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Tokyo Sand

4 Dec, 9 tweets, 2 min read

So, a few months ago, I started making #goodnews TikToks on Fridays to celebrate our wins and counteract the media’s negative bias. Because I use music, I haven’t brought them here.

But I want my Twitter friends to celebrate, too, so let’s do it as a fun thread! 🧵

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) vetoed 5 bills from the GOP legislature that aimed to restrict abortion access.

Job creation under Biden is 60x the rate of the last 3 presidents! (Not a typo!)

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) vetoed the GOP legislature’s bill that aimed to not count any absentee ballots that arrived during the grace period.

The Democrats flipped a state House seat in MA (that hadn’t been blue in 163 years!) and 7 local seats in GA during Tuesday’s special elections.

Stacey Abrams announced she’ll be running for governor in Georgia.

Sidney Powell and her pro-Trump lawyers were sanctioned and ordered to pay all the legal expenses for suing Michigan with their baseless 2020 election lawsuit.

And finally, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld CA’s ban on large capacity gun magazines!

If you have other #goodnews from this past week to share, please leave a comment so we can all celebrate!

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