Category Archives: Russia

A Day of Rememberance

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is a day when cumulative stories are all pointing to how we are going backwards on equity, gender, and Democracy.  Rather than the usual morality arguments on why all of them have bad sides, I need only present them … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Election, Affairs of State, Climate Science, Congress, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Equal Treatment Under the Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Gerrymandering, Governors and State Legislatures, Impeachment, Politics, Putin, Racism, Russia, Supreme Court, Trump Impeachment, Ukraine, Upward Mobility | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump has Four or Maybe Five Cases for Impeachment

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Update:  Donald John Trump was impeached on June 13, 2021 for “incitement to insurrection” by a vote of 232 for to 197 against.  That 35 vote conviction was aided by 10 Republican votes.  All Democrats except 1 non-vote backed conviction. … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Destructive March to the End

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Destructive March to the Sea This title is an analogy to Sherman’s March to the Sea.  It wasn’t enough to defeat the Confederate Army.  Sherman marched through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, and destroyed all along his way. We … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Energy, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Putin, Regulations, Russia, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change | Tagged | Leave a comment

In International Democracy Survey, US Drops to 36th, and Only 70%.

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

  We show the 2020 Democracy ratings of countries of current concern to the US.  The source of the ratings is the V-Dem Institute at V-dem.net.  We use data from Version 10 of April 2020.  The North American Regional Center … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, China, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Criminal Justice System, Democracy Ratings, Equal Treatment Under the Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Assemble, Freedom to Petition, Freedoms, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Politics, Russia, Supreme Court, Trump Administration, Turkey | Tagged | Leave a comment

Trump’s Election Interference Plots

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Election Forces  While Trump appears to be slowly adapting to the new constraints of an election in a pandemic year, he is mustering a breadth of election forces which have long been contemplated and hinted at.  Several of them … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 Election, Affairs of State, AG William Barr, China, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Assemble, Freedoms, Governors and State Legislatures, Impeachment, Joe Biden, Lafayette Park, Politics, Putin, Russia, State Department, Trump Administration, Voter Fraud, Voting Rights | Tagged | Leave a comment

Coronavirus, Trump, and Putin

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Coronavirus, Trump, and Putin Russia, Putin, and Trump First, I thought that Trump was covering up the Russian-Taliban scandal of paying the Taliban to kill US soldiers, because there was an election in Russia.  Time has now pushed back the … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Choice: to Trump, or Not?

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Putin’s Choice:  to Trump, or Not? Update 2/22/2020:  The intelligence agencies are reporting that Putin is aiding both Trump and Bernie Sanders.  Go figure. (The two faces that launched a thousand conspiracy theories.)  However, Sanders denounced the election interference, while Trump … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, AG William Barr, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Criminal Justice System, Fossil Fuel Energy, Humor, Impeachment, Mueller Report, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Russia, Secrecy, State Department | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in 2016 Election, 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Affairs of State, AG William Barr, Congress, Congressional Investigation, Constitution, Criminal Justice System, EPA, Fifth Amendment, Health Care, Impeachment, Mitch McConnell, Mueller Report, Purge, Russia, Science Funding, State Department, Trump Administration, United Nations | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Global Health Security Index of 2019 for the US and Key Countries

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Global Health Security Index of 2019 and its relevance to preventing virus pandemics. The Index was published in October, 2019, and analyzes the readiness of the world’s countries to combat pandemics, like we are now experiencing with the coronavirus. … 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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