With 2.7 million people and 53 seats up for election in a week, Chicago gets its own elections guide. Chicago elections are never dull, and this cycle we have an alderman accused of committing exhortion, controversy about the TIF funds,… Read More ›
Do you have any interest in Trump’s tax returns? If so, you’re going to want to pay attention to what the House Ways and Means Committee is doing. Taxes are a top issue for this committee, but by no means… Read More ›
It’s easy to miss great articles when we’re so busy. Here are some of the pieces that I found intriguing, or ended up thinking about long after I read it. I hope you find them as interesting as I did…. Read More ›
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. The End of Opportunity Note: This cartoon is several years old, but made the rounds again with this week’s news. Another cartoonist believes that it was first posted by @xkcdComic. … Read More ›
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has long been considered one of the most important pieces of legislation for civil rights. But its aims have been under increasing attack particularly in the past few years. In order to help protect… Read More ›
The recent government shutdown revealed just how devastating it is for many people when they don’t get their regular paycheck. Over the 35 day shutdown, the longest in our history, we all heard many stories of federal workers all over… Read More ›
The Democrats have a big field of candidates running for President in 2020. To briefly use a sports analogy, I see our candidates as the starting players on the Blue team, each bringing their own unique strengths to the table… Read More ›
Today is the 1 year anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. I want to take a moment to honor the work that activists have done to try and make our nation more safe,… Read More ›
How much would you like to see Mitch McConnell lose his re-election in 2020? I’m not sure how to measure my desire to see that happen. Any reader of Political⚡Charge knows that I think McConnell is a grave danger to… Read More ›
Are you already annoyed by how the media is covering the Democratic candidates for the 2020 presidential election? I sure am. After the dreadful coverage in 2016, when the media fixated on non-substantial issues and covered the various presidential candidates… Read More ›
Long before we have the 2020 election, we have more work to do to flip seats in 2019. Today we’re looking at the three gubernatorial races in 2019. All three of these governor’s races are only in the Lean column… Read More ›
Grab your coffee and check out these three really smart articles. These stood out to me this week, and I think you’ll find them interesting, too. Enjoy! Russian-Style Kleptocracy Is Infiltrating America This is an unflinching and deeply engrossing look… Read More ›
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. Executive Time By Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News By Jack Ohman, The Sacramento Bee State of the Union By Nick Anderson By Joel Pett, Lexington Herald Leader … Read More ›
Today, I want to take a moment. There’s a lot in the news and it’s just so ugly. We’ll get back to all that but today, I want to mark a man’s passing. John Dingell, the former Democratic Representative from… Read More ›
Congress is not the only place where consequential decisions about voting rights can be made. The big media outlets tend to cover Congress because their decisions affect the greatest number of their customers, and so the stories of good work… Read More ›
