This Week in Trumplandia

Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a crappy toilet drain. You owe it to yourself, your community, and your humanity to contribute whatever you can, even if it is just awareness of the truth.

San Juan mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz criticizes 45’s “insulting” visit to Puerto Rico.

With no Muslims to blame, 45 has been eerily silent on Twitter about the Las Vegas murderer.

Dear the New Yorker: we don’t need to read an article to know how 45’s children avoided criminal indictments. They’re white and rich.

This is not surprising: 45 still hasn’t gotten around to appointing someone to protect our elections from cyber attacks.

The very definition of repulsive:

Yup:

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Buffy Flores is an Aries/Taurus cusp, Latinx, vegan, femme, and founder and editor of the Billions Unheard. Now writing for LIVEKINDLY and editing for The Rumpus. Follow them on Twitter @livekindlybuffy.

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