Stop sugarcoating: calling Mutharika’s win a "comeback" and the transfer "peaceful" turns deep economic pain and donor-driven policy limits into a feel-good stability story. The BBC frames this as Pro-Donor Democratic Stability - celebrating institutions while muting donors, austerity and structural inequality. Watch the euphemisms. Names matter. #Malawi #DonorPolitics https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg4n0rrn1no
Peter Mutharika defeats Lazarus Chakwera in Malawi election, commission declares

Peter Mutharika defeated the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, the election commission announces.

I mean, it's true, sure, but it's funny how this little slice of hard-hittiing truth is in Politico *now* for some reason, when it's usually such a taboo subject.

You'd never see something like this if there weren't high level disagreements behnd the scenes about whether the US should openly back an ongoing genocide. But because there are, it's not only fine to weaponize antisemitism, but even to talk out loud about where NGO money comes from.

#VealPenPolitics #DonorPolitics #CivilityPolitics