“Quit being so emotional, Elaine, it’s not about the people, it’s about the money.” Mick Mulvaney to Elaine Duke, acting director of Homeland security in 2017. Of course, he did. Some news outlets stated that he was joking, where have we heard that canard before? If we have learned anything it is that when a…
Category: PuertoRico
After Maria passed in 2017, Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico during its greatest moment of need.
“Quit being so emotional, Elaine, it’s not about the people, it’s about the money.” Mick Mulvaney to Elaine Duke, acting director of Homeland security in 2017. Of course, he did. Some news outlets stated that he was joking, where have we heard that canard before? If we have learned anything about the GOP it is…
The Second Trump term: selling Puerto Rico and buying Greenland, putting the “toxic” in assets
Few of you will recall my stories mocking the possibility of a Trump win in 2016, ostensibly because it was plausible to assume that HRC would win. This time more caution is necessary, since the same Trump deceit is happening like promising to support something DACA-like in a future executive order while still litigating its…
Puerto Rico Will Hold Statehood Referendum
The United States territory of Puerto Rico will hold a nonbinding referendum on statehood in November. Governor Wanda Vazquez said the vote will ask a simple question: “Should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted as a US state?” http://www.yahoo.com/… In 2017, the last time the island voted on the question 97% approved of statehood but opponents boycotted…
Bette Midler: 'We are all Puerto Ricans now'
Remember when Donald Trump, instead of taking the bull by the horns and helping our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, decided to throw paper towels at them, blame them for their troubles, whine about the expense their predicament was incurring, lie about the expense itself, and excoriate their leaders to deflect from his…
HUD Secretary Ben Carson has been illegally withholding aid to Puerto Rico for months
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, under Ben Carson, had a legally required deadline back in September to make desperately needed hurricane relief funding available to the suffering American island. The housing agency was supposed to issue funding notices to 18 states and territories affected by hurricanes on Sept. 4. They did so with one exception:…
Puerto Ricans begin to abandon their beaches due to sea level rise clawing into the coastline.
In Puerto Rico, the economy depends on tourist dollars. Tourists and locals alike are drawn to the island’s sun-kissed beaches for fun in the sun. But sea-level rise from thermal expansion and the melting of polar ice caps has begun to erode the beaches. The width of beaches is decreasing, which reduces the buffer ability…
Trump spokesperson refers to Puerto Rico as 'that country'
Apparently, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley is taking his cue from Donald Trump, who sure seems to think Puerto Ricans are a bunch of ungrateful foreigners with their hands out (i.e., not U.S. citizens). Discussing Trump lashing out at Puerto Ricans and complaining they’ve received too much money, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley twice refers…
The Mad King Continues to Scare Republican Senators.
Some of the gutless GOP Senators decided to blab to the Washington Post and Politico about the latest meeting they had with the Mad King Trump. The Mad King is feeling GREAT! and wants to fuck over Puerto Rico and take away healthcare from millions. We have the usual frauds that go on record about…
Trump's opposition to critical aid has forced Puerto Rico to cut Food Stamp benefits
Trump to Alabamans affected by the recent devastating tornadoes: “To the families and friends of the victims, and to the injured, God bless you all!” Trump to Puerto Ricans still reeling from Hurricane Maria: Hold your horses. The Washington Post: Puerto Rico has started cutting benefits paid out by a food stamps program used by more…
A Trump supporter yells 'Go back to Puerto Rico!' at Dem rep. Turns out it was a GOP congressman.
Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) A Republican Congressman shouted at Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) to “Go back to Puerto Rico!” Thursday while Cárdenas was on the House floor. Initially, and in typical GOP fashion, when Rep. Cárdenas demanded to know who shouted it, the classless GOP reps wouldn’t fess up. ”There was about 50 mostly male Republicans staring at me, and no…
Report: Trump needs big, colorful pictures to pay attention to hurricane
Deep within a Thursday Washington Post story about Donald Trump’s hog feces lagoon of a tweet on Hurricane Maria we find this revealing gem: Trump’s aides said they have tried to focus the president’s attention on Florence, noting that he has been engaged in daily disaster briefings and called governors, senators and other officials representing North…
Vulnerable Florida Republicans blast Trump's idiotic Hurricane Maria conspiracy theory
To be fair, maybe Donald Trump simply thinks Puerto Ricans should count as .6 percent of a person. That would put his figure of 18 casualties right in line with George Washington University’s finding that nearly 3,000 U.S. citizens died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. That would be the charitable interpretation, anyway. The uncharitable interpretation is…
drumpf Calls Hurricane Maria Response in Puerto Rico “incredible unsung success.”
You really can’t make this shit up. x “I actually think it was one of the best jobs,” President Trump says of his administration's hurricane response in Puerto Rico, calling it an “incredible unsung success.” Last month, Puerto Rico increased its Hurricane Maria death toll estimate to 2,975. https://t.co/iWbOl0dIUt pic.twitter.com/LFFGdFyxMl — NBC News (@NBCNews) September…
