RSN: Mort Rosenblum | On Sheep, Wolves and Unfriendly Skies

31 August 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News I NEED YOU TO HELP FINISH THE AUGUST DRIVE - Jump in and help, please. "Someone else" is not going to do it. It must be you, and you and you. The exact same formula that applies for political action. "I will help, I will get involved." We need to push now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: Mort Rosenblum | On Sheep, Wolves and Unfriendly Skies  Mort Rosenblum, Reader Supported News Rosenblum writes: "I think I've figured out the American penchant for bombing the crap out of airfields in so many places around the world. It's just our innate generosity. We want to bring them to the level of La Guardia." READ MORE Sam Patten shown in 2014. (photo: Richard Leoby/TWP) Manafort-Linked Lobbyist W. Samuel Patten Pleads Guilty to Failing to Register as Foreign Agent Ken Dilanian, Pete Williams and Garrett Grumbach, NBC News Excerpt: "Prosecutors say Sam Patten lobbied for a Ukrainian party called the Opposition Bloc, which was launched by Paul Manafort in 2014." READ MORE Marijuana growing operation. (photo: Getty) The Trump Administration Has Secretly Launched an Anti-Weed Committee Harry Cheadle, VICE Cheadle writes: "Anti-pot animus is apparently pretty common among the people putting this committee together." READ MORE Salvadoran children. (photo: Getty) El Salvador Says Three Migrant Children Separated From Their Parents Were Sexually Abused in US Shelters Aris Folley, The Hill Folley writes: "Salvadoran officials said on Thursday that they have received reports of three minors being sexually abused in shelters in Arizona after being separated from their parents as a result of the Trump administration's controversial 'zero tolerance' policy." READ MORE Robert Huynh poses with his aunts Mable Charles, left, and Bennye Hayes in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 2016. Huynh, the son of a U.S. serviceman and a Vietnamese woman, came to the United States at age 14 but now, at age 48, faces possible deportation. (photo: Robert Huyhn) Thousands of Vietnamese, Including Offspring of US Troops, Could Be Deported Under Tough Trump Policy Simon Denyer, The Washington Post Denyer writes: "Robert Huynh is one of about 8,000 Vietnamese potentially caught up in a tough new immigration policy adopted by the Trump administration, significantly escalating deportation proceedings against immigrants who have green cards but never became U.S. citizens, and who have violated U.S. law." READ MORE Flooded streets of Puerto Rico. (photo: Hector Retamal/Getty) 'I'm So Tired of Asking for Help': Letters From Puerto Rico Molly Osberg, Splinter News Osberg writes: "This week the Puerto Rican government raised Hurricane Maria's official death toll from 64 to 2,975. In response to questions about the new, vastly increased estimate, President Trump said Wednesday he believed the response effort on the island had been 'fantastic.'" READ MORE A Grizzly bear mother and her cub walk near Pelican Creek in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, October 8, 2012. (photo: Karen Bleier/AFP) First Yellowstone-Area Grizzly Hunt in 40 Years Blocked by Federal Judge Laura Zuckerman, Reuters Zuckerman writes: "A federal judge in Montana on Thursday issued a court order temporarily blocking the first trophy hunts of Yellowstone-area grizzly bears in more than 40 years, siding with native American groups and environmentalists seeking to restore the animals' protected status." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation