Michael Moore | Trump's Removal Can't Come Soon Enough

21 January 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHY SUCH RELUCTANCE TO DONATE? With respect, the difficulty we are having with donations defies logic. It's quite a popular site with a very enthusiastic readership. Some actually do donate, the vast majority refuse to. It really makes no sense. As a result, we find ourselves at a loss in terms of how to approach fundraising. It's a quandary, and a growing problem that threatens the project. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Michael Moore | Trump's Removal Can't Come Soon Enough  Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page Moore writes: "That this question would even have to be asked - 'Are you working for Russia, Mr. President?' - is the shame of Trump's very existence." READ MORE Rudy Giuliani. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Admits Moscow Project Talks Lasted Until Election Day Daniel Politi, Slate Politi writes: "The timeline has shifted yet again. Rudy Giuliani admitted on Sunday that the Trump Organization continued talking to Russian officials about building a skyscraper in Moscow throughout the entire presidential campaign." READ MORE Analysts found 3.4 billion people are living on less than $5.50 a day. (photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters) World's Richest Got $2.5 Billion Richer Each Day in 2018 as Poor Lost More Al Jazeera Excerpt: "The world's 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to Oxfam International, as it urged governments to rise taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality." READ MORE Protest against Donald Trump in Detroit, Michigan. (photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Two Years After Trump Asked Black Voters What They Have to Lose, the Answer Is Clear: Plenty Sam Fulwood III, ThinkProgress Fulwood writes: "In a largely overlooked August 18, 2016 speech, then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump extemporaneously cited a litany of problems plaguing black Americans." READ MORE Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks in San Jose, California, in October 2016. (photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) US Regulators Have Met to Discuss Imposing a Record-Setting Fine Against Facebook for Privacy Violations Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post Excerpt: "U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users' personal data, according to three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorized to speak on the record." READ MORE Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar/Burma. (photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters) Saudi Arabia to Deport 250 Rohingya to Bangladesh teleSUR Excerpt: "Two-hundred fifty Rohingya refugee men are expected to be deported from Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh." READ MORE Representative Joe Cunningham. (photo: Wade Spees/Post and Courier) Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Processing Permits for Offshore Seismic Tests Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Leavenworth writes: "A federal judge in South Carolina on Friday blocked the Trump administration from processing seismic testing permits for offshore oil drilling, a setback for the administration's efforts to assist energy companies during the partial government shutdown." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

Charles Pierce | Trump Can't Control the Process Anymore. It's Unraveling on Him.

30 November 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Charles Pierce | Trump Can't Control the Process Anymore. It's Unraveling on Him.  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "Michael Cohen's latest plea is a sign Robert Mueller is turning the screw." READ MORE Donald Trump Jr. (photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Donald Trump Jr. May Face Legal Peril After Cohen Admits Lying to Congress Jon Swaine, Guardian UK Swaine writes: "Donald Trump's eldest son and other associates of the president may be at greater risk of prosecution after Robert Mueller, the special counsel, showed he is willing to criminally charge people for lying to Congress." READ MORE Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker. (photo: Getty) Whitaker Fielded Early Fraud Complaints From Customers at Patent Company Yet Promoted It for Years, Records Show Carol D. Leonnig, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Months after joining the advisory board of a Miami-based patent company in 2014, Matthew G. Whitaker began fielding angry complaints from customers that they were being defrauded, including from a client who showed up at his Iowa office to appeal to him personally for help, records show." READ MORE ICE officers. (photo: AP) Here's Another Story About the Abject Evil That Is Immigration and Customs Enforcement Paul Blest, Splinter News Blest writes: "For most of the past year, Samuel Oliver-Bruno lived in the basement of a Methodist church in Durham, NC, in order to avoid deportation. Oliver-Bruno left that church last week in order to attend a scheduled meeting with immigration authorities in a nearby town." READ MORE Assembly line workers. (photo: Fortune) General Motors Job Cuts: A Harbinger of the Next Crash Larry Beinhart, Al Jazeera Beinhart writes: "The job cuts announced by GM and the shrinking of the industrial base are the bells tolling for the next crash." READ MORE A rally in support of those waiting to claim asylum in the U.S. (photo: Reuters) Shows of Solidarity With Migrant Caravan Amid US Tear Gas teleSUR Excerpt: "Protesters supporting the migrant caravan in Tijuana, Mexico marched next to the border wall with Mexico in San Diego, California to show their solidarity." READ MORE A whale surfaces off the coast of Australia. (photo: John Goodridge/ABC) Trump Administration OKs Seismic Tests That Could Harm Many Thousands of Dolphins, Whales Darryl Fears, The Washington Post Fears writes: "The Trump administration is preparing to take an important step toward future oil and natural-gas drilling off the Atlantic shore, approving five requests from companies to conduct deafening seismic tests that could kill tens of thousands of dolphins, whales and other marine animals." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation