Excerpt from this story from Rolling Stone:

AS THE DEATH toll from Hurricane Helene surpasses 200 people and the Southeast continues to reel from the disaster, Donald Trump is working overtime to politicize the tragedy into an attack against his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. 

Despite governors from both political parties lauding of the Biden administration’s response, Trump is insisting the federal government has abandoned affected communities. 

Earlier this week, Trump baselessly claimed that “the Federal Government, and the Democrat Governor of [North Carolina are] going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas,” ahead of a visit to a disaster zone in Valdosta, Georgia. But for all of the former president’s posturing as a capable leader who would better handle the crisis, his record in the White House says otherwise. 

According to a Thursday report from E&E News, in 2018 — as wildfires ravaged large swaths of California — Trump initially refused to approve aid to the state because he felt some of the affected regions didn’t like him enough. 

Mark Harvey, then Trump’s senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff, told E&E News, a subset of Politico, that the former president only approved the aid after being shown data proving that the affected counties contained a sufficient amount of his supporters. 

“We went as far as looking up how many votes he got in those impacted areas … to show him these are people who voted for you,” Harvey recalled. His account was backed up by former Trump White House Homeland Security Adviser Olivia Troy. 

Never once have democrats made aid to red states conditional.

Did you get this information already? 👆

*it seems that the second article of direct link isn't running. So I use a link to my ex-Twitter once. Sorry about that for inconvenience. 🔗👇

YOSHIKI of X JAPAN and Japanese baseballers carry out an auction via Los Angels Dodgers Foundation. #Roki_Sasaki / #Yoshinobu_Yamamoto

the content says, This auction is for aid two areas of wildfires. (For Palisades, Altadena and Ofunato Japan)

I even know plenty of people who can donate some binders, breast forms, etc any of the other non-prescription stuff you may need, and hopefully get ahold of folks who can help you get to a pharmacy and grab your scripts. We also have clothes we can go through and size to send your way if you're unable to save any of your own clothing or find specialty sizes (which is definitely my struggle as a short transmasc)

I wish I could offer more, but this feels like a niche enough thing that needs addressed still

Tom Hanks And Wife Get Greek Citizenship For Wildfire Aid

A point of pride for Greece was touched by controversy Monday, as the country’s prime minister was criticized by an opposition party for using a military helicopter during a trip to celebrate with Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, on being granted Greek citizenship.

In an Instagram post on Sunday, Prime Minister Kyriakos shared a photograph of showing him and his wife Mareva…