FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 27, 2019 “McConnell is arrogantly holding our democracy hostage and living up to the name he has chosen for himself – the ‘Grim Reaper.’ Hopefully, it’s not the integrity of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections that he is killing.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller found in his report that […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “The Man Who Ruined The Senate: Meet Mitch McConnell,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published on Medium on June 26, 2019. According to the piece: When McConnell leaves the Senate, this will be his legacy: Senator McConnell turned “the world’s greatest deliberative body” into a dysfunctional, […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 20, 2019 “If the Supreme Court rules 5-to-4 in favor of obvious Republican partisan interests in these two cases by allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering and allowing the dubious citizenship question in the Census, the Court will dangerously undermine its legitimacy and credibility for many years to come.” The Supreme […]
President Trump’s comment yesterday that he sees nothing wrong with accepting opposition research from a foreign country seeking to influence our elections, shocking as it is, should come as no surprise to anyone.Trump made his position on this clear during the 2016 presidential campaign when he publicly called on Russia to find and make available […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 13, 2019 “President Trump is a lawless, authoritarian President and a direct and unprecedented threat to our constitutional system of government, our democracy, and the rule of law.” President Donald Trump’s comments yesterday that he sees nothing wrong with accepting opposition research from a foreign country seeking to influence […]
In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) today, national groups that worked to protect the Mueller investigation urged a number of House Committees to hold hearings to educate the American people on the findings of the Mueller report. The groups included Action Group Network, American Oversight, Center for American Progress, Center for […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 6, 2019 “The congressional committee hearings in the coming weeks will provide the American people with the true story of what the Mueller investigation found and of the transgressions committed by President Trump and his associates.” House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has announced a series of hearings will […]
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