Fred’s Weekly Note Archive

Once a Grifter, Always a Grifter

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 3, 2020 “Trump can use his tens of millions of leadership PAC dollars for anything he wants.”  President Trump likes to use superlatives about everything he does, and they are invariably false claims. In the case of his current fundraising, however, he is entitled to a true superlative: Trump […]

The Waning Days of Trump

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 19, 2020 “On January 20, 2021, Trump will be gone, and with him, his authoritarian attacks on the democracy and republic our Founders gave us. Good riddance.”  Donald Trump is continuing his baseless attacks on the presidential election he just lost badly, claiming – without providing a shred of […]

H.R. 1: The Fight Goes On

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 12, 2020 “The battle to enact H.R. 1 will continue full speed ahead – for as long as it takes – to repair our democracy.”  History makes clear that fundamental change does not come easily or happen quickly. That is why at a press conference on January 8, 2019 […]

Two Days Later

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 5, 2020 “Right now, the overriding issue for our democracy is to end the presidency of the most dangerous and destructive President in our history. The indications are that Vice President Biden is going to accomplish that task on January 20, 2021.”  As I write this, former Vice President […]

Five Days

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 29, 2020 Staggering amounts of campaign money are being raised and spent in the 2020 presidential and congressional elections. Total spending in this election cycle is estimated to reach a record-shattering $14 billion, more than twice the amount spent in the 2016 election cycle, according to the Center for […]

Trump’s Authoritarian Fantasy

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 22, 2020 “Trump would like to succeed King George III as the first dictator of the United States. The American people are not about to let that happen.” There may be no better example of President Trump’s governing tendencies as a two-bit, anti-democratic authoritarian than his obsession with jailing […]

Packing the Supreme Court, GOP-Style

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 15, 2020 “McConnell’s day as the czar of the Senate may be ending soon. It cannot come soon enough.” Led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, congressional Republicans are raising concerns that Democrats may try to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding seats to the Court if they win […]

The Trump-Barr Horror Show

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 8, 2020 “Attorney General Barr is a dangerous man without a moral compass and without any perceivable commitment to the rule of law.” This week the Trump/Barr parade of horrors continued. Donald Trump ranted and raved; Attorney General William Barr continued to grossly abuse his office. Barr and Trump […]

The American People Will Decide This Election

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 1, 2020 “The explanation for the President’s crazed efforts is simple. Trump knows he is losing and so he continues to try to steal the election instead.” This week’s presidential debate was a national embarrassment with President Trump wildly out of control and spouting lies about practically everything that […]

Trump & McConnell Attack Our Democracy

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 24, 2020 “No matter what Trump puts the nation through in the coming months, he will not be able to steal the presidency from the American people.” President Trump continued his assault on voting by mail yesterday. But he also raised the issue to new heights, threatening to have […]