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The Week’s Best Cartoons 8/27
I know I’ve been feeling the momentum from the Democrats, and the utter sputtering of the Republicans, about, well, everything. And these feelings are perfectly reflected in the cartoons I found by our favorite editorial cartoonists.
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It’s Friday! Ready For the Good News?
You know the drill! I’ve been collecting good news items all week, and while you’ve undoubtably seen some of these, I bet you haven’t seen them all! A proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan Constitution gathered enough valid… Read More ›
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How To Inspire People With the Rule of One
Have you ever inspired someone to take action? When, after listening to you, they picked up the phone and called their senator’s office or connected with a campaign to start getting out the vote. It’s a great feeling. With the… Read More ›
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Can Good Polls Depress Activism? Yes, They Can
You’ve no doubt seen some news about how the Democrats are looking really good in the polls (particularly for Senate races). But good news can bring danger. To be honest, I LOVE hearing information like that. But here’s the thing…. Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 8/20
I was especially happy to see a handful of cartoonists pick up on something this week that I was sensing — namely, that the national narrative was turning around (for the better) for President Biden. Here’s those cartoons, and so… Read More ›
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An Avalanche of News That Will Make You Smile
This whole week I kept wondering how I was going to keep track of all the great news that came down the pike. For those of you who might be new here, what I consider to be good news is… Read More ›
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1 Crucial Way You Can Help Protect Voting Rights
Voter suppression comes in many forms, but we as individuals aren’t always in a position to do much about it. Unless, of course, you’re a poll worker. As Teri Kanefield said on Twitter earlier this week, “Good poll workers help… Read More ›
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What Happens Now After the FBI Seized Sensitive Docs from Mar-a-Lago?
I’ll admit it was extremely gratifying to see the Department of Justice go after Trump last week. We’ve seen his disregard for the rule of law from the very start but we finally saw the glimpse of what might actually… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons: FBI Seize Sensitive Docs from Mar-a-Lago
The week started off with a big win for Joe Biden (the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act) and ended with the bombshell that the FBI seized a trove of extremely sensitive documents from Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago. Here’s how… Read More ›
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Another Week Full of Good News to Celebrate
I figured after the incredible amount of good news that we had last week, this week might be a bit quieter, and well… Let’s just say it wasn’t quieter! Here’s some great news to share! Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed… Read More ›
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How to Convince People to Vote in 2022
Whenever I ask my readers or social media followers what they’d like to learn more about when it comes to electoral politics, I often get the question, “How can I convince people to vote?” I’ve pulled the following information mostly… Read More ›
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The Dems Deliver Yet Again
You know, at the start of this 117th Congress, not many people thought that the Democrats could get much done with a 50-50 split Senate and a Republican caucus hellbent on obstructing them. Yet here we are, having watched the… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 8/6
Kansas Decides Pelosi in Taiwan US Kills Al-Qaida Leader PACT Act And Other News In Memoriam
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What To Do With All This Good News!
Man, this week was jam packed with good news! For those of you who might be new here, for me, good news is anything you might classify as a Democratic win, bad things happening to Republicans, accountability for those who… Read More ›
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Kansas Voters For the Win!
There was a lot of primary election results to sort through last night, but the one I was paying the most attention to was the amendment vote in Kansas. As a reminder, Kansas Republicans put a constitutional amendment on the… Read More ›
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Popular Vote Compact: The Reason The Federalist is Freaking Out
So, a few days ago, the Federalist tweeted out an article with this ominous sounding post: “Democrats Are Dangerously Close To Changing Laws So Our President Is Elected By Popular Vote.” Besides making it clear that Republicans are terrified of… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 7/30
The Cartoons
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It’s About Time for Some Good News!
Perhaps it is just that I am feeling positive these days, but there’s been a lot of good news these past couple of weeks. Need a political pick-me-up? Read on! Voter registrations spiked the week of the Roe v Wade… Read More ›
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Republican Dirty Tricks on the Primary Ballot
Republicans have made it abundantly clear that they want to take away women’s rights to healthcare, particularly abortion access. The lengths they are going to in Kansas is, well, just keep reading. Back in 2019, Kansas’ state Supreme Court delivered… Read More ›
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I’m Back
As you may have noticed, I’ve been taking a bit of a break from Political Charge this summer. I’ve still been very active on Twitter, TikTok, & Instagram, which I run with the same goal I have for this blog — that… Read More ›