Wertheimer Political Report, May 7, 2026
DEMOCRACY 21 John Roberts issues warning on Supreme Court overruling precedent. This is the same Chief Justice Roberts who wrote and joined opinions that overruled […]
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Six Supreme Court Decisions That Destroyed Our Political System and Led to a Lawless, Autocratic Presidency, Part 1
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerSix decisions by the Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts resulted in a historically corrupt political money system, a return to […]
Wertheimer Political Report, April 30, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerDEMOCRACY 21 The Roberts Supreme Court majority is systematically destroying the rules of our democracy. Republican-appointed Justices have been issuing radical decisions, starting in 2010 […]
Congressional Republicans Screamed About Hunter Biden: Where Are They Now?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerIn 2022, more than thirty Republican senators called for a special counsel investigation of Hunter Biden. In 2023, two Republican-controlled House committees investigated Hunter Biden’s […]
Wertheimer Political Report, April 23, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerDEMOCRACY 21 President Trump and Congress are doing extremely poorly with the American people, according to three new polls. AP Only 33% of U.S. adults […]
Corruption in Washington Reaches Historic Levels: New Industries Doing their Part
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerAn NBC News poll released on Sunday found that threats to democracy are the second most important issue to Americans. At the heart of these […]
Wertheimer Political Report, April 16, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerTRUMPWATCH 2.0 Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections “In advance of this year’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump has systematically demolished federal […]
Trump Grossly Abuses His Pardon Powers, Harms Victims
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerDonald Trump is not just working to avoid accountability for himself and his backers. He is trying to erase crimes from history. On Tuesday, Trump’s […]
Wertheimer Political Report, April 9, 2026
|Newsletter, Political Report |by Dave WagnerDEMOCRACY 21 The New York Times award-winning journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman are co-authors of a book being published on June 23, 2026, entitled Regime Change: […]
Anatomy of a Major Corrupt Campaign Finance Practice
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Dave WagnerThe Supreme Court found in Buckley v. Valeo (1976) that campaign spending by outside interests could not be limited. But it also agreed that the […]
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