Garrison Keillor | The Graduation Speech I Didn't Get to Give

08 June 19

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07 June 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WE ARE IN UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL TROUBLE: We are scratching and clawing to make our budget every month. Because we cannot get 1% of our subscribers to contribute to our fundraising appeals. Waiting until the situation is dire is abusive of the process. Well it’s dire now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | The Graduation Speech I Didn't Get to Give  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website t was graduation weekend at my daughter’s school and so I hung out with emotional dads for a couple of days and at the graduation dance I got a little teary-eyed myself. It was the Father-Daughter dance and we shimmied and shook to “I Saw Her Standing There” and then a slow waltz to “Wonderful World” and I sang the words to her, “I hear babies cry, I watch them grow; they’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know.” And I meant them. READ MORE Detention center. (photo: David Mcnew/Getty) DHS Watchdog Finds Spoiled Food, Nooses at Multiple Immigration Detention Centers Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress Entralgo writes: "The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report Thursday detailing the horrific conditions at immigration detention centers across the United States." READ MORE Lawmakers have yet to take concrete action against fake news and misinformation. (photo: Erik McGregor/Barcroft) Fake News: US Braced for New Wave of Misinformation in 2020 Election Sabrina Siddiqui, Guardian UK Siddiqui writes: "As the US gears up for its next general election, half of Americans view fake news as a bigger threat to the country than terrorism, illegal immigration, violent crime or racism, according to a new study." READ MORE The most expensive cleanup site is at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. (photo: Manuel Valdes/AP) Nuclear Waste Will Be Classified as Safer Under a Controversial Trump Administration Change Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times Vartabedian writes: "The federal Department of Energy is changing how it will dispose of nuclear weapons waste, reclassifying what was formerly considered high-level radioactive material to a lower standard, officials said in a formal notice Wednesday." READ MORE An iPhone user. (photo: Getty) Give Up Your Password or Go to Jail: Police Push Legal Boundaries to Get Into Cellphones Jon Schuppe, NBC News Schuppe writes: "As police now routinely seek access to people's cellphones, privacy advocates see a dangerous erosion of Americans' rights, with courts scrambling to keep up." READ MORE Children queue as they wait to receive free food which was prepared by residents and volunteers on a street in the low-income neighborhood of Caucaguita in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Henry Romero/Reuters) US Sanctions on Venezuela Illegal Under UN, OAS and US Law teleSUR Excerpt: "The application of unilateral economic sanctions is an explicit violation of international law protected under the United Nation's (U.N.) and Organization of American States's (OAS) charters, human rights stipulations, and even national United States (U.S.) law. Despite that truth, they have become U.S. President Donald Trump's favorite tool to assert his foreign policy goals around the world." READ MORE A pair of elk. (photo: Getty) Trump Administration Plans Major Expansion of Hunting, Fishing in Wildlife Refuges John Seewer, Associated Press Seewer writes: "The Trump administration on Wednesday announced what it called a major expansion of hunting and fishing in the nation's wildlife refuges." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation