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I’ve been asked why Americans should care about events in Puerto Rico. Here are some reasons (among many). #thread #Telegramgate #RickyRenunciaYa #RickyLeaks 1/
Demonstrators in Puerto Rico are demanding accountability, an end to cronyism, misogyny, racism, homofobia, media manipulation/attacks, and lack of empathy at the highest levels of power—this should all sound familiar to a mainstream US audience.
Puerto Rico’s political problems are not disconnected from the problems of US governance at large—they are similar but with the added intensity of an inherently anti-democratic imperial system of governance which makes change harder to enact and even imagine.
The @cpipr published the whole #Telegram chat where Gov. @ricardorossello and members of his staff-cabinet made derogatory comments on several political and public figures, talked about state affairs and planned political stunts to harm reputations. #PuertoRico #TelegramGate
Here’s the link to the chat Gov. @ricardorossello and his “brothers” called “War Room Fortaleza” and talked during business hours from Nov. 30 2018 to early 2019. bit.ly/2JHNeTw
Former Secretary of Public Affairs @RosarioCortes51 and former @ricardorossello campaign manager and rep. before the Oversight Board ElĂas Sánchez (F do) plotted, with PR person Carlos BermĂşdez, ways to give Sen. @anibaljosepr bad press. 
