Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
The rule of law is foundational to our system of constitutional government. It is not, however, foundational to President Donald Trump, who is attacking the rule of law in the same way that a dictator would. The rule of law is a core principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are: […]
When President Donald Trump, in one of his irrational online rants, called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg this week, he engaged in a gross misuse of his office and took another step toward a head-on confrontation with the federal judiciary. Trump already has spurred multiple head-on confrontations with a compliant […]
President Donald Trump has moved swiftly in the early weeks of his second presidency with a game plan based on anger, hate, revenge, and destruction. He appears to be out to turn our democracy into an autocracy. Trump, assisted by his partner Elon Musk, is conducting a frontal assault on our government and civil service […]
It took Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to illustrate to Americans just how dangerous our corrupt campaign finance system is. This corrupt system allowed Musk to contribute more than $250 million to help elect Donald Trump in 2024, making him Trump’s single biggest financial supporter. In turn, Musk was richly rewarded by President Trump, who […]
In 2016, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the FEC and, later, a criminal complaint with the Justice Department, following reports that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was soliciting foreign contributions, a clear violation of campaign finance laws. Our complaints, investigative news reports, and the clarity of the law didn’t deter Trump and his […]
In less than a month in office, President Donald Trump and his minions have taken actions that ignore the Constitution, ignore federal laws, and ignore federal courts. And the minion at the top of that list is Elon Musk. Here’s what we know: ➡️ Elon Musk is the richest person in the world. ➡️ He […]
For the first time in our history, a President appears ready to reduce the other two branches of our government – Congress and the Judiciary – to mere arms of the President and Executive Branch. President Donald Trump has falsely claimed that the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want.” This is […]
And now comes Russell Vought. Vought is expected to be confirmed later today as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), one of the most powerful positions in government, a government Vought apparently hates. Vought is known as the architect of Project 2025, a right-wing plan for wholesale deconstruction of our government. He […]
Just days after taking the presidential oath of office and swearing to “faithfully execute” his office and “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution, Donald Trump has shown that he is an autocrat in the making, not a President sworn to uphold the Constitution. Trump’s apparent strategy in the opening days of his second term is […]
Some people seem to be giving President Donald Trump a pass these days. As he himself recently noted: “In the first term everybody was fighting me. In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.” A pass for Trump is a big mistake. President Trump is the first convicted felon to serve as an American […]
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