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Hi! Quick note: The Onion accidentally posted a stock photo from a vendor with an AI generated image in it. We pulled the post down once we found that out. Our commitment to not using AI is very real. It's in the union contract to disclose it if we ever do. World is a slop minefield and we're sorry.
January 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"The Trump administration has halted disbursement of funds from a program that supplies most of the treatment for H.I.V. in Africa and developing countries worldwide for at least 90 days."
Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment to as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
Any position held by a Democrat that isn’t shared by 95% of Americans is a fatal political error but Trump can pardon people who were convicted of assaulting police officers and call for the elimination of FEMA and it’s cool
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 24
Trump: "I'll be signing an EO to begin process of fundamentally reforming & overhauling or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, FEMA is not good. When you have a problem like this, you want to use your state to fix it & not waste time calling FEMA..I think we're gonna recommend FEMA go away"
January 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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"Whether or not we supported Alaric in his campaign to sack Rome, it is now our patriotic duty to rally behind him. Alaric is now the ruler of all Romans, not just those who smear their faces with blood and smell strongly of dung."

(Published on the occasion of GWB's 2001 inauguration)
From The New Republic, January 22, 2001. Partial transcript below. Follow pastebin link in next post for complete alt text. BIPARTISANSHIP, CIRCA 410 A.D. Finally, the divisive battle that has gripped our nation for months has come to an end. There can no longer be any doubt of the ultimate result: Alaric and his Visigoth horde have won, and the emperor, Flavius Honorius, has lost. Whether or not we supported Alaric in his campaign to sack Rome, it is now our patriotic duty to rally behind him. Alaric is now the ruler of all Romans, not just those who smear their faces with blood and smell strongly of dung. We must all show the graciousness, good humor, and dignity that Honorius demonstrated as he fled on horseback with his servants in the dark of night. If one thing has been proved by this long battle, it is that our system works. The Visigoths worked hard for this outcome: They pillaged our temples, burned our crops, and carried off our women. As a result, they now deserve our support, as well as our respect. Yes, some may continue to question aspects of Alaric's campaign. We have previously noted our concern about the Visigoths' strategy of stripping naked and running into battle making high-pitched screaming sounds, as well as their controversial decision to slay our elders and eat their entrails in the Forum. The Visigoths' scorched-earth strategy—and, again, we would have preferred for them to have scorched only some of our earth-struck many of us as overly aggressive. But, in the end, Alaric and his barbarian horde were simply using every method available to them in a flawed and often confusing process. No battle is perfect, and inevitably some children are going to be impaled on stakes and their lifeless bodies paraded through the streets. Those tactics don't make the result of this contest any less legitimate.
January 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM