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3,000 people died as a result of the hurricane during the months following it because they didn't get the help they needed, and now this: "Puerto Rico faces food-stamp crisis as Trump privately vents about federal aid to Hurricane Maria battered island." washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
2/ Eliza Barclay @elizabarclay onthe hurricane deaths: "Make no mistake: The figure of 2,975 deaths is an estimate. But given that it has been so politicized, it’s worth walking through the research that gave us estimate, and why we can be confident in it" vox.com/2018/9/13/1785…
3/ Dan Spinelli @danspinelli902: "Puerto Rico Stands to Lose the Most Funding from Trump’s Border Wall: ... [PR] has more than $400 million in funding that could be diverted toward wall construction, by far the most of any single US state or territory." motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
4/ @onesarahjones writes: "Trump seems to think the island deserves whatever it gets, that its problems are intractable, that the responsibility for solving them lies anywhere but with the nation that colonized the island and then denied it representation" nymag.com/intelligencer/…
5/ Kyle Sammin @KyleSammin argues for finally making Puerto Rico a state: "A Conservative Case for Puerto Rican Statehood: Besides being the right thing to do, it could reawaken Americans to the necessity of our Constitution’s federalist principles." nationalreview.com/2019/03/puerto…
6/ WaPo: "Mr. Trump’s empathy deficit is well known by now... But for the government to turn its back on the more than 3 million citizens who have made Puerto Rico their home is essentially turning his bigotry into official policy. And that is a travesty." washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-t…
8/ Here's a succinct piece at @TheRoot on Trump's priorities in light of his pledge to send aid to France to assist in the rebuilding of Notre Dame: "White People Don't Live in Flint or Puerto Rico, So President Sends Aid to France" theroot.com/white-people-d…
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