Following the Fascist Playbook, Republicans Openly Court Proud Boys

22 October 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS SERVICE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORT - The very nature of what we do requires community support for its existence. A donation is a form of participation. It's about encouraging the community to take a fundamental role in the information process that serves them. Donate and participate. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Following the Fascist Playbook, Republicans Openly Court Proud Boys  Rebecca Onion, Slate Onion writes: "Last weekend, the fancy Metropolitan Republican Club, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, hosted the Proud Boys' Gavin McInnes. The ex-founder of Vice magazine, failed stand-up comic, and current leader of an alt-right 'Western chauvinist' group gave what was, according to a witness, a bizarre and disjointed speech." READ MORE Roger Stone and Julian Assange. (photo: Kevin Lamarque/Peter Nicholls/Reuters/WG600/The Atlantic) Special Counsel Examines Conflicting Accounts as Scrutiny of Roger Stone and WikiLeaks Deepens Carol D. Leonnig, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post Excerpt: "In recent weeks, a grand jury in Washington has listened to more than a dozen hours of testimony and FBI technicians have pored over gigabytes of electronic messages as part of the special counsel's quest to solve one burning mystery: Did longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone - or any other associate of the president - have advance knowledge of WikiLeaks' plans to release hacked Democratic emails in 2016?" READ MORE Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader at a press conference in June. (photo: Al Drago/NYT) Pelosi Hints at Retirement, but Not Until Trump's Gone Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine Kilgore writes: "Nancy Pelosi is dropping hints now that she'll be retiring before long." READ MORE In 'The Hate U Give,' a white cop pulls over Khalil (Algee Smith) for a routine traffic stop that turns violent. Starr (Amandla Sternberg) is the only witness. (photo: Twentieth Century Fox/Everett) "The Hate U Give," Reviewed: An Empathetic, Nuanced Portrait of a Teen's Political Awakening Richard Brody, The New Yorker Brody writes: "It's the story of a black family living in the predominantly black Georgia neighborhood of Garden Heights and confronting, directly and personally, legally enforced and socially reinforced norms of racism." READ MORE A demonstrator holds a sign at a transgender rights rally. (photo: National Center for Transgender Equalit How Republicans Laid the Groundwork for Trump's Assault on Transgender Existence Evan Urquhart, Slate Urquhart writes: "The Republican campaign to deny the humanity of transgender Americans has now reached its logical endpoint." READ MORE Indigenous children hold letters that spell 'goodbye' at Fort Simpson Indian Residential School in the Northwest Territories in this undated photo. (photo: J.F. Moran/Library and Archives Canada) Thousands of Canada's Indigenous Children Died in Church-Run Boarding Schools. Where Are They Buried? Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post Coletta writes: "Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the country's history: How many indigenous children died at residential schools, and where are their unmarked graves?" READ MORE Plastic waste. (photo: Getty Images) Plastic Recycling Firms Accused of Abusing Market BBC News Excerpt: "The plastics recycling industry faces an investigation amid reports firms are illegally profiting from the market and in some cases polluting rivers." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation