France’s Eutelsat must stop collaborating with Russia’s war propaganda machine

Reporters Without Borders to Russia: Stop crackdown on media (*Meduza)

The UK FCO projects were carried out covertly, and in partnership with purportedly independent, high-profile online media outfits including Bellingcat, *Meduza, and the Pussy Riot-founded Mediazona. Bellingcat’s participation apparently included a UK FCO intervention in North Macedonia’s 2019 elections on behalf of the pro-NATO candidate.
Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal

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NYT Opinion: I Was Wrong About Trump Voters

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Bret Stephens
The worst line I ever wrote as a pundit — yes, I know, it’s a crowded field — was the first line I ever wrote about the man who would become the 45th president: “If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling.”
I Was Wrong About Trump Voters

US Attempts To Make China An Enemy Require A Lot Of Fantasy

July 22, 2022July 22, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Moon of Alabama, Jul 22 2022
The US weapon industry needs US enemies. Without those it is hard to justify an ever-growing war budget. The most lucrative enemy, besides Russia, is of course China.
But there is a problem. China has no interest in being a US enemy and certainly not in being THE enemy. In its view that only takes away resources that are better used elsewhere.
That is the reason why China avoids talks with the US about military and strategic issues.
US Attempts To Make China An Enemy Require A Lot Of Fantasy

Democrats Hope To Gotcha The GOP With Doomed New Net Neutrality Bill

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As we’ve long noted, the Trump era attack on net neutrality was one of the more grotesque examples of regulatory capture and corruption in Internet policy history.
The rules, which imposed some very modest restrictions on giant telecom monopolies to prevent them from abusing market power, were very popular among consumers of all political stripes. And the Trump FCC’s repeal involved using a lot of outright lies and even fake and dead people to reduce the oversight of extremely unpopular telecom monopolies.
Despite the Democrats controlling the FCC for more than a year and a half, they still haven’t done anything about it.
Democrats Hope To Gotcha The GOP With Doomed New Net Neutrality Bill

Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency

July 20, 2022July 21, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Documents shared with MintPress reveal that Valent Projects – a shadowy communications firm that advises social media platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns – has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for “counter disinformation and communications support.”
Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency

Plotting War on Iran

July 17, 2022October 9, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.
Plotting War on Iran

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Ilhan Omar’s meddling in Horn of Africa earns boos at Somali American concert

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar’s “woke” politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman’s role in US meddling in the Horn of Africa.
Ilhan Omar’s meddling in Horn of Africa earns boos at Somali American concert

Media Support ‘Self-Determination’ for US Allies, Not Enemies

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)1 Comment

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Article 1 of the UN Charter says that one of the purposes of the UN is “to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” However, what “self-determination” means in specific international legal cases is far from a settled debate. Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute explains that:
contemporary notions of self-determination usually distinguish between “internal” and “external” self-determination, suggesting that “self-determination” exists on a spectrum. Internal self-determinationmay refer to various political and social rights; by contrast, external self-determination refers to full legal independence/secession for the given “people” from the larger politico-legal state.
Media Support ‘Self-Determination’ for US Allies, Not Enemies

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