Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 5, 2020 “Our battle for H.R. 1 will be fought for as long as it takes to win.” This coming Sunday, March 8, marks one year since the House passed H.R. 1, historic democracy reform legislation to repair the nation’s broken political system and corrupt campaign finance system. While […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | FEBRUARY 27, 2020 “Speak up, Chief Justice Roberts, and defend your fellow Justices, the judiciary and our constitutional system of checks and balances. The Founders saw a Trump coming. They and their system need defending against our authoritarian President.” Apparently, it just isn’t enough for President Trump to attack Congress, […]
Trump’s Vision of the Presidency: Absolute Power, No Accountability Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer House and Senate Republicans, joined by Attorney General William Barr, have paved the way for President Trump to exercise his vision of absolute Presidential power without accountability for his actions. This is the approach we fought a revolution to […]
Trump Tests The Constitution And Challenges Our Founders. The Constitution Must And Will Prevail. Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer President Trump showed again this week that he believes he has dictatorial powers. In the course of two days, Trump improperly interfered in the Executive and Judicial branches of our government. This followed his […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | FEBRUARY 6, 2020 “Senate Republicans said yesterday that Trump is above the law and that we are a nation of men and women, not laws.” The blind loyalty shown by Republican Senators, with the exception of Senator Mitt Romney, in acquitting President Trump yesterday tells us all that Senate Republicans […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 30, 2020 “We had a revolution to get rid of a king. The Senate Republicans are about to go on record to say that the Founders got that wrong.” Donald Trump seemed to be the only person in the United States who believed, “I have the right to do […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 23, 2020 “History will record the enormous damage done to our democracy and our country by President Trump and by the congressional Republicans who gave license to Trump’s past and future attempts to rig the 2020 presidential election.” The “meticulous and scathing” presentation yesterday by House Intelligence Committee Chair […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 16, 2020 An interview by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and a campaign spending decision by Michael Bloomberg could have a profound impact on Donald Trump’s presidency and his race for a second term. Maddow’s explosive interview occurred last night with Lev Parnas, who is under indictment for violations of federal […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 9, 2020 “It is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump is guilty as charged and unfit to serve as President.” The Senate is likely to begin the impeachment trial of President Trump soon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has prevailed with his partisan approach to establishing the rules […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JANUARY 2, 2020 “Senator Murkowski has been unafraid to oppose Trump on matters of great importance.” Lisa Murkowski is a moderate/conservative Republican Senator who votes with her party most of the time. Senator Murkowski (R-AK) is also a courageous, independent-minded Senator who has been willing to break with President Trump, […]
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