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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
The Freedom Movement's Daily Newspaper

Volume XVII, Issue #4,394
Steemit Headlines -- Tuesday, December 17, 2019


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Hey, everyone ...

Thanks to long-time supporter and subscribing contributor DH, whose $5 monthly payment yesterday brings our 4th Quarter Fundraiser total (as of 10am Eastern, December 17) to $3,190!

Yes, we remain well behind the curve for reaching our goal of $5,000 by December 31.

Yes, as I do every year, I've considered various schemes for kickstarting this annual fundraiser.

You know the big one: WE'LL HAVE TO CLOSE OUR DOORS IF YOU DON'T BUY TOM THAT NEW PRIVATE JET, etc.

But we're not going to do that. We've been bringing the freedom movement's daily newspaper to you for 17 years under the Rational Review News Digest brand (as of next week), I've worked on it since circa 1994, and it's been around since 1991. We're not going anywhere, except for forward.

There's another trick I've seen, too: Running smaller editions, or in fewer formats, when the money isn't coming in. A sort of "the beatings will continue until morale improves" approach, one might say. But who gets "punished?" It's not always obvious whether our supporters are email edition readers, web readers, social media readers ... that's a hard "no" for more than one reason.

Really, there's only one approach that I consider reasonable and fair, and that's to KEEP ASKING.

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**TODAY'S NEWS**

Freshman Democrats push for Amash as impeachment manager
Pakistan: Court sentences Musharraf to death in treason case
Israel: Surging Netanyahu rival launches Likud leadership challenge
Boeing to suspend 737 Max production
Graham: Reduction of US occupation troops in Afghanistan expected this week
Judge rejects Flynn's claims of a government conspiracy to frame him
UK: MPs' vote on Brexit bill planned for Friday
Zimbabwe: VP's wife in court on attempted murder, fraud charges
SCOTUS refuses to hear challenge to ruling allowing homeless to sleep on sidewalks
Belgium: Court delays Puigdemont's extradition hearing
US top trade negotiator praises "phase one" deal, China remains cautious
China: Soccer star Mesut Ozil "deceived by fake news" on Uighurs
GA: Federal judge puts pause on voter roll purges
Burton claims Hallmark fired her over "inclusivity demands"
Italy: Salvini drops calls for government to quit, urges unity on reforms
Kazakhstan: Dozens Detained in Rare Independence Day Protests
India: Modi appeals for calm as Citizenship Amendment Act protests grow
FL: Politician shoots intruder on the run from cops, police say
Democratic leaders push to end labor dispute and save debate
Turkey sends drones to northern Cyprus, makes drilling claims

**TODAY'S COMMENTARY**

Gloating Time?
The Child That Christmas Forgot: How Would Jesus Fare in the American Police State?
Was This the Decade We Hit Peak Free Speech?
Afghanistan War -- The Crime of the Century
Comey, the FBI, and FISA: The Debacle is Now Undeniable
Everyone Knows America Lost Afghanistan Long Ago
What Trump And The GOP Learned From Obama
What Churchill knew about tariffs could fill a bucket
The biggest casualty of Trumpian politics? The truth
Operation Fast and Furious: The Forgotten History of the ATF's Notorious Gunwalking Scandal
Biodiversity and Prosperity Go Together
Meet Trumpworld's Next Top Ukrainian Grifter
Socialist Fantasies in Education
How Much Inequality Is The Right Amount Of Inequality?
Impeachment Is Incredibly Popular
The 39 flavors of socialism
Make Progress on All Fronts: A Response to Jacobin
Call the midwife -- but not if you live in Georgia
Why Trump's path to reelection is totally plausible
Mainstream media sees a puzzling obstacle to Pete Buttigieg's rise: The voters
What Does the Evidence Show?
Lindsey Graham, Elizabeth Warren, and the Impeachment Trial Oath
Hot Mic Moment Exposes Insane Sleaziness Of British Political/Media Class
Democrats know Trump impeachment is a bust
Another Impeachable Offense?
Is Your State Destroying Your Money?
Quantum Vibe, 12/16/19
The Economic Consequences of the Peace: 100 Years Later
The "Collateral Damage" of the US's Unofficial War in Somalia
Chief Justice Roberts May Decide the Next Election

**TODAY'S AUDIO/VIDEO**

Free Talk Live, 12/16/19
Reason Roundtable, 12/16/19
The Last Nighters, episode 101
Ron Paul Liberty Report, 12/16/19
Freedom Works with Paul Molloy, 12/16/19
Cato Daily Podcast, 12/16/19
The Tom Woods Show, episode 1555
Foreign Policy Focus, episode 430
Peter Van Buren on The Scott Horton Show
Lyceum Round-Table #8

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RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST

Editors:
Thomas L. Knapp
Steve Trinward

Editors Emeritus:
Mary Lou Seymour
R. Lee Wrights
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