John Oliver Exposes Fox News' Mueller Report 'Exoneration' Lies

02 April 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News John Oliver Exposes Fox News' Mueller Report 'Exoneration' Lies  Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast  Excerpt: "The late-night host can't understand why all of Trump's cronies on Fox News insisted that he'd been 'exonerated' when the Mueller report says the exact opposite." READ MORE Giselle Khoury, Beirut-based host of BBC Arabic's 'The Scene,' was hacked by Raven operatives. (photo: Aziz Taher/Reuters) Former NSA Hackers Helped UAE Spy on Al Jazeera Chairman, BBC Host Joel Schectman and Christopher Bing, Reuters Excerpt: "A group of American hackers who once worked for U.S. intelligence agencies helped the United Arab Emirates spy on a BBC host, the chairman of Al Jazeera and other prominent Arab media figures during a tense 2017 confrontation pitting the UAE and its allies against the Gulf state of Qatar." READ MORE Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five operatives who traveled from Riyadh to Istanbul and were in the consulate when Jamal Khashoggi was killed. (photo: Reuters) Khashoggi Children Have Received Houses in Saudi Arabia and Monthly Payments as Compensation for Killing of Father Greg Miller, The Washington Post Miller writes: "The children of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received million-dollar houses in the kingdom and monthly five-figure payments as compensation for the killing of their father, according to current and former Saudi officials as well as people close to the family." READ MORE As a show of solidarity, the color of Equal Pay Day is red - to show how 'in the red' women and minorities are when it comes to garnering equal pay for equal work. (photo: iStock) On Tuesday, We Wear Red: How to Make a Silent Statement of Solidarity This Equal Pay Day Maiysha Kai, The Root Kai writes: "As a show of solidarity, the color of Equal Pay Day is red - to show how 'in the red' women and minorities are when it comes to garnering equal pay for equal work." READ MORE Activists in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. (photo: Getty Images) The Supreme Court's Math Problem Jordan Ellenberg, Slate Ellenberg writes: "The Supreme Court heard arguments in two partisan gerrymandering cases that have the potential to reshape the way Americans select their representatives." READ MORE Plans for law changes were first announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (left) in the days after the attacks. (photo: Edgar Su/Reuters) New Zealand Initiates Bill to Ban Guns Used in Mosque Attack Nick Perry, Associated Press Perry writes: "New Zealand's government on Monday introduced a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the types of weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at two mosques." READ MORE Like the fossil fuel cartel, the highly consolidated factory farm industry prioritizes profits at the cost of our environment. (photo: Robyn Beck/Getty Images) Latest Agriculture Emissions Data Show Rise of Factory Farms Ben Lilliston, EcoWatch Lilliston writes: "New data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows a steady increase in agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions, much of it linked to industrial systems of crop production and the rise of factory farm systems of animal production." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

Robert Reich | Elizabeth Warren Is Right - We Must Break Up Facebook, Google and Amazon

11 March 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE CANNOT GO FORWARD WITHOUT FUNDING: For whatever reason March’s donation stream is well below normal. We simply cannot afford a substantial cut in funding at this time. Please take a moment to consider all the good that RSN does, and our unique 100% Reader Supported News process that allows us to focus solely on issues important to our community. Take a moment of your time to help out. Thank you. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | Elizabeth Warren Is Right - We Must Break Up Facebook, Google and Amazon  Robert Reich, Guardian UK Reich writes: "We're now in a second Gilded Age, ushered in by semiconductors, software and the internet, which has spawned a handful of hi-tech behemoths and a new set of barons like Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, and Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google." READ MORE Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a recent campaign stop. (photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images) Sanders Taking Tough Jabs at Trump Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post Wootson writes: "Two minutes into his stump speech in this strongly Democratic college town, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made his first of many references to President Trump, calling him 'the most dangerous president in modern American history.'" READ MORE Exterior view of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. (photo: Bill O'Leary/WP/Getty Images) Even Money Managers No Longer Want OxyContin-Tainted Sackler Cash Stephanie Griffith, ThinkProgress Griffith writes: "It would seem that money from the billionaire Sackler family is no longer in as much demand as it once was." READ MORE Chief Justice Cheri Beasley. (photo: Paul Woolverton/Fayetteville Observer) North Carolina State Supreme Court Appoints First Black Woman Chief Justice Ibn Safir, The Root Safir writes: "Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the first black woman supreme court justice to lead the state Supreme Court, was sworn in this past weekend in front of more than 1,000 people, according to the Fayetteville Observer." READ MORE 'They want cars. They want to open new restaurants. They want to throw bigger parties. And they want houses.' (photo: Yaroslav Kushta/Getty Images) Thousands of New Millionaires Are About to Eat San Francisco Alive Nellie Bowles, Medium Bowles writes: "Big wealth doesn't come in monthly paychecks. It comes when a startup goes public, transforming hypothetical money into extremely real money. This year - with Uber, Lyft, Slack, Postmates, Pinterest and Airbnb all hoping to enter the public markets - there's going to be a lot of it in the Bay Area." READ MORE Women in Spain are striking. (photo: Getty Images) Inside Spain's Radical, Union-Led Women's Strike Kim Kelly, Splinter News Kelly writes: "For two hours on March 8, 2018, they flooded the streets - students and politicians, domestic workers and business leaders, women of all stripes and identities - to call for an end to Spain's machista culture, and the toxic societal blights that come along with it: structural inequality, sexual harassment, domestic violence, and a pervasive wage gap." READ MORE Semi-automated pig barns now dominate large parts of rural Iowa. (photo: Scott Morgan/The Observer) How America's Food Giants Swallowed the Family Farms Chris McGreal, Guardian UK McGreal writes: "Across the midwest, the rise of factory farming is destroying rural communities. And the massive corporations behind this devastation are now eyeing a post-Brexit UK market." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

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Israeli machinery removes trees near a Jewish settlement in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. (photo: Reuters)

Israel Approves More Than 2,000 Settlement Units in West Bank
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "The Israeli government has approved the construction of 2,070 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank."
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Bill Moyers | What Happened to Obama's Promised Net Neutrality?

Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Moyers writes: "For years, the government has upheld the principle of 'Net neutrality,' the belief that everyone should have equal access to the web without preferential treatment."
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White House Seeks Legal Immunity for Firms That Hand Over Customer Data
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK
Ackerman reports: "The White House has asked legislators crafting competing reforms of the National Security Agency to provide legal immunity for telecommunications firms that provide the government with customer data."
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Oklahoma Prison Guards Tazed Lockett Before Execution
Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
Hayoun reports: "Oklahoma prison guards shocked Clayton Lockett with a Taser in the moments leading up to his botched execution this week, according to minutes of the event obtained Friday by Al Jazeera."
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Paul Krugman | Why Economics Failed
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Policy makers and politicians have ignored both the textbooks and the lessons of history. And the result has been a vast economic and human catastrophe."
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Homeland Security Arrests Over 600 Gang Suspects
Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
Caldwell writes: "More than 600 suspected gang members have been arrested in the Homeland Security Department's largest crackdown on street gangs."
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Cuba Calls Terrorism Designation by US Absurd, Manipulative
Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Trotta reports: "Cuba labeled as absurd and manipulative an annual U.S. State Department report that once again designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism."
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Factory Farms Under Fire for "Manure Spraying"
Lindsay Abrams, Salon
Abrams reports: "So here's what factory farms are up to these days: They're using commercial sprinklers to spray animal manure over fields."
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