Puerto Rico, an American territory with over 3 million people, is still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Maria. As of Sunday, just 5 percent of the island has electrical power and only 14 percent of the nation’s cell phone towers are working. Large swaths of the island still lack drinking water. Most roadways are […]
A day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested that the United States is probing a way to open up negotiation channels with North Korea, President Trump took to Twitter to decry the effort as a waste of time, threatening that the United States will “do what has to be done.” I told Rex Tillerson, […]
When asked by a high school student in Wisconsin whether he considered health care a right or a privilege, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) compared access to health care to access to food and shelter, arguing that all three should be considered “privileges” for those who can afford them. “I think it’s probably more of a […]
Trump continued his attacks on San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Sunday morning as part of what has effectively become a White House propaganda campaign. Trump claimed again that Puerto Rico relief efforts are going well, and that reports to the contrary are “fake news” or coming from “politically motivated ingrates.” We have done a […]
