Category Archives: Constitution

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy It feels like we are living in a science fiction movie, where the Untouchable Chosen One daily smashes another pillar of our previous Democracy.  The savior of the Stone may not be acting … Continue reading →

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Epilogue to Impeachment: Trump’s Wild Victory Celebrations

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Epilogue to Impeachment:  Trump’s Wild Victory Celebrations Every great saga deserves an epilogue.  I mean Trump’s Impeachment Saga, not my whacky accounting of it.  Trump, the TV Director in Chief, could not help making a Grand Show of his pre-acquittal … Continue reading →

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The US and Key Countries in the Democracy Index 2019

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We examine the new Democracy Index 2019 rating of the US and world countries performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.  I was very interested in this since it would contain the third year of the Trump Presidency and his House … Continue reading →

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Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”, Lord Acton Donald Trump, William Barr, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Pat Cipollone, Alan Dershowitz, Kenneth Starr,  … Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jung Un, Bashar Al Assad, Recep … Continue reading →

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Republican Hypocrisy on Hunter Biden with their own Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas Funding

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Republican Hypocrisy on Hunter Biden with their own Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas Funding Republicans want us to see it as unfair that Hunter Biden took perhaps a million dollars a year for being on the board of a natural … Continue reading →

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Day One of the Full Trump Impeachment Defense

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Some thoughts on Day One of the Full Trump Impeachment Defense “If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit”. The gist of an hour of Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz.   If it wasn’t specifically treason or bribery, or … Continue reading →

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America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View Having just written articles on the Democracy and Freedom ratings of world countries, I was going to speculate on what our new ratings would be after the sham impeachment trial.  … Continue reading →

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All Hail, Dictator Trump

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

All Hail, Dictator Trump This morning, HRH Donald “The Don” Trump became America’s Dictator. The Republican Senate, to a Republican person, voted to table all new evidence in the mock impeachment “trial”.  Despite 12 hours of careful and convincing arguments … Continue reading →

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To Mitch “Stonewall” McConnell: Thanks for Making Your Impeachment Coverup So Obvious

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

To Mitch “Stonewall” McConnell:  Thanks for Making Your Impeachment Coverup So Obvious Also, as a plus, there are going to be several roll call votes on the Whitewash procedures, which will shade the Republican Senator’s participation in the coverup.  The … Continue reading →

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Ratings of Freedom and Democracy, and the Concept of Zero, Zilch, Nada

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Ratings of Freedom and Democracy, and the Concept of Zero, Zilch, Nada There are new Democracy Ratings, and still last year’s Freedom Rating, which I have been studying for reporting.  In the 2018 Freedom House ratings, the US was a … Continue reading →

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