Garrison Keillor | A Christmas Letter From New York

30 December 18

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We Are in Unnecessary Financial Trouble

We are scratching and clawing to make our budget every month. Because we cannot get 1% of our subscribers to contribute to our fundraising appeals.

Waiting until the situation is dire is abusive of the process.

Well it's dire now.

Marc Ash
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29 December 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IN A WORLD AWASH IN LIES ... Dear Marc, It was my pleasure to contribute. In a world awash in lies, RSN is a lighthouse beacon in a hazardous and stormy sea. Keep up the good work. / Bruce, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Garrison Keillor | A Christmas Letter From New York  Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website Keillor writes: "It was, in my opinion, the best Christmas ever. Men are running the country whom you wouldn't trust to heat up frozen dinners, a government shutdown meant that TSA people worked as volunteers (and also the DOJ employees investigating Individual-1's dealings with the Russians), and on Wall Street the blue chips were selling like buffalo chips." READ MORE A TSA worker works at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, December 25, 2018. (photo: Nam Y.  ALSO SEE: Federal Workers Are Facing Eviction Due to No Income During Government Shutdown Trump Issues Executive Order Freezing Federal Workers' Pay in 2019 Veronica Stracqualursi and Kevin Liptak, CNN Excerpt: "President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday freezing federal workers' pay for 2019, following through on a proposal he announced earlier in the year." READ MORE U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (photo: Bryan Cox/Getty Images) He Drew His School Mascot - and ICE Labeled Him a Gang Member Hannah Dreier, ProPublica Dreier writes: "When Alex walked into school on June 14, 2017, it felt as if summer had already started. He didn't have regular classes, just a standardized math test in the late morning." READ MORE People gather around the Ben & Jerry's 'Yes on 4' truck as they learn about Amendment 4 at Charles Hadley Park in Miami, October 22, 2018. (photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP) Florida Republicans Are Working to Block Restoration Voting Rights for Felons, Despite Recent Vote Mariana Alfaro, Business Insider Alfaro writes: "Florida lawmakers might not be ready to put Amendment 4 - a measure approved by 64.5% of Florida voters that would give voting rights back to most felons who have completed their sentences - into action." READ MORE CAIR launched a campaign to publicize the family's plight and the State Department granted Shaima Swileh a waiver to visit her dying son. (photo: NBC) Two-Year-Old Whose Yemeni Mother Fought Trump's Muslim Ban to Visit Him Dies in Hospital Saphora Smith, NBC News Smith writes: "A terminally ill boy whose Yemeni mother fought for more than a year to visit him after being barred from entering the U.S. by the Trump administration's travel ban has died in hospital in California." READ MORE A Honduran family stands next to the border fence after they turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images) The Problem With Border Security Joseph Nevins, NACLA Nevins writes: "On December 11, President Donald Trump hosted an Oval Office sit-down with incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles 'Chuck' Schumer (D-NY)." READ MORE Two elephants play in a river in Thailand. (photo: Wootthisak Nirongboot/Getty Images) An Elephant's Personhood on Trial Brandon Keim, The Atlantic Keim writes: "Forty-seven years ago, the Asian elephant now known as Happy was one of seven calves captured - probably in Thailand, but details are hazy - and sent to the United States." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation