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1. I thought the admin stopped funding PEPFAR completely and immediately back in January,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

Jul 15

I've read many many stories over the past months about all the devastation that has wrought, like I don't know how many thousands of pregnant women suddenly not taking antiviral medications and thereby passing HIV to their fetuses. Plus just in general spreading as viral loads increase by several orders of magnitude. But maybe I'm just reading alarmist woke Mother Jones crap I guess. Anyway great to hear that our friends across the aisle are saving it, such wonderful humanitarians /s.

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Global AIDS program PEPFAR saved from congressional funding cuts [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 15 OP

I thought the admin stopped funding PEPFAR completely and immediately back in January, progree Jul 15 #1

They put illegal "holds" on a whole lot of funding *already allocated* across various programs BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #3

My interpretation is that the Trump administration suspended PEPFAR and want to end it. summer_in_TX Jul 16 #2

It's exactly that. They have violated the Impoundment Control Act BumRushDaShow Jul 16 #4