Painting my way through life one beautiful moment at a time. Pastel artist. Bronx girl. Mountain gal. Met M.L.K Jr. Retired Art Tx.Published Children’s Book.
@SecDuffy@USDOT So now Baby Trump is upset that there were millions of peaceful protestors that outdid his birthday parade so he is threatening us with no funding for infrastructure? He Gets loonier and loonier. Free speech is protected.
@ryduke@KamalaHarris We are not paid protestors. As a 77 year old retired woman who will speak out to protect our democratic rights, Soc Sec, Medicare. I am against any authoriarian policies. My father fought against Hitler in WWII. Trump wants to destroy our economy. Not on my watch!
@BillyStrings I live in Asheville. Thrilled you are all doing this. The help here brings me to tears We are helping each other neighbor to neighbor. Fema local state, national guard, mules, power trucks from neighboring states, charities like Manna food bank WCK, restaurant owners....
Our Department has approved North Carolina’s request for the first $100M in emergency funding to help restore transportation in the aftermath of Helene.
Further support will follow as the administration works with states and communities at every step along the path to recovery.
The antisemitic swarm attacking the mayor of Asheville, N.C., Esther Manheimer, is really something, and really repulsive. Once upon a time responsible Christian, conservative, and Republican leaders in the state—maybe even nationally—would have denounced it.
BREAKING: Republican Senator Susan Collins just slammed Donald Trump for his lies surrounding FEMA cutting funds for illegal immigrants. Retweet to make sure all Americans know that even Republicans are calling BS on Trump’s claims.
Guess for how long TRUMP DELAYED
eight billion in DISASTER AID
TO PUERTO RICO.
2 weeks? 2 months?
Nope. Almost two years.
A bipartisan Congress approved it, and then, like a petulant child, Trump sat on it for almost two years, saying “what’s in it for me?”
And it’s not just Puerto Ricans, he consistently delayed financial assistance to the states, too. His employees had to twist his arm just to get approval. Why? Because he doesn’t actually care about the American people.
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“The Department of Housing and Urban Development Inspector General found that the [Trump] White House delayed the release of $8.3 billion in HUD disaster aid for Puerto Rico that Congress approved in February 2018. HUD officials told the IG that the White House undertook a review process that it “had never before required.”
The money was allocated in January 2020.
The Trump administration also withheld for nearly two years a report that could have helped push Congress to improve HUD’s disaster-aid program, E&E News reported. The report, completed in April 2019, was released the day before Trump left office.
Harvey, the former Trump special assistant, remembers trying to push Trump to get money out the door to Puerto Rico.
“It was very much a business deal, like, ‘This a lot of money. What are we getting in return for it?’” Harvey said. “There was still just a whole lot of stall, stall, stall, don’t give them what they need yet.”
“It just goes into this pattern of, ‘We’re not awarding that, these aren’t my people.’ That general sense of, ‘I am here to help my people, and these aren’t my people, so I don’t have a responsibility to help.’”
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, far-right extremist groups and politicians are spreading false claims and conspiracy theories about the disaster and the government's response. https://t.co/8BhhTVeCs1