Details from Attorney General Merrick Garland’s speech about voting rights.
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Focus on Biden’s Nominees: Merrick Garland & Deb Haaland
This week, the Senate is holding crucial nomination hearings for Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior.
History is Written By the Winners
Is the rule of law dead under this administration? Yesterday, the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Bill Barr, announced they were no longer pursuing the case against former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and moved… Read More ›
The DOJ Just Handed Trump His Crown
Last week the Senate GOP let Trump know he was above the law by acquitting him of his impeachment charges. Today, Attorney General Bill Barr followed suit, which is making everyone’s hair stand up straight. What happened? Just as… Read More ›
2019 Elections: Here’s Your Mission
The 2019 elections on November 5 are just two weeks away. And no one is talking about them. Between impeachment and Trump’s chaos creating news by the hour, the media has been flitting from one scandal to the next. And… Read More ›
2019 Elections: The Big November Races
It may be an “off cycle” year, but there are a lot of elections happening on November 5! Here’s a roundup of the biggest elections in the fall. Be sure to put this in your calendar and share with your… Read More ›
2019 Elections: Attorneys General
Long before we have the 2020 election, we have work to do to flip seats this year. We’ve already looked at the 2019 governor elections and the 2019 state legislative elections, so today we’re going to look at the three states… Read More ›
The Barr Hearing: What Happened
No matter how you slice it, yesterday’s hearing was a barn burner. Attorney General Bill Barr was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Mueller report–a report where clearly Barr and Mueller don’t agree on what the findings mean…. Read More ›
Sunday Reading: Various Opinions on the Redacted Mueller Report
The history-making news from this last week produced a lot of opinions and articles. Here is a selection of the more interesting pieces I read. But first, I would be remiss if I didn’t link to the redacted Mueller report… Read More ›
9 Questions to Ask About the Mueller Report
I doubt that anyone will pay attention to much else besides the Mueller report today, so let’s dig into it. In cases like this one, I find it enormously useful to think ahead of time about the questions you want… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 4/13
Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Upheaval in Dept. of Homeland Security By Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com By Steve Sack, Star Tribune By Ed Hall By Steve Breen, San… Read More ›
Mueller’s report, in two shakes of a lamb’s tail
At Political⚡Charge, I’m most interested in giving you information and resources to help you be effective with your civic engagement. I prefer looking at subjects like elections, and voting rights, and calls to action—places where we can exert some control… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: What Caught My Eye This Week
It’s easy to miss great articles when we’re so busy. Here are some of the pieces that I found intriguing this week, or ended up thinking about long after I read it. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy. Meet… Read More ›
Midterms 2018: Voting Rights & More Flips
As more votes are tallied in the too-close-to-call races, the midterm election results are becoming clearer. And, oh, do I have great news for you about the state legislative races! Let me catch you up on the latest news and… Read More ›