Garrison Keillor | A Winning Candidate for 2020

26 April 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News SHOCKED BY THE LACK OF SUPPORT - I just want you to know that, as a monthly contributor who thinks the work you are doing is hugely important, I am shocked by the lack of support of other readers. Rest assured that rsn is deeply appreciated and I count on it/you to keep informed. If we want a "free" and independent press in today's world of corporate news, you are essential and I, for one, am deeply grateful to you and want to express my thanks. I'm sorry that your fundraising efforts are not bringing faster and more abundant results. In deep appreciation. / Marilyn, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | A Winning Candidate for 2020  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "Finally we see some spring in Minnesota, temperatures edging into the 50s, maybe 60s, snow gone except in the crevices, green grass, the miracle of going outdoors in shirtsleeves. It's like the Rapture except that everyone gets to enjoy it, not just the select few." READ MORE Trump's friends at Fox. (photo: Fox News) ALSO SEE: Trump Made 2 Costly Legal Errors During Unhinged Fox & Friends Interview ALSO SEE: Prosecutors Seize on Trump Interview Admission of Comey Representing Him Trump's Fox and Friends Interview Is Already Creating Legal Problems Adam K. Raymond, New York Magazine Raymond writes: "For President Trump, the territory doesn't get any friendlier than Fox and Friends. But that's not how he treated the show that helped launch his political career during an unhinged interview Thursday morning." READ MORE Bill Cosby departs Montgomery County in Morristown, Pennsylvania. (photo: Jacqueline Lama/AP) Bill Cosby Convicted on 3 Counts of Aggravated Indecent Assault Laura Benshoff and Bobby Allyn, NPR Excerpt: "A Pennsylvania jury has found Bill Cosby guilty on three counts of aggravated indecent assault, setting the comic legend up for the possibility of years of imprisonment for drugging and sexually violating a woman 14 years ago on a couch in his Cheltenham, Pa. home." READ MORE Toronto attack: the scene of the crime. (photo: Cole Burston/Getty) Incel, the Misogynist Ideology That Inspired the Deadly Toronto Attack, Explained Zack Beauchamp, Vox Beauchamp writes: "Alek Minassian, the man who killed 10 people by driving a van down a busy street in Toronto on Monday, is a terrorist." READ MORE Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson testified before a Senate Banking Committee hearing March 22. (photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) HUD Secretary Ben Carson to Propose Raising Rent for Low-Income Americans Receiving Federal Housing Subsidies  Tracy Jan, Caitlin Dewey and Jeff Stein, The Washington Post Excerpt: "Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson proposed far-reaching changes to federal housing subsidies Wednesday, tripling rent for the poorest households and making it easier for housing authorities to impose work requirements." READ MORE Sports stadium in China. (photo: Getty) How Do You Control 1.4 Billion People? Robert Foyle Hunwick, The New Republic Hunwick writes: "China's social credit system, which becomes mandatory in 2020, aims to funnel all behavior into a credit score." READ MORE The Lower Granite Dam is one of the four Lower Snake River dams Earthjustice is fighting to remove. (photo: Chris Jordan-Bloch/Earthjustice) Alarming "Salmon Extinction Act" Passes in US House Earthjustice Excerpt: "A small group led by Republicans in Congress spearheaded a bill that passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 25. If the bill becomes law, it could lead to the eventual extinction of wild salmon in the Columbia and Snake rivers - iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that the federal government is required by law to protect." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation