RSN: Andy Borowitz | Trump Orders Replica Nobel Peace Prize to Display on His Desk

18 May 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News We Cannot Operate Without Minimal Support - We are on day 13 of trying to raise what we could easily have raised in one day. It’s not going to work. If Reader Supported News is to have any chance of covering its budget it will take a serious sustained effort. With the greatest respect, who can donate? / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Trump Orders Replica Nobel Peace Prize to Display on His Desk  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Donald J. Trump has ordered a replica of the Nobel Peace Prize and is displaying it prominently on his desk in the Oval Office, the White House confirmed on Wednesday." READ MORE Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students, and mass shooting survivors, from left, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky and Alex Wind participate in a panel discussion about guns, on March 20, 2018, at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (photo: Steven Senne/AP) ALSO SEE: Santa Fe, Texas, School Shooting: What We Know Parkland Survivors Respond to Texas School Shooting Ethan Sacks, NBC News Sacks writes: "One thousand, two hundred miles away from the mass shooting unfolding at Santa Fe High School in Texas, students in Parkland, Florida, were struggling to process the footage they watched Friday." READ MORE Speaker Paul Ryan. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty) And Now, for His Grand Finale, Paul Ryan Is Trying to Kick at Least a Million People Off of Food Stamps Jordan Weissman, Slate Weissman writes: "Paul Ryan has had three overarching goals during his political career: to cut taxes on the wealthy, to cut government spending on the poor and old, and to make the needy work if they want government help." READ MORE In this Jan. 19, 2018, photo, President Donald speaks to participants of the March for Life event, in the Rose Garden of the White House. (photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) President Trump to Deny Federal Funds to Clinics That Refer for Abortion Jill Colvin and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, The Chicago Tribune Excerpt: "The Trump administration will resurrect a Reagan-era rule banning federally funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, or sharing space with abortion providers." READ MORE Inmates stand in the yard at the privately-run Arizona State Prison-Kingman in Golden Valley, Ariz. (photo: Patrick Breen/AP) Why Are For-Profit US Prisons Subjecting Detainees to Forced Labor? Azadeh Shahshahani, Guardian UK Shahshahani writes: "Private prisons have for years enriched themselves by exploiting detained immigrant labor. They must be held accountable." READ MORE A Palestinian woman documents the situation at the border fence with Israel. (photo: Spencer Platt/Getty) I Live in Gaza. I Want You to Know Why We're Protesting. Intimaa Alsdudi, ThinkProgress Alsdudi writes: "The international media keeps warping our demands for their own purposes." READ MORE The Vermillion River in Minnesota. (photo: Gordon Dietzman) Trump's EPA Doesn't Want You to Know Chemicals in Teflon Are Poisoning Waterways and Firefighters Democracy Now! Excerpt: "The Environmental Protection Agency is facing a major new scandal after it worked with the White House to bury an alarming federal study detailing widespread chemical contamination of the nation’s water supply." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation