Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 3, 2019 “H.R. 1 contains measures that are essential to combating political money corruption in Washington.” Last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called out Senate Majority Leader McConnell for blocking Senate consideration of H.R. 1, the unprecedented democracy reform legislation passed by the House more than 200 days ago […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 26, 2019 “It is the gross abuse of office by Trump and the threat to our national security in the Ukraine affair that moved support for impeachment proceedings to a House majority and that should be addressed first, separately and promptly. “ A majority of House Members are now […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 19, 2019 “If Trump’s brazen, irresponsible effort to broadly thwart congressional oversight prevails, it will create a dangerous precedent for neutering a fundamental constitutional responsibility of Congress.” President Trump, aided and abetted by his politicized, rogue Attorney General William Barr, is in the process of creating a major constitutional […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 “If Russia or any other foreign country interferes in the 2020 elections, responsibility for this cyberattack on our democracy will fall squarely on ‘Moscow Mitch’ and on President Trump.” As Congress returns from its August recess, “Moscow Mitch” McConnell continues to refuse to allow the Senate to […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 “The House Judiciary Committee is shifting gears as it moves forward with its impeachment inquiry.” The House Judiciary Committee is shifting gears as it moves forward with its impeachment inquiry. The Committee announced it will hold hearings this fall on the hush money payments President Trump made […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 28, 2019 “This effort by Trump to financially profit from the 2020 G-7 has just provided the clearest and strongest example of why the lawsuits challenging his violations of the Emoluments Clause should succeed quickly in the courts.” President Trump’s apparent coming violation of the Emoluments Clause of our […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 22, 2019 “In a week of unusual craziness by President Trump, including his anti-Semitic attacks on Jews and his messianic visions of being godlike, Trump has once again shown his disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law.” In a week of unusual craziness by President Trump, including […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 14, 2019 “Once the full case against Trump has been developed and placed before Congress and the country, House Democrats can then decide how to hold Trump accountable and whether to move from the current impeachment inquiry to articles of impeachment.” The impeachment process has been underway in the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 8, 2019 “How do you explain a billionaire businessman soliciting $250,000 checks to support the reelection of a President that he does not like and that he strongly disagrees with on such fundamental issues?” There are two huge loopholes in the federal limits on contributions to national party committees […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 1, 2019 “McConnell has refused to protect our democracy from being undermined by Russia or other foreign adversaries.” Someone finally got to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Joe Scarborough, host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, last week repeatedly called McConnell “Moscow Mitch” for blocking all bills to strengthen election […]
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