Juan Cole | Manafort's Plea Deal Is a Constitutional Crisis, We Just Don't Know It Yet

16 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NO YOU CAN'T HAVE IT FOR FREE: This is a Serious Struggle for Support. Make no mistake about it we are giving these funding drives everything we have now. No you can't have it for free. You can have something for free but it won't be something you control, it will be something that controls you. A lot of good sincere people support RSN. Don't just stand back and let them do it alone, work with them help them - build RSN. / Thank you. Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | Manafort's Plea Deal Is a Constitutional Crisis, We Just Don't Know It Yet  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Trump's campaign manager April-August of 2016, Paul Manafort has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring against the United States. In return for a reduction of his sentence he must answer fully and candidly all the questions asked him by special counsel Robert Mueller and his team about criminal wrongdoing." READ MORE Rising floodwaters in Wilmington, North Carolina. (photo: Quartz) Florence: At Least Eleven Deaths Reported as Storm Slogs Across Carolinas Brady Dennis and Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Tropical Depression Florence, which made landfall as a hurricane on Friday, has deluged parts of the North Carolina coastline with torrential and historic amounts of rain." READ MORE Medicare for all has become a part of mainstream discourse, and public support of the idea has soared. (photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific/Barcrof) Universal Healthcare Was Unthinkable in America, but Not Any More Adam Gaffney, Guardian UK Gaffney writes: "Obama's announcement, then, was yet one more indication that this idea - also called single-payer healthcare - had migrated to the mainstream." READ MORE Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Friday morning. (photo: David Goldman/AP) 'I Can't Afford to Leave My Home': Evacuating Too Costly for Some in Path of Hurricane Florence Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK Laughland writes: "There was only one building at the Sandygate Village boarded up with plywood as the first gusts from Hurricane Florence punched through this 104-unit housing complex: the landlord's office." READ MORE Unemployed residents secure both work and food from the Unemployment Cooperative Relief Association in Los Angeles, California. Circa 1932. (photo: Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images) What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-Ops Jonathan Rowe, YES! Magazine Rowe writes: "Not long before, America had been a farming nation. When times were tough, there was still the land. But the country was becoming increasingly urban. People were dependent on this thing called 'the economy' and the financial casino to which it was yoked." READ MORE Aziz Abu Sarah said he is 'putting Israel to the test.' (photo: Jaclynn Ashly/Al Jazeera) Meet the Palestinian Calling Bluff on Israeli Democracy Jaclynn Ashly, Al Jazeera Ashly writes: "Palestinian in occupied East Jerusalem is breaking boundaries by suing the Israeli government in hopes of becoming the first Palestinian to run for mayor in Israel's municipal elections in Jerusalem next month." READ MORE Roundup by Monsanto. (photo: Getty Images) House Republicans Look to Overturn Glyphosate Bans Environmental Working Group Excerpt: "More than 50 city and county ordinances banning the use of the toxic weed killer glyphosate on local playgrounds, parks and schoolyards could be overturned by a provision championed by House Republicans in their version of the farm bill, an EWG analysis found." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation