Charles Pierce | Alex Jones Should Be Cross-Examined in Front of the Nation

25 July 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Urgent and Immediate Appeal for Donations - We are way behind where we need to be for July and time is growing short. Only a small fraction of you have responded to our fundraising appeals. On high alert now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | Alex Jones Should Be Cross-Examined in Front of the Nation  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "The crazy train has opened a new depot in Hartford." READ MORE Former attorney for President Trump, Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty) ALSO SEE: Caught in Brazen Lie, Trump Rewrites Transcript of Cohen Tape to Fit His Own Alternate Reality Trump Claims Tape of Payment May Have Been Doctored, While Cohen Claims There Are More Louis Nelson, Politico Nelson writes: "President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it is 'so sad' that his longtime personal attorney recorded their private conversations, suggesting that audio released Tuesday has been doctored to exclude 'positive things' that he was 'presumably' saying." READ MORE 18-year-old Nia Wilson was murdered while riding on BART, police arrested John Lee Cowell for the killing. (photo: YouTube) Man Arrested in Horrific Stabbing Death of Nia Wilson; Bay Area Protesters Demand Justice Anne Branigin, The Root Branigin writes: "The man believed to have slit the throat of 18-year-old Nia Wilson at an Oakland BART station on Sunday night was arrested without incident Monday night." READ MORE Montana governor Steve Bullock. (photo: AP) Montana vs. the Koch Brothers Daniel Hemel, Slate Hemel writes: "The state is suing to undo a Trump policy that would grant further anonymity to dark-money donors." READ MORE Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The suspect allegedly took a pickaxe to the president's spot. (photo: Gabriel Olsen/Getty) Trump's Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Smashed With a Pickaxe, Again Jayme Deerwester, USA Today Deerwester writes: "President Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been destroyed, again." READ MORE A Ugandan journalist films as riot police fired tear gas to disperse activists. (photo: Newton Nambwaya/Reuters) Across Africa, New Battlefields for Free Speech Take Shape on Social Media Ish Mafundikwa and Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor Excerpt: "Governments are increasingly aware - and often wary - of the power of social media. But so are citizens and activists. And across Africa, many of them are putting pressure on online restrictions." READ MORE Dewayne Johnson (center), former groundskeeper for the Benicia Unified School District, leaves Department 504 with his wife Araceli Johnson (right). (photo: Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle) Monsanto's 'Cancer-Causing' Weedkiller Destroyed My Life, Dying Man Tells Court Bob Egelko, The San Francisco Chronicle Egelko writes: "A former school groundskeeper, diagnosed with terminal cancer, told a San Francisco jury Monday that he called a Monsanto Co. hotline twice - once before his diagnosis, once after - and asked whether the herbicide he was spraying on the job, the most widely used weed killer in the world, could cause harm to humans." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation