Andy Borowitz | Woman Quits Job After Being Forced to Spend Week With Trump

08 June 19

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08 June 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THE WING-NUTS WILL FUND THEIR ORACLES, YOU CAN BE SURE: The right wing will fund their oracles, that's a given. We are told that we will always be without means, never know stability, never be able to provide. One more lie, after another. We know what to do with a budget. We know how to apply it, how to grow something of value to the community with it. Let's give them something to talk about. Thank you all sincerely. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Woman Quits Job After Being Forced to Spend Week With Trump  Borowitz writes: "A British woman quit her job, on Friday, after being forced to spend the better part of a week with Donald J. Trump, the woman has confirmed." Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker READ MORE Rudy Giuliani. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) House Democrats Reportedly Want to Go After Rudy Giuliani Paul Blest, Splinter Blest writes: "The Daily Beast reported on Friday that congressional Democrats are considering launching a probe into Trump lawyer and sycophant Rudy Giuliani and his work overseas." READ MORE A wall of flames lurches over a ridge in California. (photo: Kent Porter/AP) White House Blocked Intelligence Agency's Written Testimony Saying Climate Change Could Be 'Possibly Catastrophic' Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post Excerpt: "White House officials barred a State Department intelligence agency from submitting written testimony this week to the House Intelligence Committee warning that human-caused climate change could be 'possibly catastrophic.'" READ MORE 'The men had come to receive the inaugural Roger Baldwin Courage Award, and to accept another on behalf of director Ava DuVernay, whose recent Netflix series When They See Us retold their decades-long legal battle.' (photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) A 'Central Park Five' Survivor's Tear-Filled Plea: 'Trump Put a Bounty on Our Heads' Tarpley Hitt, The Daily Beast Hitt writes: "The five men who were arrested as teenagers, falsely convicted, sentenced to years in prison, and eventually exonerated for the rape and assault of a white jogger in Central Park in 1989, have never been keen on the name 'Central Park Five.'" READ MORE The news comes as pride celebrations are set to take place in Washington, D.C. over the weekend. (photo: Project Q) Trump Admin Tells US Embassies They Can't Fly Pride Flag on Flagpoles Josh Lederman, NBC News Lederman writes: "The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News." READ MORE A Sudanese protester outside Khartoum's army headquarters as the army tries to break up a sit-in. (photo: AFP/Getty Images) "Massacre" in Sudan: Protesters Continue Call for Civilian Rule After Military Kills 100+ at Sit-In Democracy Now! Excerpt: "The death toll in Sudan has risen to more than 100 following a deadly military raid on a nonviolent sit-in in Khartoum Monday morning." READ MORE There are now at least six states that have passed or introduced legislation aimed at criminalizing pipeline protests. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Red States Are Criminalizing Speech to Wage War on Environmental Activists Luke Darby, GQ Darby writes: "Late in 2016, thousands of indigenous and environmental activists came together in North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux tribe maintained that the multi-state-spanning pipeline jeopardized both their burial sites and clean water supply, and they led a months-long encampment to stop the construction." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

RSN: Harvey Wasserman | Will Digital Ballot Images Help Protect the 2020 Election?

09 April 19

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NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT FOR FREE: This is a Serious Struggle for Support. Make no mistake about it, we are giving these funding drives everything we have now. No, you can't have it for free. You can have something for free but it won't be something you control, it will be something that controls you. A lot of good, sincere people support RSN. Don't just stand back and let them do it alone, work with them, help them build RSN. / Thank you. Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News

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RSN: Harvey Wasserman | Will Digital Ballot Images Help Protect the 2020 Election? 

Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "Could we actually get a ballot count in 2020 that would be fair and reliable?"
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Trump's efforts reached a crescendo on Sunday when he ousted Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary. (photo: Leah Millis/Reuters)

ALSO SEE: Trump Removes Secret Service Director
as Purge of DHS Leadership Widens

Trump Moves to Install Loyalists
Jordan Fabian, The Hill
Fabian writes: "President Trump is accelerating his push to appoint loyalists to key administration posts, as he seeks to assert greater control over the federal government and move forward with his agenda."
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A pedestrian passes in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (photo: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Trump Hotels Exempted From Ban on Foreign Payments Under New Stance
Peter Stone, Guardian UK
Stone writes: "The Department of Justice has adopted a narrow interpretation of a law meant to bar foreign interests from corrupting federal officials, giving Saudi Arabia, China and other countries leeway to curry favor with Donald Trump via deals with his hotels, condos, trademarks and golf courses."
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Representative Ilhan Omar. (photo: Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)

Rep. Ilhan Omar Called Stephen Miller a 'White Nationalist.' GOP Critics Accused Her of Anti-Semitism
Meagan Flynn, The Washington Post
Flynn writes: "A familiar story line played out Monday night for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who condemned one of President Trump's most trusted advisers only to end up being accused of anti-Semitism."
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Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)

Democrats Made a Move to Be Able to Drop by ICE Detention Centers Whenever They Want
Emma Ockerman, VICE
Ockerman writes: "A group of 20 Democrats sent a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Homeland Security on Friday that asks to include language in a budget bill that would allow them to tour Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities with 48-hour notice."
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Indian occupied Kashmir's special privilege might be scrapped if far-right ruling BJP gets re-elected. (photo: Reuters)

India's Far-Right Party to Scrap Special Status of Occupied Kashmir
teleSUR
Excerpt: "India's ruling party BJP said in its 2019 manifesto that it will scrap special status of occupied Kashmir which grants them some autonomy if elected."
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A group of activists have been jailed for over a year before trial for entering the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia last April to protest U.S. nuclear weapons. (photo: The Ithaca Voice)

Kings Bay Plowshares: Peace Activists Face 25 Years for Action at US Nuclear Submarine Base
Democracy Now! 

 

Excerpt: "A group of peace activists have been jailed for over a year before trial for entering the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia last April to protest U.S. nuclear weapons."
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Matt Taibbi | New Drone Strikes Underscore, Again, How Much Power We Give Trump

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WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE ON DONATIONS - A very serious problem is evolving due entirely to a blind eye to funding. We can’t do this. Wish we could but we can’t. As long as most of you ignore the fundraising, the problem will mount. The situation is quite serious now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News

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Matt Taibbi | New Drone Strikes Underscore, Again, How Much Power We Give Trump 

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Americans rolled over for decades while we gave the executive branch unreviewable authority to kill - now that power is in the hands of an idiot."
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Trump Wins Opening Round in Legal Battle Over Consumer Watchdog Agency
Richard Gonzales, NPR News
Gonzales writes: "The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly is a victory for President Trump, who appointed White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to take charge of the CFPB after the resignation of its previous director, Richard Cordray."
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Bernie Sanders Unveils a $146 Billion 'Marshall Plan' for Puerto Rico
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday unveiled a $146 billion relief package for Puerto Rico, which is still recovering after a hurricane tore through the island earlier this year."
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The US Coast Guard Is Operating 'Floating Guantanamos' in the Pacific Ocean
Traci Tong, PRI
Tong writes: "There's a secret US detention system in the War on Drugs - and this one is aboard US Coast Guard cutters sailing in the Pacific Ocean."
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J20 Trial: 200 Plus Inauguration Protesters, Journalists and Observers Face Riot Charges From Mass Arrest
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The defendants were charged under the Federal Riot Statute and face multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, including inciting or urging to riot, conspiracy to riot and multiple counts of destruction of property. Evidence against the defendants has been scant from the moment of their arrest."
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Report: Shell Complicit in 'Killings, Rape and Torture' in Nigeria
Climate Nexus
Excerpt: "Amnesty International is calling for an international investigation into Royal Dutch Shell's practices, alleging in a new report released Tuesday that the oil giant was involved in human rights violations committed by the Nigerian government in the early 1990s."
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Trophy Hunting May Drive Extinctions, Due to Climate Change
Stephen Leahy, National Geographic
Leahy writes: "According to a new study, hunting the most impressive animals weakens a species' ability to survive in the face of environmental changes."
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Frank Rich | The GOP Can't Handle Moore Problems

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RSN: ABSOLUTELY WORTH FIGHTING FOR: I am proud to write to you today and ask for your support. I am proud of our staff, our achievements and our commitment to making our country and our world better. I am proud of our readership and the community we have built. We are, "Reader Supported News." Give us a hand please. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News

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Frank Rich | The GOP Can't Handle Moore Problems 
 
Frank Rich, New York Magazine 
Rich writes: "As more and more women come forward with allegations of Roy Moore's sexual pursuit of teenagers, the GOP Senate candidate refuses to concede the race, even after having lost the support of nearly every Republican currently serving in the Senate. At this point, what is the GOP's best course of action?" 
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Trump's "Coffee Boy" Keeps Sabotaging His Russia Story 
Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair 
Tracy writes: "The chaos of the Trump-campaign circus attracted a variety of eccentrics, grifters, hustlers, resume-inflators and Russophiles from which the White House is now doing its best to disassociate from: former adviser Carter Page, the self-described Russian-energy expert who has been talking to the F.B.I." 
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Former Al Franken Female Staffers Speak Out: 'He Treated Us With the Utmost Respect' 
Ed O'Keefe, The Washington Post 
O'Keefe writes: "Some former female staffers of Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) spoke out on Friday in his defense, saying that he had treated women with respect while they worked in his office." 
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How Prosecutors Turn a Protest Into a 'Riot' 
Elizabeth Ariadne Lagesse, The New York Times 
Lagesse writes: "A year ago, I was finalizing plans to leave a chemical engineering Ph.D. program and join the tech sector. But as Inauguration Day approached, I became so disgusted by President-elect Donald Trump's behavior that I felt it would have been negligent to remain a bystander." 
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Hondurans in US Live in Limbo Amid TPS Uncertainty 
Nidia Bautista, Al Jazeera 
Bautista writes: "For Belinda Osorio Hanzman, being forced to return to San Pedro Sula in Honduras would mean leaving behind her two US-born children." 
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Robert Mugabe Refuses to Quit as Zimbabweans March for His Ouster 
David McKenzie, Hilary Clarke and Angela Dewan, CNN 
Excerpt: "Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets of Harare on Saturday to demand the resignation of President Robert Mugabe, in what could spell the political end for the 93-year-old leader who has ruled the country for nearly four decades." 
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Slaughter of 90,000 Wild Horses Could Proceed Despite 80% Objection From American Public 
American Wild Horse Campaign 
Excerpt: "The American Wild Horse Campaign on Thursday harshly criticized Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke's appointment of Brian Steed, the former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT), as the acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as dangerous and out of step with the wishes of the vast majority of Americans." 
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria 
Remezcla 
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways." 
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RSN: Shell Is Just One Little Step Away From Drilling in the Arctic, CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in New York Prison, Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years' Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV

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Andy Borowitz | Sanders Shamelessly Pandering to Voters Who Want to Hear Truth 
 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is gaining legions of new admirers by shamelessly pandering to voters who want to hear the truth, critics of the Vermont senator say." 
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The United Nations Has a Rape Problem 
Beenish Ahmed, ThinkProgress 
Ahmed writes: "Sexual violence and exploitations have not been isolated to any one region of the world. Reports of abuse at the hands of peacekeepers have emerged from Bosnia, Haiti, and the East Timor, among other countries." 
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Connecticut's Top Court Overturns Death Penalty in State 
Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press 
"Three years after Connecticut abolished the death penalty for any future crimes, the state's highest court on Thursday spared the lives of all 11 men who were already on death row when the law took effect, saying it would be unconstitutional to execute them." 
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Julian Assange: Three Cases Dropped but Inquiry Into Rape Allegation Continues 
David Crouch, Guardian UK 
Crouch writes: "Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation into allegations of sexual assault against Julian Assange after the deadline for bringing charges expired, but said they would continue to pursue an interview with the WikiLeaks founder over an outstanding rape allegation." 
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Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years' Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV 
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK 
Swaine writes: "A protest leader in Ferguson, Missouri, could face up to four years in prison after being charged with a felony for allegedly kicking a vehicle as it ploughed through a line of peaceful demonstrators who were blocking a highway." 
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CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in New York Prison 
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept 
McLaughlin writes: "Over 60 inmates at New York's Clinton Correctional Facility have complained of abuse by prison guards in the wake of the June escape of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt." 
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Shell Is Just One Little Step Away From Drilling in the Arctic 
Katie Herzog, Grist 
Herzog writes: "Shell's Arctic drilling is a big deal. In addition to concerns about oil spills, a study from researchers at University College London contends that all oil in the Arctic needs to stay in the ground if we are to keep global temperatures below a 2 degree C increase." 
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RSN: The Profitable Theatrics of Riot Control, Shell's Arctic Drilling Is Far More Risky Than the Company Is Telling Shareholders, Say Conservationists, Sanders Calls Minimum Wage a 'Starvation Wage'

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Juan Cole | US Airstrike in Syria Kills 53 Civilians, 6 Children

Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The US air strike on Friday that inadvertently hit a village of non-combatants, killing members of six families, raises new questions about the Obama administration's approach to fighting Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) in Syria."
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Freddie Gray: Legal Volunteers Arrested After Defying Baltimore Curfew
Raya Jalabi, Guardian UK
Jalabi writes: "Legal observers and medical volunteers were among the roughly 50 people arrested in Baltimore on Saturday night, as another evening of protests ended in yet more clashes as protesters attempted to defy curfew restrictions."
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Sanders Calls Minimum Wage a 'Starvation Wage'
Mark Hensch, The Hill
Hensch writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday argued that the annual income provided by the minimum wage could not sustain most American families."
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The Profitable Theatrics of Riot Control
Anna Feigenbaum, Al Jazeera America
Feigenbaum writes: "Riot control is - and always has been - about criminalizing acts of disobedience by controlling people, public space and even the air we breathe."
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Charles Pierce | Judgement Day in Jersey: How Things Went From Bad to Worse for Chris Christie
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Chris Christie is still running around the country pretending to run for president. (And I think his only real shot is to get his Agnew on regarding the events in Baltimore.)"
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Islamic State Group Executes Hundreds of Yazidis in Iraq
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Islamic State group executed as many as 600 Yazidis in northern Iraq Friday, according to the ARA news agency."
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Shell's Arctic Drilling Is Far More Risky Than the Company Is Telling Shareholders, Say Conservationists
Darren Ankrom, VICE News
Ankrom writes: "A new petition filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Royal Dutch Shell of misleading investors about the risks of drilling in the Arctic Ocean and alleges the company is unprepared to handle a major oil spill."
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