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08 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FUNDING IS PRIORITY ONE - Funding is Priority one at this point. Reader Supported News continues to exceed all expectations for community based news. But we have to find a way to keep the project funded. Please make a donation if you can. Thanks to all in advance. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | How We Can Really Make America Great  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Washington Post Abdul-Jabbar writes: "America’s most dangerous enemy is not terrorism, war or immigration. The greatest threat to our country is ignorance." READ MORE Demonstrators rally in support for Obamacare. (photo: Getty) The Trump Administration Believes Obamacare’s Preexisting Conditions Protections Are Now Unconstitutional Dylan Scott, Vox Scott writes: "Insurers could once again deny people coverage based on their medical history, undoing the law...

08 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News AN EARLY SHOUT OUT TO OUR SUSTAINERS - With all the chasing around after the people who do not donate the people who actually donate and make Reader Supported News possible often get lost in the shuffle. That’s wrong. We, all of us who depend on RSN owe a debt of gratitude to those who actually do, stop and donate. With sincere gratitude and appreciation. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: John Kiriakou | Before You Give Your Computer to the Geek Squad  John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News Kiriakou writes: "The question remains whether Geek Squad employees are secretly working for the FBI. It appears that they are, and this would be a violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment guaranteeing due process." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on  Facebook  and  Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

CIVIL APPEALS Mick Mulvaney's CFPB Drops Case Against Mortgage Lender PHH Corp. By C. Ryan Barber The dismissal comes fives months after a Washington federal appeals court upheld the CFPB's power structure as constitutional...  Read More EMPLOYMENT COMPLIANCE   |   COMMENTARY As SCOTUS Abandons Workers, States, Cities Must Fill Void By Joanna Pearl Now more than ever, states and cities must play a role in fighting for the rights of workers and ensuring the most vulnerable...  Read More CIVIL APPEALS   |   NEWS DOJ Civil Chief, 3 Former SCOTUS Clerks Among Latest Trump Court Picks By Ellis Kim The president's 15th round of judicial nominations also included a slate of Big Law lawyers.  Read More CONTRACTS CVS, Best Buy End Job-Applicant Personality Tests Amid EEOC Probe By Erin Mulvaney The use of personality tests ballooned over the last decade, as companies tried to f...

07 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? WE BEGIN ANOTHER FUNDRAISER. - We have to find a way to raise a budget. In the case of Reader Supported News that has always been accomplished through reader donations. It’s not the economy, that appears strong, by means of Trump or Obama. However in either case these are not bad economic times. Our readership remains strong, people love what we do. But getting people to actually donate has become a real battle. It is a battle that we have no choice but to fight and win. We will. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | An Ode to the Feeble Corporate Apology  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "Three of America's biggest companies - Facebook, Wells Fargo and Uber - have been offering up vague apologies via television commercials in recent weeks. If you watch the Cavs-Dubs game tonight, you'll proba...

07 June 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN: William Boardman | Trump Weaponizes Pardon Power: Scorched Earth Campaign Against Law  William Boardman, Reader Supported News Boardman writes: "When the target is Hillary Clinton, what's wrong with abuse of power?" READ MORE Republicans Stop Democrats From Intensifying Investigation Into Scott Pruitt's Ever-Growing Scandals Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress Mandel writes: "House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon blocked an effort by Democrats to increase funding for the agency's watchdog, which is tasked with investigating the many scandals surrounding agency administrator Scott Pruitt." READ MORE ACLU Sues Over Plans for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Associated Press Excerpt: "Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census." READ MORE New Mexico Could Elect Firs...