Andy Borowitz | Fired Trump Staffers Hold Reunion

02 April 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Andy Borowitz | Fired Trump Staffers Hold Reunion  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Former White House staffers who were fired by Donald Trump held their first reunion on Easter Sunday in Houston's Astrodome." READ MORE Jason Wilson (left), Simona Mangiante and George Papadopoulos outside of Hydrate in Chicago. (photo: Jason Wilson) Report: Trump Aide Papadopoulos Said Sessions 'Encouraged' Contact With Clinton 'Dirt' Professor Judd Legum, ThinkProgress Legum writes: "On Thursday at a Chicago nightclub, Papadopoulos had some drinks and, in a conversation with a new acquaintance, allegedly made new and explosive claims about Attorney General Jeff Sessions." READ MORE Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks in San Jose, California, in October 2016. (photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) Facebook Allows Advertisers to Target Users on the Basis of Their Interest in Illegal Firearms Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Stern writes: "Advertisers are not permitted to 'promote the sale or use of weapons, ammunition, or explosives' on Facebook. So why might they wish to target users based on their interest in specific firearms?" READ MORE Alton Sterling. (photo: Facebook) ALSO SEE: Police Officer Who Killed Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge Is Fired Not Charging the White Officers Who Killed Alton Sterling Is a Travesty Colleen Kane Gielskie, ACLU Kane Gielskie writes: "The failure to hold police accountable for the killings of Black men and boys is standard practice at both the local and federal level." READ MORE Public employees rallying at the Kentucky state capitol on March 30, 2018. (photo: BeckerforKY/Twitter Kentucky Schools Are Shut Down Today Amid a Growing Grassroots Worker Rebellion Eric Blanc, Jacobin Blanc writes: "There is a blatant offensive to destroy public education in Kentucky. They say that the way to save the schools is to privatize them. And this is clearly part of a national agenda." READ MORE Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: 'I would do everything I did again if I had to. Everything.' (photo: Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images) South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Activist Winnie Mandela Dies at 81 Jason Burke, Guardian UK Burke writes: "Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the iconic and deeply controversial figure of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, has died aged 81." READ MORE Greenland. (photo: Getty Images) Greenland Is Melting Faster Than Any Time in the Last 400 Years Chelsea Harvey, E&E News Harvey writes: "The Greenland ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in at least 400 years, new research suggests. And the melting is only speeding up." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation