SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory – which rarely garners much attention from the national media – has received widespread coverage which has focused on the Trump administration’s slow response to the disaster.
Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, which already faced severe pressures because of the U.S. territory’s huge debt and demands from its creditor, has now been devastated by Hurricane Maria, as Dennis J Bernstein reports. By Dennis J Bernstein Though President Trump bragged…Read more →
-by NoahIt's not surprising that Donald Trump, or any other white supremacist, would attack Puerto Ricans, but that's not all that is in play with a true psychotic and maximum narcissist like Señor Trumpanzee. Trump attacks anyone whose mere existence is, at least in his sick mind, a threat to his mega-bloated ego.
(ANTIMEDIA) The horrific shooting in Las Vegas Sunday evening continues to dominate headlines — and understandably so. As details continue to emerge and calls for gun control flood the national conversation, however, another familiar pattern is playing out: other vital stories are falling through the cracks.
Here are five to follow as the nation processes one of the largest mass shootings in U.S. history:
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There’s a troubling subtext to President Trump’s harsh attacks on people of color who complain and protest, as if he thinks they should keep quiet and know their place, as Michael Winship observes. By Michael Winship A post-surgical convalescence has…Read more →
Co-Written by Stan Cox and Paul Cox Donald Trump’s sadistic attacks on the people of Puerto Rico got most of the headlines, but it is colonial exploitation that created the unnatural disaster that continues to play out in America’s Caribbean territories. Many, including Trump, predict that the debt burden will make it extremely difficult for Puerto Rico to rebuild after[Read More...]
(ANTIMEDIA) Puerto Rico — On Tuesday, as Donald Trump visits a post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, less than half of the commonwealth’s 3.4 million people have access to clean drinking water. Additionally, the Pentagon said in a press release over the weekend that 95 percent of Puerto Ricans remain without power two weeks after the storm.
Apparently when Señor Trumpanzee came down off his weekend Adderall high, someone persuaded him to delete his horrific tweets attacking the mayor of San Juan and disparaging the victims of Hurricane Maria as lazy bums. But his sordid web of lies is embedded into the mind of horrified Americans.
(ANTIMEDIA) Puerto Rico — With the majority of Puerto Rico’s 3.4 million citizens still without power following Hurricane Maria, the commonwealth’s government is floating the idea of starting from scratch as it rebuilds — ditching oil dependency and moving toward renewable energies.
