Andy Borowitz | Pence Asks Jesus to Rapture Him Up Before Mueller Can Indict Him

10 December 17 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now:  Reader Supported News MY STRUGGLE AS A FUNDRAISER - Fundraising is probably the least fun thing that I do. However, without a budget of course, the wheels come off. So I do what must be done. We pay people. Our staff members, writers, service providers, the whole kit and caboodle. Regardless of the work that we do, nothing exempts us from meeting our financial obligations. I would rather be spending my time on our mission rather than funding it. Of that you can be sure. For me, that is a point of significant frustration. I started Reader Supported News to raise public awareness - not money. If you can see your way clear to a donation, that would be wonderful. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Pence Asks Jesus to Rapture Him Up Before Mueller Can Indict Him    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker  Borowitz writes: "Vice-President Mike Pence has requested that Jesus Christ rapture him up before the special counsel Robert Mueller can indict him, a source close to Pence confirmed on Friday."  READ MORE Roy Moore's Story Is Unraveling  William Saletan, Slate  Saletan writes: "Moore knows these women, and they have evidence to prove it. If Moore is fully investigated by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, he'll be exposed not just as a former predator, but as a current slanderer."  READ MORE Jeremy Corbyn | Time for a Fundamental Break With the World Order  Jeremy Corbyn, Jacobin  Corbyn writes: "Some want to use Brexit to turn Britain in on itself, rejecting the outside world, viewing everyone as a feared competitor. Others want to use Brexit to put rocket boosters under our current economic system's insecurities and inequalities, turning Britain into a deregulated corporate tax haven, with low wages, limited rights, and cut-price public services in a destructive race to the bottom."  READ MORE Forgetting His Efforts to Limit Voter Access, Trump Lauds Voting Rights Heroes  Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress  Koronowski writes: "The event was saddled with controversy that the organizers did not anticipate nor desire, as the president, distrusted by many black leaders, prompted prominent civil rights figures to boycott the opening ceremonies."  READ MORE Democrats Eye Gains in Pennsylvania Trial on 'Goofy' Gerrymandering  Joseph Ax, Reuters  Ax writes: "In Pennsylvania state Senator Daylin Leach's bid to win a seat vital to the Democratic Party's chances in 2018 elections of taking control of the U.S. Congress, his opponents may not be his biggest obstacle."  READ MORE Rebecca Solnit | Let This Flood of Women's Stories Never Cease  Rebecca Solnit, Literary Hub  Solnit writes: "There's a problem with the way feminism moves forward in reaction to breaking news stories. It brings focus to a single predator, a single incident, and people who haven't faced the pervasiveness of misogyny can build stories around it about why this was the exception, not the rule."  READ MORE How Monsanto's GM Cotton Sowed Trouble in Africa  Joe Bavier, Reuters  Bavier writes: "In 2000, farmers in Burkina Faso, Africa's top cotton grower, were desperate. Their cotton fetched top prices because its high-quality fibre lent a luxurious sheen to clothing and bedsheets. But pests - bollworms - were threatening the crop."  READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation