Matt Taibbi | Avenatti, Wohl and the Krassensteins Prove Political Media Is a Hucksters' Paradise

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26 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News BY WAY OF ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO DONATE - My donations are small, but consistent. Retired Colorado school counselors have to budget the funds they donate to worthy organizations. For RSN, I always make sure I donate at least twice what I pay for the Denver Post. I need the Post for some volunteer work, but it doesn't come close to being as informative as RSN. I hope others who find this resource valuable...clearly there are thousand of them...will pitch in. What if we ALL donate a little? / Judy, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | Avenatti, Wohl and the Krassensteins Prove Political Media Is a Hucksters' Paradise  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Excerpt: "In the Trump era of cartoon politics, the world's biggest jackasses have an easy highway to fame and fortune." READ MORE Robert Mueller. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) House Democrats Must Insist That Robert Mueller Testifies Publicly Richard Greene, The Hill Greene writes: "If Robert Mueller - the former Marine Corps captain, U.S. Attorney, deputy attorney general and FBI director - really wants to continue to serve his country, there is no other option: The special counsel must buck up and face the cameras and the country." READ MORE Reproductive rights advocates in front of the St. Petersburg Judicial Building to join a National Day of Action in opposition to abortion bans. (photo: Jenna Rimensnyder) Republican Says He Will Bring Near-Total Abortion Ban to Florida Because God Told Him To Jason Linkins, ThinkProgress Linkins writes: "Weeks after the state of Alabama enacted one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country, a Florida lawmaker is looking to follow suit - on the advice of God, according to him." READ MORE Paula Hincapie-Rendon (center, white dress) surrounded by staff and alumni of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and members of Voces de la Frontera, an activist group from Milwaukee, outside of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Chicago field office, May 8, 2019. (photo: Carlos Ballesteros/Sun-Times) ICE Will Deport DACA Recipient's Parents Early Next Week Carlos Ballesteros, Chicago Sun Times Ballesteros writes: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Betty Rendon and Carlos Hincapie on May 8 after they pulled over their daughter a block away from their family home in Englewood." READ MORE A prisoner. (photo: Getty Images) Why Are So Many People Dying in US Prisons and Jails? Michael Sinato, Guardian UK Excerpt: "The number of Americans dying while incarcerated has surged while the US prison population has increased by 500% over the last 40 years." READ MORE Police and paramedics gather around a vehicle where the body of an unidentified man lies inside, after he died on his way to the hospital after suffering stab wounds in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (photo: Delmer Martinez/AP) Honduras: Violence, Poverty Reign in San Pedro Sula Voice of America Excerpt: "Honduras' second-largest city is where many recent caravans of migrants have formed to head north to Mexico and then to the United States. The people in the caravans are fleeing violence, poverty and corruption." READ MORE An ocean diver. (photo: NOAA) Scientists Go Back in Time to Find More Troubling News About Earth's Oceans Matt Simon, Wired Simon writes: "Life on Earth shares its fate with the littlest organisms in the sea." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation