Marc Ash | The FBI Kavanaugh "Investigation" Is a Joke and the Democrats Know It

01 October 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Marc Ash | The FBI Kavanaugh "Investigation" Is a Joke and the Democrats Know It  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News Ash writes: "Jeff Flake's mildly courageous acquiescence to demands by protesters and Democrats to slow down the Kavanaugh march induced euphoria on the left on Friday. It may have been premature." READ MORE Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni) Bernie Sanders: FBI Must Determine if Kavanaugh Told the Truth Under Oath Mary Papenfuss, Reader Supported News Papenfuss writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) has called on Judiciary Committee head Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to direct the FBI to determine if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was truthful under oath in his testimony before the panel." READ MORE The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty Images) After Budget Cuts, the IRS's Work Against Tax Cheats Is Facing "Collapse" Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel, ProPublica Excerpt: "Audits and criminal referrals are down sharply since Congress cut the tax agency's budget and management changed priorities."  READ MORE A Chris McDaniel campaign yard sign for the Senate race in Pearl, Miss. (photo: Cleve Wootson/WP) In Mississippi Senate Race, an African American Democrat Faces a Republican Using a Confederate Symbol Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Washington Post Wootson writes: "Republican Chris McDaniel, a conservative fond of provocative statements, has made yard signs that boast the 'stainless banner' - the second flag of the Confederate States of America." READ MORE OxyContin medication on a pharmacy shelf in Provo, Utah. (photo: Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images) 'They're Drug Dealers in Armani Suits': Executives Draw Focus Amid US Epidemic Chris McGreal, Guardian UK McGreal writes: "As the pharmaceutical industry fights off a flood of lawsuits, there's an increased call to investigate the roles of executives pushing opioid painkillers." READ MORE Search and rescue workers evacuate an earthquake and tsunami survivor trapped in a collapsed restaurant in Palu, Central Sulawesi. (photo: Antara Foto/Muhammad Adimaja/Reuters) Indonesia Plans Mass Burials for Quake and Tsunami Victims as Death Toll Rises Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Rescuers in the Indonesia island of Sulawesi are racing against the clock to save those still trapped in the rubble, as volunteers buried bodies in a mass grave following an earthquake and tsunami disaster." READ MORE An array of solar panels are seen in Oakland, California, U.S. on December 4, 2016. (photo: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) Citizens Put Renewable Energy on This Year's Ballots Jessica Kutz, Grist Kutz writes: "With the GOP controlling the executive branch and Congress, that means state-level ballot initiatives are one of the few tools progressives have left to advance their own energy agendas." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation