Robert Reich | Welcome to Trump's Corrupt State - the Star Wars Cantina of World Politics

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16 June 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News "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 are going out of business." Therein lies the problem clearly stated, no? What this funding drive and all funding drives are about is moving away from that way of thinking. Time to think. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Robert Reich | Welcome to Trump's Corrupt State - the Star Wars Cantina of World Politics  Robert Reich, Guardian UK Reich writes: "Trump has been ramping up his 'Deep State' rhetoric again. He's back to blaming a cabal of bureaucrats, FBI and CIA agents, Democrats and "enemies of the people" in the mainstream media for conspiring to remove him from office, in order to allow the denizens of foreign 'shitholes' to overrun America." READ MORE Protesters filled Hong Kong's streets Sunday. (photo: Kin Cheung/AP) Large-Scale Protests Return to Hong Kong Despite Suspension of Extradition Bill Shibani Mahtani, The Washington Post Mahtani writes: "Protesters filled Hong Kong's streets again on Sunday, cramming subway stations and turning roads into a sea of black, in another massive hours-long demonstration against their government's handling of a proposal to allow extraditions to mainland China - even after the city's leader said she would suspend the bill." READ MORE Trump's inauguration. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Trump Administration Owes DC Government $7 Million for Inauguration Valerie Volcovici, Reuters Volcovici writes: "The Trump administration and Congress still owe the District of Columbia government $7 million for expenses related to the 2017 presidential inauguration." READ MORE WHERE IS MASSACHUSETTS? Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue in Washington D.C. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) New York City to Directly Fund Abortion, in a Historic First Amanda Michelle Gomez, ThinkProgress Gomez writes: "Friday's budget agreement marks the first time the city, or any for that matter, is directly funding abortion. The money is expected to help over 500 patients access care annually." READ MORE PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! PHOENIX POLICE ABUSE!  Iesha Harper moves to hand her children off to a neighbor as police try to arrest her. (photo: Twitter/@megoconnor13) Phoenix Police Threaten to Shoot a Pregnant Woman After Her Daughter Reportedly Stole a Doll Molly Olmstead, Slate Olmstead writes: "An Arizona couple has filed a $10 million claim against the city of Phoenix after several police officers there repeatedly threatened to shoot them during a physically aggressive encounter."  Meg O'Connor@megoconnor13 "My hands are up! My hands are up!" 22yo Dravon Ames says as a Phoenix police officer yells to "get your fucking hands up." The same officer later says "You're gonna fucking get shot!" Ames says the officers stopped him after his child walked out of a Dollar Store with a doll. 3,383 5:43 PM - Jun 12, 2019 3,172 people are talking about this Meg O'Connor@megoconnor13  · Jun 12, 2019 "My hands are up! My hands are up!" 22yo Dravon Ames says as a Phoenix police officer yells to "get your fucking hands up." The same officer later says "You're gonna fucking get shot!" Ames says the officers stopped him after his child walked out of a Dollar Store with a doll. Meg O'Connor@megoconnor13 Another angle of the incident filmed by a different resident of the apartment complex where Ames and his pregnant fiancee were dropping off their kids with a babysitter show a Phoenix police officer trying to yank the child from the mother's arms. pic.twitter.com/pTb07lZAXD 1,955 5:43 PM - Jun 12, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,963 people are talking about this READ MORE Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva gives a speech to supporters on March 18, 2016, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (photo: Victor Moriyama/Getty Images) Lula Is Innocent. Free Him Now. Tony Burke, Jacobin Burke writes: "The revelations uncovered about the case against former Brazilian president Lula da Silva, jailed in April last year, vindicate a year of campaigning for his freedom." READ MORE Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, Indiana. (photo: Army Corps of Engineers) The Bitter Legacy of the East Chicago Lead Crisis Gloria Oladipo, Nexus Media Oladipo writes: "After letting industrial pollution linger for decades, in 2016, city and federal officials forced residents of the housing complex to move - but they neglected to provide them adequate means to find new homes." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation