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RSN: Mark Gray | I Arrived at Route 91 as a Reporter. I Left as a Survivor of a Mass Shooting

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  27 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News LOSING RSN RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS DIRECTION — Hang in there Marc and friends. For years I've been an irregular regular contributor, pitching in roughly quarterly for my own accounting purposes. I've rarely missed, but don't mind your justified vitriol. You are performing an invaluable service to our country. Wake up folks. Losing RSN right now is a dangerous direction. Bill, RSN / Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation!   Mark Gray | I Arrived at Route 91 as a Reporter. I Left as a Survivor of a Mass Shooting Mark Gray, Rolling Stone Gray writes: "I was covering Route 91 for Rolling Stone, and Jason Aldean was about to bookend what had otherwise been a fun few days. Then the shots rang out." "I don’t think any of us want our calling card to be Route 91, but it can be inescapable at times," writes Mark Gray, who came under fire while on assignment in Las Vegas in 2017 I was cover...

RSN: FOCUS: A Crisis Coming': The Twin Threats to American Democracy

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    18 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News HELP OUT, DANG IT! Huge problems evolving over what amounts to a few donations. Most of our readers are steadfastly refusing to contribute anything. Not fair, not right, not working. Come on folks. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: A Crisis Coming': The Twin Threats to American Democracy David Leonhardt, The New York Times Leonhardt writes: "Candidates who won the most votes were able to take power and attempt to address the country’s problems. The current period is different." T he United States has experienced deep political turmoil several times before over the past century. The Great Depression caused Americans to doubt the country’s economic system. World War II and the Cold War presented threats from global totalitarian movements. The 1960s and ’70s were marred by assassinations, riots, a losing war and a disgraced president. These earlier periods wer...