Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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