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Donald Trump snaps at Puerto Rican mayor over Hurricane Maria aid criticism

It’s always just about him and no skin to take even an ask for help as an attack on him.

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Donald Trump takes to Twitter to lash out at the mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital city and other officials, contemptuous of their claims of a slow response to the natural disaster that has imperilled the island’s future.

It’s easy to take the simplest things for granted | Jessica Valenti

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I was reminded of this as communities in Puerto Rico, Mexico and beyond struggle with devastation

Today is the seven year anniversary of the day my daughter first breathed without medical assistance. It was six weeks after she was first born, and to be able to see her face – without tubes, without fear that she would stop breathing and turn blue – was one of the best moments of my life as a mother.

I’ve been thinking about this day a lot these last few weeks, as the latest Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare failed, and as communities in Puerto Rico, Mexico and beyond pulled together to try to help each other in the aftermath of devastation.

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Puerto Ricans Increasingly Desperate For Aid: ‘No One Has Shown Up To See If Anyone Lives Here.’

Where’s the Cheeto Kid? Puerto Ricans Increasingly Desperate For Aid: 'No One Has Shown Up To See If Anyone Lives Here.'

It’s now been a week since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, and much of the island is still without power, water and necessary supplies. Though the U.S. government has pledged to send aid, Puerto Ricans say they’re still waiting for it—outside of San Juan, the island’s main city, residents say they haven’t even been able to speak with local authorities, much less agents from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The island’s main airport is overheated and overpacked with Puerto Ricans trying to make it to the mainland; only 11 of 69 hospitals have power, and the Guajataca Dam is still hazardous, putting thousands of people at further risk. [ more › ]

Johnson defies PM’s Brexit strategy with call for short transition period

“I wanna be PM so bad, will do anything to get noticed!”

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Foreign secretary says implementation period should be kept short, so Britain can strike new trade deals, in provocative thinktank meeting

Boris Johnson has called for a swift end to any transition phase with Europe, in the latest in a series of provocative challenges to Downing Street’s Brexit strategy.

Speaking at the Foreign Office launch of the privately financed Institute for Free Trade, the foreign secretary urged that the two-year implementation period announced by Theresa May last week be kept short so that Britain was free to strike new trade deals with other countries.

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