Ending a two-decade program to give people in poor countries anti-HIV medication will cause millions to develop AIDS and die. It's also a massive national security disaster.
After all the outrage from yesterday and noise we all made, the Trump administration has reversed and will be sending the drugs for treatment -- for now. It's not clear however that the will distribute the drugs for "prevention." People uninfected in HIV, taking an anti-retroviral daily (for example if they're married to someone with HIV) are protected from infection with HIV.
he is the biggest hypocrite in history!! do as I say, not as I do!! My biggest fear is that he is going destroy everything, burn the country to the ground, and walk away unscathed as will his billionaire bro-pricks!! And we will be in a shambles, the economy, world trade, health, and climate, etc. I hope and pray for karma ... I believe in my heart and soul that he is a evil piece of garbage with no redeeming qualities and does not deserve what has been bestowed upon him!! He could have gone a different way with his gift, but instead he is on a revenge tour and he looks sickly and sad and mean and angry, and that cannot last!! he is a loud mouth and when challenged can't handle himself directly, he instead stews and posts to social media like a rodent on crack!! because he cannot handle criticism of conflict!! let's face once an asshole, always asshole ... and I would tell him it to his face!!!
I applaud any one or country that steps up to intercede. Bloomberg stepped up in a most Noble way. I pray many other "caring" Billionaires will do the same. ⚘️BRAVO Bloomberg⚘️
Wow, maybe John Roberts should now be taking back his chastising of American citizens a few weeks ago. We just basically want people to have food, methods of fighting disease, freedom to love, freedom to become US citizens, peace among other nations and most of all, survive to see 2030. He and his evildoers have helped put the entire world in grave danger
RFK, Jr and Trump are both Christian nationalists and drug addicts (Heroin and Adderall). They are gonna burn the USA to the ground, since they think "the elite" will be safe. We need to be resolute. Put ALL of your elected Reps on speed dial, regardless of party. Just keep hammering home that the USA did not vote for death.
Former presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama need to get on this. Ending PEPFAR will destroy Africa and will end America's influence on the continent. A strong, bipartisan statement decrying Trump's racist actions on PEPFAR is needed from these guys, now.
🚨 My prayer is that "All Non Whites", to include those in the Music Industry(every genere), Tik Tok, Healthcare Industry, Hotel Industry, Food Industry... to name a few that employ hardworking Non White Humans generationally of every Ethnicity in America, some Ancestry forced here and some voluntarily arriving "Hundreds of years ago" . Please pay attention. This article is the alert as "ALL" wait to see who and what is next. Please PAY ATTENTION.
Just the other day I met a well-educated, middle-aged man who had grown up against the background of HIV/AIDS. It is worth remembering that the prevalence of HIV in the UK was nowhere near that in the United States, and far less people - even gay men - had direct experience of sickness and death. Yet I was still astonished that this man had absolutely not the slightest idea that if I, or anyone else living with HIV, stopped taking my anti-retroviral medical I would sicken and die a slow, horrible death. This is where the "de-gaying" of AIDS has led us - to a more or less complete erasure of any living, active memory amongst younger gays of our long, urgent, vital community response to the epidemic, and of our achievements and our failures. Those of us who were influential activists in those early years can only shudder at the horror of Trump's murderous policies which are guaranteed to undermine almost all the achievements of the past forty years and take is back to the days of theReagan era, prior to the emergence of ACT UP in 1987. But where today is our Larry Kramer?
Being somewhat older than you, I've been following you (but, quietly) from ACT-UP through OUT-Q to now. I'm afraid, but not sorry, that this is a longish post.
If there is one thing that will keep George W. Bush from burning in hell until the end of time, it is PEPFAR. I am no fan of the guy, but one thing that MUST be said about the guy is that, at least from what I can tell from outside, he was absolutely totally committed to fighting the impact of HIV/AIDS internationally.
While working for World Learning for International Development several years ago, I was responsible for co-designing and co-directing, along with colleagues from Save the Children and other local and international organizations, USAID/Ethiopia's first two programs to provide school-based multi-faceted support, funded by the American People, for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. These were among a number of other efforts funded by USAID, CDC, and other agencies on behalf of the American People, with some hampered by the belief/insistence of some self-proclaimed "Christians" that the innocent partners and children of people who "cheat" should also be given a de facto death sentence and/or that "Abstinence Only" is an appropriate long-term way of life for couples with one infected partner.
I am very proud of the work that we did -- my colleagues and successors in implementation, the teachers and other community members across Ethiopia who built and expanded on the physical and skills infrastructures the American People provided, and the families and children and infants and teens whose physical and emotional well-being was kept aloft in part by We the American People. That the lives of millions of people of all ages in over 50 countries around the world should be put at risk, even briefly, let alone perhaps permanently, by a sadistic psychopathic degenerate, with the cooperation of witting accomplices, angers, sickens, and disgusts me.
I am not now, nor have I ever been, any sort of Christian. But in Matthew 25 the Being that Christians claim to be their Lord and Savior states explicitly:
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
If Jesus feels this way about people who are indifferent to human suffering, what must he feel about people who go intentionally out of their way to make human life badder, not better?
Michael- He. Doesn't. Fucking. Care. Until people stand up and *MAKE HIM STOP*, either through the courts or otherwise, he could not give a shit about the law or the Constitution, certainly not about morals or ethics.
It was *illegal* to fire the Special Investigators, they were appointed by Congress. They meekly packed their stuff and left. The Senate Dems sent a sternly worded email.
It was illegal to fire or demote all those career Federal employees, but they meekly packed up and left. Because someone thinks "Executive Order" means "The Law."
Where is the ACLU in this? Where are the lawyers looking to make big bank? Until someone MAKES him stop (shout out to the Federal Judge in WA State on birthright citizenship, right?!) HE ISN'T STOPPING.
He told us, up front, what he was going to do. For once, he did not lie, so I guess it's not surprising we are surprised. The Tree of Liberty needs to be pruned, ASAP, before this becomes permanent.
Michelangelo, thank you for writing this and laying out the brutal truth so clearly.
The decision to stop HIV medication for 26 million people isn’t just cruel—it’s calculated. Watching this from Germany, it’s staggering to see one man wield such reckless power over life and death. The comparison to other atrocities in history feels unavoidable.
Hitler’s regime caused the deaths of 11–17 million people, and now, in just nine days, Trump’s actions have put millions at risk of preventable death. This is already one of the deadliest abuses of power in modern history, and it’s enraging to witness the world stand by. Y
our voice matters in this fight to expose and challenge such catastrophic decisions
After all the outrage from yesterday and noise we all made, the Trump administration has reversed and will be sending the drugs for treatment -- for now. It's not clear however that the will distribute the drugs for "prevention." People uninfected in HIV, taking an anti-retroviral daily (for example if they're married to someone with HIV) are protected from infection with HIV.
I updated the piece at the bottom.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/health/trump-pepfar-freeze.html
he is the biggest hypocrite in history!! do as I say, not as I do!! My biggest fear is that he is going destroy everything, burn the country to the ground, and walk away unscathed as will his billionaire bro-pricks!! And we will be in a shambles, the economy, world trade, health, and climate, etc. I hope and pray for karma ... I believe in my heart and soul that he is a evil piece of garbage with no redeeming qualities and does not deserve what has been bestowed upon him!! He could have gone a different way with his gift, but instead he is on a revenge tour and he looks sickly and sad and mean and angry, and that cannot last!! he is a loud mouth and when challenged can't handle himself directly, he instead stews and posts to social media like a rodent on crack!! because he cannot handle criticism of conflict!! let's face once an asshole, always asshole ... and I would tell him it to his face!!!
TFG is pure evil. Period, full stop. 😎
With a stoke of his toxic sharpie, Trump commits the biggest act of mass genocide in human history…
Why hasn’t George W Bush spoken up? He helped to create the program.
Trump is filling his promises by 10 fold. This is disgraceful a, illegal and disgusting. The army of lawyers better start getting busy as in yesterday
Instead off MAGA, his theme is CRUEL. Take from those in need and give to the richest and most selfish.
I applaud any one or country that steps up to intercede. Bloomberg stepped up in a most Noble way. I pray many other "caring" Billionaires will do the same. ⚘️BRAVO Bloomberg⚘️
Wow, maybe John Roberts should now be taking back his chastising of American citizens a few weeks ago. We just basically want people to have food, methods of fighting disease, freedom to love, freedom to become US citizens, peace among other nations and most of all, survive to see 2030. He and his evildoers have helped put the entire world in grave danger
RFK, Jr and Trump are both Christian nationalists and drug addicts (Heroin and Adderall). They are gonna burn the USA to the ground, since they think "the elite" will be safe. We need to be resolute. Put ALL of your elected Reps on speed dial, regardless of party. Just keep hammering home that the USA did not vote for death.
Last sentence says it all Catherine-THAT is the message.
Former presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama need to get on this. Ending PEPFAR will destroy Africa and will end America's influence on the continent. A strong, bipartisan statement decrying Trump's racist actions on PEPFAR is needed from these guys, now.
Agree, but we should have to tell them to get on this?! Our leaders, both Democrat and republicon, should be demanding this be halted immediately.
🚨 My prayer is that "All Non Whites", to include those in the Music Industry(every genere), Tik Tok, Healthcare Industry, Hotel Industry, Food Industry... to name a few that employ hardworking Non White Humans generationally of every Ethnicity in America, some Ancestry forced here and some voluntarily arriving "Hundreds of years ago" . Please pay attention. This article is the alert as "ALL" wait to see who and what is next. Please PAY ATTENTION.
Do not be cozy and comfy, be Alert🎯
This is the 🚨🗣⚠️ ALERT⚠️ 🚨
🚨🗣⚠️ALERT⚠️🚨
Just the other day I met a well-educated, middle-aged man who had grown up against the background of HIV/AIDS. It is worth remembering that the prevalence of HIV in the UK was nowhere near that in the United States, and far less people - even gay men - had direct experience of sickness and death. Yet I was still astonished that this man had absolutely not the slightest idea that if I, or anyone else living with HIV, stopped taking my anti-retroviral medical I would sicken and die a slow, horrible death. This is where the "de-gaying" of AIDS has led us - to a more or less complete erasure of any living, active memory amongst younger gays of our long, urgent, vital community response to the epidemic, and of our achievements and our failures. Those of us who were influential activists in those early years can only shudder at the horror of Trump's murderous policies which are guaranteed to undermine almost all the achievements of the past forty years and take is back to the days of theReagan era, prior to the emergence of ACT UP in 1987. But where today is our Larry Kramer?
Hi, Michelangelo,
Being somewhat older than you, I've been following you (but, quietly) from ACT-UP through OUT-Q to now. I'm afraid, but not sorry, that this is a longish post.
If there is one thing that will keep George W. Bush from burning in hell until the end of time, it is PEPFAR. I am no fan of the guy, but one thing that MUST be said about the guy is that, at least from what I can tell from outside, he was absolutely totally committed to fighting the impact of HIV/AIDS internationally.
While working for World Learning for International Development several years ago, I was responsible for co-designing and co-directing, along with colleagues from Save the Children and other local and international organizations, USAID/Ethiopia's first two programs to provide school-based multi-faceted support, funded by the American People, for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS. These were among a number of other efforts funded by USAID, CDC, and other agencies on behalf of the American People, with some hampered by the belief/insistence of some self-proclaimed "Christians" that the innocent partners and children of people who "cheat" should also be given a de facto death sentence and/or that "Abstinence Only" is an appropriate long-term way of life for couples with one infected partner.
I am very proud of the work that we did -- my colleagues and successors in implementation, the teachers and other community members across Ethiopia who built and expanded on the physical and skills infrastructures the American People provided, and the families and children and infants and teens whose physical and emotional well-being was kept aloft in part by We the American People. That the lives of millions of people of all ages in over 50 countries around the world should be put at risk, even briefly, let alone perhaps permanently, by a sadistic psychopathic degenerate, with the cooperation of witting accomplices, angers, sickens, and disgusts me.
I am not now, nor have I ever been, any sort of Christian. But in Matthew 25 the Being that Christians claim to be their Lord and Savior states explicitly:
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
If Jesus feels this way about people who are indifferent to human suffering, what must he feel about people who go intentionally out of their way to make human life badder, not better?
Michael- He. Doesn't. Fucking. Care. Until people stand up and *MAKE HIM STOP*, either through the courts or otherwise, he could not give a shit about the law or the Constitution, certainly not about morals or ethics.
It was *illegal* to fire the Special Investigators, they were appointed by Congress. They meekly packed their stuff and left. The Senate Dems sent a sternly worded email.
It was illegal to fire or demote all those career Federal employees, but they meekly packed up and left. Because someone thinks "Executive Order" means "The Law."
Where is the ACLU in this? Where are the lawyers looking to make big bank? Until someone MAKES him stop (shout out to the Federal Judge in WA State on birthright citizenship, right?!) HE ISN'T STOPPING.
He told us, up front, what he was going to do. For once, he did not lie, so I guess it's not surprising we are surprised. The Tree of Liberty needs to be pruned, ASAP, before this becomes permanent.
Holly in KC (go CHIEFS!)
Michelangelo, thank you for writing this and laying out the brutal truth so clearly.
The decision to stop HIV medication for 26 million people isn’t just cruel—it’s calculated. Watching this from Germany, it’s staggering to see one man wield such reckless power over life and death. The comparison to other atrocities in history feels unavoidable.
Hitler’s regime caused the deaths of 11–17 million people, and now, in just nine days, Trump’s actions have put millions at risk of preventable death. This is already one of the deadliest abuses of power in modern history, and it’s enraging to witness the world stand by. Y
our voice matters in this fight to expose and challenge such catastrophic decisions
Totalitarian Annihilation based on stupid unintelligence (& money-hoarding) forced on the U.S. people country-wide & globally! Hello, Putin & Ji!