Andy Borowitz | Trump Sends National Guard to His Accountant's Office

10 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THIS IS A FUNDRAISER THAT MUST SUCCEED: We must find a way this time around to raise the bar on raising funds. We are spending more money on critically important initiatives, without any safety net. Your support could not be more vital or timely. Sincere thanks. / Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Trump Sends National Guard to His Accountant's Office  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "In what some experts are calling an unprecedented use of military force, Donald J. Trump on Tuesday ordered four thousand National Guard troops to protect the midtown Manhattan offices of his accountant." READ MORE Michael D. Cohen, personal attorney for President Trump, arrives on Capitol Hill on September 19. (photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) ALSO SEE: Mueller Investigating Ukrainian's $150,000 Payment for a Trump Appearance ALSO SEE: Raid on Trump's Lawyer  Sought Records of Payments to Women 'A Bomb on Trump's Front Porch': Seizure of Lawyer's Records Opens New Front in Legal Battles Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Robert Costa, The Washington Post  Excerpt: "President Trump has howled in all caps for nearly a year as the Justice Department has delved deeper and deeper into his orbit. Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III indicted his former campaign chairman." READ MORE David D. Smith, the chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, in 2011. (photo: Nicholas Griner/Baltimore Business Journal) Sinclair Chief to Trump in 2016: 'We Are Here to Deliver Your Message' Rebecca Savransky, The Hill Savransky writes: "The chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group reportedly told President Trump during the 2016 campaign that the company was there 'to deliver' his message." READ MORE 'These strikes are for wages and benefits, but they arise from a social landscape scoured by gender and racial inequalities.' (photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP) ALSO SEE: 'Momentum Is on Our Side,'  Oklahoma Teachers Union Leader Declares Women Are Leading the Wave of Strikes in America. Here's Why Tithi Bhattacharya, Guardian UK Bhattacharya writes: "The US is in the grip of a wave of strikes in our public schools. As a national organizer for the International Women's Strike, which took place on 8 March let me also add: 'at last!'" READ MORE Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, after meeting with her on Capitol Hill on Monday. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) ALSO SEE: How to Check Whether Facebook Shared Your Data With Cambridge Analytica Is "Sorry" Enough? Facebook Built Empire on Harvesting Personal Information With Little Oversight David Dayen, Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Excerpt: "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify today on Capitol Hill amid the burgeoning scandal about how the voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica harvested the data of more than 87 million Facebook users, without their permission, in efforts to sway voters to support President Donald Trump." READ MORE Lopez Obrador leads second-place Ricardo Anaya by 10.9 percent. (photo: Reuters) Mexico: AMLO Leads Presidential Poll by Almost 11% teleSUR Excerpt: "Mexican leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) - who has had two unsuccessful presidential runs - is enjoying a near 11-percent lead over his closest rival. The National Regeneration Movement (Morena) leader is ahead according to a newspaper poll." READ MORE Virunga National Park is home to the critically endangered mountain gorilla. (photo: Fanny Schertzer/Wikimedia Commons) Six Staff Killed in Deadliest Attack at Congo's Virunga National Park Mongabay Excerpt: "Suspected members of an armed militia ambushed and killed five rangers and a driver in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, park authorities said, in the deadliest attack yet at what is already one of the most dangerous conservation sites in the world." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation