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04 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Garrison Keillor | A Few Thoughts Before Heading Off to Dinner  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "I’m a man of considerable loyalty. I stick with a pair of shoes for years, and I still use Ipana toothpaste because it sponsored Fred Allen on the radio, though sometimes I buy Colgate in support of higher education." READ MORE Warren said that 'the Trump Administration’s inept response' to Hurricanes Maria and Irma 'denied families the help they needed and made it harder for them to recover.' Elizabeth Warren’s Puerto Rico Debt Relief Plan Outlines a Clear Path to Recovery Seth Millstein, Bustle Millstein writes: "Two years after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is proposing a radical plan to help the island recover, both from the hurricanes and its longstanding economic struggles." READ MORE A prisoner. (photo: Getty Images) Florida Lawmakers Approve Rolling Back Voting Rights for People With Felony Convictions Jessica M. Goldstein, ThinkProgress Goldstein writes: "It took 150 years for voters in Florida to do away with a lifetime voting ban on residents with a felony conviction. It took just six months for the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to effectively reinstate the prohibition against voting for most of its newly-enfranchised citizens." READ MORE John F. Kelly. (photo: Al Drago/NYT) John Kelly Joins Board of Company Operating Largest Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children Graham Kates, CBS News Kates writes: "In April, protesters outside the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly." READ MORE A swastika is seen on a leaflet dropped Friday during Sacramento State University’s annual “Bites on the Bridge” fundraiser. (photo: Dominic Vitiello/The State Hornet) Swastika Leaflets Dropped by Drone in Downtown Sacramento Noel Harris, The Sacramento Bee Harris writes: "People attending an annual event at Sacramento State University celebrating the city’s Farm-to-Fork roots were bombarded with material taking aim at the press. Some had images of a swastika on them." READ MORE An Israeli airstrike hits Gaza City on May 4, 2019. (photo: Hatem Moussa/AP) Israel Responds With Airstrikes, Killing at Least 1 Person, After 200 Rockets Fired from Gaza Lawahez Jabari and Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News Excerpt: "At least 200 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel Saturday, the Israeli military force said. Retaliatory Israeli attacks on Hamas military posts inside the strip killed at least one person and injured several others, according to Gazan authorities." READ MORE The Trump administration rejected federal protection for more than 50 species such as the Pacific walrus. (photo: MMC) Trump Vies With Reagan as Worst Enemy of Wildlife Sarah Okeson, DC Reports Okeson writes: "The Trump administration listed fewer animals and plants as endangered or threatened in Trump’s first two years in office than any president since Ronald Reagan when the notorious anti-environmentalist James Watt presided over the Interior Department." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation