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[2019] Order From Chaos: What does a Pride parade have to do with NATO? More than you might think.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Editor’s Note: The degree of respect for LGBTQ people has increasingly become a measure of democratic health in former Soviet states. If Russia were a place where Pride parades were allowed, its quarrels with the United States, and ours with it, would possibly diminish, writes James Kirchick. This article originally appeared in the Washington Post.

What does a Pride parade have to do with NATO? More than you might think.

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*Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are solely those of the author and may or may not reflect those of Ms. Cat’s Chronicles.

Hypocritical White House Wants to Form a Bogus Tribunal to Prosecute Russian Leader for War Crimes

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Oh, the irony!?

After months of indecision, the Joe Biden administration has come out in favor of using international mechanisms to punish Russian officials for the “crime of aggression” in Ukraine. The White House has resisted Kiev’s effort to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders at the International Crime Court (ICC) over fears that American officials could face similar accountability

White House Wants to Form International Tribunal to Prosecute Russian Leader for War Crimes

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Sweden Expands Espionage Law, Endangering Freedom of Journalists and Whistleblowers

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Sweden’s parliament adopted a major espionage law expansion that will permit the country’s police to investigate journalists, publishers, and whistleblowers if they reveal secret information that “may damage Sweden’s relationship with another state or an international organization.”

Sweden Expands Espionage Law, Endangering Freedom of Journalists and Whistleblowers

It’s Different, They’re White: Media Ignore Conflicts Around the World to Focus on Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A MintPress News analysis found that in a single week Fox News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC ran almost 1,300 separate stories on the Ukraine invasion, two stories on the Syria attack, one on Somalia, and none at all on the Saudi-led war on Yemen.

It’s Different, They’re White: Media Ignore Conflicts Around the World to Focus on Ukraine

The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, WHICH SPEAKS IN A LANGUAGE OF FORCE, IS AFRAID OF ITS CITIZENRY.

What we are dealing with is a government so power-hungry, paranoid and afraid of losing its stranglehold on power that it is conspiring to wage war on anyone who dares to challenge its authority.

The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers

Op-ed: U.S. return to Human Rights Council a mockery of its raison d’être

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By: Alfred de Zayas and Adriel Kasonta

The U.S. regained its seat on the UN Human Rights Council in an uncontested vote in the General Assembly on October 14 after the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump quit the 47-member body in 2018 citing the “chronic bias” against Israel.

Op-ed: U.S. return to Human Rights Council a mockery of its raison d’être