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    07 October 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News BIG PROBLEMS OVER TRIVIAL CASH — We are really struggling for the bare-bones budget that we need to function. The reason, the ratio of readers to donors is 1000 to 1. Many people are helping. Many, many more are not. Have to break through that barrier. Situation growing unnecessarily dire, again. In earnest. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   James Risen and Ken Klippenstein | The CIA Thought Putin Would Quickly Conquer Ukraine. Why Did They Get It So Wrong? James Risen and Ken Klippenstein, The Intercept Excerpt: "High-tech surveillance may have blinded the U.S. to how corruption has weakened the Russian military." READ MORE Three Senior Islamic State Militants Killed in US Strikes in Syria Guardian UK Excerpt: "A rare US helicopter raid on a government-held village in Syria's north-east killed a senior Islamic State militant hiding out there and a separate US ...

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    30 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News STAND UP FOR READER SUPPORTED NEWS: Come on folks don’t just sit there and let RSN struggle financially. What we need to function is a drop in the bucket. When you get involved, when you take an ownership stake good things happen. Help RSN! Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Susan B. Glasser | What if We're Already Fighting the Third World War With Russia? Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker Glasser writes: "Putin's latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind." Putin’s latest provocations once again put Washington in an awful bind. N uclear blackmail, illegal annexation of territory, hundreds of thousands of Russian men rounded up and sent to the front lines in Ukraine, undersea gas pipelines to Europe mysteriously blowing up. After endless speculation, we can now say it for sure: this is how Vladimir Putin responds when he is backed into a corn...