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27 May 19 "I'll Only Donate if I Think You're Going Out of Business" A reader wrote in the other day saying, "I'll only donate if I think you're going out of business." Therein lies the problem clearly stated, no? Hauling that out and throwing it on the table is crass, but the really frightening thing is that many of our donors actually function with that mindset. That’s the Dire Road. Don’t go down it. Marc Ash Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Update My Monthly Donation If you would prefer to send a check: Reader Supported News PO Box 2043 Citrus Hts CA 95611

27 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Give Us a “Fighting Chance” - We are holding our own right now along side of high-powered political fundraising machines using very sophisticated methods … and we are holding our heads above water. If you come here, if you believe what we do makes a difference, help out with what you can afford. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Marc Ash | These Stupid Wars  Marc Ash, Reader Supported News Ash writes: "It’s Memorial Day again. Set aside to honor those who serve and sacrifice, often everything, for our country. The day has however more than one meaning." READ MORE Red Square in Moscow, Russia. (photo: AfricaPatagonia) White House Not Doing Enough to Thwart Russian 2020 Meddling, Experts Say Peter Stone, Guardian UK Stone writes: "Despite fears of cyber attacks, adequate funding and White House focus to counter any new election interference are lagging." READ MORE U.S. Army soldiers watch garbage burn in a burn-pit at Forward Operating Base Azzizulah in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. (photo: Reuters) This Memorial Day, Veterans Take on Another Threat: Rising Cancer Deaths in the Ranks Tara Copp, McClatchy Copp writes: "TAPS has reported more than 10,000 service member deaths due to illness since 2007, based on the families who are on its membership rolls. In total, 85,000 families of fallen service members have joined the organization since it launched in 1994." READ MORE Ken Cuccinelli. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump Pushes Out Head of Largest Immigration Agency - and Wants Ken Cuccinelli Instead Dara Lind, Vox Lind writes: "President Donald Trump, continuing his purge of the Department of Homeland Security, has pushed out the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services - the agency responsible for legal immigration into the US, including asylum - and reportedly plans to replace him with former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli." READ MORE Women dressed as handmaids demonstrate outside the National Capitol in Washington, DC. (photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Abortion Bans Have Some Women Preparing for the Worst. It Involves ‘Auntie Networks.’ Monica Hesse, The Washington Post Hesse writes: "A particular kind of dystopia has arrived, and we’re beginning to see its fuzzy outlines." READ MORE Farzeena Akhter says she just wants to know if her husband Parvez Hossain is alive. (photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera) Bangladesh: Long Wait for Families of Forced Disappearance Victims Faisal Mahmud, Al Jazeera Mahmud writes: "Nearly two dozen people gathered on a rooftop in Shaheenbagh, a sleepy neighbourhood in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, have one thing in common: all of them have loved ones who have been missing, some for years." READ MORE An octopus. (photo: Jon Nazca/Reuters) Octopuses May Go Blind as Climate Change Pulls Oxygen From the Ocean Brandon Specktor, NBC News Specktor writes: "The amount of oxygen available to marine invertebrates like squids, crabs and octopuses may be far more important to their vision than previously thought." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation