Puerto Rico is Not a Country: Our Roundup of the Week

This photo by @Carolyn_Cole has Katrina written all over it. #PuertoRico https://t.co/va0TPoUHwS #HurricaneMaria @latimesphotos pic.twitter.com/va0hTJfZU7

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 28, 2017

Our social media roundup this week deals with hurricane politics, as well as Trump’s attack on NFL football players who have “taken a knee” in the name of racial injustice. The slow response to the double hurricane disaster in Puerto Rico exposed a tenuous connection. News to many, this was not just a disaster, it was an American disaster. Besides our social coverage of Trump’s football dog whistle and the dramatic response o it, we also did several posts this week on the the NFL protest optics, including “The Visual Politics of Colin Kaepernick and “Unity to What End?” We also saw the latest GOP effort to undo Obamacare go down in flames. There was a GOP senate primary in Alabama that went off the deep end. And we offered up some thoughts on the Weiner conviction.

Puerto Rico is devastated and without power. Damage to ports and airports are making it hard to get gas, water and food out to some areas. pic.twitter.com/N9c42ZWeoB

— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 25, 2017

#AlJazeera gets it. #PuertoRico https://t.co/q5pRNRv2OR

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

Photos: what Puerto Rico’s unfolding humanitarian disaster looks like https://t.co/FlmnrOSxjU pic.twitter.com/1xtlMeJsLb

— Vox (@voxdotcom) September 25, 2017

More from #PuertoRico, and the power of the road metaphor. https://t.co/PBHyEhzUGi

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

Hauntingly definitive, as well as a call to action. No food in #PuertoRico 📷@victorjblue #plantaintrees #Maria https://t.co/CfxHLMbp5L pic.twitter.com/GdgXIyNImr

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

Fear, death, hope and heroism in Mexico’s earthquake aftermath: https://t.co/sCsr4FTKAN pic.twitter.com/lRHllAhR3i

— AP Images (@AP_Images) September 25, 2017

Well, that brings things home. https://t.co/ZG9OUAjfPb

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 26, 2017

Carlos/Smith was 1 time. What pix don’t capture is how #Kaepernick did it week in, week out over an entire season: https://t.co/McdHy5erfU pic.twitter.com/QCENrAY1GQ

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

12 yrs. USMC & 8 yrs US Navy SEAL I’d #TakeAKnee if I could. #VetsForKaepernick #VetsTakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/dU544suj3P

— MrHollywood_4real (@MrHollywood2U1) September 24, 2017

Trending tonight. Much like this. https://t.co/7c0U1oNLhd

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 24, 2017

One Sun, One Shadow, Sept. 29 – Oct. 27, 2017 #SolMednickGallery The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA @UArts https://t.co/S8h9g52mbE pic.twitter.com/6kuY8jtWtY

— Shane Lavalette (@shanelavalette) September 25, 2017

#TakeAKnee of the day. And that’s saying something. #photojournalism https://t.co/dckFhxsa4K

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

Proudest & scariest moment as a yellow-jacket happened at the same time. Thank you @Kaepernick7 for inspiring to #TakeAKnee to take a stand pic.twitter.com/iJVqHEpWx0

— Issa Rai (@freeSPIRIT_5678) September 24, 2017

Senator Cassidy yawns as disabled protesters are dragged out of healthcare hearing https://t.co/1HiqiMt6jt pic.twitter.com/h1k3NDaAvD

— deathandtaxes (@DeathAndTaxes) September 25, 2017

A keeper. https://t.co/Hk2Dr1ci6r

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 25, 2017

2 things regretfully rare on Capitol Hill: Screen full of #women & bipartisanship. @SenatorHeitkamp @SenatorCollins #healthcare 📷@rollcall pic.twitter.com/gfA8HvErJg

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 28, 2017

AL Senate favorite Roy Moore just pulled a real gun out of his pocket at his rally. No joke. pic.twitter.com/KqTeuIwgMm

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) September 26, 2017

And the stranger man wins! https://t.co/OObjg34vv8

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 27, 2017

Honored to welcome Republican and Democrat members of the House Ways and Means Committee to the White House today! #USA🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/nWnX9CDP0d

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2017

How they keep posting photos of people looking like hostages. https://t.co/bBFj41qHY5

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 26, 2017

California is done. https://t.co/xVbh7pkoXx

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) September 27, 2017

The entrancing circular puddle only highlights that weather doesn’t care about states, nations, sovereignty, anything. (-Michael Shaw)⠀ ⠀ Reposting @latimesphotos:⠀ …⠀ “Photos by Carolyn Cole (@ccole_photo)⠀ ⠀ Rescuers fanned out (across Puerto Rico) to reach stunned victims Thursday after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, knocking out electricity to the entire island and triggering landslides and floods.⠀ ⠀ #hurricanemaria #puertorico #travel #naturaldisaster” #shapes #circle #weather #photojournalism #aftermath #states

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I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the atmosphere and complexity here. If Anthony Weiner is reflective of anything, it’s a country obsessed with winners and losers; the deadly rush of power, fame and sensation; and mental health as an afterthought. (-Michael Shaw)⠀ ⠀ Reposting @jtaggfoto:⠀ …⠀ “Anthony Weiner for @nytimes #nytassignment” #AnthonyWeiner #loser #fail #Fallen #fame #Politics #convicted #sexting #publicity #fame #politics #Mentalhealth

A post shared by Reading The Pictures (@readingthepictures) on Sep 25, 2017 at 12:04pm PDT

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Photo: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times. Caption: Bernadina Ortiz, 89, is released from the hospital in San Juan, September 25, 2017.