D21 Joins In Statement Standing In Solidarity With Harvard
More than 300 organizations, including Democracy 21 Education Fund, have joined together in a statement against the government’s attack on Harvard University and improper efforts […]
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Two American Princelings
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Emoluments Money In Politics TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellIn China, “Princelings” are the children and other relatives of powerful government leaders who amass enormous wealth by trading on their family relationships. As Donald Trump […]
From Watergate To Today
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatch Watergateby Jackie HowellOn Wednesday, April 30, Democracy 21 President Wertheimer received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government for 2025. Previous recipients of the nonpartisan […]
Governing By Executive Order
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Executive Orders TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellPresident Donald Trump started governing the country by executive order from Day One of his second term. Since January 20, Trump has issued 137 executive orders. […]
Trump & GOP Ramp Up Voter Suppression Efforts
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |SAVE Act TrumpWatch voter suppressionby Jackie HowellPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on voting last month called Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. Based on past performance, however, we can be […]
Where Is Today’s Margaret Chase Smith?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Joe McCarthy Margaret Chase Smith Senate TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellSenator 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” […]
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. […]
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 […]
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