Andy Borowitz | Californians Puzzled by Trump's Failure to Blame Wildfires on Hillary Clinton

07 August 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News TAKE NOTE: RSN IS STILL STANDING - We are not commercial, we are not giant, we are not ruthless. We are not afraid of struggle. We serve the our community and none else. It’s tough. So are we. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Californians Puzzled by Trump's Failure to Blame Wildfires on Hillary Clinton  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "Californians were baffled on Monday by a series of tweets by Donald J. Trump in which he utterly failed to blame the state's current wildfires on Hillary Clinton." READ MORE Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. (photo: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg) Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Alleged to Have Stolen More Than $120 Million From Associates Dan Alexander, Forbes Alexander writes: "A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been quietly making its way through the New York State court system over the last three years, pitting a private equity manager named David Storper against his former boss: Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross." READ MORE Donald Trump supporters. (photo: Damon Winter/NYT) New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media Sam Stein, The Daily Beast Stein writes: "Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast." READ MORE Ajit Pai. (photo: Tom Williams/Getty Images) Ajit Pai Admits FCC Lied About Comment Interruption, Blames It on Obama Administration Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica Brodkin writes: "Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai acknowledged Monday that the FCC lied about its public comment system being taken down by a DDoS attack during the net neutrality repeal proceeding." READ MORE Keedran Franklin demonstrating on the street in Memphis. (photo: Brandon Dill/Guardian UK) US Police Created Facebook Profiles to Spy on Black Activists teleSUR Excerpt: "The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the Memphis, Tennessee Police Department, accusing them of illegally surveilling members of the Black Lives Matter movement." READ MORE The city of Ma'ale Adumim, one of the largest Israeli settlements in the West Bank. (photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Fact and Fiction About the Amendment of the Israeli Supreme Court's Jurisdiction Over West Bank Cases Elena Chachko and Amichai Cohen, Lawfare Excerpt: "The Israeli legislature has taken another step toward blurring the lines distinguishing the Israeli legal system from the one that exists in the West Bank." READ MORE Hurricanes Katia (left), Irma (center) and Jose (right) in September 2017 - the first time on record that three major hurricanes made landfall at the same time in the Caribbean. (photo: GOES- Caribbean States Beg Trump to Grasp Climate Change Threat: 'War Has Come to Us' Oliver Milman, Guardian UK Milman writes: "Caribbean states and territories have rounded on the Trump administration for dismantling the US' response to climate change, warning that greenhouse gas emissions must be sharply cut to avoid hurricanes and sea level rise threatening the future of their island idylls." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation