RSN: Mort Rosenblum | "I Said Bye-Bye"; Yes, Please. Adios

19 January 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News URGENT AND IMMEDIATE APPEAL FOR DONATIONS - It is - very - important to get moving on donations, right here right now. Yes we do need the money. Yes some people have helped. But we have to have a good month, whatever it takes. As of right now it’s not happening. With urgency. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Mort Rosenblum | "I Said Bye-Bye"; Yes, Please. Adios  Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News Rosenblum writes: "Down here in the borderlands, Donald Trump's fantasy world takes on stark reality far beyond the human suffering and senseless political drama that is rapidly isolating America from a world on which it is visiting wide-scale calamity." READ MORE John F. Kelly. (photo: Al Drago/NYT) John Kelly Shocked Staff With Speech 'Hostile' to Trump, Tell-All Book Reveals Tom McCarthy, Guardian UK McCarthy writes: "Former White House chief of staff John Kelly introduced himself to staff members with a speech that was 'potentially hostile' to Donald Trump, according to a new memoir by a former Trump communications aide." READ MORE People gathered at Freedom Plaza in Washington on Saturday for the Women's March. (photo: Sarah Silbiger/NYT) 'I March for All Women': Thousands Gather for Third Women's March After Year of Controversy Samantha Schmidt, Morgan Smith, DeNeen L. Brown and Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Women from across the country were marching through the nation's capital Saturday for the third annual Women's March on Washington, which has been dogged by controversy in the months leading to the event." READ MORE U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. (photo: Leah Millis/Reuters) A Senator Is Asking the FBI to Investigate Whether Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Family Separations Adolfo Flores, BuzzFeed Flores writes: "A senator on Friday asked the FBI to open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for statements she made to Congress about the administration's 'zero tolerance' policy at the border." READ MORE Business organizations have vigorously objected to shutdowns before, particularly when they occurred under Democratic presidents. (photo: WP) Businesses Hit Hard by Trump Shutdown Are Suddenly Silent About the GOP Lawmakers They Bankrolled Josh Israel, ThinkProgress  EXCERPT:  The nation’s largest business group, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, spent millions of dollars in independent expenditures in 2018 in support of congressional Republicans, including recently appointed Arizona Sen. Martha McSally ($2 million), Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn ($1.5 million), Florida Sen. Rick Scott ($750,000), Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith ($675,000), Alabama Rep. Martha Roby ($342,902), Ohio Rep. Anthony Gonzalez ($300,000), and Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon ($250,000). These lawmakers are now standing with Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to perpetuate the shutdown. The chamber sent an open letter to Congress on Jan. 8 noting that the “shutdown is harming the American people, the business community, and the economy.” The letter urged a compromise “that combines increasing border security with protection and legal status for Dreamers and long-term beneficiaries of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program” — a compromise that would [sic] the government immediately. Israel writes: "American businesses are losing hundreds of millions of dollars every day President Donald Trump's partial government shutdown - now the longest on record - rages on." READ MORE Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans as they participate in anti-government protests in Khartoum. (photo: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters) Sudan Issues Arrest Warrants Against 38 Reporters Amid Crackdown Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Sudan's State Security Prosecution has issued arrest warrants for 38 journalists and activists on charges of 'incitement' and spreading 'false news,' local media reported." READ MORE Pollution from a factory. (photo: Reuters) All Coal-Fired Power Plants in Texas Found Leaking Toxins Into Groundwater Climate Nexus Excerpt: "Power plants across Texas are leaching toxins into groundwater, according to new research. A report released this week from the Environmental Integrity Project found that all of the state's 16 coal-fired power plants are leaching contaminants from coal ash into the ground, and almost none of the plants are properly lining their pits to prevent leakage." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation