■今日の動画：PBS News Weekend May 4, 2024

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[05:17] Late last month, the Biden administration issued new rules designed to keep prosecutors from getting the medical records of patients seeking legal abortions. The expansion of the 30-year-old health privacy law known as HIPAA prohibits the disclosure of health information to state officials who are conducting a criminal investigation. The idea is to prevent it from being used to prosecute an instance where a pregnant person goes out of state for a legal abortion. The rules are to take effect in late June.

[** HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act 

see also: https://note.com/wgc888/n/nb8bf229d9ab8#ba73e575-723e-47db-a3ae-b79697c0ee6d]

[13:46] I think we could have been more attuned to the fact that winds of change were sweeping across Africa. Political elites are widely discredited in many of these Sahelian countries, just because there's an extraconstitutional overthrow of a government. It doesn't mean that what came before was necessarily a Jeffersonian democracy

[** a Jeffersonian democracy = a country based on Jeffersonian democracy; a democratic country that subscribes to the principles of Jeffersonian democracy //
Jeffersonian Democracy refers to the political philosophy and principles advocated by Thomas Jefferson during his presidency. It emphasized limited government, agrarianism, states' rights, and strict interpretation of the Constitution... Think of Jeffersonian Democracy like a small family-run farm. The focus is on self-sufficiency, working the land, and having minimal interference from outside forces... https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/jeffersonian-democracy //

see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy ( Wikipediaの右上のlanguagesに日本語のページへのリンクもあります ) ] .

[15:26] Well, I think the one big mistake we make is to try to make them -- force them to choose us or the other guy. And I'm not, by any stretch of the image -- anyone who knows me knows I carry very little water or any for our Chinese or Russian friends. But they're offering facile solutions. And when we tell them us or them, very often, because they can deliver quickly and immediately, that becomes the easy one for the juntas or other leaders to opt for.

[** < to carry (someone's) water = to support someone, especially in an submissive or uncritical manner (thefreedictionary)]

[* facile = easy, but with a connotation of being overly simplistic or lacking depth ]

[23:41] What game would you like to play Artem?
Heads up, seven up

[** Heads up, seven up = a game played by children, usually in classrooms. Watch this video to see how to play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PczXAKHPpAI ] .

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