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Category Archives: Democracy Ratings
The US and Key Countries in the Democracy Index 2019
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 →
Posted in 2016 Election, 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Criminal Justice System, Democracy Ratings, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedoms, Immigration Policy, Impeachment, Iran, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Threat, Russia, State Department, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Turkey, Voting Rights, Yemen
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Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
“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 →
Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, AG William Barr, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Criminal Justice System, Democracy Ratings, Impeachment, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, Politics, Secrecy, State Department, Syria, Trump Administration, Turkey, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights, White House
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America’s Next Democracy Rating, and Chief Justice John Roberts’ View
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 →
Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Democracy Ratings, EPA, First Amendment, Freedoms, Impeachment, Kavanaugh, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, Politics, Public Confidence, Regulations, State Department, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Trump Voting, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights, VP Pence, White House
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All Hail, Dictator Trump
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 →
Posted in 2016 Election, 2016 Primaries, 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, AG William Barr, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Democracy Ratings, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Fifth Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Impeachment, Mueller Report, Politics, Secrecy, State Department, Supreme Court, Voting Rights
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To Mitch “Stonewall” McConnell: Thanks for Making Your Impeachment Coverup So Obvious
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 →
Posted in 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Criminal Justice System, Cybersecurity, Democracy Ratings, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Equal Treatment Under the Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Impeachment, Military Budget, Mueller Report, Politics, Public Confidence, Russia, State Department, Supreme Court, Swing States, Trump Administration, Trump Truthiness, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights, VP Pence, White House
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Democracy Ratings for the US and Countries in the News from the V-Dem Institute
We show graphs over time of the US and countries in the news, for five categories. The ratings go from 1900 through 2018, unless only fewer years are available. The source of the ratings is the V-Dem Institute at V-dem.net. … Continue reading →
Posted in Affairs of State, Democracy Ratings, Economies, Education, Equal Treatment Under the Law, Equality of Opportunity Project, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Immigration Policy, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Politics, Religion, Secrecy, Syria, Turkey, United Nations, Voting Rights, Women’s Rights
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The United States and the World in the Freedom in the World 2019 Ratings
We show graphs in the Freedom House report “Freedom in the World 2019” by Freedom House at freedomhouse.org, for both the United States, and for World countries. We show the decline in the US Freedom rating over 10 years from … Continue reading →
Posted in Affairs of State, Criminal Justice System, Democracy Ratings, Education, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Immigration Ban, Immigration Policy, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Oil Imports, Syria, Turkey, Voting Rights, Yemen
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Ratings of Freedom and Democracy, and the Concept of Zero, Zilch, Nada
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 →
Freedom in Countries Which the US Deals With
Freedom in Countries Which the US Deals With in the Cato Institute Rankings of 2018 In the US dealing with various countries around the world, it is nice, but simple, to have a Freedom Ranking and evaluations to inform us … Continue reading →
Posted in Affairs of State, Democracy Ratings, Freedoms, Middle East, North Korea, Russia, Syria, United Nations, Yemen
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Use of a University Blog for Science Communication and Government Evaluations
Use of a University Blog for Science Communication and Government Evaluations I am aware that I as a University employee, one cannot advertise for a product, or support a political party or candidate during work hours, or using University resources. … Continue reading →
Posted in About This Blog, Climate Education, Climate Science, Communications, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Democracy Ratings, Education, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Humor, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, Trump Truthiness, UC Irvine
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