Trump’s Frivolous Immunity Claim
Throughout his professional career, when Donald Trump has been challenged in court, his litigation strategy has invariably been “Delay. Delay. More Delay.” That apparently is […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
Two Presidents
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Election Interference impeachment Joe Biden TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellThis has been a consequential week for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. In the case of Biden, House Republicans on Wednesday, by […]
Trump’s Dictator Warning
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn a Town Hall this week, former President Donald Trump told Sean Hannity he wouldn’t be a dictator “except for Day One,” if he regains […]
The Silent Republicans
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhy are so many Republican officeholders being silent as former President Donald Trump threatens to create an autocracy, if not a dictatorship, if elected again […]
Trump’s Dangerous Rhetoric
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn this week’s note, Fred examines two issues in the news — first, the growing dangerous rhetoric coming from former President Donald Trump, and second, […]
Chaos Returns To Capitol Hill
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Government Shutdown House Republicans Mike Johnson Tommy Tubervilleby Jackie HowellChaos returns to Capitol Hill next week. The chaos began in January when it took House Republicans 15 floor votes to elect Kevin McCarthy as […]
“There Is Nothing Uplifting About American Politics Today.”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2024 Elections House Republicans Mike Johnson Tommy Tuberville TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellThere is nothing uplifting about American politics today. Here are just a few examples. Sen. Tuberville’s Enormous Damage To Our Military Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) […]
They Call Him “MAGA Mike”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Election Deniers House Republicans Mike Johnsonby Jackie HowellBefore Wednesday, when Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected Speaker of the House, he was one of those “under the radar” Members of Congress. But […]
Jim Jordan Is Unfit To Be Speaker Of The House
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress House Republicans Jim Jordanby Jackie HowellThere may be no better example of how badly our national politics are polarized than the case of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). Jordan is anything […]
A Watergate Lesson
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Democracy Reforms House Republicans Money In Politics Watergateby Jackie HowellNext week marks the 50th anniversary of the “Saturday Night Massacre” – the firing of Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox in October 1973 that set […]
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