What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for Jan. 16th - 22nd, 2023

Sweden's Greta Thunberg ignores reporters while leading other young climate activists of the "Fridays for Future" movement at an unauthorized demonstration on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 20, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffini/via Getty Images)

Below is a catch-up of the significant events of this past week. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff, and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. If you want more information on the past week's events, you might want to scroll through my Twitter feed for more detail on other topics I don’t mention below.

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Gun Violence This Week

There were nine separate mass shooting incidents in the US last week, where 21 people were killed and 40 were injured. I document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, January 15, 2023: Houston, Texas

2. Sunday, January 15, 2023: Phoenix, Arizona

3. Sunday, January 15, 2023: Homestead, Florida

4. Sunday, January 15, 2023: Rockford, Illinois

5. Monday, January 16, 2023: Sanford, Florida

6. Monday, January 16, 2023: Goshen, California

7. Monday, January 16, 2023: Fort Pierce, Florida

8. Tuesday, January 17, 2023: Houston, Texas

9. Saturday, January 21, 2023: Monterey Park, California

• Donald Trump mistook his sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples when shown a photograph from the 1990s in a deposition at Mar-a-Lago last year, potentially undermining one of the common defenses he has used to deny an attack.

• Ohio Republicans quietly enacted a measure earlier this month that imposes sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state, making it harder for people who tend to lack identification, elderly people, the disabled and the poor, to vote.