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• Political Charge Weekly Recap 7/16

  By TokyoSand on July 16, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  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

  By TokyoSand on July 2, 2023 • ( 12 )

  

  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

  By TokyoSand on June 24, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  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 6/17

  By TokyoSand on June 17, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  Hey all, I’m on vacation this week, celebrating the end of the school year with my family. I do have good news for you, but you’ll have to wait until next week for the return of a call to action… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 6/10

  By TokyoSand on June 10, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  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

  By TokyoSand on June 3, 2023 • ( 8 )

  

  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 5/27

  By TokyoSand on May 27, 2023 • ( 3 )

  

  As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, read up on all the good news and great cartoons from this past week, and be sure to do the call to action! Good News A leaked Republican polling memo (which you… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 5/20

  By TokyoSand on May 20, 2023 • ( 6 )

  

  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 5/13

  By TokyoSand on May 13, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  Personally, this was quite a week for me. But it sure was one whopper of a week in politics. Let’s get to the good news and the best cartoons! Good News A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump liable for the… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 5/6

  By TokyoSand on May 7, 2023 • ( 5 )

  

  Let’s jump right into the great news from this past week! Good News Incredible economic news –> The U.S. reported 253,000 new jobs in April, beating expectations once again; we’re at 3.4% unemployment, matching lowest in >50 years; and we’re… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 4/29

  By TokyoSand on April 29, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  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 Weekly Recap 4/22

  By TokyoSand on April 22, 2023 • ( 6 )

  

  I’ve got lots of great news for you, so let’s jump right into it! Good News The white hot national spotlight that Republicans in Tennessee turned on themselves has claimed another Republican legislator — an ethics panel had found that… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 4/15

  By TokyoSand on April 15, 2023 • ( 6 )

  

  Let’s jump right into the good news, editorial cartoons, and a call to action! Good News Both Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were reinstated to the Tennessee legislature by their respective counties and were sworn back in to the state… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 4/9

  By TokyoSand on April 9, 2023 • ( 6 )

  

  What a rollercoaster of a week. Honestly, it felt like a “best of times, worst of times” moment. The good news is detailed below, but we need to talk about what happened in Tennessee. After the Covenant school shooting, where… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 4/1

  By TokyoSand on April 1, 2023 • ( 5 )

  

  Indictment Week! In a first for our country, an ex-president was indicted for a crime. What we know right now is that the grand jury voted to indict Trump after being presented with sufficient evidence. And that there are 30+… Read More ›

• Political Charge Recap 3/25

  By TokyoSand on March 25, 2023 • ( 5 )

  

  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 3/18

  By TokyoSand on March 18, 2023 • ( 5 )

  

  Let’s get on with the good news and great cartoons from the past week, plus a call to action! Good News The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia for war crimes. The court… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 3/11

  By TokyoSand on March 11, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  I hope you all had a good week and aren’t too dragged down by the avalanche of truly horrendous bills coming out of Republican majority state legislatures. In case they are, here is some good news that I hope will… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 3/4

  By TokyoSand on March 4, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  What a week! Good News The top leaders in North Carolina’s legislature reached an agreement that is expected to expand Medicaid coverage Biden is nominated Julie Su as his next labor secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Su would be… Read More ›

• Political Charge Weekly Recap 2/25

  By TokyoSand on February 25, 2023 • ( 4 )

  

  Despite the ongoing ugliness coming out of the Republican party and right wing media personalities, this week was dominated by President Biden’s unexpected yet historic trip to Kyiv and the Democrats’ strong turnout in off-cycle elections. Try as they might… Read More ›