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 […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | January 26, 2023 On Tuesday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicated that a special grand jury has recommended multiple indictments as a result of its investigation of the efforts of former President Donald Trump and his collaborators to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. Willis said that her decision […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | December 1, 2022 There were a number of factors that led to the surprising November election results that showed the predicted Republican “red wave” to have been a mirage. On the Democratic side, there was the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, the accomplishments of the President and Congress, and […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | November 17, 2022 President Joe Biden said before last week’s election that democracy was on the ballot. It was and democracy won. The clearest and most important example of this involved the Republican election deniers running for Secretary of State. As the officials responsible for state elections, they would have been […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | November 3, 2022 The Trump effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election was an unprecedented attack on our democracy that continues to this day with the election deniers’ movement. The threat is real and extremely dangerous. Millions of Americas have died to protect our country and our democracy, which holds […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | October 6, 2022 With less than five weeks to go, we are heading into dangerous and uncharted waters for the midterm elections. Former President Trump’s continuous false claim, without a shred of evidence, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him was only the beginning of a nationwide effort […]
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