Fred’s Weekly Note Archive

Can Democrats Get A Trifecta In November And Use It To Enact Democracy Reforms?

In January 2021, two Democrats won Senate runoff elections in Georgia. This flipped the Senate and resulted in an unexpected “trifecta” – Democratic control of […]

Buckle Up. The Road To November Will Be A Whirlwind.

Summer is winding down and, with the close of the Democratic Convention tonight, election season kicks into hyperdrive. With Election Day just 74 days away, […]

“Never Give Up. Never Give In.”

In the last Congress, the Senate came within two votes of sending historic democracy reform legislation to President Biden for his signature. The bills were blocked when […]

The Trump J6 Case Is Back

The January 6 criminal case brought against former President Donald Trump by Special Counsel Jack Smith is back in federal district court with Judge Tanya […]

A Rogue Supreme Court

Today’s Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, is likely to go down as one of the worst Supreme Courts in American history. It […]

10 Days That Rocked America

It began on July 13 with the horrifying assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Five days later, on July […]

Judge Cannon Knew Precisely What She Was Doing

On Monday, federal district court Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago classified documents criminal case facing former President Donald Trump. Cannon did not rule on the merits […]

Chief Justice Roberts Writes SCOTUS’s Most Anti-American, Anti-Democratic Opinion Since Dred Scott

In Trump v. United States, the last opinion of the Supreme Court’s term, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing also for the five other Republican-appointed, conservative Justices, […]

A Reminder — 8 Things To Know About The U.S. v. Trump Indictment

Some Supreme Court Justices have slow walked a decision in United States v. Trump to the point where it is virtually guaranteed that former President Donald Trump’s […]

Slow Walking For Trump

For six months now, the Supreme Court, led by six Republican-appointed Justices, has been slow walking a decision on former President Donald Trump’s frivolous claim […]