Noam Chomsky: Alternative Media Is Extraordinarily Useful, but It's Under Attack From Silicon Valley's Advertising Model

23 February 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News YOUR WONDERFUL AND INDISPENSABLE WORK: I am in full support of RSN and have found it immensely helpful in keeping abreast of our body politic from a perspective which is not driven by money but by the appeal to truth and accountability among all the institutions of our government as well as among all of us who are citizens of this country and world. I have sent what is for me a significant contribution to you. RSN at the end of this calendar year. I hope that your cause will not only survive but thrive in the months and years ahead, because I for one am fully convinced that we as citizens need what you provide. Thank you. / Donovan L., Ph. D., RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Noam Chomsky: Alternative Media Is Extraordinarily Useful, but It's Under Attack From Silicon Valley's Advertising Model  Robert Hackett, National Observer Hackett writes: "In recent years, Chomsky has turned his prodigious mind to the existential threat of global warming, a 'threat to the perpetuation of organized human life,' on par with nuclear war." READ MORE Michael Cohen, center, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, leaves federal court after pleading guilty to charges related to lying to congress in New York on November 29, 2018. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA) Cohen Gave Prosecutors New Information on the Trump Family Business Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times Excerpt: "Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer and fixer, met last month with federal prosecutors in Manhattan, offering information about possible irregularities within the president's family business and about a donor to the inaugural committee, according to people familiar with the matter." READ MORE Bernie Sanders and Carmen Yulín Cruz in Puerto Rico. (photo: André Kang) San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to Co-Chair Bernie Sanders 2020 Campaign Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News Gamboa writes: "Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz of San Juan, an adversary of President Donald Trump, has signed on to be one of four national co-chairs of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign." READ MORE Leslie McCrae Dowless, the man who made election fraud talk come to life in North Carolina. (photo: Travis Long/Getty Images) GOP Finally Has Documented Case of Election Fraud - Committed by Republicans Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine Kilgore writes: "The irony is pretty rich. For years, and with ever-increasing intensity, Republicans have claimed with virtually no evidence that our democracy is menaced by election fraud." READ MORE Pro-choice activists rally in support of Planned Parenthood. (photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP) Trump Admin Cuts Off Planned Parenthood From Federal Family Planning Funding Axios Excerpt: "The Trump administration issued a rule Friday barring Planned Parenthood and other groups that offer abortions or abortion referrals from participating in the $286 million federal family planning program, reports the Washington Post." READ MORE Young Saudis in front of a poster of Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, the capital. (photo: Fayez Nureldine/Getty Images) Trump's Cronies Are in Secret Talks to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudi. The Risks Are Clear Simon Tisdall, Guardian UK Tisdall writes: "The idea that the US might sell state-of-the-art nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, potentially enabling Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's reckless regime to build nuclear weapons, sounds so far-fetched as to be almost grotesque." READ MORE Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, one of the plaintiffs in the Juliana v. US climate lawsuit, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017. (photo: Robin Loznak/Our Children's Trust) The Kids Suing the Government Over Climate Change Want to Halt Fossil Fuel Extraction Umair Irfan, Vox Irfan writes: "The attorneys representing young people who are suing the federal government in a major climate change lawsuit recently took the unusual step of filing an injunction to stop all new leases for fossil fuel production." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation