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RSN: Charles Pierce | The President* Is Tap Dancing on the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution

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16 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED A FEW DONORS WHO BELIEVE THIS CAN BE BETTER - Reader Supported News has exceeded all expectations. The funding however is a long range nightmare. Using this formula we will never be rich. It's just not a process designed for wealth accumulation. The object is “stability” and adequate funds to fight for what we fight for every day. We have to turn the fundraising around. It's imperative. A few committed individuals is all it will take to make RSN great. Be a part of this. It is working. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | The President* Is Tap Dancing on the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "Over the weekend, you may recall, the president* leaped onto the electric Twitter machine to announce that the United States would be helping Chinese communications giant ZTE find relief from hi...

RSN: Spike Lee: Trump Is a 'Motherf*cker' for Refusing to Condemn Nazis and KKK

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16 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS MORNING SO FAR "2" PEOPLE HAVE DONATED - More than 10,000 have come, "2" have taken a moment to make a donation to sustain "Reader Supported News." This cannot happen without reasonable support. Flummoxed. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS | Spike Lee: Trump Is a 'Motherf*cker' for Refusing to Condemn Nazis and KKK  Rebecca Keegan, Vanity Fair Keegan writes: "Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman electrified the Cannes Film Festival with a comic-tragic retelling of the incredible true-life story of Ronald Stallworth (John David Washington), a black Colorado police detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the early 1970s." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Recovery in the SENATE — Red flag amendment’s NRA ties — LYNCH floats independent UMass Boston

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Recovery in the SENATE — Red flag amendment’s NRA ties — LYNCH floats independent UMass Boston 05/16/2018 07:23 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  (ldezenski@politico.com; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths (bgriffiths@politico.com; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. SENATE RECOVERY CONTINUES —  The state Senate, still picking up the pieces after the sexual harassment scandal surrounding former Senate President  Stan Rosenberg 's husband  Bryon Hefner , is now moving to strengthen its own policies around the issue. This comes after a  report issued by a special Senate committee reviewing sexual harassment policies and procedures   recommending that the Senate begin by creating protections for interns and clear reporting guidelines for lobbyists who may have concerns around an incident — including treating interns as employees to ensure the Senate's anti-harassment policy applies to them as well. It also calls on the Senate to forma...

RSN: Juan Cole | Can Palestinians Be Killed? Can Israelis Kill Them? Or Do They Only "Die"?

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15 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS IS A PROCESS YOU CAN KILL THROUGH INDIFFERENCE - Reader Supported News is at its core and must be sustained by the Readers, public funding. If you are going to truly serve the public interest then you must have public support. You like the dedication to your interest. But many of you want to skip the support. That can, ultimately will kill, this process. True power comes from the many, not from the few. In Peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | Can Palestinians Be Killed? Can Israelis Kill Them? Or Do They Only "Die"?  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Social media is being scathing about the diction chosen by the New York Times, CNN and even the Guardian to speak of the some 55 peacefully protesting Palestinians whom Israeli snipers cold-bloodedly shot dead on Monday." READ MORE Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a f...

RSN: The New York Times Editorial Board | Trump's Failure in Jerusalem

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15 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FIGHTING HARD FOR A BUDGET FOR RSN: Take a look at how RSN has grown, it was all done with the support of our readers. No corporate money, no hidden financing. We built this. Take just a moment to hit the donation link and fund your voice. Sincere thanks to all. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: The New York Times Editorial Board | Trump's Failure in Jerusalem  The New York Times Editorial Board Excerpt: "On Monday President Trump delivered the embassy as a gift without concession or condition to the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu, and as a blow to the Palestinians." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation