Trump’s Election Deniers’ Movement — Lies, Attacks, And Chaos
Former President Donald Trump told a lot of lies while in office – some 30,573 false or misleading statements, according to one count. Perhaps his biggest […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
From The Watergate Era’s “Suitcases Filled With Cash” To Today’s Billions In Secret Campaign Money
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United Watergateby Jackie HowellThis week, in lieu of a Fred Note, here’s a “Fred Listen”: “If money is buying influence and results over government policies, then most Americans are […]
The Roberts Court And The Systematic Dismantling Of Our Political System
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Citizens United gerrymandering Supreme Court Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellThe Supreme Court, controlled by a Republican-appointed majority, has played a seminal role in gravely damaging our political system and our democracy. The Court majority […]
SCOTUS’s Grave Disservice To The American People & Rule Of Law
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFor five months, the Supreme Court has been thwarting the trial in United States v. Trump, likely the most important criminal trial in American history and […]
The Political $ Tsunami
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn my more than 50 years of working to curb the influence of big money on politics and policy, I have never heard of a […]
Delay Is Working For Trump In 3 Of His 4 Criminal Cases
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIt’s been 14 days since the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. United States, the criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump who […]
“The Supreme Court Four”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Jan. 6 Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellA clear-eyed look at the performance of four conservative Justices during the Supreme Court’s oral argument in Trump v. United States last week shows a remarkable lack […]
SCOTUS Hears The Trump Immunity Case
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhether there is timely accountability for the only attempted presidential coup in American history now rests in the hands of nine Supreme Court Justices. The […]
Will The Trump J6 Case Be Heard Before The Election? It’s In The Supreme Court’s Hands
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Immunity Jan. 6 Supreme Court Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellTwo pending Supreme Court cases will help determine the extent to which there is criminal accountability for former President Donald Trump for his role in […]
Why The Manhattan Criminal Trial Is So Dangerous For Trump
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2016 election interference Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“The allegations are in substance, that Donald Trump falsified business records to conceal an agreement with others to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election.” – Judge […]
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