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CDC Scrubs HIV Info + Pentagon Bans Pride & Black History Events + More

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Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scrubbing content related to HIV after Donald Trump issued executive orders targeting the transgender community. • New York Times: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned observances of Pride Month, Black History Month, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other cultural annual events at the Pentagon. He said that such observances “erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution.” Continue reading “CDC Scrubs HIV Info + Pentagon Bans Pride & Black History Events + More”

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Panama’s Prez Claps Back At Trump Over Panama Canal

Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino

Earlier this week, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to claim that “Chinese soldiers” are secretly operating the Panama Canal, and U.S. ships are being charged “exorbitant” shipping rates to use the canal. Trump demanded the shipping rates be lowered OR the U.S. would demand Panama return ownership of the canal to the U.S. Continue reading “Panama’s Prez Claps Back At Trump Over Panama Canal”