Robert Reich | America Has Already Fired Trump!

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Robert Reich | America Has Already Fired Trump! 

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The question on everyone's mind is whether Trump will be impeached. In other words, will America fire Trump? Well, I have news for you. America has already fired him."
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Larry Mitchell Hopkins. (photo: Paul Ratje/Getty Images)

Militia Patrolling US Border Claims to Have Been Training to Kill Hillary Clinton, George Soros
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "The leader of the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), a militia group that filmed itself detaining asylum seekers near the U.S.-Mexico border last week, embraced the same rhetoric used by other far-right extremists."
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Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Getty Images)

Yes, Incarcerated People Should Be Able to Vote
Paul Blest, Splinter
Blest writes: "CNN'S five-hour, five-candidate Townhallchella in Manchester, NH, last night was bound to spark some sort of controversy, and the closest we came to that was in Sen. Bernie Sanders' response that everyone, including people who are in prison for violent crimes, should have the right to vote."
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A small network of companies hold a near-monopoly on election services such as voting machines and registration systems. (photo: Erik S. Lesser/EPA)

'They Think They Are Above the Law': The Firms That Own America's Voting System
Jordan Wilkie, Guardian UK
Wilkie writes: "Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin is a newcomer to the cause of reforming America's vote-counting machines, welcomed through baptism by fire."
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The United Nations headquarters in New York. (photo: Valery Sharifulin/Tass)

US Threatens to Veto UN Resolution on Rape as Weapon of War, Officials Say
Julian Borger, Guardian UK
Borger writes: "The US is threatening to veto a United Nations resolution on combating the use of rape as a weapon of war because of its language on reproductive and sexual health, according to a senior UN official and European diplomats."
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Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo departs Insein court after his verdict announcement in Yangon, Myanmar, September 3, 2018. (photo: Ann Wang/Reuters)

Myanmar Court Rejects Final Appeal by Jailed Reuters Journalists
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Myanmar's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of two Reuters news agency reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case that has raised questions about the country's transition to democracy."
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Droughts and heat waves can have an impact on human lives and livelihoods, as well as a country's GDP. (photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Climate Change Worsened Global Inequality, Study Finds
Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News
McKenna writes: "A few countries in cold climates, including Canada, Norway and Russia, likely benefited economically from global warming in recent decades, while poorer countries closer to the equator suffered economic losses, a new study says."
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If the Deep State Didn't Exist Before, the President Has Brought It Into Being With His Attacks on Bruce Ohr

16 September 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THE ONLY HONEST AMERICAN NEWS SOURCE LEFT - Increase my donation! You guys are pretty much the only honest American news source left. I don’t know why it is so hard for you to get stable funding. Heck, I don’t even live in the U.S. anymore and I’m willing to pay for this service. Go ahead and raise me to $30 dollars a month (I’m at $20 now I think). Sorry it's not much, but really a publication like this should not be relying on large donors. Good luck. / Greg, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! If the Deep State Didn't Exist Before, the President Has Brought It Into Being With His Attacks on Bruce Ohr  Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair Tracy writes: "It's a cosmic irony of Trump's Washington that the same people Donald Trump has arbitrarily branded the 'Deep State'-Never Trumpers, so-called Obama holdovers, establishment Republicans, and those who disagree with Trump's agenda-have been forced underground, meeting clandestinely, communicating furtively." READ MORE Law enforcement officers near the scene where a woman's body was found north of Laredo, Tex. A Border Patrol agent was arrested on Saturday in connection with that killing and others. (photo: Danny Zaragoza/The Laredo Morning Times/AP) 'Serial Killer': US Border Patrol Agent Charged With Murder of Four Women Associated Press Excerpt: "Texas authorities charged a US border patrol supervisor with murder following what they described as the serial killing of four female sex workers and a possible attempt on the life of a fifth woman who escaped at a gas station and found help." READ MORE Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: REX/Shutterstock) Republicans' Gross Responses to Assault Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress Rupar writes: "On Friday, Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer broke news in the New Yorker that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been accused of sexual assault. READ MORE Police officer. (photo: Luiz Felipe Castro/Getty Images/Flickr RF) Police Accidentally Tweet Screenshot Showing That They Monitor Anti-Racism and Anti-Police Brutality Groups Michael Harriot, The Root Harriot writes: "In their efforts to inform the public that they were doing everything possible to manage the spontaneous combustion of several homes, the Massachusetts State Police inadvertently let a few organizations fighting to end police brutality, racism and the reign of Donald Trump, know that they are being watched." READ MORE 'To me, there's healing, and then there's justice,' says Becky Ianni, a mother of four who was sexually assaulted by a young parish priest, in her own home and for years, starting when she was 8. (photo: Michael Bonfigli/CS Monitor) For Survivors of Priest Child Sex Abuse, What Would Real Justice Look Like? Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor Bruinius wrtest: "There are crimes for which justice can seem like a remote concept. There are crimes, like the sexual abuse of children, from which many turn away - using language like 'unspeakable,' 'unimaginable,' or even 'inhuman.' Even survivors create their mental shields from the crimes they endured." READ MORE Myanmar press freedom advocates and youth activists hold a demonstration demanding the freedom of two jailed Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Yangon, Myanmar September 16, 2018. (photo: Ann Wang/Reuters) Myanmar Youth, Journalists Demonstrate Against Jailing of Reuters Reporters Shoon Naing and Simon Lewis, Reuters Excerpt: "At least 100 Myanmar youth activists and journalists called for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists on Sunday, warning that the seven-year prison terms handed to the pair this month threaten the public's right to information." READ MORE In this June 23, 2014 file photo, the dried-up bed of an inactive coal ash pond is seen at Duke Energy's Sutton plant in Wilmington, N.C. Duke Energy says heavy rains from Florence have caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast. (photo: Mike Spencer/The Star-News/AP) Florence's Rains: Coal Ash Landfill Collapses in Carolinas Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Biesecker writes: "Heavy rains from Florence caused a slope to collapse at a coal ash landfill at a closed power station near the North Carolina coast, Duke Energy says." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation

If Trump Shot Someone on Fifth-Avenue What Would Happen?

03 September 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News If Trump Shot Someone on Fifth-Avenue What Would Happen?  Aaron Blake, The Washington Post Blake writes: "What Trump is really saying is that he could do pretty much anything and not lose his supporters, and this poll suggests 15 percent say that exemplifies them." READ MORE  Mitch McConnell, Brett Kavanaugh and Mike Pence. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: Democrats Slam White House for Withholding Documents on Supreme Court Nominee 'The Stakes Are Astronomical': Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court Hearing Will Be a Battle Royale David Smith, Guardian UK Smith writes: "Democrats know Donald Trump's greatest legacy may be the confirmation of a second conservative justice. Their fight to stop it starts now." READ MORE California State Sen. Scott Wiener (right) talks to Sen. Ed Hernandez. (photo: Scott Wiener) California Assembly Approves 'Gold Standard' Net Neutrality Bill Roger Cheng, CNET Cheng writes: "The bill offers the strongest protections on net neutrality yet and sends a message to the rest of the country." READ MORE AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. (photo: Greg Nash) Trump Trolls American Workers With His Labor Day Message Emily Q. Hazzard, ThinkProgress Hazzard writes: "The White House issues a statement praising workers and unions, despite a record of depressing wages, threatening jobs, and weakening unions." READ MORE Reuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo departs Insein court after his verdict announcement in Yangon, Myanmar, September 3, 2018. (photo: Ann Wang/Reuters) Burma Jails Two Reuters Journalists for 7 Years in 'Official Secrets' Case Shoon Naing and Aye Min Thant, Reuters Excerpt: "A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country." READ MORE Amal Lateh and her son Mushin. (photo: Hannah Ellis-Petersen/Observer) The Dark Secret of Thailand's Child Brides Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Guardian UK Ellis-Petersen writes: "Underage Muslim girls are regularly forced into marriage with Malaysian men, and the government turns a blind eye." READ MORE A golden lion tamarin. This monkey has a range of about 4,000 square kilometers (1,550 square miles) of which about a third is protected. (photo: Stuart Pimm) Will Protecting Half the Earth Save Biodiversity? Depends Which Half Shreya Dasgupta, Mongabay Dasgupta writes: "How much of the Earth should we protect to save species from going extinct? Some conservationists have suggested an ambitious number: half of the planet." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation