August, 2020

On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an eight-count indictment against legislator Nelson Del Valle Colon (Del Valle Colon), a member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, as well as two of his employees, Nickolle Santos-Estrada (Santos) and her mother Mildred Estrada-Rojas (Estrada), for their alleged participation in a multi-year theft, bribery, and kickback conspiracy.

Federal officers are pushing back #antifa rioters after they keep trying to vandalize the ICE facility in Portland tonight. They’re being pushed back with pepper balls. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/30tEg1ZCqr

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 21, 2020

“Wake up, mother f—ker wake up!” chant BLM in Portland tonight as they go through residential areas and shut down the streets. pic.twitter.com/DOah2d1yji

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) August 21, 2020

Dessler, the scientist and fact-checker... “The most important thing about the story, and something that doesn’t seem to bother a lot of people, is that we have outsourced decisions like this to corporations,” he says. “This is a truly terrible situation to be in.”

A press release from the organization alleges DeJoy has impeded the timely distribution of mail, implemented crippling policies on postal workers, and sabotaged the USPS in a blatant attempt to disenfranchise voters of color who are already more harshly impacted by the coronavirus and require alternative methods to in-person voting to protect their health and safety.