This is how authoritarian states function.

[kpete]

This is outrageous.
FEMA just abruptly deleted stats that show how bad things are in Puerto Rico but left up stats making things look better

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/05/fema-removes-statistics-about-drinking-water-access-and-electricity-in-puerto-rico-from-website/?utm_term=.5c388dd4f8e9

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I have them here:

[procon]

2. Trump is stupid enough to believe no one will notice what he's doing

and everyone will start gushing about his greatness. The shiny propaganda effort is so laughably amateurish and ham handed the press is already mocking him, so the only thing that Trump accomplished was make himself look like an even bigger moron.

[Girard442]

3. Trump needs to keep the Deplorables on board.

History shows that it's fairly easy to do. Just give them a narrative that supports what they already want to believe. Doesn't matter what a cheesy threadbare Potemkin Village piece of crap it is -- they'll buy it.