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Trump's Statements on Travel Ban Dominate Supreme Court Arguments "The president could have distanced himself [from his statements and tweets] but instead embraced them," Hogan Lovells...  Read More Splintered Supreme Court Shields Foreign Corporations From Alien Tort Statute The splintered 91-page decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank—Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority—narrows the reach of the...  Read More GLOBAL LAW FIRMS   |   NEWS Amid Mueller Probe, Gregory Craig Retires From Skadden By Brian Baxter The former White House counsel has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., as the firm's ties...  Read More How DC Firms Stack Up in the Am Law 100 All in all, it was a strong revenue year for big law firms in Washington and beyond.  Read More REGULATORY Trump's Tweets, Kennedy & More: What to Watch at Travel Ban Arguments By Marcia Coyle Four things to w...

Alex Ross | How American Racism Influenced Hitler

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23 April 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SO FAR TODAY $370 TOTAL - Who can help? We have literally thousands of people per hour coming to Reader Supported News, but we - must - pay the bills. Important! / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Alex Ross | How American Racism Influenced Hitler  Alex Ross, The New Yorker Ross writes: "The Nazis idolized many aspects of American society: the cult of sport, Hollywood production values, the mythology of the frontier." READ MORE United States House of Representatives chamber. (photo: Wikimedia Commons) Trump's 2019 Nightmare Drew Littman, Slate Littman writes: "You can see why Trump stops short of firing Mueller. If a rash decision to dispatch the special counsel costs Republicans their House majority, the president will subject himself to a ceaseless barrage of charges, confessions, and revelations." READ MORE Tom Perez, the ch...

Andy Borowitz | Bezos Says That When Pee Tape Is Released It Will Be Free for All Amazon Prime Members

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24 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News I HAD ENOUGH: Enough of lying politicians and yapping pundits. Enough of no real forums for the people to voice their opinions without name calling and fear of retribution. Enough chatter and lack of action. I also had enough to donate for my second time this month ... and took advantage of the situation for my own peace of mind. / Kelly, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Bezos Says That When Pee Tape Is Released It Will Be Free for All Amazon Prime Members  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, announced on Tuesday that when the purported 'pee tape' becomes available it will be offered free to all Amazon Prime members." READ MORE Dr. Ronny Jackson. (photo: AP) Trump's Favorite Doctor's Confirmation Put on Hold as Disturbing Allegations Swirl David Uberti, Splinter Uberti writes: "Dr. ...

Marcy Wheeler | Mueller's Entirely Redacted Three Bullets and a Theory of the Case

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24 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SIMPLE, SERIOUS PROBLEM: 500,000 VISITORS - 400 DONATIONS: We need 1% of you to respond and right now, you are not. 1%? There's no good excuse for that. That's an extremely low threshold. Many of you have been with us for nearly a decade, you know and understand what we do and how we do it. This is how we do it. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Marcy Wheeler | Mueller's Entirely Redacted Three Bullets and a Theory of the Case  Marcy Wheeler, Empty Wheel Wheeler writes: "In this post, I showed how the list of crimes for which Paul Manafort was being investigated mushroomed between the time FBI searched an Alexandria storage locker on May 27, 2017 and the time they searched his home using a no-knock warrant on July 27, 2017." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: WELD’s Libertarian boost — DENTAL compromise — PATRIOTS congratulate freed MEEK MILL

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WELD’s Libertarian boost — DENTAL compromise — PATRIOTS congratulate freed MEEK MILL 04/25/2018 07:09 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS . Don't forget that umbrella today. BILL WELD DOES A LIBERTARIAN THING -  Former Republican Gov.  Bill Weld  (and the Libertarian party's vice presidential candidate in 2016) heads to One Ashburton with Libertarian candidate for state auditor  Dan Fishman  to file Fishman's nomination signatures. Back in October Weld threw his support behind Fishman,  declaring  "A Libertarian in the auditor's office will demonstrate to the people that there is a critical role in government for people who can take office without owing any political favors." Weld has essentially kept a foot in both parties since the 2016 election - he  addressed  the  Libertarian Studen...