Ken Burns' Holocaust documentary helps put DeSantis stunt in context

Ken Burns' latest series focuses on U.S. anti-immigrant rhetoric during the Holocaust, and it features striking similarities to right-wing behaviors today...

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/ken-burns-documentary-holocaust-comparisons-immigration-rcna48535

Ken Burns: Our monuments are representations of myth, not fact | Opinion

Our most venerated monuments represent a mythology. While we may hope the statue represents our highest aspirations of what America can and should be. It also can be a reminder of where and how far we fall short ....
https://youtu.be/W08bTFhuwKs

New sighting of plant that causes blindness and burns - CBS News

Giant hogweed, an invasive plant that can cause third-degree burns and blindness, has been spotted in more than 10 states ....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-hogweed-plant-causes-blindness-third-degree-burns-discovered-in-virginia-other-states/

Trump’s Favorite Pastor Admits He Made Up Large Swaths Of His Biography

After giving a radically partisan benediction at the Republican National Convention in July, Pastor Mark Burns has hit the campaign trail hard for presidential candidate Donald Trump. Now that he’s in the spotlight, however, he’s being confronted with several claims on his website that appear to be false.

Burns, a prominent leader of the increasingly popular “prosperity gospel” movement, says on his website that he received a Bachelor of Science degree from North Greenville University and served six years in the Army Reserve. He also says he was a member of a prestigious African American fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi.

But North Greenville University told CNN Burns only attended for one semester, and the fraternity says it has no record of Burns. He also never served in the Army Reserve, but he spent some time in the South Carolina National Guard....
https://thinkprogress.org/mark-burns-false-bio-aae56e2a7026#.vqkb49ied

Ron Johnson, genius, loves Ken Burns but wants to do away with the network that broadcasts his work

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) made embarrassing news again this week when he suggested that colleges could just "pop in 14 hours of Ken Burns' Civil War tape" instead of hiring history professors, or as he calls them "the higher education cartel." That suggestion didn't go over so well with Ken Burns himself. Mr. Burns is going to be even less enthusiastic about that proposition when he finds out that his number one Senate fan, Ron Johnson, tried to defund PBS, the network where many of his documentaries have run exclusively....
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1564096

Ken Burns Calls Trump ‘Insult To Our History’ At Stanford Commencement (VIDEO)

Filmmaker Ken Burns devoted much of his commencement address Sunday at Stanford University to a blistering takedown of Donald Trump, who he called a “charlatan” and an “insult to our history.” 

"This is not a liberal or conservative issue, a red state–blue state divide," Burns said. "This is an American issue." "Many honorable people, including the last two Republican presidents, members of the party of Abraham Lincoln, have declined to support him," he continued.

"And I implore those 'Vichy Republicans' who have endorsed him to please, please reconsider. We must remain committed to the kindness and community that are the hallmarks of civilization and reject the troubling, unfiltered Tourette’s of his tribalism."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ken-burns-critique-trump-stanford-commencement