Back in February 2017 at a Black History Month event, President Donald Trump regaled his audience with his insights about famous African Americans’ contributions throughout U.S. history. He identified Frederick Douglass as “an example of somebody’s who’s done a great job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice.” Shamefully, he hasn’t received any…
Nearly half of the American voters surveyed in a new opinion poll say they believe that Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia. This result came even though Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the special counsel’s investigation appeared to conclude that there was no evidence to support that finding, or at least to…
Nonetheless, his complete lack of response and sense of urgency with regard to the first part of Barr’s summary detailing the plot and practices of Russian election interference still must worry us, whether or not his lack of response surprises us.
The recent indictment of a Russian national accused of trying to interfere in U.S. elections shows that not enough has been done to stop Russia from trying to illegally influence American voters in 2018, experts say. Knowledgeable people have been warning the public for a long time that Russia is trying to influence voters this…
It was an historic day on Tuesday as President Trump’s Vice President and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) both admitted that there was significant Russian interference in the U.S. presidential elections in 2016. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke during an opening roundtable presentation at the DHS National Cybersecurity Summit in New York, saying:…
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirtsjen Nielsen has been in the hot seat for several months as she has been caught in the middle of Donald Trump’s immigration battles. In May we reported that Nielsen considered resigning after her boss severely admonished her in front of his entire cabinet for failing to stop illegal…
At the end of a tense and controversial NATO summit in Brussels President Donald Trump held an informal news conference with international reporters and spoke about his upcoming summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In response to questions, Trump said he will raise the issue of Russian interference in United States’ elections during the…
The Republicans refused to investigate it, and the House Intelligence Committee Report ignored it. But one of the biggest stories coming out of Washington this week was confirmation of the role of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in helping Russia funnel massive amounts of money into the Trump campaign in 2016. Emails recently came to…
On March 22nd the Washington Post published an article about the new spending bill which contained this small item which did not generate a lot of publicity at the time: “The bill provides $380 million to the federal Election Assistance Commission to make payments to states to improve election security and technology, and the FBI…