Category Archives: Equal Treatment Under the Law

Trump-Barr Make Up Laws Again, Including Absolute Censorship

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump-Barr Make Up Laws Again, Including Absolute Censorship The “Law and Order” “President” and the “Attorney Obsequion” Barr spent the day making up laws, which, coincidentally, violate the Constitution, which they “Swore” to “Obey”. Where to begin? Republicans spent eight … Continue reading →

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Cost Effective Rules for Police Deployment

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Cost Effective Rules for Police Deployment The Coronavirus costs of care, and loss of State and Local taxes from the shutdown and slow restart, means that such budgets will be lowered, by force.  Hence, we need better policies to save … 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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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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Democracy Ratings for the US and Countries in the News from the V-Dem Institute

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

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 →

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“You Can Fool Some of the People All the Time” — Has Trump Won?

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“You Can Fool Some of The People All the Time” — Has Trump Won? President Lincoln might have said this, but Trump, and his cohort, and his Party, and his Fox News, live it.  As long as 90% of them … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Impeachment Shorts

Posted on November 25, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump Shorts, Going Far Back in Time, for a Whole Week As usual, Trumpworld moves too fast, into realms beyond imagination. Was it Rick Perry’s corruption in Ukraine that Trump knew about and used to force him to say that … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Criticism of Ambassador Yovanovitch

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Criticism of Ambassador Yovanovitch Trump’s justified his twittering denigration of our former Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, as exercising his “free speech”.  He said that things “turned bad” when she was ambassador to Somalia.  Trump’s critics have said that … Continue reading →

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Did Conspiracy Theories Entrap Trump Into Five Impeachment Counts?

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Did Conspiracy Theories Entrap Trump Into Five Impeachment Counts? Trump has often been criticized for not trusting his intelligence agencies, or the Department of State.  Now, it is clear that he was believing in right wing conspiracy theories rather than … Continue reading →

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Regarding Trump’s Retweet of a Conspiracy Theory on Epstein’s Death

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

It’s Another  “Any Other President Would Be Impeached for This Alone” Article. We’re referring to Trump’s retweet of a conspiratorial site that wants to blame Epstein’s death on the Clintons. How far have we fallen (yet again) with Trump, that … Continue reading →

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