The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making

[Rick_Kitchen]

@El_Kabong

Oh, he’s gotten a bit of a shout-out this morning, per the Commander in Tweet:

Which election(s) did Steyer run for, again?

California State Education Secretary.

[scr4]

@Ukulele_Ike

“Wacky,” again? I’d bet that Trump’s never held a thesaurus in his hands, but couldn’t he ask, like, Betsy DeVos for a new adjective?

He has to use words his supporters understand.

[SteveG1]

@Aspenglow

Can’t resist. (Actually, I do Resist – every single day!!)

Trump Signs New Travel Ban Preventing Republican Senators from Fleeing - Borowitz

Nice! ROFL

[AI_Proofreader]

@TonySinclair

My question is, how did Halliburton not get the contract?

MAGA!

…Make America Grift Again

[jsc1953]

@President Blithering Shitgibbon

Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections!

Big talk from somebody who got 46% of the popular vote.

[SteveG1]

@Rick_Kitchen

The mayor of San Juan criticized the Whitefish contract, whoever the person is who runs their Twitter account threatened to pull out and leave them high and dry, as if nobody else can fill the void, if she doesn’t shut up.
They appear to have taken that tweet down.

They then said, “We share frustration with Mayor Cruz on the situation in Puerto Rico, but her comments are misplaced.”
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They then apologized.
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Meanwhile the Tesla Corp is working to provide the electrical power that Trump and his Whitefish cronies WON’T.

[SteveG1]

@Ann_Hedonia

I did a little more reading and it really is starting to stink.

Because the utility companies have mutual assistance agreements. When an area is devasted by storms other utilities send workers in on a nonprofit basis. Im not sure if Puerto Rico is an official signatory to these agreements but utility companies far and and wide were preparing to send workers. PR turned them down because they couldn’t afford to reimburse them for their actual cost.

Instead they hire Whitefish at exorbitant rates? And it’s buried in this article but it looks like the Army Corps of Engineers is overseeing the grid restoration. Using Whitefish provided labor, I presume

PREPA forgoes mutual aid, opting for little-known contractor | Utility Dive

Makes me wonder if Whitefish is hiring one of our favorite mercenary / military contractors. And why PREPA thought this was a good idea. And who’s getting rich.

You’re damn right it stinks. Why hire Whitefish? Political connections to Trump and big donors, that’s why.

[begbert2]

@voltaire

Yeah, the various related issues are quite complex and though it goes against my instincts, ISTM that at this point, privatization is probably their best shot at some sort of recovery any time soon. Otherwise, it might get a lot worse before it gets any better.

Only because the Trump administration decided it wasn’t going to bother doing the job with government assets.

[SteveG1]

@begbert2

Only because the Trump administration decided it wasn’t going to bother doing the job with government assets.

I was thinking… Trump is a racist asshole who came from New York. To him, they’re all just a bunch of spics anyway.

[voltaire]

@begbert2

Only because the Trump administration decided it wasn’t going to bother doing the job with government assets.

Meh, even before Trump and the hurricane, their electrical system was in a desperate state of disrepair and in deep, deep, DEEP debt with frequent blackouts and customers paying 2 or 3 times what you and I pay for power. Skim through the link to the .PDF in my previous post.

It may not seem like it now, but the hurricane coming in and doing the demolition work necessary to turn the page and elicit a response was probably the best thing that could have realistically happened to get that situation fixed.

[Darren_Garrison]

Surprising probably nobody, Trump is asshole to children.

[AI_Proofreader]

@Darren_Garrison

Surprising probably nobody, Trump is asshole to children.

Didn’t he already prove that in his rant at the Boy Scout jamboree?

[Fiveyearlurker]

@Darren_Garrison

Surprising probably nobody, Trump is asshole to children.

How hard is it to do a children’s photo op?

[JohnT]

Orrin Hatch contemplating retirement, wants Romney to replace him.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/report-utah-senator-orrin-hatch-planning-to-retire-clearing-path-for-mitt-romney

[Kamino_Neko]

@Fiveyearlurker

How hard is it to do a children’s photo op?

For a normal person, not hard.

For a raging egoist and total psychopath like Trump, it’s an accomplishment that it wasn’t worse.

[running_coach]

@Fiveyearlurker

How hard is it to do a children’s photo op?

Fiorina grabbed a bunch of preschoolers tohear about abortion.

[wonky]

Friday Night’s Alright for Indictin’, get a little action in.

[ThelmaLou]

@jsgoddess

Friday Night’s Alright for Indictin’, get a little action in.

Oooo, that’s exciting! Maybe Trump will get a surprise in his Christmas stocking.

[Aspenglow]

@ThelmaLou

Oooo, that’s exciting! Maybe Trump will get a surprise in his Christmas stocking.

LOL, more like he’ll get a well-deserved Halloween boot up his large, orange ass. I wonder who it is?

[Jack_Batty]

I know **elucidator **hasn’t been a good pantheist, but if the universe could just see clear to having Mr. Trump frog marched out of the White House on Monday morning, I promise he’ll never ask for anything ever again.