Jeff Bezos | No Thank You, Mr. Pecker

08 February 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Why Is Supporting RSN So Important?: RSN keeps the pressure directly on the problem consistently. The environment, healthcare, money in politics, jobs, the upcoming elections, you name it we are on it everyday. No matter how big the problem, no matter how insurmountable it appears, we stay on the solution long term. RSN: Never More Important. Thank you for your support! / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Jeff Bezos | No Thank You, Mr. Pecker  Jeff Bezos, Medium Bezos writes: "Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn't just unusual - it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse. Or at least that's what the top people at the National Enquirer thought." READ MORE Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker. (photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) After Fight Over Subpoena, Whitaker to Testify Before House Panel Friday Reuters Excerpt: "U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Thursday that acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will testify on Friday, after he threatened not to show up following the panel's warning that it could subpoena him." READ MORE Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Reuters) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sheds Tears as She Calls to Defund ICE Jessica Kwong, Newsweek Kwong writes: "Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday called on Congress to cut funding to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and accused the agency of criminalizing Latinos in the United States, which she called 'native land.'" READ MORE Will Schuller, who has Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome. (photo: NBC News) Family Outraged Over Drug Company Jacking Up Price of Life-Changing Treatment From Free to $375,000 a Year Ben Kesslen, NBC News Kesslen writes: "There is a drug to treat LEMS that up until recently was free for patients through an FDA program called 'compassionate use.'" READ MORE Protester holds sign calling for reuniting of children separated from their parents by the Trump administration. (photo: Reuters) An Asylum Seeker's Quest to Get Her Toddler Back Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker Stillman writes: "New video footage shows the emotional toll of ongoing family separations." READ MORE U.N. special rapporteur Agnes Callamard outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on January 29. (photo: Cemal Yurttas/AP) Saudi Arabia 'Curtailed and Undermined' Investigation Into Khashoggi's Killing, UN Expert Says Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post Fahim writes: "The U.N. human rights expert leading an independent inquiry into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi said Thursday that Saudi Arabia had 'seriously curtailed and undermined' Turkey's attempts to investigate Khashoggi's killing in the Saudi Consulate in October." READ MORE A girl takes a drink from a water fountain. (photo: iStock) For Detroit Students, Water Fountains Are Health Hazards Nexus Media Excerpt: "For the last six months, the nearly 50,000 students enrolled in Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have not been able to use the drinking fountains." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation