Andy Borowitz | Tillerson Caught Under Trump's Desk Disconnecting Button

03 January 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Tillerson Caught Under Trump's Desk Disconnecting Button    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker  Borowitz writes: "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was caught crouching under Donald J. Trump's Oval Office desk on Wednesday, in an attempt to disconnect Trump's newly installed nuclear button."  READ MORE 'They're Going to Crack Don Jr. Like an Egg': Bannon Rips Trump Jr.'s 'Treasonous' Russia Meeting  Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress  Barnes writes: "Steve Bannon, President Trump's former White House chief strategist, said that Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a group of Russians during the 2016 election was 'treasonous' and 'unpatriotic', according to an explosive new book transcript seen by The Guardian."  READ MORE Trump Doesn't Actually Have a 'Nuclear Button' but He Could Still Fire Nukes at Will  Katherine Krueger, Splinter News  Krueger writes: "Unfortunately, our president doesn't need approval from anyone else-not the vice president or Congress or even Sean Hannity-to authorize a nuclear strike."  READ MORE 'Spontaneous' Protests Will Only Be Legal With 48 Hours' Notice Under North Carolina Proposal  Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress  Pyke writes: "The next time residents of Durham County, North Carolina, feel the itch to spontaneously express political feelings on public grounds, they'd better hope somebody had the foresight to ask permission two days earlier."  READ MORE Trump's Border Patrol Has Threatened to Split Up Families at the Border. It Won't Stop Central American Immigrants.  Elizabeth Oglesby, The Hill  Oglesby writes: "The plan would keep detained immigrant adults in federal detention, while sending their children to Health and Human Services shelters, potentially hundreds of miles away."  READ MORE The Bittersweet Satisfaction of Watching Women Rise Because Men Fall  Rachel Withers, Slate  Withers writes: "Over the past few months, there have been calls for newly vacated positions of power to be given to women, and it seems such calls have been heard - though whether it's a symbolic correction for systematic inequality or because men have proved themselves to be too much of a liability for management is unclear."  READ MORE Why Birds Matter, and Are Worth Protecting  Jonathan Franzen, National Geographic  Franzen writes: "If you could see every bird in the world, you'd see the whole world."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation