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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Oh, the Humanity!

Trump's pettiness is infecting the entire government: compare and contrast:

A billionaire business shark and a “worldwide” pop star have donated the use of their own planes, but the Trump administration is making U.S. citizens pay “full fare” to be evacuated from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

What’s worse, the U.S. government, in accordance with a long-standing but discretionary policy, will hold the evacuees’ passports as collateral until it gets its money.

Well, that should help the deficit.

I'm happy to note that Chicago has also stepped up:



But I guess it's a matter of priorities:

Since Sept. 20, when Hurricane Maria made landfall on the U.S. territory, through Wednesday afternoon, President Trump has sent a total of 96 tweets, including retweets and de-tweets. Those mentioning Puerto Rico totaled seven. . . .

In contrast, there have been 26 tweets related to the NFL players kneeling during the national anthem (including those related to disinviting Steph Curry for a visit to the White House) since Saturday morning[.]

Trump is just sickening.

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