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11 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News JUSTICE MUST HAVE A VOICE - You can’t solve problems or change things if the propaganda of oppression goes un-countered. We counter oppressive propaganda and we do it with the budget you provide us. What could be more honest? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Masha Gessen | Taking Children From Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Gessen writes: "Hostage-taking is an instrument of terror. Capturing family members, especially children, is a tried-and-true instrument of totalitarian terror." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

11 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News We Are Quite Serious About Funding - With funding you have Reader Supported News. Without it you don’t. It’s just as stark and real as any problem we face. Challenge we must. Challenge we will. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Garrison Keillor | Nobel Prizes and Perfectionists  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "The Swedish Academy's decision to not award the Nobel Prize in Literature this spring hit me hard, of course." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Trump reassures anxious hawks that he’s willing to walk away from North Korea talks Watch Trump's full speech in Indiana BY JAMES HOHMANN with Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: President Trump used an Indiana rally Thursday to soothe conservative fears that he’s going to make too many concessions to the North Koreans. “I think it’s going to be a very big success,” Trump said of the June 12 summit in Singapore with Kim Jong Un. “But my attitude is: If it isn’t, it isn’t. Okay? If it isn’t, it isn’t. … You have to (say) that, because you don’t know.” Everyone is excited about the homecoming of the three American prisoners, but   there’s growing anxiety in the national security firmament that the president might be too hungry for a big win.  Trump has appeared intoxicated at times by the possibility he could win the Nobel Peace Prize and relishes the chants of “Nobel” that have become standard fare at his rallies. He’...