"So the line between Trump’s next dangerous act and the survival of the American Republic as we know it falls to the handful of aides who fight a daily battle against a boss “raging against enemies,” writes Gerson, “obsessed by slights, deeply uninformed and incurious, unable to focus, and subject to destructive whims.”
FEMA and DOD officials somehow failed to realize that they had included a Bloomberg reporter in an email list in which they sent out talking points on how best to spin their Puerto Rico narrative, reports Bloomberg. The reporter alerted them to the error, but they continued to include him in the emails for five days straight.
If you thought that the US government’s treatment of Puerto Rico and citizens of Puerto Rico who happen to be Americans citizens, if you thought that their treatment of them in the wake of these two devastating hurricanes couldn’t get any worse, then you’re about to be shocked. According to a doctor who was present during some of the relief efforts with the federal government, federal government employees brought in Puerto Ricans in the middle of all this disaster, in the middle of the relief efforts, and made these Puerto Ricans give them manicures and pedicures and treat them to a spa day down in Puerto Rico while these federal employees were supposed to be helping save lives, deliver supplies, and help the country rebuild."
This is from the link I just erased....... I'll go back and get it again.
Trump botches reference to ‘president’ of Virgin Islands a day after Rick Perry called Puerto Rico a ‘country’ The Virgin Islands don't have a president; they have a governor, Kenneth Mapp. In fact, their president is none other than Trump.
Any elected Republican who shares Corker’s concerns has a political and moral duty to state them in public. If Corker is correct, many of his colleagues do have such fears. Their silence is deafening and damning.
“Brave men are all vertebrates,” said G.K. Chesterton. “They have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. But these modern cowards are all crustaceans; their hardness is all on the cover, and their softness is inside.”
More than anything else at this moment, the nation has need of Republican vertebrates.
I so very much appreciate the perspective here, and the great links, in our little community of concerned souls! It really helps to know we're not alone at this time. Can't wait for my book to arrive Tuesday, with 27+ psychiatrists and psychologists (including Gail Sheehy) speaking out about DT's mental state.
A lucky day for me--payday because the 15th falls on the weekend.
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Terrible shortage of morphine for the poor. [Click]
ReplyDeletehttp://verifiedpolitics.com/bushs-speechwriter-just-issued-chilling-warning-fellow-republicans-trumps-instability/
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"So the line between Trump’s next dangerous act and the survival of the American Republic as we know it falls to the handful of aides who fight a daily battle against a boss “raging against enemies,” writes Gerson, “obsessed by slights, deeply uninformed and incurious, unable to focus, and subject to destructive whims.”
http://verifiedpolitics.com/reporter-just-accidentally-emailed-trump-teams-plans-spin-botched-puerto-rico-response/
ReplyDeleteFEMA and DOD officials somehow failed to realize that they had included a Bloomberg reporter in an email list in which they sent out talking points on how best to spin their Puerto Rico narrative, reports Bloomberg. The reporter alerted them to the error, but they continued to include him in the emails for five days straight.
If you thought that the US government’s treatment of Puerto Rico and citizens of Puerto Rico who happen to be Americans citizens, if you thought that their treatment of them in the wake of these two devastating hurricanes couldn’t get any worse, then you’re about to be shocked. According to a doctor who was present during some of the relief efforts with the federal government, federal government employees brought in Puerto Ricans in the middle of all this disaster, in the middle of the relief efforts, and made these Puerto Ricans give them manicures and pedicures and treat them to a spa day down in Puerto Rico while these federal employees were supposed to be helping save lives, deliver supplies, and help the country rebuild."
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https://trofire.com/2017/10/13/government-employees-made-puerto-ricans-give-spa-day-working-disaster-relief/
Excuse my language, but do you believe this shit? Everything I read runs my outrage meter up another notch. I blame the whole damn Republican party.
Hey, Susan—it’s all about having the right tools for the job. Howsabout a pedicure with one of these?[Click]
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That might work. At least it would give them a little empathy for suffering people!
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The Virgin Islands don't have a president; they have a governor, Kenneth Mapp. In fact, their president is none other than Trump.
Republicans, it’s time to panic[Click] The conclusion:
Any elected Republican who shares Corker’s concerns has a political and moral duty to state them in public. If Corker is correct, many of his colleagues do have such fears. Their silence is deafening and damning.
“Brave men are all vertebrates,” said G.K. Chesterton. “They have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. But these modern cowards are all crustaceans; their hardness is all on the cover, and their softness is inside.”
More than anything else at this moment, the nation has need of Republican vertebrates.
—Alan
We Used to Build Things.[Click] By David Brooks. Can’t say as I disagree with him.
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I so very much appreciate the perspective here, and the great links, in our little community of concerned souls! It really helps to know we're not alone at this time. Can't wait for my book to arrive Tuesday, with 27+ psychiatrists and psychologists (including Gail Sheehy) speaking out about DT's mental state.
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