NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
The strange moment was caught on C-SPAN: Trump slouched in his chair with a vacant expression as France’s president encouraged everyone at the table to turn and face a photographer.
But while every other leader smiled, Trump didn’t budge. trib.al/WlzWlKu
This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
Trump named his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, his “special envoy for peace,” shortly before dispatching him and Witkoff to lead the administration’s disastrous negotiations with Iran.
So far, it seems like all he's brought is a mind-boggling array of ethical conflicts.
If a Democratic president started a war of choice, spent $100s of billions, blew up international military & economic alliances, then completely surrendered giving opposing nation $100s of billions in reparations while empowering their anti-US regime: Corporate Media would have justly crucified him.
