect the victims of these creeps....why should we protect PREDATORS? Shouldn't  Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX] RESIGN? Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-Fla] gets no FREE pass! What else don't we know?    20 December 17 Urgent and Immediate Appeal for Donations At this stage, we have little or nothing coming in at all. Traditionally, December has been our best fundraising month of the year. Instead we find ourselves in survival mode. If you are coming here, we need you to help. Marc Ash Founder,  Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts, CA 95611 Senator Tim Kaine, D-VA, listens to testimony during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on  Capit...

Bill Moyers | Everything That's Tied Down Is Coming Loose

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20 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News TAKE THE TIME TO PRESERVE READER SUPPORTED NEWS: The main reason people do not donate is because it is inconvenient. They have to stop what they are doing, get out the credit card, and go through the donations process. If you respect and value what Reader Supported News does, please stop what you are doing for a moment get out the card and toss a little scratch. We do thank you, and more than that, we work for you. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Bill Moyers | Everything That's Tied Down Is Coming Loose    Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company   Moyers writes: "In his new play, Pulitzer-prize winning playwright Ayad Akhtar recalls the greed of the '80s and how we became a republic of consumers."   READ MORE Senate Passes GOP Tax Bill, Pushing It Closer to Trump's Desk   Jordain Carney, The Hill   Carney writes: "The Senate approve...

MASSterList 'Most politically connected' | Males beware | Bernard Law, RIP

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 12/20/2017 'Most politically connected' | Males beware | Bernard Law, RIP Happening Today   Tran swearing-in, Governor’s Council votes and more ...   -- Boston Mayor  Martin Walsh , Boston Planning and Development Agency director  Brian Golden and Mass Innovation Labs CEO  Amrit Chaudhuri  join Related Beal for a groundbreaking at the new Innovation Square, 6 Tide St., Boston, 10:30 a.m. -- Fitchburg’s  Dean Tran , after winning a special Senate election earlier this month, will be sworn in as the seventh Republican member of the Massachusetts Senate, with Gov.  Charlie Baker , Lt. Gov.  Karyn Polito , Acting Senate President  Harriette...