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30 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SELF-IMMOLATION FUNDRAISING, SERIOUSLY, FOLKS? - We are running an excellent publication. Everything is going very well. Except reasonable financial support. Raising any money at all requires really intense cajoling. We are here, we have been here and we will be here. Please do not ignore the fundraising appeals until the situation reaches critical mass. Donate, please. - Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Mueller Stirs Controversy by Urging Americans to Read  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "The special counsel Robert Mueller ignited a firestorm of controversy on Wednesday by recommending that millions of Americans read." READ MORE Thomas Hofeller (center) attends a House Government and Oversight Census Subcommittee regarding the use of statistical sampling in the 2000 census in 1998. (photo: Ray Lustig/The Washington Post) A Dead Man Just Revealed the Trump Administration's Plans to Rig Elections for White Republicans Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "A longtime Republican operative urged Trump administration officials to add a question to the 2020 census form that hasn't been asked since the Jim Crow era." READ MORE Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, discusses her bill that would allow police to use deadly force only when there is no reasonable alternative. (photo: Rich Pedroncelli/AP) Fatal Police Shootings Could Become a Crime Under Proposed California Law Marco della Cava, USA Today della Cava writes: "A showdown over when police can use deadly force is set to unfold in the California Legislature next week, which could result in sweeping changes to law enforcement departments that give officers broad latitude in deciding when to shoot to kill." READ MORE Rifles for sale at a Virginia store. (photo: Jim Watson/Getty) Tech Giant Brings Software to a Gun Fight Jay Greene, The Washington Post Green writes: "Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms." READ MORE Venezuelans wait in a line. (photo: Getty) Sanctions Kill: How US Blockade Is Taking Venezuelans' Lives teleSUR Excerpt: "While continuous and intensified sanctions against Venezuela by the United States aim to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro's administration they are mostly hurting the country's population, of which at least 40,000 deaths have been recorded, according to a study released." READ MORE ISIS has been setting crops on fire in Iraq and Syria. (photo: Together for Jarniyah) Crop Fires, a Weapon of War, Ruin Iraqi, Syrian Harvests Salar Salim and Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Excerpt: "It was looking to be a good year for farmers across parts of Syria and Iraq. The wettest in generations, it brought rich, golden fields of wheat and barley, giving farmers in this war-torn region reason to rejoice." READ MORE Farmer applies pesticides on his crops. (photo: Shutterstock) Court Docs: Monsanto Paid Chemical Industry Front Group to Claim Cancer-Causing Weedkiller 'Safe' and Attack Its Critics Bill Walker, Environmental Working Group Walker writes: "Emails show that in February 2015, Monsanto was working with ACSH to prepare for the expected fallout from a pending report on the safety of glyphosate by the International Agency for Research on Cancer." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation