Robert Reich | Packing the Supreme Court

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25 April 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE HAVE TO - REALLY - FIGHT TO MAKE OUR BUDGET - It is very hard right now. In truth, far harder than it should be. 1000 donations in a funding drive should be far less difficult. We serve 1000 readers every hour! In all seriousness, please be a bit more responsive. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | Packing the Supreme Court  Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog Reich writes: "The Supreme Court heard arguments today on the Trump administration's decision to alter the 2020 Census to ask people if they are American citizens." READ MORE New York Attorney General Letitia James. (photo: Emil Cohen/New York City Council Office) Deutsche Bank Begins Process of Providing Trump Financial Records to New York's Attorney General Cristina Alesci, CNN Alesci writes: "Deutsche Bank has begun the process of providing financial records to New York state's attorney general in response to a subpoena for documents related to loans made to President Donald Trump and his business, according to a person familiar with the production." READ MORE US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay prison camp. (photo: Getty) The Trump Administration Is Considering Sending Migrant Children to Guantanamo Bay Sophie Weiner, Splinter Weiner writes: "Increasing numbers of families fleeing violence and persecution in Central America are coming into the U.S. to seek asylum." READ MORE Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Getty) Bernie Sanders Gets It Right: Felons Ought to Be Allowed to Vote Andrew Novak, The Daily Beast Novak writes: "In their CNN town halls Monday night, Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Mayor Pete Buttigieg disagreed on whether current prisoners should be able to vote. Sen. Kamala Harris refused to endorse a plan for expanding the franchise to incarcerated people, but supported voting rights for former prisoners." READ MORE Smartphone with Twitter app. (photo: iStock) Twitter Shuts Down 5,000 Pro-Trump Bots Pushing Anti-Mueller Report Messages Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica Gallagher writes: "Twitter has suspended over 5,000 accounts tied to a network amplifying a message denouncing the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as a 'RussiaGate hoax.' According to a researcher, the accounts - most of which had only posted three or four times in the past - were connected to other accounts previously used to post pro-Saudi messages." READ MORE German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, center, participates in a Security Council meeting on sexual violence at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (photo: Seth Wenig) UN Waters Down Resolution on Sexual Violence After Threat of US Veto Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress Quinlan writes: "The United States successfully used the threat of its veto power to weaken language on a U.N. resolution against the use of rape as a weapon of war." READ MORE Tundra near the site of a proposed road for Pebble Mine, a project that was dead until Donald Trump won the White House. (photo: Michael Melford/Getty) Trump's EPA Wants to Put a Toxic Mine in Pristine Alaska. What Could Go Wrong? Kim Heacox, Guardian UK Heacox writes: "Back in my youth, while in Montana, I came across Berkeley Pit, called 'the richest hill on earth.' There, churches and historic neighborhoods were bulldozed to expand the pit so greedy men could make their fortunes mining copper, silver and gold." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation