#jonesact

@Regranned from @1000entertainment - With 88% of #PuertoRico still without electricity and nearly 45% without potable water, the Trump regime today allowed its #JonesAct waiver to expire, reinstituting shipping restrictions that make it more difficult to get vital aid to the #American citizens struggling to recover from the devastation of a category five hurricane. Trump shocked onlookers after #HurricaneMaria ravaged the island last month by refusing to waive the Jones Act until more than a week had gone by. The law, which Trump immediately waived when hurricanes pummeled #Texas and #Florida, requires cargo between U.S. ports only be transported by American-made and operated vessels. As a result of the president’s initial refusal to waive the regulation, 3,000 cargo ships, packed with vital medicine, food, and water were forced to idle off Puerto Rico’s shores as American citizens suffered and, in some cases, died. Maddening. 3,000 shipping containers packed with food water & medicene have been sitting at the port in Puerto Rico since Saturday pic.twitter.com/LJ0ETpmnOf — David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) September 27, 2017 Trump justified his delayed response to Puerto Rico by explaining that U.S. shipping magnates wanted to make money off the tragedy. “We’re thinking about,” Trump said, “but we have a lot of shippers and a lot of people that work in the shipping industry that don’t want the Jones Act lifted.” After days of suffering and angry calls pouring in to Congressional offices, Trump finally issued a ten-day waiver that allowed aid to pour in. Now, however those ten days have passed and Trump, who is spending his 70th day as president golfing, has allowed the Jones Act to go back into effect. The Department of #HomelandSecurity confirmed that the waiver will not be reinstated. A bipartisan push is underway in the Congress to have Puerto Rico permanently exempted from the Jones Act, but the snail’s pace of Capitol Hill will do little to help #PuertoRicans #prflagsup #puertoricanflagsup @puertoricanflagsup

Whether this actually calms oil price volatility depends on how quickly foreign vessels can plug the logistical gaps. Sixty days is not a lot of runway. Watch this space.

Ain't this a bitch #trump administration says #PuertoRico won't get disaster funds because there rich????? #PuertoRico has had a #debtcrisis since before #irma n #maria thanks 2 #wallstreet n #jonesact but now there saying they can't get the help needed because they may have money well damn neither #Texas or #Florida have money issues like #PuertoRico but there still going to get funds so is #California dk about #VirginIslands them like #PuertoRico is left to fend for itself https://www.google.com/amp/s/static.theintercept.com/amp/puerto-rico-trump-administration-tells-its-too-rich-for-aid-money.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gq.com/story/trump-puerto-rico-aid/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/731091001 http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/04/news/economy/trump-wipe-out-puerto-rico-debt/index.html https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090915/origins-puerto-rican-debt-crisis.asp

Ppl r drinking #toxicwater they have no choice this is basically the choice given by #trump administration nd there slow ass drink #toxicwater get a diease hope that u dont get sick nd die or dont drink the water n die from dehydration Meanwhile im sure #trump #melania #pence #ryan etc had nive fresh nd clean water the #epa says they will do test on the water :/ #scottpruitt yeah right more like cover up they water is #toxic by there own records they know this so no need 4 test by them it has 2 be done by a independent investigator i mean this is the group that has more #spins nd still fucks it up and #paulryan goes n give emergency relief package which includ a 5bil loan hmmm #PuertoRico is broke unlike #trump the island can not file 4 bankruptcy so how tf will they be able 2 pay that when the #jonesact. Has fucked up #PuertoRico for yrs nd yes help from this government is finally getting there cuz like i said #fema was slow with this administration while others did nd do still everything they can 2 help While the so called leader #trump is being a asshole like always https://www.google.com/amp/www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-letting-americans-die-puerto-rico-684468%3Famp=1 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/story/761180001/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/10/13/us/puerto-rico-superfund-water/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/paul-ryan-in-puerto-rico-says-federal-government-is-in-for-the-long-haul/ https://www.google.com/amp/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/soldiers-bring-supplies-desperate-puerto-ricans/story%3Fid=50468810

So now #paulryan is going 2 #PuertoRico to see what's going on as the death toll goes up so I guess #pence going over there nd coming back means he didn't say what is really going on out there nd like the #nfl #stunt he went there just 2 make #trump look good :/ Shouldn't the #vp told #congress that more help is needed 2 #wavier the #JonesAct so that #PuertoRico can get the help it still needs nd so it can rebuild What he gonna do stay on the same places that #trump n #pence went 2 but not the hard hit side If it wasn't 4 #socialmedia these so called #fakenews we wouldn't know sht This is just now https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/354852-trump-administration-seeks-49-billion-in-puerto-rico-aid-to-avoid%3Famp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/amp/house-speaker-paul-ryan-heading-puerto-rico-death-toll-rises-n809541 https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/us/puerto-rico-power-hospitals.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trumps-puerto-rico-video-tells-positive-story-but-leaves-a-lot-on-cutting-room-floor/2017/10/10/b6b9d8bc-adf9-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bloomberg.com/amp/view/articles/2017-10-09/trump-to-executive-branch-don-t-worry-about-puerto-rico https://www.today.com/video/mike-pence-met-with-frustration-during-puerto-rico-visit-1065019459650 https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/newswires/news/world/latest-vp-pence-visits-church-puerto-rico-article-1.3545598

Trump suspended the #JonesAct for 10 days. 10 days is not enough time for Puerto Rico to recover from the devastation of #HurricaneMaria. Stay loud. Today's #SignOfResistance is by @ashlukadraws. Put pressure on Congress take meaningful action to support Puerto Rico by canceling Puerto Rico’s $73 billion debt and permanently repealing the Jones Act, a 1920 regulation that requires that goods shipped from one American port to another be transported on a ship that is American-built, American-owned, and crewed by US citizens or permanent residents. Repost from @womensmarch using @RepostRegramApp -

#Repost @womensmarch (@get_repost) ・・・ Trump suspended the #JonesAct for 10 days. 10 days is not enough time for Puerto Rico to recover from the devastation of #HurricaneMaria. Stay loud. Today's #SignOfResistance is by @ashlukadraws. Put pressure on Congress take meaningful action to support Puerto Rico by canceling Puerto Rico’s $73 billion debt and permanently repealing the Jones Act, a 1920 regulation that requires that goods shipped from one American port to another be transported on a ship that is American-built, American-owned, and crewed by US citizens or permanent residents.