The White House hasn’t found a way to defend themselves from impeachment and the Republicans have been struggling mightily to find a defense that works. The obvious answer is that it is impossible to defend the president’s actions because they… Read More ›
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Corruption: It’s What 74% Of Americans Are Afraid Of
Merriam-Webster defines corruption as “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people.” And it’s what a huge percentage of Americans are afraid of. Every year, Chapman University conducts a survey to learn what Americans’ top fears are, and for the… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 9/14
I love what editorial cartoonists do. I think they’re amazing. Being able to take a news story and express an opinion about that story with a single, incisive drawing that also elicits an immediate reaction from the viewer? Genius. Here’s… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 8/3
Here are the nation’s best editorial cartoonists on the week’s biggest news stories. #MoscowMitch By Lalo Alcaraz By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post By Steve Sack, Star Tribune By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution By Ed Hall … Read More ›
Will the Democrats be able to get Trump’s tax returns?
How badly do you want to see Trump’s tax returns? Every presidential candidate since at least the 1970s has released several years of tax returns for the American public to see prior to the election. As we all know by… Read More ›
The House Opens a Corruption Probe into Trump
The Republicans took their two years of unified control to protect Trump from ever having to be accountable, for anything. That ended when the Democrats won back the House. (Thanks to all of you for making that happen!!!) Now, the… Read More ›
Republicans Just Attacked the Democrats’ Push to Strengthen Our Democracy
You know that thing that you’re never supposed to say out loud? Well, Mitch McConnell said it. Shortly after the Democrats won the majority in the House, they announced that the first piece of legislation that they were going… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 1/5
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s news, which included ringing in the New Year, ushering out the 115th Congress and swearing in the 116th, and the government shutdown, among other stories. From Marc Murphy, Louisville Courier-Journal From Kevin Siers,… Read More ›
Activism Yearbook: Our Wins in 2018
These are the highlights of the wins we got in 2018. They represent a tapestry of great outcomes that were secured by the efforts and activism of citizens, swift public backlash against racist and hateful news, judges ruling against the… 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, or ended up thinking about long after I read it. The Corruption of the Republican Party This Atlantic article boldly… Read More ›
The Democrats’ 1st Move in the Next Congress
What are the Democrats going to do first when they take the majority in the House starting in January? We knew that they wanted to tackle voting rights, but we now have the details of the first bill the Democrats will… Read More ›