Charles Pierce | I'm Not Sure We're Ready for the Chaos That Will Follow the Midterms

16 October 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO SAVE RSN - We’ve taken quite a beating on funding over  the past several months. Clearly it is taking  it’s toll. RSN is here and strong, but it is and  has always been dependent on a basic  operating budget. That’s fallen off sharply  in recent months. The situation is bad. /  Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | I'm Not Sure We're Ready for the Chaos That Will Follow the Midterms  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "Over the weekend, there were a couple of ominous, if overlooked, statements from Republican officials touching on the upcoming midterm elections." READ MORE Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty Images) Emily Jane Fox | "He Is Trying to Make It Right": As the Midterms Approach, Michael Cohen Is Doubling Down on His Civic Duty Emily Jane Fox, Vanity Fair Fox writes: "Despite having no formal cooperation agreement with the government, Cohen has willingly assisted and provided information critical to several ongoing investigations." READ MORE Voters at a polling precinct. (photo: Getty Images) Nate Silver | 2018 House Forecast Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight Excerpt: "How various breakdowns in the national popular vote correspond to the most likely distributions of House seats by party, according to our forecast." READ MORE Vietnam's government has scrapped plans to allow independent trade unions and unleashed its most severe clampdown on dissent in decades. (photo: WP) How Trump's Decision on TPP Has Set Back Democracy in Vietnam Simon Denyer and David Nakamura, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Vietnam had promised more workers' rights. Without the TPP, it has instead unleashed a crackdown." READ MORE Kamala Harris (D-CA), accompanied by Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2018, in Washington. (photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP) Kamala Harris, Cory Booker Lead Charge to Advance Anti-Lynching Law in Senate Clarissa Hamlin, News One Hamlin writes: "All three of the nation's Black senators won a victory Thursday in the ongoing battle to criminalize lynching-related offenses for the first time in American history." READ MORE 'The way the war is waged has systematically choked civilians by making less food available and affordable to millions of people.' (photo: Abdullkareem Alayashy) Civilians in Yemen Are Not Starving, They Are Being Starved Jan Egeland, Norwegian Refugee Council Egeland writes: "Let it be known that the worst famine on our watch is wholly manmade by Yemen's conflict parties and their international sponsors." READ MORE Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in Charlotte Bay, Antarctic peninsula. (photo: Christian Åslund/Greenpeace) Javier Bardem | I've Seen the Antarctic's Untouched Beauty. There's Still Time to Protect It Javier Bardem, Guardian UK Bardem writes: "This area still remains one of the least-touched regions on the planet. Right now, we have an opportunity to protect it." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation