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Hello!Oh yes, Hitler, the world's most famous socialist! So Tommy Tuberville got bigly confused. Here’s what he said:Source: https://www.aldailynews.com/in-the-weeds-w-tommy-tuberville-alabamas-next-senator/In World War two, the US fought alongside the USSR, communists, against the so-called Axis powers, which were mostly right-wing fascist governments. But I guess having a brain larger than a sparrow is immediately disqualifying for the GOP. How Are Socialism and Communism Different?Coach Clueless also thinks that Joe Biden is a socialist. So in other words, he thinks that a Nazi runs the government. This is going really well. Good to know that even a tenuous grip on reality is not a requirement for serving in arguably the world’s greatest deliberative body.And the people of Alabama chose him over Doug Jones. That’s like replacing a skilled attorney with Cousin Vinny.But I’m pretty sure he’ll be best pals with John Cornyn, who seems not to know, (he does), that Puerto Rico doesn't vote in US president elections. So maybe they can talk about the constitution and how the Germans won the war of 1812 and then gave us Puerto Rico as a love gift.Another example of why it is prudent to let the process run its course: Thousands of Uncounted Votes Found a Week After Election in Puerto Rico https://t.co/YYxMhNSAdi— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) November 12, 2020And now that one of the Proud Boys’ leaders has come out of the closet as a straight up Nazi, does that mean that (according to Tuberville) he’s a socialist? All of these people make my brain hurt. Not Nazi enough: Proud Boys leader wants group to fully embrace white supremacyThe GOP is beyond redemption, and the country desperately needs to invest in education…

On the surface, this might appear to be an insincere question, especially since it was posted by Anonymous, that prolific rascal. But let’s take a closer look…In the continental United States, every piece of real estate is tracked or recorded. They are public record, and are usually kept with the County Recorder’s office. As public records, anyone who wants the information can take steps to get it; those steps may vary by county and by state.This record is called a title, and the real “test” of whether you have ownership of a property is based on whether your name is on the title. [1] If your name is on the title, then the property is unquestionably yours, within the continental United States. If someone is giving you a hard time, you can really just ignore it. And if they trespass your property—or refuse to leave—call the police, because then it has become a criminal matter.But why do I keep qualifying my answer with “within the continental United States”?Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated Dominica, St. Croix, and Puerto Rico in September 2017. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect those islands. At the time, there were about 1,237,180 million homes. Of those, 1,138,843 (92 percent) were damaged by the hurricane. And of those damaged, 1,118,862 (98 percent) applied for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Individuals and Households Program (IHP) as of May 2018. 40% were rejected. Why?Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea, has been a territory of the United States since 1898, after the U.S. defeated Spain in the Spanish-American war. Puerto Ricans by birth have American citizenship and can move freely between the island and the U.S. mainland. But unlike Hawaii, Puerto Rico is not a state. That means it does not have voting power in Congress and its citizens can’t vote in presidential elections.[2]But that’s not the only difference between Puerto Rico and the mainland. Based upon Spanish law, property rights in Puerto Rico are structured very differently there. Puerto Rico has a history of informal construction. Anywhere between 585,000–715,000 (45–55 percent) of homes and commercial buildings in Puerto Rico have been constructed without building permits or following land use codes, according to a 2018 study of the Puerto Rico Builders Association. It is estimated that 260,000 homes in Puerto Rico do not have titles or deeds.Further complicating this situation is a lack of historical documentation. This results from the fact that in Puerto Rico many people live on land that has been subdivided generationally in their families, though they never went through a formal process of subdividing the land. Similarly, many heirs have not gone through the process of declaring inheritance. In Puerto Rico, it is common to see someone occupying a home still under the name of deceased parents or family members. Finally, for many in Puerto Rico, getting proper documentation is not commonplace when a family acquires the property. One might have bought land lawfully and have no title merely because the person who owned it before did not have one. The Lack of Proof of Ownership in Puerto Rico Is Crippling Repairs in the Aftermath of Hurricane MariaFEMA award guidelines simply do not account for this type of chaotic situation. They can’t just award thousands of dollars to an individual who has almost no evidence of property ownership. FEMA has caught flack for many things in its checkered history…but this one was not their fault. The agency has worked to develop alternate means of proving property ownership, to their credit. But the brutal fact is: if Puerto Rico had done the hard work of getting its property ownership framework in line with the mainland’s, FEMA would not have been so hamstrung in regards to providing aid.Returning to the question: if you are in the continental United States, no problem. If you are in Puerto Rico, find a real estate attorney ASAP.EDIT: I believe that a properly filed, clear title and deed (which shows property transfer) are any homeowner’s best defense against attempts to deny their property ownership, called adverse possession. If someone builds on your property (a fence, a driveway, etc.) or people show up to your house claiming that they own it, or are renting it, these are acts of adverse possession, and must be dealt with. Seek the advice of a real estate attorney immediately.Commenter John O’Neal also warns to beware of House Stealing; this link goes to an FBI page explaining this particular form of fraud. He outlines some steps to take to address this criminal activity.Footnotes[1] What You Need To Know About Deeds And Property Transfer[2] Is Puerto Rico Part of the U.S? Here's What to Know

Hello!Interesting question. Especially given the disturbing facts about some Trump administration officials I’m about to divulge…Remember when Trump blasted Puerto Rico’s government for their corruption and thievery, explaining that he was the best thing that ever happened to that foreign country whose president’s name he couldn’t quite remember?Puerto Rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Their political system is broken and their politicians are either Incompetent or Corrupt. Congress approved Billions of Dollars last time, more than anyplace else has ever gotten, and it is sent to Crooked Pols. No good!....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2019Well, it turned out, it was his own people who were actually doing the scamming.A federal grand jury indicted two former Trump administration officials and a utility company chief on Tuesday, Sept. 3, charging them with bribery, fraud, fraud, and more fraud for diverting disaster relief funds into their own pockets, prompting their boss, U.S. president and first-ballot Con Artist Hall Of Famer Donald Trump to issue a statement saying:“Wait? It’s illegal for a federal official to profit off taxpayer money? Let me check on that because that can’t be right, so… Oh, I see. They weren’t white. That explains it.”According to the Department of Justice, federal prosecutors returned an indictment against Donald Keith Ellison, former President of Cobra Acquisitions, FEMA Deputy Administrator Asha Tribble and Jovanda Patterson, who was the former chief of staff for FEMA but you probably don’t remember her name because — and I swear the FBI’s indictment says this, she was “better known as JoJo.”And Jojo ‘nem be stealing.After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, the Trump administration sent JoJo to Puerto Rico to oversee the rebuilding of the island’s power sector and infrastructure, according to FEMA’s website which hasn’t been updated because Trump probably fired the only person who knows the Squarespace password. Federal agents allege that as soon as Tribble was put in charge, Ellison, who was the president of the utility contractor COBRA Acquisitions, started lavishing her with gifts. And then Asha’s homegirl JoJo just up and left her good government job and went to work for COBRA.The DOJ notes:From October 2017 to April 2019, Tribble and Ellison developed a personal relationship wherein Ellison provided Tribble with things of value with the intent to influence Tribble’s performance of official acts. Ellison provided Tribble with personal helicopter use, hotel accommodations, airfare, personal security services, and the use of a credit card. As part of Ellison’s pattern of providing things of value to Tribble, he also secured employment within COBRA’s affiliated companies for her friend, defendant Patterson. In exchange, Tribble performed official acts, including influencing, advising, and exerting pressure on PREPA and FEMA officials, in order to award restoration work to COBRA and accelerate payments to COBRANow I’m sure this was probably a coincidence, but somehow, this brand new utility company got a $200 million contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid four days after they made their bid. And then Tribble doubled it to $455 million. A few weeks later, she doubled it again to $945 million. And, because shady people don’t usually practice restraint, they doubled it again, until the contract reached $1.8 billion, the Associated Press reports. The people of Puerto Rico probably wouldn’t have been bothered by this except for one reason:The power kept going out.They had one job.While I would never insinuate anything untoward in this relationship, the New York Times thought you should also know that when Tribble used Ellison’s credit cards to pay for trips to New York, Charlotte, N.C., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., they always stayed in the same room. Now I know what you’re thinking but I’m sure they were just trying to save money. $1.8 billion doesn’t go as far as it used to go.When Agents interviewed Ellison, he stated that he didn’t even know Tribble like that, explaining that he only had a business relationship with her and never gave her a helicopter ride. After the FBI charged him with making false statements, Ellison said he did give Tribble a ride (on the helicopter, dummy) but she paid him back. Investigators quietly seized Ellison’s bank accounts while they were investigating the threesome’s shenanigans. The inquiry wasn’t publicly known until Ellison brazenly filed a brief demanding that the FBI release his money.“These defendants were supposed to come to Puerto Rico to help during the recovery after the devastation suffered from Hurricane María,” said U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. “Instead, they decided to take advantage of the precarious conditions of our electric power grid and engaged in a bribery and honest services wire fraud scheme in order to enrich themselves illegally.”The trio has been charged with:Conspiracy to commit bribery of public officials;Acts affecting a personal financial interest;Making false statements;Disaster fraud;Honest services wire fraud;Travel Act violations;Wire fraud“I’m going to have my lawyers look into whether this is actually illegal,” said Trump. “Vladimir told me it was ok.”Tribble is on unpaid suspension.This answer is attributed to: Trump Administration Officials Arrested for Scamming Puerto Rico Out of $1.8 Billion in Hurricane Relief Funds U.S. Department of Justice Home | FEMA.gov and others linked in the text.