Masha Gessen | The Dangerous Bullying of Ilhan Omar

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16 April 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News READER SUPPORTED NEWS WANTS YOU: If you never or almost never contribute we want you to join the people who do. They’re just like you. They work just as hard and are just as deserving. This is "Reader Supported News,” it’s what we do. We use community support to challenge the media machine. Chip in and watch it work. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Masha Gessen | The Dangerous Bullying of Ilhan Omar  Masha Gessen, The New Yorker Gessen writes: "You know how bullying works. The victim is marked long before the bullying begins: it's the kid no one really likes, the weirdo who is barely tolerated by the larger group." READ MORE 'Sign That Resolution': Sanders Urges Trump to End US Involvement in Yemen War Middle East Eye Excerpt: "Speaking at a town hall meeting hosted by Fox News - Donald Trump's favourite TV news network - US Senator Bernie Sanders has called on the president to sign a bill that would end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen." READ MORE Trump's Apparent Sympathy for Assassination Aaron Blake, The Washington Post Blake writes: "The New York Times is out with a lengthy look at CIA Director Gina Haspel and her relationship with a president who is often skeptical of his own intelligence community." READ MORE Majority of Republicans Think Evangelical Christians Are More Discriminated Against Than Minorities Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress Barnes writes: "A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters believe evangelical Christians face more discrimination in society than women, Muslims, and black, Latinx, and LGBTQ people, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, published Monday." READ MORE The Right-Wing Is Using Notre Dame Fire to Spread Anti-Muslim Conspiracies Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Alt-right supporters have used the Notre Dame Cathedral fire in Paris to spread xenophobic rhetoric on social media." READ MORE 'A Medieval Dictatorship': Egypt's Parliament Votes to Extend Sisi's Rule Until 2030 Middle East Eye Excerpt: "The Egyptian parliament has voted in favor of a number of constitutional amendments that would extend the rule of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi until 2030." READ MORE Fossil Fuel Companies Are Enlisting Police to Crack Down on Protesters Sarah Lazare and Simon Davis-Cohen, In These Times Excerpt: "Researchers concluded in January that humanity has a hope, a 64 percent chance, of keeping the temperature rise below the international target of 1.5 degrees Celsius - if the phaseout of fossil fuel infrastructure begins now and every car, plane and power plant in existence gets replaced by a zero-carbon alternative at the end of its life span." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation