Mueller Turns His Attention to Devin Nunes

15 January 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News REVELATION: FUNDING THE ORGANIZATION IS NOT A CRIME: What all this hoopla over fundraising is all about is a basic budget for the organization. It is a simple, straightforward thing and something that, when ignored, creates large immediate problems. It’s funding. Getting it squared away is not a crime, it’s a necessity. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Mueller Turns His Attention to Devin Nunes  Erin Banco, Asawin Suebsaeng, Betsy Woodruff and Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast Excerpt: "The Special Counsel's Office and federal prosecutors in Manhattan are scrutinizing a meeting involving former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, one-time National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and dozens of foreign officials, according to three sources familiar with the investigations." READ MORE William P. Barr. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP) Lessons From Watergate: What the Senate Judiciary Committee Should Ask Bill Barr Mikhaila Fogel, Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Excerpt: "William Barr, President Trump's nominee to head the Justice Department, will appear on Jan. 15 before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for what promises to be a contentious confirmation hearing." READ MORE  The U.S.-Mexico wall as seen from Playas de Tijuana in Mexico. (photo: Jessica Chou/Al Jazeera) What Is Life Really Like in Border Country, Where Trump Wants His Wall? Charles Davis, Ana Adlerstein, Edwin Delgado and Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK Excerpt: "Build it tall, build it wide - he has pledged 1,000 miles of it - and America will be safe again. But how does that uncomplicated notion compare to the complexity of the border itself?" READ MORE Manuela Panjoj, 42-year-old mother of five children, holds a sign during a news conference outside the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters. (photo: Jae C Hong/AP) ALSO SEE: Huge Teachers' Strike in Los Angeles Brings District of 640,000 to a Halt Here's Why LA Teachers Are Walking Out in a Historic Strike Julianne Tveten, In These Times Tveten writes: "Starting today, teachers are picketing outside of their workplaces, underscoring an inveterate lack of investment in public schools made worse by a pro-charter-school 'austerity agenda.'" READ MORE Mark Zuckerberg. (photo: B&T) The Tech Education Con JS Chen, Jacobin Chen writes: "Big tech companies are spending millions to get young people into coding and STEM - not out of altruism, but to create a future supply of cheap labor." READ MORE A placard reads 'Not one more death' in a protest against the killing of social activists in Bogota, Colombia. (photo: Reuters) Colombia Mourns 8th Indigenous Leader Killed in 2019 teleSUR Excerpt: "Leonardo Nastacuas Rodriguez is the first indigenous leader of the Awa ethnic group that has been murdered in 2019, and the 8th indigenous leader alone since the turn of the year." READ MORE Volunteers at Joshua Tree National Park. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Private Citizens Volunteer to Clean Up National Parks as Shutdown Drags On E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress Crunden writes: "Local groups and concerned organizations are stepping up to help maintain national parks amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, one that has seen some of the country's most beloved natural treasures imperiled by vandalism and neglect." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation