Fred’s Weekly Note Archive

MAGA Extremists Are “Weaponizing” The House

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 26, 2023 On Tuesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated that a special grand jury has recommended multiple […]

House Discharge Petition Could Be The Key To Dealing With Debt Ceiling Crisis

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 19, 2023 We knew this was coming. Last year, there were signals that Congress would have to deal with increasing […]

39 GOP Freshmen Vote To Gut A House Ethics Office & Jim Jordan Plans His Hypocritical Attacks

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 12, 2023 They came to Washington last week ready to represent the constituents who had given them the honor […]

George Santos’s Long Trail Of Lies, Deceptions, And Distortions

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 5, 2023 “There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible, and he who permits himself to tell […]

The Trump Coup That Could Have Succeeded

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 22, 2022 On November 4, 2020 — one day after Election Day 2020 — Rick Perry, Trump’s Energy Secretary, […]

Congress Is Very Close To Finally Closing A Dangerous Election Law Loophole

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 15, 2022 The Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA) is essential legislation that would close a dangerous loophole in the […]

The Next Two Years Will Be A Political & Legal Roller Coaster

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 8, 2022 The House Jan. 6th Committee is scheduled to release its final report on December 21. The report […]

The Power Of Incumbency

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 1, 2022 There were a number of factors that led to the surprising November election results that showed the […]

Election Deniers Rejected By American Voters, But The Threat Continues

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | November 17, 2022 President Joe Biden said before last week’s election that democracy was on the ballot. It was and […]

Justice Dept Must Not Allow Trump To Use Candidacy As “Cover” To Block Investigations

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | November 10, 2022 The Department of Justice for some time has been conducting criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump’s […]