The news was dominated this week by the total chaos that has engulfed the House Republicans thanks to Kevin McCarthy’s weak leadership. Normally, I put this kind of disarray in the good news category, but a government shutdown will hurt… Read More ›
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Political Charge Weekly Recap 9/16
How’d it get to be the middle of September already?? And even though the House has only been back in session for 4 days, the Republicans are in chaos: Talking about kicking out their Speaker, impeaching the president with no… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 9/9
What a week of accountability we just had! Check out all of this great news that happened this week. Good News A federal judge on Friday rejected a request from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to move… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 8/12
I have to apologize to all of you who are my subscribers — I just found out that Mailchimp had paused sending out my Saturday newsletters and so many of you may not have seen me for a couple of… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 8/5
This week will always be remembered as the week Trump was indicted by Jack Smith for his conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election result. It was a big step towards accountability that we’re all very hungry for. There was also… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 7/16
After a nice vacation over the July 4th holiday, I am back and ready to pull together a great recap of the last week. Plenty of good news to look forward to. Also, a brand new social media platform popped… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 7/2
This week will no doubt mostly be remembered for 3 horrific Supreme Court decisions (killing affirmative action, allowing businesses to discriminate against protected classes like LGBTQ+, and rejecting Biden’s student debt relief program.) There’s no way around it — these… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 6/24
If your week was anything like mine, the news and social media was mostly talking about the Titan submersible, but there was quite a bit of important political news that happened this week, too. Here are some of the bright… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 6/10
I thought last week was jam packed with good news, but who knew that this week would bring an avalanche of great news! We have so much accountability and consequences happening to bad people. Let’s jump right in! Good News… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 6/3
Well, we can start off the weekend with a huge sigh of relief that we don’t have to worry about the debt ceiling anymore. That’s a big win. And there’s more, so keep reading! Good News The House and the… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 5/20
All in all, this felt like a pretty good week, don’t you think? Here’s some of the good news that I found this week! Good News Democrats secured big election wins on Tuesday — The GOP lost the mayoral races… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 4/29
Let’s jump right into the good news from this past week! Good News Tucker Carlson got FIRED from Fox News!!! South Carolina and Nebraska’s state legislators, which are majority Republican, failed to pass new, severely restrictive abortion bans this week… Read More ›
Political Charge Recap 3/25
While I know that Trump has no less than 5 serious legal problems he’s in the middle of, and that an indictment could come at any time, I still don’t know why everyone and their mother took his unhinged social… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 2/18
I don’t know if you’ve looked at the kinds of bills Republicans in red states are trying to pass these days, but it’s really quite awful. Between Wyoming legislators arguing against a bill to create a minimum age of 18… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 1/21
I saw a quote from John Stewart earlier this week that has stuck with me: “The thing we have to be careful of, and I always caution myself on this and I ran into this trouble with Trump is we… Read More ›
Political Charge Weekly Recap 1/14
Here it is! Your weekly recap of the good news and a handful of the best cartoons I saw during the week. As I look back at the big news of the week, I’m struck by how differently Democrats and… Read More ›
I’m Back! Plus, This Week’s Recap
Hey everyone! Happy New Year! Thank you for bearing with me as I took a short break from blogging at the end of the year. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I wanted to think about how the blog… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 12/17
How ironic that the deeper we get into the holiday season, the more the news is covering the antics of incredibly selfish people. Check out how editorial cartoonists covered the likes of Kyrsten Sinema, Trump, and Elon Musk. Sinema Leaves… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 12/11
It was a very bad week for Republicans and Trump. Here’s how editorial cartoonists covered some of the biggest political news stories of the week. You can enjoy more of each cartoonist’s work by clicking on their hyperlinked name. Georgia… Read More ›
The Week’s Best Cartoons 12/3
Honestly, I really don’t want to talk about what’s been trending all week on social media. I hate that we’re living in a world where Nazis are a regular part of the conversation. Alas, editorial cartoonists react to the the… Read More ›