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Ukrainian officials have announced they would support a 30-day cease-fire with Russia following more than 8 hours of meetings in Saudi Arabia with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Michael Waltz, U.S. national security adviser. The United States also agreed to immediately lift the pause on intelligence sharing and resume military assistance to Ukraine. Continue reading “Ukraine Open To 30-Day Cease-Fire With Russia”
Reports from independent Russian media indicate that Russia has been working for over a year to compile an electronic database of LGBTQ+ Russian citizens. Continue reading “Report: Kremlin Compiling Database Of LGBTQ Citizens”
Some news items you might have missed: • OUT: The mega-hit movie musical WICKED continues to soar at the box office and breaking records including becoming the highest grossing movie of all time based on a Broadway musical. Continue reading “WICKED Continues To Soar + Jimmy Carter’s History On LGBTQ Issues + More”
Russian police raided at least three gay nightclubs last night “as part of measures to combat LGBT propaganda,” according to the state TASS news agency. Continue reading “Russian Police Raid Gay Nightclubs To ‘Combat LGBT Propaganda’”
At least two polling stations in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold, were the targets of hoax bomb threats as Election Day voting was underway. According to officials, the fake threats originated from Russia. Continue reading “Georgia Polling Stations Targeted By Hoax Bomb Threats”
Some news items you might have missed: • The Advocate: More than 50 people in Moscow were detained on Saturday as heavily armed and masked police raided two nightclubs (Central Station, Three Monkey Bar) that catered to LGBTQ+ clientele. • The Guardian: An age-gap gay couple (33 and 77) share why their relationship works for them.
I’m 33 and my husband is 77 – this is why I only sleep with older men https://t.co/eTAD399Mi9
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 19, 2024
• Metro Weekly: Donald Trump has attacked VP Kamala Harris for supporting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates. But Harris points out the Trump administration followed the same law – which calls for transgender inmates to receive medically necessary treatments for gender dysphoria. • CNN: Journalist Olivia Nuzzi has “parted ways” with New York Magazine after it was revealed the Washington correspondent had a previously undisclosed personal relationship with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who she’d been covering.
Political reporter Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine after undisclosed relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://t.co/E6T6AdeiVT
— CNN (@CNN) October 21, 2024
• Dallas Morning News: The largest newspaper in Texas has endorsed Democrat Rep. Colin Allred over Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in the upcoming senate race. • Instagram: Cher was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and kicked it off by performing her 1999 blockbuster hit “Believe” with Dua Lipa and The Roots.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and others have been released from Russian prisons as part of a major prisoner swap negotiated by the Biden administration. Continue reading “Evan Gershkovich & More Released from Russian Prison”
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony on Friday in Russia after being tried for espionage under fabricated charges. Continue reading “Russian Court Sentences American Reporter To 16 Years In Prison On False Charges”
Employees of the gay club Pose in Orenburg, Russia, have been arrested and charged with spreading “LGBT propaganda” as part of the country’s first criminal “extremism” case against the LGBTQ community. Continue reading “Russia Arrests Gay Bar Employees In 1st LGBTQ ‘Extremism’ Criminal Case”
Be careful what you read on the internet – new fake news websites are popping up using official-sounding names but with the intent of pushing Russian propaganda. Continue reading “More Fake News Sites Popping Up Pushing Russian Propaganda”