RSN: Marc Ash | Damn the Torpedoes, the Republicans Go for Broke on Kavanaugh

20 September 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT RSN MEANS: There are some people reading this message who do in fact contribute and help sustain RSN. To you, we offer a heartfelt thank you. However, in truth most of the people reading this are highly resistant to contributing. Most of our best donors have signed up as Sustainer Subscribers. This group is the group that we must convince. We want to be the lowest monthly invoice you have. Is it worth that? Ten dollars? Seriously, folks. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Marc Ash | Damn the Torpedoes, the Republicans Go for Broke on Kavanaugh  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News Ash writes: "This is it, the chance of a lifetime to propel the Supreme Court radically to the right for decades to come." READ MORE Maria Butina. (photo: Zuma Press) Why Russians Keep Visiting Maria Butina in Prison Alex Finley, Politico Finley writes: "Russian officials visiting Butina in prison are looking to protect more than just the rights of a Russian citizen. They are looking to protect their ongoing intelligence operations." READ MORE U.S. troops are sworn in as naturalized citizens on November 2, 2012, at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. (photo: State Department) The Army Is Trying to Find Criminal Conduct Among Immigrant Recruits, Email Shows Alex Horton, The Washington Post Horton writes: "A military intelligence unit asked Army Reserve attorneys to scrutinize its completed security screening packets for admissions of potential crimes by immigrant recruits." READ MORE Saudi airstrikes in Yemen. (photo: AP) Yemen: 'Nothing Will End if the US Continues to Support Saudi Arabia' Janine Jackson, FAIR Jackson writes: "It is disheartening that with tens of thousands of people killed [...] and no clear end in sight to the violence behind it all, that the Washington Post would feel a need to run a piece headed 'Five Reasons the Crisis in Yemen Matters.'" READ MORE The president of one private firefighting company called 2018 their busiest year yet. (photo: Mark McKenna/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock) Climate Change Capitalism: The Booming Business of Private Firefighters Lauren Smiley, Guardian UK Smiley writes: "These are the private firefighters of the rich or otherwise well-insured: private crews hired by insurance companies to minimize damages and keep policyholders' homes from going up in smoke." READ MORE More than 700,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya have fled their homes into Bangladesh since August last year. (photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters) ICC Opens Probe Into Crimes Against Rohingya Al Jazeera Excerpt: "The International Criminal Court has launched a preliminary investigation into Myanmar's crackdown on the Muslim-majority Rohingya that forced hundreds of thousands to flee across the border to Bangladesh." READ MORE Protesters disrupt construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in early September. Trespassing near pipelines is now a felony offense in Louisiana, punishable by up to five years in prison. (photo: Travis Lux/WWNO) Tougher Laws on Pipeline Protests Face Test in Louisiana Travis Lux, NPR Lux writes: "After a high-profile campaign to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016, a number of states moved to make it harder to protest oil and gas projects. Now in Louisiana, the first felony arrests of protesters could be a test case of these tougher laws as opponents vow a legal challenge." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation