Trump Rounds Way Down: It’s the lowball heard around the world. Donald Trump has hurricanes on the mind. While warning the country of the impending danger of Hurricane Florence, Trump decided to go on a Twitter rant in which he accused his political opponents of dramatically increasing the death toll in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria. Trump stated that the Democrats increased the count from at most 18 deaths to a whopping 3,000 deaths. As you might have already guessed, Trump is very wrong with that estimate. On August 28th, 2018, George Washington University and Puerto Rico released an update that stated the official death count from Hurricane Maria was in fact 2,975. Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of San Juan, said it best in a tweet, “Simply put: delusional, paranoid, and unhinged from any sense of reality. Trump is so vain he thinks this is about him. NO IT IS NOT.” (NYT)
Free Prime 2 Billion Dollar Donation: The founder of Amazon and the man who can deliver a lawn mower and a pair of socks to your door in just two days, Jeff Bezos, is often accused of not being charitable enough with his $164 billion net worth. That all (slightly) changed today as Bezos announced his plans to invest $2 billion in a new charity called the Day One Fund. Bezos announced the plans in a tweet on Thursday. He says that the goal of the Day One Fund is to “issue annual leadership awards to organizations and civic groups doing compassionate, needle-moving work to provide shelter and hunger support to address the immediate needs of young families,” The announcement was met with mixed reviews. Many praised Bezos for such a large donation, while others criticized the fact that many Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers complain about dangerously poor working conditions. (Guardian & Business Insider)
– “As Elkhart, Ind., Goes, So Goes the Nation, and Elkhart Is Nervous: More than 80 percent of the recreational vehicles sold in the United States are made in and around Elkhart, Ind., and President Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum are driving up costs.” (NYT)
– “Andrew Cuomo has won himself another term, but his presidential aspirations are dead: He zigged right when the party was zagging left.”
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