The Destructive Impact Of Voter Suppression
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 27, 2022 If anyone had any doubt about the destructive impact that last week’s defeat in the Senate of […]
Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
“The Fight Goes On.”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 20, 2022 American democracy suffered a major defeat last night. Last night, 52 Senators voted down a filibuster rules […]
Decision Time On Voting Rights Has Arrived
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 13, 2022 Last night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a strategy to use a little known procedure that […]
Will The Senate Protect Democracy Or Will The Big Lie Prevail?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Electoral Count Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 6, 2022 Today, one year after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol, our democracy faces its greatest internal threat […]
It’s Not Too Late To Save Our Democracy. Senate Showdown On Voting Rights Coming In January.
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | DECEMBER 23, 2021 This has been a very difficult year for the country, starting with the devastating impact of the coronavirus. […]
President Biden Must Use His Bully Pulpit On Voting Rights — Now
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Election Interference Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | DECEMBER 16, 2021 Yesterday, President Joe Biden said, “There’s nothing domestically more important than voting rights.” This is an important statement […]
The Democracy Summit Highlights The Urgent Need To Repair Our Own Democracy
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 9, 2021 As the United States holds its Democracy Summit this week for more than 100 countries, our own democracy […]
5 Ways Trump’s Big Lie Is Setting The Stage To Rig & Steal Future Elections
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Election Interference Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | December 2, 2021 We need to be clear-eyed about what former President Trump, his acolytes, and state and congressional Republican […]
Nearly 9 Months And Still No Senate Action On Voting Rights. Here’s Why.
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 18, 2021 On March 3, the House of Representatives passed the For the People Act, landmark legislation to establish […]
The Civil Rights Filibuster Returns With A Vengeance
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Civil Rights Democracy Reforms Filibuster Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 11, 2021 One of the most famous Senate filibusters occurred in 1957, when South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond held […]
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