Monthly Archives: January 2019

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The Clintons Aid Puerto Rico

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Bill Clinton clinton foudnation clinton global initiative Hillary Clinton Hurricane María hurricane recovery Puerto Rico on January 31, 2019 by mariapadilla

The island, in dire need of recovery after Category 4 Hurricane María, welcomes the help it can get. And the Clintons are very good at what they do.

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The Slut-Shaming of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Congress New York Puerto Rican slut-shaming Twitter on January 20, 2019 by mariapadilla

I had to look it up. What is slut-shaming and does it apply to attitudes or remarks regarding the youngest member of Congress, 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? The resounding answer is, Yes. Slut-shaming refers to criticizing a woman for allegedly violating gender expectations, for behaving in ways that someone, often males, thinks […]

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Federal Bargaining Chips

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged federal government federal workforce shutdown on January 20, 2019 by mariapadilla

The shutdown standoff has made bargaining chips of all of us. Everybody pays the price when the government– federal, state, local – is not functioning at its utmost, denying services to the very people who fund it: us. It is callousness and carelessness. Donald Trump said federal workers eventually would […]

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Congress to Create Commission to Investigate Response to Hurricane María

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Congress Hurricane María Nydia Velázquez Puerto Rico on January 7, 2019 by mariapadilla

Senate Democrats plan to introduce a bill to establish a commission to investigate the federal response to Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. The legislation is pushed by Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-NY, who last year tried to jumpstart such a commission along with Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss. In the Senate, […]

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