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The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/12
The cartoons I picked this week really highlight what a mess we’re in, so if you need a pick-me-up, do check out my good news only post from yesterday! Today’s Republican Party Presidential Records And Other News Hi there! If… Read More ›
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Who’s Ready to Hear Some Good News?
It’s been a few weeks so … let’s jump into some good news!! This is the kind of political news that tends to get overlooked or buried but I think should get amplified. Vermont is on the verge of guaranteeing… Read More ›
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13 Ways You Can Help Register More Voters
The act of voting is a centerpiece of our American democracy. But before you can vote, you must be registered to vote. A conservative estimate from the Pew Charitable Trusts indicated that just over 1 in 5 eligible Americans are… Read More ›
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Let’s Flip the Senate Seat in Wisconsin!
We have a great opportunity to flip a few Senate seats to the Democrats this November, and the Wisconsin Senate seat is one of our best bets. Let’s do a quick run down of why Ron Johnson needs to lose… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 2/5
The Olympics started and all eyes are on foreign relations. But of course not before Republicans banned books and caused more mayhem in our democracy. Hey there If you’re on board to help get more Democrats elected up and down… Read More ›
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February 2022 Election Calendar
What better way to protect our democracy than to encourage folks to participate in it? (Well, that and expanding voting rights, of course.) One of the ways we can do that is by sharing the information about elections that are… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 1/29
This felt like a big news week, didn’t it? But it wasn’t all bad. For the first time in way too long, the Democrats have a Supreme Court Justice from the “liberal” wing announcing his retirement while we have a… Read More ›
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Your Burning Questions About Justice Breyer’s Retirement Answered
Well, hearing that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 83, was retiring certainly scrambled what I thought I was going to write about today! But let’s dive in to the burning questions, most of which I don’t see being answered in… Read More ›
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9 Reasons Why Primary Votes Matter More
If you want to shape politics, there are few ways to be more impactful than voting in a primary election. Nationwide, primaries only see an average of 20% turnout. Instead of delving into why people don’t vote in the primaries,… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 1/22
This seemed like a big week of news, not just about the fight for voting rights but also more evidence of just how off-track the Republican Party and their politicians are. This, of course, was reflected in the cartoons on… Read More ›
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Let’s Look at Some Good News!
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last good news roundup, so let’s take a look at those stories that inevitably get buried, even though they should be amplified! As always, you’ll see a combination of great news for… Read More ›
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2022 Secretary of State Elections: The Most Important Races?
I’m not sure there are elections more important in 2022 than those for Secretaries of State, particularly after the vote in the Senate last night. (We’re going to need to add at least 2 more Democratic Senators before we can… Read More ›
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Don’t Honor MLK Jr. with a Quote; Honor Him with Action
It’s not that I don’t find Martin Luther King Jr.’s words inspiring. I do. It’s just that posting a quote and calling it a day seems like a terrible way to honor the civil rights icon. I’m guessing he’d rather… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 1/15
After a bit of a holiday lull, editorial cartoonists were churning out one great cartoon after another this week. Here are some of my favorites. Voting Rights & the Filibuster Republicans Behaving Badly Across the Pond And Other News A… Read More ›
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The Fight for Voting Rights
I had a completely different post planned for today, but in light of what happened in the Senate yesterday, I had to address it. Longtime readers of Political Charge know that expanding voting rights is my top issue. At this… Read More ›
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2022 Redistricting Update: Doomsday Avoided
Now that two-thirds of the states have adopted their new legislative district maps, we have a clearer sense of what has actually happened with redistricting. The good news is, Democrats avoided the doomsday scenario some had predicted. To put this… Read More ›
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The Week’s Best Cartoons 1/8
It’s a new year and I’m back with our normal Saturday editorial cartoons feature. This year started off with a bang! New Year January 6 Anniversary Be sure to spend some time with this masterful work by Ann Telnaes. Look… Read More ›
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Let’s Look at Some Good News!
After the very somber day we had as a nation yesterday, let’s look at some of the good news I’ve found in these past couple of weeks! President Joe Biden gave a speech for the ages on the anniversary of… Read More ›
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On the Anniversary of January 6th
This is the open letter I wrote to Republicans this time last year following the insurrection on January 6th. I stand by these words and find myself even more committed to defeating the party and its members who have done… Read More ›
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January 2022 Election Calendar
What better way to protect our democracy than to encourage folks to participate in it? (Well, that and expanding voting rights, of course.) One of the ways we can do that is by sharing the information about elections that are… Read More ›