Where Is Today’s Margaret Chase Smith?
Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) left a shameful and indelible mark on American history with his lies, vitriol, baseless attacks on innocent Americans, and “Red Scare” […]
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D21 Joins In Urging U.S. House To Oppose The SAVE Act
|Press Releases |voter suppression Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellIn a letter to U.S. Representatives, the Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD) — a coalition including Democracy 21 and more than 260 organizations working to […]
Trump’s Dangerous Attacks On The Rule Of Law
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Executive Orders Judiciary TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellThe rule of law is foundational to our system of constitutional government. It is not, however, foundational to President Donald Trump, who is attacking the […]
Trump Is Trying To Seize Absolute Power – The Judiciary Can & Must Stop Him
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |John Roberts Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellWhen President Donald Trump, in one of his irrational online rants, called for the impeachment of U.S. District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg this week, he […]
Trump’s Legacy: The Worst President In History & A Lifetime Of Failure
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellPresident Donald Trump has moved swiftly in the early weeks of his second presidency with a game plan based on anger, hate, revenge, and destruction. […]
Elon Musk Is The Poster Child For A Corrupt Campaign Finance System
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Campaign Finance Reform Citizens United Elon Muskby Jackie HowellIt took Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, to illustrate to Americans just how dangerous our corrupt campaign finance system is. This corrupt system allowed […]
The Warning Signs
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn 2016, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the FEC and, later, a criminal complaint with the Justice Department, following reports that Donald […]
Is Elon Musk Just A Trump Hatchet Man Or Is He Running The Show?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |DOGE Elon Musk TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn less than a month in office, President Donald Trump and his minions have taken actions that ignore the Constitution, ignore federal laws, and ignore […]
D21 On Confirmation Of Kash Patel As FBI Director
|Press Releases |FBI Kash Patelby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Kash Patel’s 51-49 confirmation today as FBI Director – nominated by President Trump and confirmed by all but […]
Three Branches Of Government Or Just One?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Elon Musk Impoundment Control Act Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFor the first time in our history, a President appears ready to reduce the other two branches of our government – Congress and the Judiciary […]
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