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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 engaged in a gross misuse of his office and took another step toward a head-on confrontation with the federal judiciary. Trump already has spurred multiple head-on confrontations with a compliant […]
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. He appears to be out to turn our democracy into an autocracy. Trump, assisted by his partner Elon Musk, is conducting a frontal assault on our government and civil service […]
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 Musk to contribute more than $250 million to help elect Donald Trump in 2024, making him Trump’s single biggest financial supporter. In turn, Musk was richly rewarded by President Trump, who […]
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 Trump’s presidential campaign was soliciting foreign contributions, a clear violation of campaign finance laws. Our complaints, investigative news reports, and the clarity of the law didn’t deter Trump and his […]