Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 28, 2021 “We must seize the moment that now exists to repair our democracy. If we do not, history shows us this opportunity will not come around again anytime soon.” The following is an excerpt from an op-ed that I wrote for NBC News Think that was published yesterday: […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 21, 2021 “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to repair our broken political system, fix our corrupting campaign finance system, and revitalize our democracy.” A collective sigh of relief occurred across the nation yesterday when the term of defeated President Donald Trump formally ended at noon, as required by the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 14, 2021 “In six days we will be rid of the worst, most dangerous, and most unhinged President in our nation’s history. But, that will not end the extraordinary damage Trump has done to the country.” There are two new Republican Members in the House – Rep. Lauren Boebert […]
Enclosed for your information is a piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer titled “Trump and the Big Lie,” published here in Medium and released in Wertheimer’s Political Report on January 7, 2021. Read the full piece here or below. Trump and the Big Lie Fred Wertheimer | 1/7/2021 | Medium In order to understand […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 22, 2020 “We should never lose sight of the fact that Trump’s defeat in 2020 has prevented a catastrophic destruction of our democracy.” As the 116th Congress heads to a close, Congress yesterday passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill, as President Trump […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 17, 2020 President Obama began his presidency in 2009 with an inauguration financed by contributions limited to no more than $50,000 per individual. Corporations were prohibited from making contributions. (Obama changed the rules for his second inauguration.) President-elect Joe Biden has chosen another path to begin his presidency in […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 10, 2020 “With the end of the destructive Trump presidency in sight and with a new normal presidency coming soon, there is hope for the future.” President Trump is putting lives in danger in his closing days in office as he rants about how he won an election that […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 3, 2020 “Trump can use his tens of millions of leadership PAC dollars for anything he wants.” President Trump likes to use superlatives about everything he does, and they are invariably false claims. In the case of his current fundraising, however, he is entitled to a true superlative: Trump […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 19, 2020 “On January 20, 2021, Trump will be gone, and with him, his authoritarian attacks on the democracy and republic our Founders gave us. Good riddance.” Donald Trump is continuing his baseless attacks on the presidential election he just lost badly, claiming – without providing a shred of […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 12, 2020 “The battle to enact H.R. 1 will continue full speed ahead – for as long as it takes – to repair our democracy.” History makes clear that fundamental change does not come easily or happen quickly. That is why at a press conference on January 8, 2019 […]
Sign up for Democracy 21’s email list(s) to receive “Wertheimer’s Political Report” our weekly newsletter released every Thursday and/or our regular news releases. (And, we won’t share your email.)
