Report: Senate Aides Knew of Second Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Claim and Tried to Rush His Confirmation

24 September 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO END THIS FUNDRAISER - We are at 17 days of fundraising for September and we barely raised $15K. In the past, we have raised nearly that much in a single day. I have to do everything in my power to end this fundraiser. We need to you to help. This is “Reader Supported News.” It’s what we do and it works. We need you to turn your attention to the September funding drive. Please. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Report: Senate Aides Knew of Second Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Claim and Tried to Rush His Confirmation  Democracy Now! Excerpt: "The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Dianne Feinstein, is calling for the immediate postponement of the nomination proceedings of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after a second woman has come forward alleging sexual assault by the judge." READ MORE 1st time voters register to vote. (photo: AP) National Voter Registration Day Set for Tomorrow Ken Krall, WXPR Krall writes: "The League of Women Voters of the Northwoods will be a partner hosting voter registration assistance tomorrow on National Voter Registration Day. The day was first observed in 2012. Community volunteers and organizations educate and assist voters to register on this day." READ MORE Amber Guyger. (photo: Reuters) Dallas Officer Amber Guyger Fired Over Botham Jean Shooting Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress Pyke writes: "Guyger was fired after the off-duty killing of Botham Jean." READ MORE Inez Bordeaux, who was once incarcerated in St. Louis's Medium Security Institution known as the workhouse, is an organizer fighting for the facility to be closed. (photo: Sid Hastings/Guardian UK) 'I Feel Like a Slave': St Louis' Workhouse Denounced as a Modern-Day Debtors' Prison Clark Randall and Jamiles Lartey, Guardian UK Excerpt: "Inez Bordeaux was at times left broke, homeless, and living in a halfway house over the years of unpleasant interactions with the criminal justice system in St Louis, Missouri. But the only time she ever felt hopeless was during the month she was incarcerated in the city's infamous 'workhouse' jail in 2016." READ MORE A protest against Medicaid cuts. (photo: Getty Images) Medicaid Work Requirements Exist to Punish the Poor Libby Watson, Splinter News Watson writes: "There are a lot of problems you can imagine with meeting these requirements, not least finding a job or a volunteer placement in the first place, but other, much more basic problems: It seems that a lot of Medicaid recipients simply don't know about the requirements at all." READ MORE Guatemalan human rights prosecutor Jordan Rodas. (photo: AP) Guatemalan Human Rights Activist Shot to Death, 21st in 2018 Associated Press Excerpt: "Authorities in Guatemala say another indigenous rights activist has been killed in the Central American nation." READ MORE Dow Chemicals. (photo: Getty Images) Court Orders EPA to Implement Obama Chemical Plant Rule Timothy Cama, The Hill Cama writes: "A federal appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to start enforcing a chemical plant safety rule that the Trump administration tried to delay." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation