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22 August 21

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We’ve taken quite a beating on funding over the past several months. Clearly it’s taking its toll. RSN is here and strong, but it is and has always been dependent on a basic operating budget. That’s fallen off sharply in recent months.

The situation is bad.

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22 August 21

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SERIOUS FUNDRAISING, HERE AND NOW: Reader Supported News is surviving and maintaining services in the most challenging fundraising environment our organization has ever seen. But just barely. Today we ask for the support of all RSN readers who can afford to give. This will be a good fundraiser. Thanks to all in advance.
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Bess Levin | Report: New York Prosecutors Are Full Steam Ahead Re: Taking Down the Trump Organization
Bess Levin, Vanity Fair
Levin writes: "When we last checked in with the Trump Organization and the Manhattan District Attorney's criminal case against it, things were looking pretty bleak for the ex-president's company."
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Jesse Jackson and Wife, Jacqueline, Hospitalized With COVID-19
Dennis Romero and Juliette Arcodia, NBC News
Excerpt: "The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, were being treated at a Chicago hospital Saturday after being diagnosed with Covid-19, their representatives said in a statement."
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As Democrats Renew Voting Rights Push, Offsetting Roberts Court Is Top of Mind
Carl Hulse, The New York Times
Hulse writes: "When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. faced the Senate for his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in September 2005, critics sounded the alarm about his longstanding skepticism toward the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which many view as crucial to the political gains of Black Americans over the last half century."
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Feds Deliberately Targeted BLM Protesters to Disrupt the Movement, a Report Says
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, according to a new report released Wednesday by The Movement for Black Lives."
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Patagonia Drops Ski Resort Over Fundraiser Featuring Marjorie Taylor Greene
Andrea Michelson, Markets Insider
Michelson writes: "Patagonia, the outdoor gear and clothing company, will no longer sell its merchandise to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort after one of the resort owners hosted a fundraiser for the right-wing House Freedom Caucus."
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Sunday Song: Daniel Lanois | Fisherman's Daughter
Daniel Lanois, YouTube
Excerpt: "I laid awake and dreamt of ships. Passing through night. Searching for shelter. Stopping at no harbour."
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Amazon Records the Highest Deforestation Level in a Decade
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Brazilian Amazon Institute of Man and Environment (Imazon) reported on Friday that deforestation in the rainforest hit the highest annual level in a decade, with a devastated area in July alone, larger than the city of Sao Paulo."
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