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Search for Food and Water, The Price Was Wrong
Saturday, September 30, 2017
The Puerto Rico Crisis: CNN yesterday visited a destroyed town one hour out of San Juan where representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were visiting for the first time since Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico on Sept. 20th. They …
Island of Lines, Russia Tweets
Friday, September 29, 2017
The Shipping News: President Trump announced that he has suspended the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, relaxing the 1920 law that says all shipping between two American ports must be on US-flagged vessels. The move theoretically allows more aid to …
Aid Waiting at the Dock, Taxes, Hugh Hefner at 91
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Puerto Rico: Three thousand shipping containers loaded with emergency food, water, and medical supplies are sitting dockside in Puerto Rico with no way to distribute them to the 3.4 million residents of the US island of Puerto Rico waiting for …
Puerto Rico Crisis, Healthcare Dies Again
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
The 51st State of Emergency: While President Trump tweets on about protesting players in the National Football League, Puerto Rico is without food, water, and electricity while slipping into a humanitarian crisis. Medicine is running low and patients with chronic …
Dead Again, NFL Locks Arms
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Terminally Ill: Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins yesterday came out firmly against her party’s new healthcare bill, leaving it one vote short of what it needs to pass. Collins described the bill as “extremely flawed.” The Congressional Budget Office concluded …
NFL Takes a Knee, New Travel Ban
Monday, September 25, 2017
National Protest League: From the West Coast to London yesterday, scores of National Football League players, coaches, and even owners stood with locked arms or took a knee during the national anthem in defiance of President Donald Trump’s tweets about …
Trump in Sports Brawl, Nuclear Threatdown
Sunday, September 24, 2017
The American President: Facing threats of nuclear war with North Korea and dealing with natural disaster in several states as well as Puerto Rico, President Trump started a spat with professional football and basketball players, injecting himself into a debate …
McCain Opposes Again, Puerto Rico Evacuation
Saturday, September 23, 2017
Thumbs Down: Arizona Sen. John McCain announced his opposition to the latest Senate effort to repeal Obamacare, likely dooming the bill. The Republican leadership is trying to rush the law through under budget rules that expire Sept. 30th. McCain said …
Trump Tightens Sanctions, Facebook Cooperates
Friday, September 22, 2017
The White House Beat: President Trump yesterday signed an executive order widening economic sanctions against North Korea, targeting major North Korean industries, international banks, and shipping companies. Despite threating to destroy North Korea, Trump is now only tightening an economic …
Mexico Digs Out, Puerto Rico Hit
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Mexico Earthquake: Rescuers in Mexico are digging in the rubble looking for survivors of Tuesday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Yesterday they found a child alive in a collapsed school in which 30 other children died. Many people have been found alive …
