Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 14, 2022 As we head into the 2022 congressional elections, the implications of Trump’s Big Lie, the January 6 violent insurrection at the Capitol, and the voter suppression and election sabotage laws that followed, are coming into major play. In early June, the House Jan. 6 Committee is expected […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 7, 2022 The Jan. 6 Committee in the House is investigating the events surrounding the violent insurrection attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and the events leading up to it. The Committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses, including recently the President’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 31, 2022 Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him was used last year as phony justification for GOP-controlled state legislatures around the country to enact destructive voter suppression laws. These laws are aimed at Black, brown, and other minority voters, urban residents, the elderly, […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 24, 2022 “The team that has been investigating Mr. Trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes — he did.” Those deeply powerful words came last month in a letter of resignation from Mark Pomerantz, a lead prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.’s criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s business practices, obtained […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 17, 2022 The most well-known quote to come out of the 1970s Watergate scandals is, “Follow the money.” While the actual origin of the quote is not clear, its meaning is: To understand the ways of Washington you must look at the impact of money on the actions that are taken. […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 10, 2022 The 2020 election was “the most secure in American history,” according to a statement issued by officials in the Trump Administration after the election. And, there’s never been a shred of evidence to back up Trump’s blatantly false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 3, 2022 The walls may be starting to close in on Donald Trump, even as polls indicate he maintains a tight grip on Republican voters, and GOP officeholders and candidates continue to bend the knee to Trump. Yesterday in a court filing, the House Jan. 6. Committee asserted for the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 24, 2022 An autocracy is defined as a system of government by one person with absolute power. Evil President Vladimir Putin of Russia is an autocrat. Donald Trump aspired to be one during his presidency – and still aspires to be one. Trump sees Putin as his role model. […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 17, 2022 The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections. New state voter suppression laws that restrict access to absentee ballots, eliminate ballot drop boxes, drop registered voters from the rolls, and reduce polling places, among other provisions, are about to directly impact voters in […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 10, 2022 The greatest attacks on voting rights since the days before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began last year and continue unabated in 2022. These attacks are Trump’s Big Lie in action. Republican officeholders are passing state laws blatantly designed to diminish the ability of Democratic supporters […]
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