What Happened Was...
A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for March 4th - 10th 2024.
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 can scroll through my Twitter; Bluesky; Spoutible; and Post News feeds for more detail on other topics that I don’t mention below.
Gun Violence This Week
There were six separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where eight people were killed and 21 were injured. My Sunday recap covers this, as well as the week's most critical news. Here at SHERO, we 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.
Sunday, March 10, 2024: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Sunday, March 10, 2024: Shreveport, Louisiana
Tuesday, March 12, 2024: Lawtey, Florida
Thursday, March 14, 2024: Memphis, Tennessee
Saturday, March 16, 2024: Indianapolis, Indiana
Saturday, March 16, 2024: Euclid, Ohio
Donald Trump has recently been hosting private dinners at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach three times a week, schmoozing with some of the Republican Party’s biggest financiers in an attempt to address a sizable cash shortfall against President Joe Biden.
According to an analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released this week, senior executives at 35 different firms – from Tesla to T-Mobile US – received compensation worth more than the net tax payments of their respective employers between 2018 and 2022.
First-term US Senator Katie Britt (R-AL), who gave the GOP rebuttal to the State of the Union address, used a woman’s horrific sexual abuse attack to criticize Biden's border policies — but the rapes did not happen in the US or during the Biden administration.
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