The Daily Beast has reported that the Trump administration has decided to escalate the rhetoric with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow at a rapid pace in the U.S., the White House is launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies that focuses on accusing Beijing …
COVID-19 & National Security Part III: The Black PSYOP Against Vice President Biden Evolves
The Black PSYOP against Vice President Biden, begun in 2014 to dirty him up ahead of a potential 2016 presidential run and now intended to damage him in the 2020 presidential election cycle, has evolved. Since the novel Coronavirus/SARSCOV2 and COVID-19 pandemic have now overtaken the news cycle, beating on the joint, repeatedly debunked conspiracy …
COVID-19 & National Security Part II: The USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort Are Not Afloat, They Are Not Making Steam for New York and the Pacific Northwest
Yesterday the President announced that he had ordered the deployment of both of the US Navy’s Mercy class hospital ships. The USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) would deploy up the west coast to be used for patients from the northern Pacific coast and the other, the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) would make steam for New York. They’re in …
All the Polls Are Closed. All the Calls Have Been Made. VP Biden Has Swept Today’s Elections
Arizona has now been called for VP Biden because Maricopa County, AZ – the state’s largest county – has now reported its vote and VP Biden won the county by double digits. As a result, they’ve now called Arizona for him. He has also won Florida and Illinois and swept the day given the postponement …
COVID-19 & National Security Part I: Customs & Border Protection
As we have seen the completely botched implementation of the President’s ban on travel to and from the European Union over the past three days, Customs & Border Protection (CBP), especially the Customs part has come under some harsh criticism. Friends, lurkers, commenters, lend me your eyes. I come not to burry Customs, but to …
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Democratic Primary Debate Open Thread Part II: VP Biden Breaks Some News
VP Biden has now committed that if he is the nominee, his vice presidential running mate will be a woman. And that he is committed to putting the first African American woman on the Supreme Court. Senator Sanders has committed to most likely choose a woman as his running mate were he to get the …
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Social Distancing and Keeping Fit
Cole has asked me to do some posts on the effects of the novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 on national security under my Silverman on Security tag in addition to the normal nat-sec posts I do under that category. I’m going to cover a range of items both domestic and foreign and I’ll have the first …