RSN: William Boardman | Trump Weaponizes Pardon Power: Scorched Earth Campaign Against Law

07 June 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN: William Boardman | Trump Weaponizes Pardon Power: Scorched Earth Campaign Against Law  William Boardman, Reader Supported News Boardman writes: "When the target is Hillary Clinton, what's wrong with abuse of power?" READ MORE Republicans Stop Democrats From Intensifying Investigation Into Scott Pruitt's Ever-Growing Scandals Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress Mandel writes: "House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon blocked an effort by Democrats to increase funding for the agency's watchdog, which is tasked with investigating the many scandals surrounding agency administrator Scott Pruitt." READ MORE ACLU Sues Over Plans for Citizenship Question on 2020 Census Associated Press Excerpt: "Civil rights lawyers sued the U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday to try to stop plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census." READ MORE New Mexico Could Elect First Native-American Woman to Congress Brian Naylor, NPR Naylor writes: "Tuesday's primary election in New Mexico moved the country one step closer to putting the first Native-American woman in Congress." READ MORE UN Human Rights Office Tells Trump to Stop Separating Kids From Parents at Border Associated Press Excerpt: "The United Nations human rights office called on the Trump administration Tuesday to 'immediately halt' its accelerating policy of separating children from their parents after they cross the U.S. border with Mexico, insisting there's 'nothing normal about detaining children.'" READ MORE Amnesty International Accuses US of Committing War Crimes During Its Bombing Campaign Against ISIS in Syria David Brennan, Newsweek Brennan writes: "The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS may have committed war crimes as its airstrikes rained down on civilians trapped by the brutal fighting in the Syrian city of Raqqa last year, a new report claims." READ MORE Logging operation. (photo: NRDC) Logging in the American South Is Harming Local Residents Danna Smith, Ensia Smith writes: "Along with a degraded landscape, these rural communities are overburdened by pollution from nearby paper mills, toxic waste dumps, coal pollution and some of the dirtiest industries of the modern industrial world." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation