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    29 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News RSN: UNDER STAFFED, UNDER FUNDED AND FIGHTING BACK! — No fair! We have more than enough readers to sustain Reader Supported News, by orders of magnitude. It’s not even close and there should be no struggle. We pay our staff, our contributors and our suppliers. We are stretched to the breaking point because 20,000 people will come each day and often fewer than 20 will contribute. We love that you are here but we need your help to do this. With significant urgency. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Ken Klippenstein and Jon Schwarz | CEO Says He's Been "Praying for Inflation" Because It's an Excuse to Jack Up Prices Ken Klippenstein and Jon Schwarz, The Intercept Excerpt: "The CEO of Iron Mountain Inc. told Wall Street analysts at a September 20 investor event that the high levels of inflation of the past several years had helped the company increase its mar...

    02 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News   FOCUS: How Six States Could Overturn the 2024 Election Barton Gellman, The Atlantic Gellman writes: "The Supreme Court may let state legislatures decide the presidency." The Supreme Court may let state legislatures decide the presidency. L ate last month, in one of its final acts of the term, the Supreme Court queued up another potentially precedent-wrecking decision for next year. The Court’s agreement to hear  Moore v. Harper , a North Carolina redistricting case, isn’t just bad news for efforts to control gerrymandering. The Court’s right-wing supermajority is poised to let state lawmakers overturn voters’ choice in presidential elections. To understand the stakes, and the motives of Republicans who brought the case, you need only one strategic fact of political arithmetic. Six swing states—Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina—are trending blue in presidential ...