Paul McCartney Honors John Lennon at NYC March for Our Lives

25 March 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News KEEP GOING.... Keep doing what you do. I don't always agree with things on RSN, however, you are a beacon for the 1st Amendment! / Joe – RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Paul McCartney Honors John Lennon at NYC March for Our Lives  The Daily Beast Excerpt: "Paul McCartney threw his weight behind calls for gun control at the March for Our Lives in New York on Saturday, saying the issue has struck a chord with him because fellow Beatle John Lennon was killed by a gun." READ MORE Tears roll down the face of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez as she observes 4 minutes and 25 seconds of silence while addressing the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday in Washington. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: 'Vote Them Out!': Thousands Register to Vote at US Gun-Control Marches Dahlia Lithwick | The March for Our Lives Could Not Possibly Have Been Scripted Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Lithwick writes: "Since it's very hard to hate child victims of school shootings, the best available critique that could be mustered for Saturday's March for Our Lives was the familiar refrain that 'these children are puppets.'" READ MORE Mike Pence and Donald Trump. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Pence Secretly Drafted Trump's Latest Transgender Military Ban Zack Ford, ThinkProgress Ford writes: "It turns out that Vice President Pence and some of the country's most prominent anti-LGBTQ activists had a role in reversing the outcome, which explains why the report explaining the decision is rife with anti-trans junk science." READ MORE Rising state department star Heather Nauert is a former Fox News anchor. (photo: Alex Brandon/AP) Fox Faces on Trump's Team: TV Network Serving as West Wing Casting Call Associated Press Excerpt: "Donald Trump's favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as the president reshapes his administration with camera-ready personalities." READ MORE Senator Roy Blunt. (photo: Pablo Martinez/AP) States: Federal Money for Opioid Crisis a Small Step Forward Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press Mulvihill writes: "The federal government will spend a record $4.6 billion this year to fight the nation's deepening opioid crisis, which killed 42,000 Americans in 2016." READ MORE Carles Puigdemont has been living in self-imposed exile in Brussels. (photo: Eric Vidal/Reuters) Catalonia Ex-Leader Carles Puigdemont Arrested in Germany Al Jazeera Excerpt: "Fugitive Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont has been arrested in Germany, police in the state of Schleswig-Holstein said in a statement." READ MORE Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio. (photo: Paul Sancya/AP) Congress Pushes to Protect Funding for Major Waterways John Flesher, Associated Press Flesher writes: "President Trump has gotten nowhere in his push to kill federal support for cleaning up some of the nation's most prized waterways, as the United States House and Senate decided Thursday to keep funding at current levels - and in some cases, boost it." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation