Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush’s greatest accomplishment

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Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush’s greatest accomplishment
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A program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time.

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I left Reddit for Lemmy a month ago.

The comments in politics communities around here do not live up to Reddit's yet. Close sometimes.

This comment is the first time I've actually laughed. Brilliant. I actually went at read the article just because of this comment. Cheers.

Maybe I'm dense?

It wasn't a play on words. PEPFAR had bipartisan support until recent months when heritage foundation decided to target it for made-up abortion fears. It was truly keeping it real by just being a health benefit program for countries that needed help fighting aids and it has saved millions of lives. But 20 years later in today's political climate it is somehow controversial.

Do you float or sink in water? That will answer your question.

also good for determining witches.

I would have to ask @witchesvspatriarchy if it actually works. I've read a lot of negative results but have no verified positive result. The pre-eighteenth century witch studies lacked serious controls.

About as accurate as detecting if something was written by AI I’m afraid.