Andy Borowitz | Military Refuses to Participate in Trump's Parade, Citing Bone Spurs

18 August 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News HOW BAD ARE WE REALLY DOING ON FUNDRAISING? - The best single day of fundraising in our history was in March of 2013. Over five hundred donors contributed more than thirteen thousand dollars - “in one day.” We are on day 11 of this funding drive and we still don't have half that much, 5.0K from 235 donors. We're down to the people who hate to donate, and they're the ones who have to save the organization. Got to get you onboard. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Andy Borowitz | Military Refuses to Participate in Trump's Parade, Citing Bone Spurs  Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker Borowitz writes: "The Pentagon has turned down Donald J. Trump's request for a grand military parade in Washington, D.C., citing a sudden outbreak of bone spurs that would prevent men and women in uniform from participating." READ MORE Elliott Broidy and his wife, Robin Rosenzweig. (photo: Alex J. Berliner/Shutterstock) GOP Fundraiser Under Investigation for Alleged Effort to Sell Government Influence Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Ellen Nakashima and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post Excerpt: "The Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering to deliver U.S. government actions for foreign officials in exchange for tens of millions of dollars, according to three people familiar with the probe." READ MORE Georgia voters fill out their ballots. (photo: Getty) Georgia Election Board Plots Jim Crow-Like Assault on Black Voting Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "A Georgia election board proposed shutting down seven of the nine polling locations in an overwhelmingly black rural county. It's the sort of blatantly illegal idea that would have been swiftly dismissed by federal courts in an age when an openly racist president was not appointing judges to the federal bench." READ MORE Kofi Annan was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work with the UN. (photo: Allison Joyce/Reuters) Kofi Annan, Former UN Secretary General, Dies Chris Johnston, Guardian UK Johnston writes: "The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced on Saturday." READ MORE Protester holds a sign with Eric Garner's final words 'I can't breathe.' (photo: Stephen Lam/Reuters) Why Is New York Still Paying Eric Garner's Killer Six Figures? Raven Rakia, The Appeal Rakia writes: "July marked the fourth anniversary of Eric Garner's death. The city of New York is still paying NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo - the man who put Eric Garner in a chokehold - six figures." READ MORE Some houses affected by Hurricane Maria remained covered in tarps or missing roofs as recently as June in San Juan, Puerto Rico's El Gandul neighborhood. (photo: Carlos Giusti/AP) FEMA Wants Puerto Rico to Start Paying for Part of Its Recovery Adrian Florido, NPR Florido writes: "Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has said that the island's emergency is over. And because of that, the agency has begun scaling back its financial assistance to the island." READ MORE The tide rushes in as dusk falls on the San Onofre Generating Station on March 25, 2014. (photo: Allen J. Schaben/LA Times) California's San Onofre Nuclear Plant Is a 'Fukushima Waiting to Happen' Steve Chapple, Los Angeles Times Chapple writes: "Southern California Edison is keeping 3.6 million pounds of lethal radioactive waste at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant in San Clemente." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation