The Mueller Report and the Limits of Theatrics

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05 July 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TRY TO SEE HOW PROFOUNDLY PUBLIC SUPPORT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION - People love RSN, but why? Because we don’t lie, but why? Because we don’t have to. There is no one to pressure us to do so. We do what our supporters expect us to do. Help RSN, the sky is the limit. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! The Mueller Report and the Limits of Theatrics  Mikhaila Fogel, Lawfare Fogel writes: "The former special counsel has agreed to testify in a double-header hearing with the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on Wednesday, July 17." READ MORE A volunteer prepares for bed with a group of recent migrants in the church hall of the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico. (photo: Paul Ratje/AFP) ALSO SEE: Trump Administration Ending In-Person Interpreters at Immigrants' First Hearings As Border Crisis Deepens, Trump Administration Targets Undocumented Immigrants Living in Churches Joshua Eaton, ThinkProgress Eaton writes: "The administration is fining undocumented immigrants hundreds of thousands of dollars for not self-deporting." READ MORE Carl Dunlap and Sommer Johnson in May at the home they rent in Douglasville, Ga. (photo: Elijah Nouvelage/The Washington Post) 'This Doesn't Look Like the Best Economy Ever': 40% of Americans Say They Still Struggle to Pay Bills Heather Long, The Washington Post Long writes: "Sommer Johnson thought everything was finally coming together for her last year. She was engaged, working full time and doing well in online college classes when her fiance's mother died a week before their wedding day." READ MORE Former vice president Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Legislative Conference on March 12, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (photo: Olivier Douliery/AP) Biden Expresses Skepticism of Democrats' Leftward Tilt and AOC's Mass Appeal Dan Merica, CNN Merica writes: "The interview made clear that Biden, who is facing criticism from the left of the party amid an increasingly contentious Democratic primary, does not feel the need to sway to the left to capture the party's base and, instead, hopes to set himself apart by embracing his moderation." READ MORE Protest against citizenship question on U.S. Census. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP) The Fight Over the Census Citizenship Question Isn't Over David Boddiger, Splinter Boddiger writes: "Perhaps nothing is more symbolic of Donald Trump's disdain for the U.S. Constitution than his attempt to force the Justice Department to defy the nation's separation of powers by ignoring a Supreme Court ruling on Independence Day. But that's where we're at." READ MORE Former president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya. (photo: Reuters) Ousted Honduran President Zelaya: US-Backed Coup Destabilized My Nation Forcing Migrants to Flee Democracy Now! Excerpt: "A conversation with former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a U.S.-backed coup in 2009."  READ MORE Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of 'Ice on Fire' in Los Angeles. (photo: Jordan Strauss/AP) Leonardo DiCaprio Helps Create New Environmental Alliance Mark Kennedy, Associated Press Kennedy writes: "Leonardo DiCaprio is joining with billionaire investors and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth to create a new nonprofit environmental powerhouse charged with tackling climate change and the loss of biodiversity." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Jeffrey Toobin | The Legal Perils That Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Poses for Donald Trump

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Jeffrey Toobin | The Legal Perils That Michael Cohen's Guilty Plea Poses for Donald Trump 

Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "The question at the heart of the Russia investigation has always been one of motive. Why has Donald Trump, both as a candidate and as the President, been so solicitous of Russia and of its leader, Vladimir Putin?"
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Investigators carry boxes away from Ald. Ed. Burke's 14th Ward office on the city's Southwest Side on Thursday, November 29, 2018. (photo: Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)

Federal Agents Raided a Former Trump Attorney's Office: What We Know
CBS News
Excerpt: "Federal agents raided the offices of powerful city Alderman Edward Burke on Thursday, papering over doors and windows to keep out prying eyes, CBS Chicago reports. FBI officials confirmed the raids Thursday afternoon."
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Investigators carry boxes away from Ald. Ed. Burke's 14th Ward office on the city's Southwest Side on Thursday, November 29, 2018. (photo: Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)

Concerns Raised About 'Traumatized' Immigrant Children Still in Custody
Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN
Shoichet writes: "Advocates for immigrant families that were separated by the US government said Thursday they're concerned about a group of children who've remained in custody for months even though their parents had designated sponsors to take them in."
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Wildfires destroyed a large area of California. (photo: Olga R. Rodriguez/AP)

Protesters Demand an End to Bailouts for California Company That May Have Caused Wildfires
Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "Protesters took over a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) meeting on power company PG&E's safety culture Thursday morning, responding to the company's possible role in starting the Camp Fire, SF Weekly reports. The hearing was part of a three year investigation into PG&E's safety practices by the CPUC."
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Law enforcement and protesters clash near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, in November 2016. (photo: Morton County Sheriff's Department/AP)

2 Years After Standing Rock Protests, Tensions Remain but Oil Business Booms
Jeff Brady, NPR
Brady writes: "Two years ago in North Dakota, after months of protest by thousands of indigenous and environmental activists, pipeline opponents celebrated when the Obama administration denied a key permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)."
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The former manager of Desa Sergio Rodríguez, right, and the seven other people accused of killing the Honduran environmental leader Berta Cáceres, wait to hear their sentence. (photo: Orlando Sierra/Getty)

Berta Caceres: Seven Men Convicted of Murdering Honduran Environmentalist
Nina Lakhani, Guardian UK
Lakhani writes: "Seven men have been found guilty of the murder of the Honduran indigenous environmentalist Berta Isabel Caceres. An eighth defendant, Emerson Duarte Meza, was cleared and freed on Thursday."
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Monarch butterfly. (photo: iStock)

The Insect Apocalypse Is Here
Brooke Jarvis, The New York Times
Jarvis writes: "Insects are the vital pollinators and recyclers of ecosystems and the base of food webs everywhere."
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RSN: Marc Ash | So It Turns Out Pushing the Democrats Does Make Them Stronger

17 November 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE NEED TO GET ON A ROLL WITH $30 DONATIONS - Larger donations are great when we can get them but it’s never clear when we will. The $30 donation is our stand-by. It works and it won’t break the bank. We need a volume of these, a handful won’t do it. We have the people. We need them to chip-in. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Marc Ash | So It Turns Out Pushing the Democrats Does Make Them Stronger  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News Ash writes: "The Democratic party is moving again, but it wasn't easy. It took a major insurgency by Bernie Sanders, inspired grassroots activists, and the worst, most offensive, most outrageously unethical and illegal president in U.S. history to get them their wave. To their credit, it's a wave they are managing to ride." READ MORE Matthew Whitaker. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Matthew Whitaker's Opponents Take Legal Challenge to Supreme Court Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post Barrett writes: "Lawyers challenging the appointment of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general asked the Supreme Court on Friday to step in and declare that someone else should serve in the role." READ MORE A woman receiving jackets being donated to migrants from the back of a truck on Thursday in Tijuana, Mexico, near the border fence with the United States. (photo: Mauricio Lima/NYT) Dozens From Migrant Caravan Line Up at US-Mexico Border, Seeking Asylum Interviews Kirk Semple, The New York Times Semple writes: "The vanguard of what President Trump has labeled an invasion force formed an orderly line at about 6:45 a.m. on Thursday near a major border crossing between Tijuana and the United States and waited patiently." READ MORE Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Betsy DeVos to Alter Sexual Misconduct Guidelines to Bolster Rights of Accused Associated Press Excerpt: "Betsy DeVos, the US education secretary, has proposed a major overhaul of the way colleges and universities handle complaints of sexual misconduct, narrowing the definition of sexual harassment and increasing protections for students accused of misconduct." READ MORE   Two police stand at their vehicle. (photo: Guardian Liberty Voice) This Law Helps Police Get Away With Murder. Let's End It. Cat Brooks, BuzzFeed Brooks writes: "California is widely believed to be one of the most progressive states in the country. But it's also home to some of the most unjust laws in the nation, which allow police officers and prison guards to commit violence and even murder while remaining insulated from accountability - specifically when it comes to police misconduct and violence against the public they are supposed to protect and serve." READ MORE An Indigenous woman holds a poster with a photograph of Berta Caceres during a march to demand justice in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Reuters) Honduras: Flouted Justice for Berta Caceres Jackie McVicar, NACLA McVicar writes: "Three weeks into the trial for the murder of Indigenous Lenca leader Berta Caceres and attempted murder of Mexican environmentalist Gustavo Castro in Honduras, it has become abundantly clear that political interests will supersede true justice in one of the most emblematic cases the country has ever seen." READ MORE On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez made headlines when she joined climate activists converging in front of Democratic California Rep. Nancy Pelosi's office. (photo: Sunrise Movement) As New Green Deal Democrats Cement Their Hold, Climate Change Emerges as a Top Priority E. A. Crunden, ThinkProgress Crunden writes: "A bold new generation of Democrats are already pushing forward on climate action, in a dramatic change of pace that could spell a very different tune in Washington come January, as well as within the wider party." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Paul Krugman | A Party Defined by Its Lies

03 November 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Paul Krugman | A Party Defined by Its Lies  Paul Krugman, The New York Times Krugman writes: "During my first year as an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, I wasn’t allowed to use the word 'lie.'" READ MORE Donald Trump. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Judge Denies Trump’s Request for Stay in Emoluments Case Jonathan O'Connell and David Fahrenhold, Washington Post Excerpt: "A federal judge on Friday denied President Trump’s request to stay a lawsuit alleging he is violating the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments, a decision that paves the way for plaintiffs to seek information about customers at his hotel in the District." READ MORE The graffiti comes amid a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes nationwide, including Saturday’s massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. (photo: Vice) Anti-Semitic Graffiti at Brooklyn Synagogue Prompts Event Shutdown Ryan W. Miller, USA Today Miller writes: "A synagogue in Brooklyn was vandalized with anti-Semitic epithets, prompting a political event to be canceled Thursday and a police investigation less than a week after the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in U.S. history." READ MORE Fred Guttenberg, father of 14-year-old student Jaime who was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida. (photo: John Minchillo/AP) ALSO SEE: Broad City’s Ilana Glazer: Why I Canceled My Event at a NY Synagogue After Anti-Semitic Vandalism Parkland Dad Fred Guttenberg: Voters Must Reject Racist, Anti-Semitic NRA on Election Day Fred Guttenberg, Nermeen Shaikh, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "In the wake of a series of hate-fueled gun attacks in the United States, we speak with Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history this February." READ MORE  The Bridge of the Americas connects Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty) Supreme Court Allows Trial on Census Citizenship Question to Proceed Guardian UK Excerpt: "The US supreme court on Friday rejected a request by Donald Trump’s administration to halt a trial set to begin on Monday that will test the legality of the government’s contentious decision to ask people taking part in the 2020 national census whether they are citizens." READ MORE Demonstrators march in memory of murdered Indigenous leader Berta Caceres on International Women's Day in La Esperanza, Honduras. (photo: AFP) Honduras: Top Court Bans Berta Caceres' Family From Murder Trial TeleSUR Excerpt: "Guards of Honduras' Supreme Court prevented relatives of slain environmental activist Berta Caceres and members of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) from entering the courtroom where the trial against Caceres' suspected-murderers is ongoing." READ MORE A nuclear power plant. (photo: blickwinkel/Alamy) Nuclear Power Will Not Save Us From Climate Change M.V. Ramana and Robert Jensen, Yes! Magazine Excerpt: "The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report released in October rightfully elicited much public commentary about global warming and its truly frightening impacts." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward, Will Tell Her Story

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Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward, Will Tell Her Story 

Emma Brown, The Washington Post
Brown writes: "Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland."
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London mayor Sadiq Khan. (photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London | The People Must Have Another Vote - to Take Back Control of Brexit
Sadiq Khan, Guardian UK
Khan writes: "The unfortunate reality is that Theresa May has failed to negotiate a Brexit position with her own party - let alone agree a deal with the EU. At every stage, her government has looked unprepared and out of its depth, resulting in a litany of wrong turns."
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at Belmarsh Magistrate's court in London for an extradition hearing in 2011. (photo: Sang Tan/AP)

WikiLeaks Docs Show Assange Bid for Russian Visa
Raphael Satter, Associated Press
Satter writes: "The Nov. 30, 2010 missive is part of a much larger trove of WikiLeaks emails, chat logs, financial records, secretly recorded footage and other documents leaked to The Associated Press. The files provide both an intimate look at the radical transparency organization and an early hint of Assange's budding relationship with Moscow."
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'We all know what Amazon does, but only now are we gaining a better understanding of how Amazon does it.' (photo: Mark Lennihan/AP)

I Worked in an Amazon Warehouse. Bernie Sanders Is Right to Target Them
James Bloodworth, Guardian UK
Bloodworth writes: "Sanders has introduced a bill designed to force companies such as Amazon to pay their workers higher wages. Amazon is one of the biggest employers of those who receive food stamps in the United States, with nearly one in three Amazon workers on food stamps in Arizona and one in 10 in both Pennsylvania and Ohio."
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Tiffany Crutcher (center) marches alongside Rev. Al Sharpton demanding justice for her brother Terence Crutcher's death. (photo: Tiffany Crutcher)

'What About Our Aftermath?': Tiffany Crutcher Remembers Her Brother, Terence, Two Years After His Death
Anne Branigin, The Root
Branigin writes: "It's been two years since Terence Crutcher died, but once in a while, his sister Tiffany Crutcher will talk about him as though he's still here."
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A protester holds up a picture of slain environmental rights activist Berta Caceres during a march to mark the first anniversary of her murder, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (photo: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters)

Berta Caceres Murder Trial to Begin Despite Family's Doubts
Kavitha Chekuru, Al Jazeera
Chekuru writes: "The trial of eight men accused of taking part in the murder of Honduran indigenous rights and environmental activist Berta Caceres will begin on Monday, amid ongoing criticism of the government's handling of the investigation into the rights defender's killing."
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Large waves caused by Hurricane Isaac consume a beach in Gulfport, Mississippi on August 28, 2012. (photo: Jim Reed/Getty Images)

How Can AI Help to Prepare for Floods in a Climate-Changed World?
Jen Schwartz, Scientific American
Schwartz writes: "The ability to forecast a major flooding event like Hurricane Florence has improved significantly. But understanding how such a storm will interact with the built environment and affect people living in a specific area is still quite limited."
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