Topic: V-Dem
Did the CIA’s Instability Model Put the US in the Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse?
The PITF model is CIA-funded and the US met its highest-risk criteria in 2020. But the CIA never scored the US — academics did. The US now ranks 51st globally, below all G7 peers.
The Immunity Machine: How Every Check on Trump Was Neutralized
Every institutional check on presidential power — DOJ, Congress, inspectors general, courts — has been systematically neutralized or captured between Trump’s first and second terms, creating a…