Looking back over this week, there really was a lot of big news. Catch up on it all in my favorite way — through good news and cartoons!
Good News
A jury just awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in damages in her second defamation trial against Trump.
The United Auto Workers union endorsed Joe Biden this week.
After many legal challenges, Louisiana finally has a new congressional map, now with a second majority-Black district.
The media narrative has shifted about the presidential election and has become much more favorable to Joe Biden. Americans are feeling better about the economy, Trump hasn’t had as strong a showing in the early primary states as expected, and Trump mixing up Nancy Pelosi with Nikki Haley has gotten a TON of media attention.
Both the Dow and the S&P 500 hit record highs this week.
Although Trump won a majority of the Republican primary vote in New Hampshire, 65% of independent voters voted for Haley, exposing a weakness Trump has.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear Trump’s appeal of the gag order that Judge Chutkan entered in his DC election interference case.
The liberal activist group MoveOn will spend more than $32 million this year to back President Biden and Democratic candidates for the House and Senate.
Biden traveled to Wisconsin to promote a $1 billion infrastructure project, contrasting his performance with Trump’s inability to do anything about infrastructure.
Trump’s former advisor Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison for being in contempt of Congress when he defied a subpoena from the January 6th Committee.
And finally, Ron DeSantis dropped out of the presidential race. A few days later, and in related news, Florida Republicans dropped a plan to use taxpayer money to help pay for Trump’s many legal battles after DeSantis threatened to veto the legislation.
Call to Action
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Cartoons
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The elephant hittin’ the beer got a laugh out of me! Thanks for sharing all the great news.
Thank you for the Saturday morning laughs!!!
I read your newsletter and described each cartoon to my 91-year-old mother, and she thoroughly enjoyed it this evening. Thank you for encouraging us! Keep it up, please.
Thank you for sharing this story. I appreciate it!