Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 18, 2021 “The stakes involved in enacting H.R. 1 are enormous. It is essential to fix our badly broken political system. This is a battle that must be won.” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced this week that H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, will be […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 11, 2021 “Trump remains unhinged, narcissistic, and dangerous to the country. He must be challenged and countered every step of the way in the coming months and years.” Donald Trump remains a continuing threat to our democracy. During yesterday’s impeachment trial in the Senate, the House Impeachment Managers presented […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 4, 2021 “President Biden has been a leader throughout his career in challenging corrupting political money and in promoting public financing of elections. His public leadership in support of H.R. 1 and S. 1 will be important to winning the battle for this transformational democracy reform legislation.” We are […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 28, 2021 “We must seize the moment that now exists to repair our democracy. If we do not, history shows us this opportunity will not come around again anytime soon.” The following is an excerpt from an op-ed that I wrote for NBC News Think that was published yesterday: […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 21, 2021 “We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to repair our broken political system, fix our corrupting campaign finance system, and revitalize our democracy.” A collective sigh of relief occurred across the nation yesterday when the term of defeated President Donald Trump formally ended at noon, as required by the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | January 14, 2021 “In six days we will be rid of the worst, most dangerous, and most unhinged President in our nation’s history. But, that will not end the extraordinary damage Trump has done to the country.” There are two new Republican Members in the House – Rep. Lauren Boebert […]
Enclosed for your information is a piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer titled “Trump and the Big Lie,” published here in Medium and released in Wertheimer’s Political Report on January 7, 2021. Read the full piece here or below. Trump and the Big Lie Fred Wertheimer | 1/7/2021 | Medium In order to understand […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 22, 2020 “We should never lose sight of the fact that Trump’s defeat in 2020 has prevented a catastrophic destruction of our democracy.” As the 116th Congress heads to a close, Congress yesterday passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill and a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill, as President Trump […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 17, 2020 President Obama began his presidency in 2009 with an inauguration financed by contributions limited to no more than $50,000 per individual. Corporations were prohibited from making contributions. (Obama changed the rules for his second inauguration.) President-elect Joe Biden has chosen another path to begin his presidency in […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 10, 2020 “With the end of the destructive Trump presidency in sight and with a new normal presidency coming soon, there is hope for the future.” President Trump is putting lives in danger in his closing days in office as he rants about how he won an election that […]
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