Last week was a bizarre time to be queer on social media: Many cishet people voiced enthusiastic support for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that the health insurer’s denial of claims led to so many deaths that the murder was justified as retaliation. Meanwhile, Congress was passing a bill that would require an insurer (Tricare) to deny claims, and it was hard to get anyone to even pay attention to that.
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Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Twenty-five years after Hugo Chávez took office and began the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, US officials have still not tired of dreaming up new plots to overthrow the country’s government
Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme

Illegal US Sanctions Blocked UN Earthquake Rescue System in Syria

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A life-saving United Nations mapping system to coordinate rescue efforts was blocked in Syria by US sanctions following a devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6, Middle East Eye reported on Wednesday.
US Sanctions Blocked UN Earthquake Rescue System in Syria

UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

UN experts said this week that US sanctions on Iran are causing more deaths of Iranians with thalassemia, a congenital blood disorder that requires specialized medicine.
UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions

Venezuela: Save lives of cancer patients endangered by U.S. sanctions – experts

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

GENEVA (21 July 2021) – Hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they have been caught up in excessively strict application of U.S. sanctions aimed at Venezuela and the state-owned oil company Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA), independent experts* appointed by the Human Rights Council said today.
Venezuela: Save lives of cancer patients endangered by U.S. sanctions – experts

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Illegal US Sanctions Blocked UN Earthquake Rescue System in Syria

UN Experts: Iranians With Blood Disorder are Dying Due to US Sanctions

Venezuela: Save lives of cancer patients endangered by U.S. sanctions – experts