Fred’s Weekly Note Archive
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 6, 2023 Our democracy is under attack and seriously threatened. These attacks crystallized in 2020 when then-President Donald Trump attempted to steal the election he had lost, the first attempted presidential coup in our nation’s history, and the lead role he played in unleashing the January 6 insurrectionist attack […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 30, 2023 Presidential and congressional candidates from both parties, a feckless Federal Election Commission (FEC), and a Supreme Court majority extremely hostile to campaign finance laws have combined to eviscerate federal contribution limits – a key to restricting political money corruption in Washington. The result: a campaign finance system […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 23 , 2023 With the support of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, extremist House Republicans are out to defend former President Donald Trump without regard for any criminal activities in which Trump may have engaged. These Trump followers show little interest in defending him on the merits in the four criminal […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 16 , 2023 Former President Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 presidential election and in the process did enormous damage to our democracy and the integrity of our elections. It increasingly looks like Trump might just finally be held accountable for his attacks on our democracy, his […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 9 , 2023 Dominion Voting Systems has provided a public service for the American people. As a result of its pending defamation lawsuit against Fox News, Dominion has laid bare the extraordinary con game that Fox carried out in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election and that continues today. Fox elevated and […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 2, 2023 Kevin McCarthy got the votes he needed to become House Speaker in January by giving the extremist wing of House Republicans pretty much everything they wanted. In doing so, he empowered the most extreme of these House Republicans, including Representatives Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, James Comer, Marjorie […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 23, 2023 The Trump-led insurrection that culminated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol did not end with the certification of Joe Biden as President. Welcome to The Insurrection: Part II. The goal is the same – ensure that former President Donald Trump or a Trump-like candidate becomes […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 16, 2023 The legal walls are closing in on former President Donald Trump as a multitude of legal threats have moved to a new, dangerous stage for Trump. Here’s where things stand: Fulton County, Georgia Today, Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney released five pages of a special grand jury’s report on […]
Fred’s Weekly Note returns next week. In the meantime, catch up on these recent op-eds: ✔️ Trump’s Hush Money Is News Again. Here’s Why We Should Care. A criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump being restarted by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg raises vital issues of both election integrity and accountability, Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.), E. […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 2, 2023 Children are often told the story of George Washington telling his father, “I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree.” That story is, ironically, untrue. But this next presidential story is true. By the time he left office in January 2021, The Washington Post […]
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