Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JULY 25, 2019 “Trump and McConnell are playing Russian roulette with our democracy. Their destructive efforts must be overcome.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller had made clear that he did not want to testify in Congress on his report. Yesterday, the country saw why. It was a combination of not wanting […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JULY 18, 2019 “Trump is combining the worst demagogic aspects of the late Governor George Wallace and Senator Joe McCarthy to stoke racism and divide the country for personal partisan purposes.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify next week before two House committees. The hearings will take place […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JULY 11, 2019 “If Russia or any other foreign adversary successfully attacks our elections in 2020, Senator McConnell and President Trump will bear the brunt of responsibility for the damage done to the country.” Months after his report was made public in April, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 27, 2019 “McConnell is arrogantly holding our democracy hostage and living up to the name he has chosen for himself – the ‘Grim Reaper.’ Hopefully, it’s not the integrity of the 2020 presidential and congressional elections that he is killing.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller found in his report that […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 20, 2019 “If the Supreme Court rules 5-to-4 in favor of obvious Republican partisan interests in these two cases by allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering and allowing the dubious citizenship question in the Census, the Court will dangerously undermine its legitimacy and credibility for many years to come.” The Supreme […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 13, 2019 “President Trump is a lawless, authoritarian President and a direct and unprecedented threat to our constitutional system of government, our democracy, and the rule of law.” President Donald Trump’s comments yesterday that he sees nothing wrong with accepting opposition research from a foreign country seeking to influence […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | JUNE 6, 2019 “The congressional committee hearings in the coming weeks will provide the American people with the true story of what the Mueller investigation found and of the transgressions committed by President Trump and his associates.” House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has announced a series of hearings will […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 31, 2019 “It is essential to educate the public now on the report’s key findings so that the American people understand Trump’s serial wrongdoing, including his numerous efforts to obstruct justice, as documented in the Mueller report.” Archibald Cox and Robert Mueller have important similarities. As Common Cause President, […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 22, 2019 “In the end, this is likely to end up in the Supreme Court and provide a profound challenge for the conservative majority on the Court. The question is: will they rise to the occasion and protect our constitutional system of government?” President Trump is engaged in an […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 16, 2019 “Trump and McConnell will bear the ultimate responsibility for any foreign interference in the 2020 elections and for the damage that it would do to our democracy.” President Trump has shown no interest in preventing Russia (or any other country) from invading the 2020 presidential election as […]
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