Rebecca Gordon | Middle East Alliances, Old and New: Confronting "That Part of the World"

22 July 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IMMENSELY VALUABLE - Friends, I have found this news service to be immensely valuable as I try to keep up with the world. They are hurting for donations. I just sent them a few pennies. Perhaps you could as well. Thanks. / Chris, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Rebecca Gordon | Middle East Alliances, Old and New: Confronting "That Part of the World"  Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Gordon writes: "My father and I always had a tacit agreement: 'We will never speak of That Part of the World.'" READ MORE Brett Kavanaugh, the supreme court nominee, said that the ruling which marked limits on a president's ability to withhold information needed for a criminal prosecution, may have been wrong. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Supreme Court Pick Called Nixon Watergate Tapes Ruling 'Erroneous' Associated Press Excerpt: "Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided." READ MORE Maria Butina. (photo: AP) Russian Billionaire With US investments Backed Alleged Agent Maria Butina, According to a Person Familiar With Her Senate Testimony Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post Helderman writes: "Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged in federal court last week with acting as an unregistered agent of her government, received financial support from Konstantin Nikolaev, a Russian billionaire with investments in U.S. energy and technology companies, according to a person familiar with testimony she gave Senate investigators." READ MORE Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) Chicago Detention Facility Under Investigation Following Allegations of Abuse of Migrant Children Morgan Gstalter, The Hill Gstalter writes: "An Illinois shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents at the southern border is under federal investigation for allegations of child abuse." READ MORE Gretchen Carlson and Roger Ailes. (photo: Bryan Anselm/Redux/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) 'An Insult to Women': Newly Hired Ex-Fox Exec Fuels New Turmoil at White House Sabrina Siddiqui, Guardian UK Siddiqui writes: "When the White House announced the hiring of the former Fox News co-president Bill Shine this month, the former anchor Gretchen Carlson offered a caustic response." READ MORE At least 500,000 people identify as transgender in Pakistan. (photo: Alia Chughtai/Al Jazeera) Pakistan: Transgender Citizens Claim Law Protecting Rights Not Implemented Alia Chughtai, Al Jazeera Chughtai writes: "When Pakistan goes to the polls on July 25, there will be 25 transgender citizens acting as election monitors in 18 constituencies, with the Free and Fair Election Network." READ MORE Electric Vehicle charging station in Port Orford, Oregon. (photo: Erika Lundahl) The West Coast Electric Highway Enables Zero Emission Road Trips Erika Lundahl, YES! Magazine Lundahl writes: "The West Coast Electric Highway - one of the longest electrified corridors in the world - is demonstrating that electric vehicles are here for the long haul." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation