Here are the nation’s best editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. “Send Her Back” By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News By Jeff Darcy, cleveland.com By Andy Marlette, Pensacola News Journal By Clay Bennett, Chattanooga… Read More ›
Mueller
The Media Let Us Down
The House hearings with Bob Mueller this week revealed something, but not what I was expecting. Here was a moment when the man with the stellar reputation, who had led a historic investigation to understand how Russia had interfered in… Read More ›
Key Takeaways from the Mueller Hearing, with Video
The hearings with Mr. Mueller yesterday were about getting the findings in the Report out to a broader audience, by using video. The sad fact is that a great majority of Americans have not read the Report, much less the… Read More ›
Can Bob Mueller Erase Bill Barr?
Bob Mueller testifies in front of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees today, and even if he only says things that are already in the report he produced, he may surprise a lot of people. We know folks on the… Read More ›
Get Ready For Mueller’s Testimony With These 5 Resources
Robert Mueller is testifying in front of the House Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees on Wednesday. In preparation for the hearing, here are 5 resources for you: The full Mueller Report: http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/Mueller-Report-Redacted-April-18-2019.pdf Mueller’s executive summaries of Section 1 and 2:… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: Digging Deeper
This week I am sharing three articles that delve into their topics a bit more substantially than we see in our social media feeds. In order to solve problems, we need to understand them better. Why Mueller Must Testify Bob… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 6/1
Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Mueller Speaks By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post By Phil Hands, Wisconsin State Journal By Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Abortion Rights By Marc… 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 ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 4/6
Here are the nation’s great editorial cartoonists responding to this week’s top news stories. Barr Letter/Mueller Report – Continuing Fallout By Jim Morin, Morin Toons Syndicate By Matt Wuerker, Politico By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post Security… Read More ›
Sunday Reading: What Caught My Eye This Week
Although a lot of the news this week focused on the Barr letter/Mueller report, and one of today’s recommendations is on that topic, I read some other thought-provoking articles, too. Enjoy. The Missing Piece of the Mueller Investigation Most of… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 3/30
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. Barr Letter/Mueller Report By Kevin Siers, Charlotte Observer By John Cole, The Times-Tribune By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune By Jimmy Margulies, King… 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
There was a lot of news this week, both serious and silly (Devin Nunes’ cow, anyone?), and I kept reading really insightful articles about our current state of politics. Here are three that I think you will find thought-provoking. Enjoy…. Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons 3/23
Editorial cartoonists on this week’s biggest news stories. New Zealand Shooting Response By Ann Telnaes, Washington Post By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune By Rod Emmerson, New Zealand Herald Trump Makes “News” By Matt Davies, Newsday … 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 ›
What Does the House Judiciary Committee Do?
Do you have any interest in the special counsel’s investigation or maybe impeachment? Well, you’re going to want to pay attention to what the House Judiciary Committee is doing. Beyond those bombshell issues, the fact that the Democrats are in… Read More ›
When Should Impeachment Begin?
I’ve written about the process of impeachment, but today I want to talk a bit about my evolving stance on the timing of an impeachment process. When the Democrats won the House, I knew that we’d finally have a check… 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 ›
A quick way to catch up on the recent bombshells from Mueller
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the news about the Russia investigation, and Mueller, and the briefs that have been filed? Want to be in the know but don’t have a lot of time? Here’s two articles that break it… Read More ›