Jamil Smith | The NRA Is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina

23 July 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News LECTURING YOU ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: I’m always happy to lecture on community involvement and its direct consequence, community empowerment. One dollar the community spends funding its own interest is worth a thousand spent by the 1% to deny the public good. Plant some seed money here and watch it grow - for you. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Jamil Smith | The NRA Is Awfully Quiet About Maria Butina  Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone Smith writes: "Why won't the NRA comment on the arrest of the gun rights activist and accused Russian agent?" READ MORE Mike Pence. (photo: Cengiz Yar/AFP/Getty Images) Pence's Anti-Abortion Law Could Upend Roe v. Wade Jennifer Haberkorn, Politico Haberkorn writes: "An anti-abortion law Vice President Mike Pence signed as governor of Indiana could become the case that lets the Supreme Court reshape abortion rights as soon as next year." READ MORE Voters. (photo: Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters) The Washington Post Editorial Board | Surprise, Maryland - Your Election Contractor Has Ties to Russia The Washington Post Editorial Board Excerpt: "Senior officials revealed that an Internet technology company with which the state contracts to hold electronic voting information is connected to a Russian oligarch who is 'very close' to Russian President Vladimir Putin." READ MORE Georgia Republican lawmaker Jason Spencer and Sasha Baron Cohen. (photo: Showtime/YouTube) Sacha Baron Cohen Gets GOP Lawmaker to Scream N-Word and Expose Himself on Air Rafi Schwartz, Splinter News Schwartz writes: "Longtime Georgia Republican lawmaker Jason Spencer has threatened to sue Showtime after he chose to shout the N-word and expose himself to the world on camera, thanks to some gentle encouragement by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen."  READ MORE Miami Beach, Florida. (photo: Jimmy Smith/Flickr) The Return of the Super-Elite Meagan Day, Jacobin Day writes: "New research reveals inequality levels not seen in a century - and it shows where these new super-elites live, too." READ MORE A bloody military campaign that started last August forced some 700,000 of the effectively stateless minority over the border into Bangladesh, where they have recounted allegations of rape and extrajudicial killings. (photo: AFP) Army of Buddhist Burma Made 'Systematic' Crackdown Plan for Muslim Rohingyas AFP Excerpt: "Myanmar's military engaged in 'extensive and systematic' preparations for a bloody crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, a rights group said Thursday, in a damning new report that it says justifies a genocide investigation." READ MORE Fighting fire with ... goats? (photo: Tamara Harney) US West Learns to Live With Heightened Threat of Wildfire Amanda Paulson, The Christian Science Monitor Excerpt: "An early wildfire season in the American West comes at a time when more people are building near fire-prone wildlands. These new realities have forced communities to rethink the way they prepare for wildfire." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation