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20 June 18 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News THESE ARE THE WORST FUNDRAISING NUMBERS WE HAVE EVER SEEN - It has - never - been anywhere near this difficult to raise the basic scratch we need to run the site, pay the staff and our providers what we are experiencing right now. For the entire month we have 315 donations. In the past we have received more than that in a single day. This is very hard on everyone, including our readers. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Jeffrey Toobin | The Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Decision Could Have Been Much Worse  Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker Toobin writes: "Here's a safe rule of thumb for news developments in the Trump era: it's almost always worse than you think. But the Supreme Court's decision on Monday in Gill v. Whitford, the case about partisan redistricting in Wisconsin, provides a modest exception to the rule." READ MORE People who've been taken into custody sit in one of the cages at a detention facility in McAllen, Texas. (photo: CBP) US Officials Likely Lost Track of Nearly 6,000 Unaccompanied Migrant Kids Franco Ordoñez and Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC Excerpt: "The Trump administration has likely lost track of nearly 6,000 unaccompanied migrant children, thousands more than lawmakers were alerted to last month, according to a McClatchy review of federal data." READ MORE Trump Says He Will Sign Order to End Family Separations Scott Detrow, Kelsey Snell and Miles Parks, NPR Excerpt: "President Trump said on Wednesday he will be signing an executive order to address his controversial zero-tolerance immigration policy that has resulted in thousands of family separations and brought criticism from Democrats and Republicans." READ MORE White House policy adviser Stephen Miller. (photo: Getty) The New York Times Silenced a Stephen Miller Interview on the Border Crisis at the White House's Request David Uberti, Splinter News Uberti writes: "Now, we're all left more curious about what Miller said and how he said it - not to mention the extent to which 'on the record' is actually on the record at the Times." READ MORE Canada Becomes Second Country in World to Legalize Marijuana Associated Press Excerpt: "Canada's Senate gave final passage Tuesday to the federal government's bill to legalize cannabis, though Canadians will have to wait at least a couple of months to legally buy marijuana as their country becomes the second in the world to make pot legal nationwide." READ MORE Hungary Criminalizes Aiding Migrants With 'Stop Soros' Bill Philip Heijmans, Al Jazeera Heijmans writes: "The Hungarian parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow for the imprisonment of anybody aiding undocumented migrants, ignoring pleas from the European Union, the Union Nations and numerous international organisations not to do so." READ MORE Community members watch as a home is destroyed by lava from a Kilauea volcano. (photo: Mario Tama/Getty) 'The Entire Habitat Is Gone': Hawaii's Natural Wonders Claimed by Lava Breena Kerr, Guardian UK Kerr writes: "On Hawaii island, also known as the Big Island, lava from the weeks-long eruption of the Kilauea volcano has also paved over tide pools and coral gardens, boiled a 400-year-old lake until it evaporated and killed a number of sea creatures." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation