Well, this is crazy. Coming off of her historically violent, 185 MPH landfall in Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa has rapidly reorganized on her way to Cuba despite being heavily disrupted by mountainous terrain. The latest NHC advisory has her back at CATEGORY 4 status with winds of 130 MPH, as a furious explosion of lightning illuminates her western eyewall. What’s more, she is trending well east of her initial forecast cone and may now be threatening Santiago de Cuba, Cuba’s 2nd largest city.
“We are not trash. Puerto Ricans, make yourselves respected.”
In protest of derogatory remarks at a Trump rally calling Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of trash,’ Puerto Rican filmmaker Tito Roman poured red paint on statues of U.S. presidents in San Juan.
Today marks 74 years since the Jayuya Uprising
When you wonder why it took Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 so long to get as close as it is to electing 🗳️a Pro Independence Gov?
Google the massacres Boricuas resisting colonialism have historically faced at the hands of the US 🇺🇸& Spanish 🇪🇸
Every Democrat taking about how they would never insult PR, just remember you are an integral part of the Empire. You are nothing more than the other side of a the same political structure that justifies imperialism. #PRseralibre
We live in an Orwellian world where Iran is the “destabilizing” force in the Middle East, not the country occupying the West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights, & attacking Iran, Lebanon & Yemen.
The rest of the world thinks this rhetoric is mad. It’s for US domestic consumption.
“I wanna be surrounded by people who share the same outrage and disgust over what we're witnessing, and if you're not enraged, then I don't wanna be friends.”