Category Archives: State Department

The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Bonfire of the Trump Vanities While capturing headlines with the greatest election fraud ever of declaring himself the winner, and then inciting the successful invasion and terrorization of the Congress, Trump and his minions have been carrying out a … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

Posted in Affairs of State, Congress, Global Health Security Index, Health Care, Immigration Ban, Iran, Middle East, NATO, North Korea, Russia, State Department, Turkey, Yemen | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

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 | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

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 | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

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 | Tagged | Leave a comment

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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