DOJ in Puerto Rico Halted Drugs-for-Votes Investigation — ProPublica

Leaders of the prison gang known as Los Tiburones, or the Sharks, were selling drugs to inmates not only for money, but for their votes. Specifically, votes for now-Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican and supporter of President Donald Trump, investigators found...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes

 

Imagine being mad at Bad Bunny

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iMRneer7P-M

 

Trump sends 10 stealth fighter planes to Puerto Rico amid war on Caribbean drug cartels

…Rand Paul, the Republican US senator from Kentucky and chair of the Senate homeland security committee, also questioned the legality and morality of the Trump administration's actions. 

"[I have] no love lost for the people who died that are trying to infiltrate our country with this filth, but at the same time you have to realize it's not as simple as it may sound, 'let's just kill drug dealers', because sometimes you have to figure out who people are before you kill them," he said. 

"Even the worst people in our country still get a trial."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/05/trump-fighter-planes-puerto-rico-venezuela-drug-cartel

 

 

 

 

Island

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7v3VZgeuYU

Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds | Hurricane Maria | The Guardian

Funding was 'unnecessarily delayed' by bureaucratic obstacles, after hurricane killed thousands of people in 2017...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/22/hurricane-maria-puerto-rico-trump-delayed-aid

House Democrats slam Trump admin for 'illegally withholding' Puerto Rico hurricane aid

Democratic lawmakers Thursday accused the Trump administration of "illegally withholding" funding for hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after missing a legally required deadline to kick off the process three months ago. The chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-Texas, said at a press conference, "they knew their actions were illegal and yet they did it anyways," referring to top officials at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including Secretary Ben Carson.....
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/house-democrats-slam-trump-admin-illegally-withholding-puerto-rico-hurricane-n1096421

Indiana student says CVS denied him medication, questioned immigration status

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/indiana-student-says-cvs-denied-him-medication-questioned-immigration-status-72775237982

House panel demands White House documents related to Puerto Rico hurricanes - The Washington Post

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee demanded Tuesday that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney deliver information related to the Trump administration’s handling of the 2017 hurricanes in Puerto Rico.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-threatens-more-subpoenas-for-documents-related-to-puerto-rico-hurricane/2019/07/02/0a7e8da0-9cd0-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

The 56 wildest lines from Donald Trump's whirlwind last 24 hours - CNN Politics

On Wednesday night, President Donald Trump traveled to the key swing state of Florida to deliver a speech aimed at rallying the state's Republican voters behind him in advance of the 2020 election. Less than 24 hours later, he was back at it — turning an event at the White House ostensibly on medical billing into an impromptu press conference.....
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/09/politics/trump-2020-panama-city-florida/index.html

Warren unveils plan to restructure Puerto Rico debt - The Hill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a Democratic presidential contender, unveiled a plan Thursday to restructure Puerto Rico's debt, as the U.S territory struggles to rebuild its economy...
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/441858-warren-unveils-plan-to-restructure-puerto-rico-plan

What about Flint and Puerto Rico? Notre Dame fire revives fight against injustices on the backburner - The Hill

The fire at Notre Dame has ended up being a blessing in disguise: it brought people together and helped to re-shine the light on issues that many had forgotten.....
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/439457-what-about-flint-and-puerto-rico-notre-dame-fire-revives-fight-against

Hunger and an ‘Abandoned’ Hospital: Puerto Rico Waits as Washington Bickers - The New York Times

A newborn’s cries rarely echo anymore though the hallways of what passes as a hospital on the ravaged island of Vieques, off the coast of Puerto Rico. “We miss it,” said Dennisse Bermúdez Colón, a nurse.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/us/puerto-rico-trump-vieques.html

Nearly everything Trump just said about Puerto Rico is wrong -- The Washington Post

...The aftermath of Hurricane Maria is precisely the sort of event that tests presidential leadership. Trump’s misleading or false tweets on Tuesday morning give a sense of how he feels he’s faring in that test...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/02/nearly-everything-trump-just-said-about-puerto-rico-is-wrong/

Healthcare, Puerto Rico Aid, Special Olympics: Everything Must Go! - YouTube

The week is halfway through and Trump's White House has already taken aim at gutting ObamaCare, Puerto Rico aid, and funding for the Special Olympics.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1867MkMDwzo&t=259s

Trump Puerto Rico aid: president's comments about relief funds spark scathing response from island's governor - CBS News

Puerto Rico's Gov. Ricardo Rosselló slammed President Trump for opposing further disaster aid to the island and reportedly telling Republican senators he believed the U.S. territory received too many federal relief funds compared to states like Texas and Florida, which have also been battered by storms in the past two years...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-puerto-rico-aid-governor-slams-president-for-relief-funds-comments/

Trump tells aides "he doesn't want another single dollar" sent to hurricane-torn Puerto Rico: report - Salon

"He doesn't want another single dollar going to the island," one senior administration official claims...
https://www.salon.com/2019/03/26/trump-tells-aides-he-doesnt-want-another-single-dollar-sent-to-hurricane-torn-puerto-rico-report/

Where's the money? Elizabeth Warren demands answers from Trump officials about funds for Puerto Rico - Daily Kos

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the Trump administration about Puerto Rico. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1828498

Trump: "Not One Dollar" For Puerto Rico - Mother Jones

Back when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, there was a lot of talk about how President Trump was taking it a lot less seriously than two other hurricanes, Harvey and Irma, which hit areas that were, um, a little whiter than Puerto Rico. But according to the Washington Post, it was actually a whole lot worse than that:....
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/01/trump-not-one-dollar-for-puerto-rico/

Amid Trump drive to cut funds for Puerto Rico, top official at Housing and Urban Development resigns - Daily Kos

If it wasn't downright terrifying, it would be sort of comical how hard it is for Donald Trump to keep employees in his administration. Over the last two years, we've seen the mass exodus of political appointees and career staffers who have realized that they want nothing to do with the dumpster fire that is the Trump presidency. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1827091

Donald Trump wants to cut off disaster relief for Puerto Rico after concocting his own conspiracy theory - Raw Story

President Donald Trump wasn't big on sending disaster relief to Puerto Rico after two hurricanes devastated the American island last year. While other states have been able to get anything they needed, Trump acts as if he wants to punish the Americans there for attacking his lack of response. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/donald-trump-wants-cut-off-disaster-relief-puerto-rico-concocting-conspiracy-theory/