Charles Pierce | The Aspiring Autocrat President* Is Making Big Moves This Week

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11 May 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE GOING TO STAY, YOU HAVE TO HELP - The budget is too thin to do this. We have many, many more readers than donors and it is breaking the process down. We understand that we will lose some readers, although we haven’t lost many yet, if we do we do. If you stay, we need your help and we need it now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | The Aspiring Autocrat President* Is Making Big Moves This Week  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "On today's episode of Who Wants To Be An Autocrat?, the aspiring autocrat president* goes down to the Florida Panhandle and tells one of his funny jokes." READ MORE Protesters demanding that Donald Trump release his taxes. (photo: WE) House Democrat Subpoenas Six Years of Trump Tax Returns Associated Press Excerpt: "A top House Democrat on Friday issued subpoenas for six years of Donald Trump's tax returns, giving the treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and the IRS commissioner, Charles Rettig, a deadline of next Friday to deliver them." READ MORE Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) House Passes Trump-Opposed Disaster-Relief Bill With More Funding for Puerto Rico Colby Itkowitz, The Washington Post Itkowitz writes: "The House overwhelmingly passed a $19.1 billion bill Friday to provide federal aid to communities and military installations hit hard by natural disasters, ignoring President Trump's opposition to the package over its assistance for Puerto Rico." READ MORE Donald F. McGahn II. (photo: IJR) White House Asked McGahn to Declare Trump Never Obstructed Justice Michael S. Schmidt, The New York Times Schmidt writes: "White House officials asked at least twice in the past month for the key witness against President Trump in the Mueller report, Donald F. McGahn II, to say publicly that he never believed the president obstructed justice, according to two people briefed on the requests." READ MORE An election worker checks a voter's drivers license. (photo: Chris Keane/Reuters) Rights Groups Sue Tennessee Over Latest Voter Suppression Scheme Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress McLean writes: "Rights groups are challenging a Tennessee law threatening harsh civil and criminal penalties if they fail to abide by restrictive new requirements while registering voters in the state." READ MORE A Secret Service officer watches as supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó block Code Pink activists from entering the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington on May 2. (photo: Shawn Thew/EPA-EFE) Guaido's Supporters Attack Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC teleSUR Excerpt: "At dawn on Friday, May 10, supporters of opposition politician Juan Guaido, who appointed himself president, entered the Venezuelan embassy in Washington D.C." READ MORE Hikers at Arches National Park. (photo: Discover Moab) Nearly All National Parks Are Suffering From Air Pollution Madison Dapcevich, EcoWatch Dapcevich writes: "Ninety-six percent of America's national parks have significant air pollution issues ranging from unhealthy breathing conditions to contaminated soils and waterways, according to a new report released by the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation