What Happened Was...

A lightning fast comprehensive recap of the week's biggest events for March 18th - 24th 2024.

Former Donald Trump Advisor Peter Navarro holds a press conference before turning himself in to a federal prison on March 19, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Mr. Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress last year, surrendered at a federal Bureau of Prisons facility to begin serving his four-month sentence after speaking to the media. (Photo by Joe Raedle/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 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 two separate mass shooting incidents in the United States this past week, where four people were killed and seven 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. 

1. Sunday, March 17, 2024: Washington, DC

2. Friday, March 22, 2024: New Orleans, Louisiana

• While he was president, Donald Trump implied that people should try injecting bleach into themselves during the coronavirus panic, before we knew anything about how to stop it. Please send the video below (also here in tweet) to anyone who might need to see it to understand that Trump being re-elected is not normal.

• Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee (RNC) directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC even gets a cut of the donations.

• Women are quitting their birth control amid a misinformation explosion from social media influencers who are recommending “natural” alternatives, such as timing sex to menstrual cycles.

• Researchers are promoting a new legal theory that says fossil fuel companies – which data shows are the leading contributors to planet-heating pollution – could be tried for homicide for climate-related deaths.

• COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut the risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal.