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  13 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News EVERYONE HATES FUNDRAISING, BUT LOVES THE RESULT — You hate fundraising, we hate fundraising. But the result is a project that is well loved and widely trusted. Public funding is a great thing, an important thing in terms of public trust. We need donations here. Seriously. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   Hilton Als | A Portrait of David Bowie as an Alienated Artist Hilton Als, The New Yorker Als writes: "The last time I saw David Bowie - in many ways, the ultimate rock star for my generation - who died in 2016, I was cheating on him with another pop artist." READ MORE The mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The Justice Department has spent more than a year focused on investigating rioters at the Capitol but has more recently been issuing subpoenas to figures closer to former President Donald J. Trump. (photo: Jason Andrew/The New York Times) Justice Department Has Iss...

  September 12, 2022 Heather Cox Richardson Sep 13 Many thanks for all your good wishes on our marriage. Someone saw the picture and wrote, “Heather is betting on the future.” I am indeed. And there are reasons to be hopeful about that future. When I last wrote about the news, on Friday, Ukraine was launching a counteroffensive against the Russian troops occupying their territory, but it was still too early to be sure of what was happening. Now it is clear: over the weekend, Ukrainian forces drove Russian troops back, retaking more than 1000 square miles of Ukrainian territory and handing Russia a humiliating operational defeat. Ukraine had been indicating it would launch its offensive in the south, prompting Russia to move 15,000 to 25,000 troops to that front. Instead, it pushed forward farther north, moving with lightning speed as the Russian occupiers, already suffering from low morale, crumbled. Ukrainian plans reflected cooperation with U.S. intelligence, as well as support f...