Weekly Recap 9/10/2022

Here's what happened this week

Hello! Welcome to the inaugural weekly recap. As I mentioned in my previous post I’m putting together recaps of interesting news/stories I gathered over the course of the week. Let me know in the comments below if you liked it or have any suggestions! ~ Mark

Of course, the big news is the death of Queen Elizabeth and the ascension of Charles III as King. But a lot of other things happened. Here are some of the things I found particularly interesting this past week:

A graphic following Alaska’s special election in which Democrats picked up a House seat

This graphic from the Washington Post is interesting for a few reasons. Not only does Alaska have its first native House Representative in Democrat Mary Peltola, but this special election could signal more about what’s coming for Republicans this November.