John Oliver Gives Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump a Scathing Reality Check

04 March 19

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04 March 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News John Oliver Gives Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump a Scathing Reality Check  Laura Bradley, Vanity Fair Bradley writes: "In a scathing opening monologue, Oliver addressed the would-be political power couple that is Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner." READ MORE Jerrold Nadler. (photo: Getty Images) New Congressional Investigation Will Cover Collusion, Obstruction, and a Host of Alleged Felonies Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress McLean writes: "The House Judiciary Committee launched a wide-ranging investigation into President Donald Trump's campaign, presidency, and private business practices on Monday by requesting documents from 81 different companies, federal agencies, U.S. and foreign individuals, Republican organizations, and people within Trump's inner circle, including several members of his family." READ MORE Central American migrants react as they wait to enter the U.S., asking for refuge and to be reunited with their children, after being separated from them by immigration authorities when crossing illegally last year, at the border crossing in Mexicali-Calexico, March 2, 2019. (photo: Cristian Torres/Reuters) Migrant Parents Separated From Children Return to US, Plead to Be Reunited Lizbeth Diaz and Cristian Torres, Reuters Excerpt: "A large group of Central American migrants who U.S. authorities separated from their children last year when they crossed the Mexican border entered the United States again on Saturday asking for refuge and to be reunited with their kids." READ MORE 'I've got a full-time job in Congress and then I moonlight as America's greatest villain or as the new hope,' Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told the New Yorker. (photo: Lars Niki/Athena Film Festival) The 'Ravenous Hysteria' Over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Just Reached a New Level of Crazy Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post Sullivan writes: "Sometime over the past few days, the overreaction to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez moved from somewhat strange to downright bizarre - and, at times, more than a little scary." READ MORE Planned Parenthood clinic in Missouri. (photo: Columbia Tribune) Man Charged With Setting Fire to Planned Parenthood Clinic Margaret Stafford, Associated Press Stafford writes: "A 42-year-old Columbia, Missouri, man has been charged with trying to burn down a local Planned Parenthood clinic last month, federal prosecutors said Monday." READ MORE Norman Finkelstein. (photo: MEE) ALSO SEE: Israeli Bulldozers Uproot 300 Palestinian-Owned Olive and Almond Trees Near Jenin It Is Time to Indict Israel: Norman Finkelstein on Growing Push for ICC to File War Crimes Charges Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Israeli forces have killed 183 Palestinians since weekly Great March of Return demonstrations began in Gaza nearly a year ago targeting Israel's heavily militarized separation barrier. That's according to a new United Nations inquiry that found Israeli forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by targeting unarmed children, journalists and the disabled in Gaza." READ MORE A cross river gorilla, one of only about 300 believed to survive in the wild. (photo: WCS) In Nigeria, Hunters Turn Into Guardians of the Rarest Gorilla on Earth Linus Unah, Mongabay Unah writes: "Former bushmeat hunter Jacob Osang says poverty and lack of options drove him to the trade. 'There were no jobs, no opportunity anywhere,' Osang says." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation