These Volunteer Nurses In Puerto Rico Fear FEMA Is Failing
Under the best of circumstances FEMA usually falls down on the job, and these are not the best of circumstances.
Category: Domestic Affairs,
Trump will scrap critical Obamacare subsidies
Cutting off the payments to insurers, which could happen almost immediately, is likely to provide another jolt to Obamacare markets.
Trump will scrap critical Obamacare subsidies – POLITICO
The Cheeto does not want the American people to have access to basic healthcare. Apparently he’d rather they die off.
It will hit his base more than any else. They can cry Hillary-Obama all they want but it is the Cheeto stabbing them in the back and leaving them for dead. Those voters will have to reconcile what they, themselves, have brought down on their own heads with their idiocy and hatred. I have sympathy for anyone who loses their healthcare and did not vote for the Cheeto. But if you did vote for him? Reap what you have sown.
Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Only 10 Months Old, But New Data About His Airstrikes Is Alarming
The first seven months of the Trump administration have already resulted in more civilian deaths than under the entirety of the Obama administration. Airwars reports that under Obama’s leadership, the fight against ISIS led to approximately 2,300 to 3,400 civilian deaths. Through the first seven months of the Trump administration, they estimate that coalition air strikes have killed between 2,800 and 4,500 civilians.
Researchers also point to another stunning trend—the “frequent killing of entire families in likely coalition airstrikes.” In May, for example, such actions led to the deaths of at least 57 women and 52 children in Iraq and Syria.
The vast increase in civilian deaths is not limited to the anti-ISIS campaign. In Afghanistan, the U.N. reports a 67 percent increase in civilian deaths from U.S. airstrikes in the first six months of 2017 compared to the first half of 2016.
Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Only 10 Months Old, But New Data About His Airstrikes Is Alarming
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Puerto Rican Teamsters Stories are Bogus
Q: Did a Teamsters strike hinder aid efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria?
A: No. Stories claiming so misrepresented an actual quote from an Air Force colonel.
Puerto Rican Teamsters Stories are Bogus – FactCheck.org
Too bad for the racist, anti-union folks but no, this story is complete and utter bullshit.
Trump threat to abandon Puerto Rico recovery sparks a backlash
“We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders . . . in P.R. forever!” the president tweeted.
Trump threat to abandon Puerto Rico recovery sparks a backlash – The Washington Post
Racist moron.
Black man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony charge
“He’s been charged with the same crime as the men who attacked him,” the attorney for DeAndre Harris said.
Fucking evil.
The Trump White House’s dangerously authoritarian response to criticism
Thou shalt not counterpunch the counterpuncher.
The Trump White House’s dangerously authoritarian response to criticism – The Washington Post
yeah, no shit….
Judge surprised at feds’ slim disclosure on Mar-a-Lago visitors
Last month, government provided only a two-page document listing 22 members of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s delegation from a February visit.
Judge surprised at feds’ slim disclosure on Mar-a-Lago visitors – POLITICO
Weak, spineless judges do not belong on the bench. Get rid of her!!!!
Zinke’s travels: Ski resort and Alaskan steakhouse
Two newly revealed political fundraising appearances by the Interior secretary add to questions about Trump Cabinet members’ taxpayer-funded trips.
: Zinke’s travels: Ski resort and Alaskan steakhouse – POLITICO
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House Intelligence Committee will release Facebook’s Russia ads
The House’s top Russia investigator revealed the intended release after a closed-door meeting with the Facebook COO.
House Intelligence Committee will release Facebook’s Russia ads – POLITICO
hmmm
Trump signs order to eliminate ACA insurance rules, undermine marketplaces
Changes for “association health plans” may accomplish long-held GOP goals in the wake of failed repeal efforts.
Trump signs order to eliminate ACA insurance rules, undermine marketplaces – The Washington Post
sigh…
OH, and if BHO had done it right there wouldn’t be all the ways to destroy it. So there’s that, too.
United Nations News Centre – US withdrawal from UNESCO ‘loss for multilateralism,’ says cultural agency’s chief
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voiced “profound regret” on Thursday over the United States’ decision to withdraw from the agency.
The Cheeto is absolutely incapable of getting a single thing right.
Donald Trump: We cannot aid Puerto Rico ‘forever’
President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that Puerto Rico is going to have to shoulder more responsibility for recovery efforts from Hurricane Maria, saying the federal government’s emergency responders can’t stay there “forever.”
Donald Trump: We cannot aid Puerto Rico ‘forever’ – CNNPolitics
What the fuck is this idiot’s problem? Does he not realize that Puerto Ricans ARE fucking Americans. They are part of this “we” you talk about you fucking bent-ass dildo!
Report: Massive morale problems aboard US Navy ship
Morale aboard a US warship operating in the Pacific reached such a low ebb that one sailor described serving aboard the ship as being akin to being on “a floating prison,” according to surveys obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
: Report: Massive morale problems aboard US Navy ship – CNNPolitics
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Judge Limits DOJ’s Warrant For Records From Anti-Trump Site
The court’s ruling says the government has no right to “rummage through the information” on DreamHost’s website to identify “innocent persons” engaged in First Amendment activities.
Judge Limits DOJ’s Warrant For Records From Anti-Trump Site : The Two-Way : NPR
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Steve Bannon’s GOP target list
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is ready to go to war for President Donald Trump, starting with a Republican Senate primaries in 2018.
Steve Bannon’s target list – CNNPolitics
Hmmm
House Dem pulls back from forcing impeachment vote
The four articles of impeachment unveiled by Green say Trump has “has undermined the integrity of his office with impunity” and “brought disrepute on the presidency,” but do not argue that the president has committed a crime.
Instead, the articles state that Trump is “fueling an alt-right hate machine” that is “causing immediate injury to American society;” brought “shame and dishonor to the office of the presidency by associating the majesty and dignity of the presidency with causes rooted in white supremacy;” engaged in deceit by making the false claim that three to five million people voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election; and encouraged police brutality during a July speech to law enforcement.
Democratic leadership was not informed in advance that Green was going to unveil the articles of impeachment on Wednesday, an aide said.
House Dem pulls back from forcing impeachment vote | TheHill
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Carter Page: I’ll plead Fifth to Senate Russia probe
Former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page told CNN Monday he is going to plead the Fifth Amendment to keep from turning over a “vast array” of documents the Senate Intelligence committee requested, which he said is “beyond the charter” of the inquiry.
Carter Page: I’ll plead Fifth to Senate Russia probe – CNNPolitics
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How Israel Caught Russian Hackers Scouring the World for U.S. Secrets
It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence program.
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Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report
Trump has raised the prospect of challenging media licences for NBC News and other news networks after [unfavorable] reports.
…Last week, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders assured reporters that Donald Trump was an “incredible advocate” of constitutional free-press protections. This week, the president is contemplating – just wondering! – whether a broadcaster could be forced off the airwaves because he doesn’t approve of its news coverage.
…Taking pot-shots at journalists is one thing, of course. Contemplating the use of government coercion to stifle a broadcaster because of its news content is another.
Trump threatens broadcaster NBC after nuclear report – BBC News
Unamerican asswipe.
FEMA buried updates on Puerto Rico. Here they are.
Experts predict that it will take months to repair the electrical grid enough that most residents of the island have power. For months, then, the numbers above will be below 100 percent, a constant reminder of how much work the administration still has to do before Puerto Rican society has been restored to where it was before Hurricane Maria hit.
FEMA would rather not broadcast that slow progress. So we will.
FEMA buried updates on Puerto Rico. Here they are. – The Washington Post
sigh….
Pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a perk for the powerful
For at least two decades, pharmaceutical drugs have been taken by carload to the Capitol — an arrangement so under the radar that few are aware of it.
Pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a perk for the powerful
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