Elon Musk Is The Poster Child For A Corrupt Campaign Finance System
It took Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to illustrate to Americans just how dangerous our corrupt campaign finance system is. This corrupt system allowed […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
The Warning Signs
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn 2016, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the FEC and, later, a criminal complaint with the Justice Department, following reports that Donald […]
Is Elon Musk Just A Trump Hatchet Man Or Is He Running The Show?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |DOGE Elon Musk TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn less than a month in office, President Donald Trump and his minions have taken actions that ignore the Constitution, ignore federal laws, and ignore […]
Three Branches Of Government Or Just One?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Elon Musk Impoundment Control Act Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFor the first time in our history, a President appears ready to reduce the other two branches of our government – Congress and the Judiciary […]
Here Comes Russell Vought
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Impoundment Control Act TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellAnd now comes Russell Vought. Vought is expected to be confirmed later today as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), one […]
A President Or An Autocrat In The Making?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellJust days after taking the presidential oath of office and swearing to “faithfully execute” his office and “preserve, protect, and defend” the Constitution, Donald Trump […]
Trump 2.0 — “Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss.”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Jan. 6 pardons TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellSome people seem to be giving President Donald Trump a pass these days. As he himself recently noted: “In the first term everybody was fighting […]
Mr. Super Rich Goes To Washington
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Big Tech Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn the 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Jimmy Stewart, as newly appointed Sen. Jefferson Smith, arrives in Washington to fight against government corruption. In […]
Trump Can’t Rewrite History, No Matter How Hard He Tries
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |2020 Election Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note” is coming out on Tuesday instead of Thursday this week, out of respect for President Jimmy Carter, whose state funeral will […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Returns January 9
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |by Jackie HowellFred’s Weekly Note and our Wertheimer’s Political Report newsletter are on a short break. Both will return on Thursday, January 9, 2025.
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